/Soldiers-HoWW2-widescreen-fix

Widescreen and Resolution fix for Soldiers: Heroes of World War 2

Primary LanguageC++GNU General Public License v3.0GPL-3.0

Soldiers: Heroes of World War II widescreen fix

Widescreen and Resolution fix for Soldiers: Heroes of World War 2.

It also fixes the famous Texture or surface size is too big (esurface.cpp, 129) error!

THE error

Installation

  • Download zip from releases and unpack the files inside next to the Soldiers.exe

  • Set the following properties (important)

exe props

NOTE if you don't set Disable fullscreen optimizations you will get this error

sucky error

Supported Versions

  • Zoom-Platform1 1.28.3E
    • soldiers.exe SHA256 C46DBEF054FCFB9D0EE5DF2145763E1A0EA3FCB684DF4892F1E63C48A5B5D951
  • GOG 1.28.3E
    • Soldiers.exe SHA256 c46dbef054fcfb9d0ee5df2145763e1a0ea3fcb684df4892f1e63c48a5b5d951
    • soldiers_editor.exe SHA256 be404895472ecb2a33ae6e110a0cba17ddce9aad1fe9cb311cbd5d05e0356be9
  • Steam 1.28.3E
    • Soldiers.exe SHA256 839ae59bfd3ce356820e90fe0c648d4ec175686fa48c9de76619a8847f3e7254

Known Limitations

  • videos might only play sound with black screen - no idea why :(
  • editor was only tested with the bat script from the GOG version

Showcase

Main Menu

main menu

Original Zoom

org zoom

Patched Zoom

patched zoom

Footnotes

  1. THANK YOU guys for providing me a free copy for testing!! ↩