Unreal II: The Awakening

Unreal 2 is a sci-fi FPS from Legend Entertainment and Infogrames. You play as ex-marine Marshal John Dalton, and engage in planetary missions in a wide variety of environments.

Support summary

	Support	Method	HUD
Widescreen:	Hor+	Hack	Proper
Ultra/Super-Wide:	Hor+	Hack	Optimized
Multi-Monitor:	Hor+	Hack	Hindrance
4k UltraHD:	Hor+	Hack	Optimized

Rendered Cut-Scene:	Hor+
FMV Cut-Scene:	Stretched

Game information

Game status:

Released

Release Date:

Monday, 3 February, 2003

Tested Version:

GOG

Play styles:

Single player

Setting:

Sci-Fi

Genre:

FPS

Developer:

Legend Entertainment, Infogrames, Atari

Links:

⋅ Wikipedia ⋅ PCGamingWiki

Store Links:

Steam,

GOG,

Comparison Screenshots

4:3 Screenshot
16:10 Screenshot
16:9 Screenshot
Ultra-Wide (21:9) Screenshot
Super-Wide (32:9) Screenshot
Eyefinity / Surround Screenshot

Solutions & Issues

Baseline (Widescreen) Solution & Issues

The Game is VERT- out of the Box - you need to INI - CONSOLE and HEX edit to get it HOR+

FOV edit: Go to --> ..\Unreal 2 – The Awakening Special Edition\System\user.ini. Look for the line bCheatsEnabled= and change its value to true.
Time to run the game. To set your fov bring down the console by pressing '~' then type 'SetFOV 100 (16:10) or 106 (16:9).

(Do not edit the FOV manually since the whole time you are on the ship, the game forces the FOV=90 regardless of the settings in the User.ini file - the Console method overrite it)

Cutscene FOV: Hex edit this File --> ..\Unreal 2 – The Awakening Special Edition\System\Engine.u.
Go to Offset 1EF70 look for 00 00 AA 42 and change it to 29 DC BE 42 (16:10) or CD CC CA 42 (16:9)

Or use my Attachment Unreal.2.Cutscene.FOV.Fix.7z. Fix available from the PC Gaming Wiki Community Files (search there).

Ultra/Super-Wide (21:9/32:9) Specific Solution & Issues

Same Solution as in Widescreen:

FOV edit: Bring down the console by pressing '~' then type SetFOV 123

Cutscene FOV:Go to Offset 1EF70 look for 00 00 AA 42 and change it to B8 9E EA 42.

Eyefinity / Surround Specific Solution & Issues

Same Solution as in Widescreen:

FOV edit: Bring down the console by pressing '~' then type SetFOV 152

Cutscene FOV:Go to Offset 1EF70 look for 00 00 AA 42 and change it to E1 7A 15 43.

4k UHD Specific Solution & Issues

Same Solution as in Widescreen.