Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception

[korsobar]

This game is rendering 720p 30fps but I have seen screenshots online of it running in 4k in an emulator so I was hoping to be able to get Special K to work with it to override the resolution and get 4k on the pc version.

I have been trying local wrappers. I am using the SpecialK32.dll found in the SK_0_2_1.7z on github as the 0.10.3.1 does not contain a 32 bit dll.

I have tried it as both dxgi.dll and d3d11.dll with similar results. The game crashes after hanging for a bit. No metal gear sound.

I do use RTSS but I had already disabled it for this game's exe and just to be safe I shut down it and MSI Afterburner.

I followed the directions at https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Special_K#Game_crashes_with_Special_K_injected
and disabled everything listed under step 5 EXCEPT not silent=true because when I do that it crashes the same way but with no useful log.

The result is the same. This is the pastebin of the log generated: https://pastebin.com/4TQKzwhZ

Also, the gameoutput.log is filled with lots of MinHook: Deep Freeze. Not sure if that is significant.

Any ideas what else I might try?

Apparently this is a pretty good game and it is a real shame that it has to languish in bad port territory at an abysmal 720p res.

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

[korsobar]

Global injection lets the game run but Special K does not appear to function. It produced https://pastebin.com/91r41SWt

I notice that the global injector selected d3d9.dll but if I use that for the local wrapper filename it doesn't work.

[korsobar]

Well I looked really closely trying to understand the logs and I am guessing there is some sort of anti-piracy system that is preventing the mod from working. With Special K off and RTSS turned on, the game also won't start. It is quite obnoxious that some system like that is going to prevent trying to use a mod to fix the crappy port. I guess I will return it.

If someone does find a way to get Special K to work with this game and is able to mod it to higher resolutions, please post here and let me know.

[Kaldaien]

MinHook Deep Freeze is not a good thing to see in the logs, if that's coming up repeatedly then you have other software that does something similar to Special K that is causing a deadlock.

A lot of compatibility work has gone into Special K since 0.10.x, you might have better luck using the Steam beta version:

MQI78-RW2IY-QRF66

[korsobar]

Someone used that key before I could. EDIT: I did get a key from my request on the store forum though so thanks!

I do have SpecialK working with no significant issues on another game (God Wars - The Complete Legend) and no MinHook errors there. In that case, your mod gave the game basically flawless 4k support that it didn't have for which I am quite grateful since it looks very nice.

I did return the Utawarerumono games. I don't want to play them at 720p. How any company can justify selling bikini DLC at 720p on a pc port is beyond me.

[korsobar]

Well I decided to try again with SKIF. I can get Special K working in the game with the current version local wrappers but not with the global injection.

There are still errors being thrown but the mod seems to function regardless.

Unfortunately, the resolution override that Special K uses doesn't seem to be where they are controlling the internal render resolution. So much for an easy fix.