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Western Outlaw: Wanted Dead or Alive - FOV Fix


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This RAR file contains modified lithtech.exe files that fix the FOV issue in Western Outlaw: Wanted Dead or Alive (2003), since the game's engine, LithTech Talon, stretches the image at aspect ratios wider than 4:3, due to it having a constant horizontal FOV, no matter the resolution chosen. I don't recommend setting any resolution through autoexec.cfg with an aspect ratio wider than 16:9, since the menus become too cropped and unusable.

Supported aspect ratios: 5:4, 16:9 and 16:10.

Tools used: OllyDbg, Cheat Engine, HxD.

Instructions:

1. Extract the lithtech.exe that corresponds to your aspect ratio to the main game folder, overwriting the original executable.

2. Start the game through the startup launcher executable (Western_Outlaw.exe).

Instructions for other aspect ratios:

1. So, the LithTech engine declares FOV values as radians in a 32-bit float format. The hex location for horizontal FOV is in the address 000CCFB1

2. Open one of the modded lithtech.exe files in a hex editor like HxD (it will not work with the unmodded EXEs, it has to be with the ones from this fix).

3. Press Ctrl+G and go to the offset address in step 1.

4. Highlight the 4 pairs of values after where the cursor is positioned after doing the search for the address.

5. Go to the "Data inspector" tab at the right side and change the value in the "Single (float32)" row (a lower value decreases hFOV and higher one increases it).

6. Press Enter and save the file. Your new horizontal FOV will be saved permanently.

7. For aspect ratios wider than 16:9 (to avoid menu cropping), set a lower 4:3 resolution in autoexec.cfg and set your native resolution in a DirectX wrapper like dgVoodoo2. This means however, that HUD and menus will be stretched.





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