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by UCyborg
Sun Dec 15, 2013 2:14 pm
Forum: Drakan (PC) Game Discussion & Technical Support
Topic: Drakan stalls on loading screen
Replies: 11
Views: 5996

Re: Drakan stalls on loading screen

Well, he already tried patching the game to 445, then applying AiO Patch and it still didn't work for some reason. That crash after selecting difficulty is a different problem and it occurs on every modern graphics card without unofficial patches, be it Intel, AMD or nVidia. I managed to get CD imag...
by UCyborg
Sat Dec 14, 2013 3:10 pm
Forum: Drakan (PC) Game Discussion & Technical Support
Topic: Discovered some new commands/cheats!
Replies: 4
Views: 12902

Re: Discovered some new commands/cheats!

Since the source code is not available for this game I definitely coudn't look there for answers. But you can basically open any program/game that doesn't have some special protection in any of those special programs called disassemblers/debuggers which show you the program code in assembly language...
by UCyborg
Fri Dec 13, 2013 10:58 pm
Forum: Drakan (PC) Game Discussion & Technical Support
Topic: Drakan stalls on loading screen
Replies: 11
Views: 5996

Re: Drakan stalls on loading screen

I'm guessing it could be corrupted installation. Does it help if you completely uninstall the game, reinstall it then only apply the official 445 patch found here ? I believe there is more than one variant of 445 patch. When I freshly install the game from original CD and launch it, the string in lo...
by UCyborg
Fri Dec 13, 2013 9:50 pm
Forum: Drakan (PC) Game Discussion & Technical Support
Topic: Discovered some new commands/cheats!
Replies: 4
Views: 12902

Discovered some new commands/cheats!

Yesterday, I was messing around with Drakan using debugger. Wanted to figure out how foghack cheat works but instead, I have discovered some commands that can be typed in singleplayer after pressing the backslash key or whatever you have set for chat in multiplayer. I haven't seen them mentioned any...
by UCyborg
Fri Dec 13, 2013 7:08 pm
Forum: Drakan (PC) Game Discussion & Technical Support
Topic: Widescreen hack and some other fixes aka AiO Patch
Replies: 354
Views: 2276465

Second Revision released!

New version of AiO Patch has been released! Changes from initial release: Separate Arokh.dll file is no longer used, all custom code has been impleneted in Drakan.exe/Dragon.rfl itself. Modified patch for "Session creation failed!" error. Game will no longer call API function inet_addr wit...
by UCyborg
Fri Oct 04, 2013 7:42 am
Forum: Drakan: 10th Anniversary mod (single player only)
Topic: Strange Glitches
Replies: 15
Views: 31927

Re: Strange Glitches

It has something to do with bump mapping. Looks like it's not implemented correctly in 10th Anniversary Mod. It's the effect that makes Arokh and water in-game look beautiful. Turn bump mapping off in Riot Engine options and the glitches will go away but turning off stock effects really defeats the ...
by UCyborg
Fri Oct 04, 2013 7:37 am
Forum: Drakan: 10th Anniversary mod (single player only)
Topic: Won't start!
Replies: 6
Views: 14737

Re: Won't start!

I was playing with Windows 8 in the days before official release. Had nothing but trouble with it. Game was lagging terribly and fullscreen didn't work, there were borders around the window... And Drakan wasn't the only old game that behaved badly on Windows 8, but worked great on 7. Windows 8 is ju...
by UCyborg
Sun Sep 29, 2013 5:50 pm
Forum: Drakan (PC) Game Discussion & Technical Support
Topic: Widescreen hack and some other fixes aka AiO Patch
Replies: 354
Views: 2276465

Re: Widescreen hack and some other fixes aka AiO Patch

I connected to your server today and it worked without issues :D The server is also visible in Qtracker. I also noticed another annoying bug. If you're connecting to a server via external server browser, your dragon skin resets, no matter what. Same thing also happens if you start the game in develo...
by UCyborg
Mon Sep 02, 2013 4:12 pm
Forum: Drakan (PC) Game Discussion & Technical Support
Topic: Widescreen hack and some other fixes aka AiO Patch
Replies: 354
Views: 2276465

Re: Widescreen hack and some other fixes aka AiO Patch

I officially gave up on the NAT problem. Someone more experienced with that sort of thing will have to look into it. Until then, I guess Hamachi or Tunngle are the only options.
by UCyborg
Sun Sep 01, 2013 12:40 pm
Forum: Drakan (PC) Game Discussion & Technical Support
Topic: Widescreen hack and some other fixes aka AiO Patch
Replies: 354
Views: 2276465

Re: Widescreen hack and some other fixes aka AiO Patch

UCyborg, thank you for your work. I never realized the cut FOV when playing with widescreen was a bug... The game certainly looks different now :D And I can now confirm the patch worked perfectly well, as I could join AT's server with or without Hamachi. The only pesky bug that remains - and that y...
by UCyborg
Sat Aug 31, 2013 6:34 pm
Forum: Drakan (PC) Game Discussion & Technical Support
Topic: Widescreen hack and some other fixes aka AiO Patch
Replies: 354
Views: 2276465

Re: Widescreen hack and some other fixes

AXE wrote:Very interesting read. Someone has been rewarded for the time invested. Shall try this weekend. Kudos!
Thanks! Let me know how it works for you.

I also updated the first post to make it easier for new users to find everything related to the patch.
by UCyborg
Thu Aug 29, 2013 10:25 am
Forum: Drakan (PC) Game Discussion & Technical Support
Topic: Widescreen hack and some other fixes aka AiO Patch
Replies: 354
Views: 2276465

Re: Widescreen hack and some other fixes

IMPORTANT UPDATE: So, I wanted to get to the bottom of what was causing the game to crash at the difficulty screen in the first place. It looks like every time menus are displayed, DirectX's method CreateSurface is called for the purpose of creating additional special surface where the last frame i...
by UCyborg
Mon Aug 26, 2013 2:42 pm
Forum: Drakan (PC) Game Discussion & Technical Support
Topic: Widescreen hack and some other fixes aka AiO Patch
Replies: 354
Views: 2276465

Re: Widescreen hack and some other fixes

No problem! Got your PM btw and I see front page is already updated so all is well :D
by UCyborg
Mon Aug 26, 2013 2:00 pm
Forum: Drakan (PC) Game Discussion & Technical Support
Topic: Widescreen hack and some other fixes aka AiO Patch
Replies: 354
Views: 2276465

Re: Widescreen hack and some other fixes

Oh great! Glad to hear it finally worked. So I don't need to fuss around with hex editor and OllyDbg :D When Shelim starts working on 10th Anniversary Mod again, he could implement all those fixes in it so we won't need any extra DLLs lying around and just have all goodies accesible by launching thr...
by UCyborg
Mon Aug 26, 2013 1:50 pm
Forum: Drakan (PC) Game Discussion & Technical Support
Topic: Widescreen hack and some other fixes aka AiO Patch
Replies: 354
Views: 2276465

Re: Widescreen hack and some other fixes

Ok, that's because our files don't match. Do you mind uninstalling Drakan and reinstalling? But keep your savegames, Drakan.cfg and my patch. It's really frustrating since i got 3 computers at home and multiplayer between them just works without any hitches.