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Title: wkReSolution for WWP and Worms 2 - HD resolution, zooming and resizing support
Post by: StepS on December 18, 2013, 03:59 PM
Hello

ReSolution is a new WormKit module for WWP and Worms 2 to change the in-game screen resolution to any value. Its key features are simplicity (don't need to patch the executable) and automatic detection of island and cavern-type landscapes, and is thus preferred over the hardcoded patches.

ReSolution v0.2 and newer (also known as "ReSolutionDD") add ability to resize (shrink or extend) the game window so that it actually resizes the free screen space available in the game (and doesn't perform bitmap stretching). An additional windowed mode wrapper (wndmode.dll) is needed for this to work: get the windowed bundle.

ReSolution v0.3 and newer add ability to zoom (in and out) the game environment using your mouse wheel or keyboard so that you can either expand the view or look more closely at the objects that you see. Alt+Enter is also introduced in v0.3, giving the ability to switch from and to borderless fullscreen windowed representation. An additional windowed mode wrapper (wndmode.dll) is needed for this to work: get the windowed bundle.

ReSolution v0.4 and newer (also known as "ReSolution HD") add WWP support (1.01 and 1.00) and finally introduce the automatic screen confining technique on waterrise in enclosed environments (removing the old workaround), also fixing the proper letterboxed dimensions in caverns. A new option called UseTouchscreenZoom has also been added, which allows to utilize the touch pinch zoom gesture in order to zoom the game in and out, when Zooming is enabled. The settings file is now ReSolution.ini, fitting both games. Various other internal improvements as well.

(https://web.archive.org/web/20150322185943if_/http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/9683/e9ka.png) (https://web.archive.org/web/20150418193312if_/http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/7294/0z9r.png)

Features



TODO



DOWNLOAD (http://worms2d.info/ReSolution)
Title: Re:
Post by: StepS on June 10, 2014, 12:37 PM
A new version has been released: 0.3
Title: Re: wkReSolution - resolution, zooming and resizing support for Worms 2
Post by: MeTonaTOR on June 10, 2014, 01:04 PM
Quote from: StepS on June 10, 2014, 12:37 PM
A new version has been released: 0.3
  • It's now possible to zoom the game in addition to the previously introduced real-time window resizing feature in windowed mode. Use your mouse wheel or keyboard! See the readme for the details.
  • Alt+Enter combination has been added: in windowed mode, use it to switch between pseudo-fullscreen and window during the game.
  • Various other improvements: see the GitHub (https://github.com/StepS-/wkReSolution/) page.


can you make this zooming for WA too :D ?
Title: Re: wkReSolution - resolution, zooming and resizing support for Worms 2
Post by: StepS on June 10, 2014, 01:08 PM
Quote from: ZexorZ on June 10, 2014, 01:04 PM
can you make this zooming for WA too :D ?
Probably yes, but around the time I implement resizing, since the two are essentially the same things. However I doubt that it will be as smooth as here
Title: Re: wkReSolution - resolution, zooming and resizing support for Worms 2
Post by: wormbeforeattack on August 25, 2014, 07:49 PM
Worms2 still alive.
Thank you for good work.
I will try it on my old laptop ::)
Title: ReSolution v0.4.1
Post by: StepS on October 04, 2014, 05:09 PM
A new version has been released: 0.4.1.
Title: Re: wkReSolution for WWP and Worms 2 - HD resolution, zooming and resizing support
Post by: avirex on October 11, 2014, 11:05 PM
the video you posted says worms2 on the top.. but it sure does look like w:a.. no?


is w2 still alive though?? can anyone be found on the servers these days? last i checked it was very much dead, and inactive.
Title: Re: wkReSolution for WWP and Worms 2 - HD resolution, zooming and resizing support
Post by: StepS on October 12, 2014, 12:03 PM
Quote from: avirex on October 11, 2014, 11:05 PM
the video you posted says worms2 on the top.. but it sure does look like w:a.. no?


is w2 still alive though?? can anyone be found on the servers these days? last i checked it was very much dead, and inactive.
Yes, the video says worms2 because that's what ReSolution was initially made for, until version 0.4 added WWP support. I didn't make another video as it was quite the same. Visually Worms 2 looks different in a number of ways from W:A, for example, no team flags, colored water, and fewer weapons (smaller weapon panel), in inside there are much more differences though (e.g. backflip is a cheat and jumps too high, etc...)
To answer your question, no, Worms 2 is pretty much dead. A gog release could fix it a little bit but they messed up network play support in that game, so the gog version only supports offline. If you want though we could play a match when you'd like to, the servers are still running.
However WWP is still pretty much alive. Players are not sitting on WormNET, they are scattered all across the internet ready to bring their bright memories back. Hundreds of people visit the compatibility thread everyday. They come and download without registering (the old T17 forums required registrations though so there were a lot of empty inactive users). Around 700000 visits were made over the 4 years to the two old T17 forum compatibility fix threads (as you could see here (https://www.tus-wa.com/forums/other-worms-games/wwp-a-real-compatibility-fix-for-windows-7-8-1-10-vista-and-xp-21030/msg170478/#msg170478)).
The same thing happens to W:A as well, many of the random visitors are new people who have just installed the game. All this, of course, would have much much less effect if no piracy was in place... But the games are kept alive due to all the things.
People also play WA and WWP in Gameranger. Not sure why, and I haven't seen what they do, but some people prefer that for arranging their matches.
Hope this answers your questions.
Title: Re: wkReSolution for WWP and Worms 2 - HD resolution, zooming and resizing support
Post by: Sir-J on October 22, 2019, 07:21 PM
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Title: Re: wkReSolution for WWP and Worms 2 - HD resolution, zooming and resizing support
Post by: StepS on October 23, 2019, 06:22 PM
Quote from: Sir-J on October 22, 2019, 07:21 PM
What a great module, thanks a lot, StepS! One thing that bugs me though, screen stutters like crazy (it is also noticeable on the video you posted), is it possible to fix it in the next version? I wish W2 ran more or less as smooth as W:A, because rope is so much better there.

Perhaps 'stutter' is not the right word to describe the problem, but it feels like slideshow for me (5 or so FPS).

Make sure that you install "ReSolution with windowed mode support" and not the regular version.
I will also update links to make this clear for Win8+ users.