@ThirteenAG A request for Widescreen Fix for Call of Duty 1

[Manco908]

@ThirteenAG Hi, I would like to ask you to make a Widescreen Fix for the game Call Of Duty 1 plus its expansion, there is a way to make it work in 16:9 but the HUD looks stretched and the intros don't appear. If you can do it I would appreciate it very much.
Here is the only way so far on how to make it 16:9:
[https://www.wsgf.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=13158](url



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[5ilverStreak]

bump

[VladWinner]

CoD1… a year ago, I tried to make UI work correctly in 16:9. However, I couldn't figure out how to center HUD after all the memory manipulation in Cheat Engine. I hope this will be useful to you somehow:
CoDSP.CT.zip

[RTijdens]

What variables did you modify to get the ui to render unstretched?

[VladWinner]

Check my CE profile for CoD1 in the attachment (CoDSP.CT file inside CoDSP.CT.zip).
I doubt there are changeable in-game dvars/cvars for unstretched UI.

[mrsaliericz]

You can definitely change the position of compass by editing line #define COMPASS_X in file menudef.h in pak0.pk3/ui/. Maybe more can be edited.

[RTijdens]

Call of Duty 1 definitely deserves some love for (ultra)wide screens. Running the game at 4960x1600 (31:10) works after some config changes. However the UI and menu's get stretched.

Settings I changed in the config to get the game to render ultrawide:

seta cg_fov "127.58"
seta com_hunkmegs "512" 
seta r_customaspect "3.1"
seta r_customheight "1600"
seta r_customwidth "4960"

If anyone can point me in the right direction to change HUD and UI aspect ratio that would be awesome.

[mrsaliericz]

There's a slight chance they added widescreen support in the Microsoft Store version... could someone verify this?

[VladWinner]

No, they haven't made any noticeable fixes or additions to the Microsoft Store version.

[mrsaliericz]

Thanks for the confirm :)

[mrsaliericz]

After editing hud.menu I reached this state. The only problem is that the star and friendlies on the compass are still drawn stretched and even after editing rect compasspointers and compassfrieldlies I can't fix it.

[mrsaliericz]

I also found that changing the address 300DFAE8 in Cheat Engine from 1024 to 1500 causes the width of the "circle" in which friendly units are displayed to no longer exceed the width of the compass. I haven't been able to find a solution for the height and the star with the mission objective yet. Maybe someone more skilled will come up with it. If this can be solved, we have a way to play Call of Duty widescreen quite nicely.

[VladWinner]

changing the address 300DFAE8 in Cheat Engine from 1024 to 1500

[mrsaliericz]

Do you think you can fix the compass display using CE?

[mrsaliericz]

I found codextended-client, in the source code it has some new, yet commented, code in render.cpp for supporting widescreen resolutions, maybe it will help someone, I found it by accident: https://github.com/xtnded/codextended-client/blob/main/render.cpp

[TWISTTLE-1045]

does anyone figure out to make it run on true 16:9 aspect ratio for now?

[VladWinner]

The best thing you could do right now is launch Call of Duty: Classic on the X360 or PS3.

[Clippy95]

I have been able to get something better thanks to Vlad's initial findings,
Ideally widescreen support would be done from modifying the x axis from CG_AdjustFrom640 function but it's inlined in all COD1/UO's dlls, so the next best easiest thing is to modify the glViewPort call in RB_SetGL2D although this of course means everything is confined to 4:3, also blackscreen fades/menus don't extend fully, although maybe a solution could be possible? I would also guess snipers will be 4:3 and look horrible too.

[Clippy95]

This is absolutely awesome! The crosshair is just a small detail at this point. I play first CoD every Christmas — any chance of releasing a beta version of this fix?

Not sure if I'd call it beta but here are actions https://github.com/Clippy95/COD_Classic_Hook/actions, needs Ultimate ASI Loader, and doesn't seem to work with the steam encrypted exe as for some reason it loads the asi after the games winmain (the mod still works but r_noborder for example wont work at boot)

[mrsaliericz]

Thanks a lot, it works great - I couldn’t find Ultimate ASI Loader for OpenGL games (I’m more of a casual user :)), but if I manage to press Enter on the “error” message containing INIT_START_UO_SP during UO startup via ALT+TAB, the game launches — and it’s even possible to set 4K resolution directly in the menu, and it works perfectly (Steam version). I wasn’t able to get classic CoD running yet, but I assume that’s probably still WIP. Anyway, thanks a lot!

[Clippy95]

Thanks a lot, it works great - I couldn’t find Ultimate ASI Loader for OpenGL games (I’m more of a casual user :)), but if I manage to press Enter on the “error” message containing INIT_START_UO_SP during UO startup via ALT+TAB, the game launches — and it’s even possible to set 4K resolution directly in the menu, and it works perfectly (Steam version). I wasn’t able to get classic CoD running yet, but I assume that’s probably still WIP. Anyway, thanks a lot!

you just use ddraw.dll for these games, and I only have support for COD UO rn

[mrsaliericz]

I’ve played through almost the entire UO with this fix - just a few observations, maybe they’ll be useful :)

• no major issues during gameplay
• the screens before the briefing (before 1st and 3rd British and 1st Soviet mission) are aligned to the left instead of being centered
• in the Bomber mission, the aircraft HUD, the destroyed planes counter (and the bomb timer icon in some missions) are still aligned to 4:3, so they don’t reach the edges of the screen
• the screens after missions and some loading screens (not with diary or mission orders) are black
• the videos before main menu have no picture (a common issue with unusual resolutions in this game)

It was great to play this excellent game in widescreen without a stretched HUD. Thanks a lot for this project!

[Clippy95]

I’ve played through almost the entire UO with this fix - just a few observations, maybe they’ll be useful :)

* no major issues during gameplay

* the screens before the briefing (before 1st and 3rd British and 1st Soviet mission) are aligned to the left instead of being centered

* in the Bomber mission, the aircraft HUD, the destroyed planes counter (and the bomb timer icon in some missions) are still aligned to 4:3, so they don’t reach the edges of the screen

* the screens after missions and some loading screens (not with diary or mission orders) are black

* the videos before main menu have no picture (a common issue with unusual resolutions in this game)

It was great to play this excellent game in widescreen without a stretched HUD. Thanks a lot for this project!

https://github.com/Clippy95/COD_Classic_Hook/issues you can make issues here