Colin McRae Rally 2.0 - Patching the game for modern standards

[Silent]

Hey there! First of all, note it's NOT a topic about the mobile port remastered CMR, but rather about the original PC title.


Having messed around with numerous games by now, I decided to go back to one of the first games I ever played and attempt to adapt it to modern standards more.

What got fixed?

• The game now handles ALL aspect ratios properly. That means the game will not be horribly stretched when playing in widescreen anymore.
  
• The game now defaults to borderless windowed mode. This change gets rid of a DirectDraw bug on Windows 8 and newer, which would make the game run in a window even if fullscreen is requested, also affecting performance negatively. Fullscreen borderless windowed mode does not have any of these issues, and looks identical to real fullscreen. Both windowed and borderless can be toggled via SPCMR2.ini file.
  
• When playing in windowed mode (borderless or not), the game can handle Alt+Tab properly now.
  
• All dependencies on registry keys have been removed. This makes the game fully portable and also fixes an occasional issue, where the game would not launch without Administrator privileges (due to an incorrect way the game was reading registry keys).
  
• Logging has been removed for good (since it would never log anything anyway). The game used to create a log file in C:\ which would often make the game require Administrator privileges to run.
  
• Regions can now be switched via the INI file. Depending on the game version, it has different region directories included in CountrySpecific directory. Now, if you have more than one region installed, you can easily switch between them.
  
• Field of View can now be adjusted via the INI file. You can select any value in 30.0 - 150.0 range.
  
• Support for non-Full installation methods has been removed. On the plus side, the game will never ask for a CD now.

Some screenshots for you to check:
http://i.imgur.com/4mdV2aV.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Qys9Cky.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/shrl8oJ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/IWkgjgr.jpg

A short gameplay video showing the game in proper 16:9:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0HMeN27Rcw


Download:
https://cookieplmonster.github.io/mods/cmr-2-0/#silentpatch

Cheers!


...is anyone still posting in those boards? I don't know, but let's find out.

[Silent]

Originally posted by Totempkoff:

I don't know if this post is available yet, but, I have a problem during playing the game, in other post of other page shows this graphic glitch or bug like this https://imgur.com/a/7i1dK and I have the same problem too, what do you think could be the problem? Thank you.

You're definitely on an Intel card and it's a known issue with those - you can use dgVoodoo with the game to make it use DX11 and avoid this issue.

[MrJacques]

Nice patch, thanks :)

For some reason I can't see the bars with car settings in the car set up menu, i.e. I can't see what setting the tyres /engine /etc. are on. I've tried various resolutions. Any idea how to solve that?

[MrJacques]

Noticing some other minor graphic issues, the analogue rev counter's dial doesn't show. Still a fun trip down nostalgia lane :)

[Silent]

That's a known issue with this game and Intel GPUs! I recommend using dgVoodoo with this game, so it becomes a d3d11 game.

[MrJacques]

Thanks, I have an Intel card and running it with dgVoodoo fixed it :) It shows the bars and a couple of other things that weren't being rendered. Running on Windows 10 - the frame rate is over 100 and the game is running nicely.

The dropbox link in the first post is not working - I downloaded the patch from your website which says last updated 2015. Just want to make sure I have the latest version.

[Silent]

Originally posted by MrJacques:

The dropbox link in the first post is not working - I downloaded the patch from your website which says last updated 2015. Just want to make sure I have the latest version.

Thanks, back when I uploaded it I didn't have the website or anywhere I could upload the patch to - changed the link now!

[MrJacques]

Thanks again, it's fun to be able to play this game again :)

For others using dgVoodoo: Forcing vsync makes it quite laggy. The default settings work fine for me, I just used the control panel app to remove the watermark.

[Kazu the Wildcat]

So ive downloaded the silent patch but where do I have to put the files into? I know where the game is but where exactly?. Lookslike I have to buy a normal version of the game instead of using a cracked downloaded iso file first ._.

[Chugster]

Sorry to necro this but i just found this patch and whilst it does work I cant go over 1920x1440, and if i do the game crashes, its not the end of the work but I have a 2k monitor so cant run it to fill the screen, which is a shame if i cant fix it

[Silent]

afaik it's an issue with DX7 - try using dgVoodoo with the game.

[NeilTheGreat]

I have a problem, where it resets to default configurations every time I run this, otherwise it works fine.

[SenorGrande]

Thank you for the patch!

[Shadowspike74]

Originally posted by shadowspike74:

used this mod long ago when i got my copy of cmr 2.0 is really fixed the widescreen and framerate issue thanks

[Emzijs]

Thank you for your patch, it alllows me to relive my childhood and play this game once again. But I have few issues.

1) Every time I launch the game, it resets to default configs. I need to reassign keys and set the resolution each and every time.
2) It seems that I can't save the game. Game says I have saved the game, but save file is not created and therefore I lose all the progress I have made.

Has anyone found any fix to these issues? I'd greatly appreciate any help.

[Silent]

Originally posted by Emzijs:

Thank you for your patch, it alllows me to relive my childhood and play this game once again. But I have few issues.

1) Every time I launch the game, it resets to default configs. I need to reassign keys and set the resolution each and every time.
2) It seems that I can't save the game. Game says I have saved the game, but save file is not created and therefore I lose all the progress I have made.

Has anyone found any fix to these issues? I'd greatly appreciate any help.

Seems like you are encountering an issue where some empty directories did not get created correctly. In this ticket I outlined what folders to create in the main game directory:
https://github.com/CookiePLMonster/SilentPatchCMR2/issues/7
This most likely will help.