Posted December 10, 2021
Hey guys, I might need some help by SWAT 4 veterans.
A couple days ago i wanted to play SWAT 4 after many many years. I was glad finding an old data backup whilst my loved physical SWAT4 Gold box seems to be lost somewhere. At the start i got the "InsufficientVideoMemory" Event Message, but after clicking OK the game does not to mind about this error. Next thing I noticed was the resolution setting. And the missing option for 1080 16:9 resolution. The "setres 1920x1080" console command just streches it, so I prefer sticking to the given options. So I began looking for a Win10 and 16:9 fix and found on some german sites that GOG made a Win10 Version which should support 16:9. So I ordered my copy and became member of this community!
After installing I did not get any "MinSpecRequirements" Errors, but other than getting an english client there were no changes. No 16:9 options for the resolution. So if somebody figured out a nice fix, please let me know. Meanwhile I am also ok with sticking to the given options.
My biggest problem came with installing the gezmods (client & server sided Admin Menu Mod). Since installing them I can not open the console anymore. And I have no idea why. Also the client sided mod does not work properly. As I remember it also deactivates the intros, same like the -nointro command. This part of the mod works, but joining a MP server with the server mod running and working, there is no admin GUI showing up after admin login. And using the mod with the "kick ac" commands is no option, because the console does not open up anymore. Maybe here are some veterans who already used them and set up dedicated servers? As Gez last update is from 2008, I do not think I can get support there. Is there a problem when installing the client and server sided mod together in the same game directory? Btw the [Engine.GameEngine] EnableDevTools=True is set, but in my memories this is not even nescessary to open the console, just needed to activate cheats with it. Is there another .ini file with a option overwritten by gezmods? A Suppress= command specially for the console? Or just an overwritten keybind? I could not find any keybind for the console in the user.ini, so it seems to be set somewhere else? On my keyboard layout it was on the "^" button next to the "1".
The second problem really annoying me is my partly failed attempt to patch my GOG version to the german language and audio. I basically just copied all .grm files from the System folder together with the GermanFonts.exec, the grm GUI textures from Textures folder, the grm part of the LocalizedContent folder (TSS), and lastly the grm audios from Sound folder (not for TSS). After changing Language=grm and SpeechLanguage=grm in the Swat4X.ini everything worked great for TSS. But in the Swat4.ini there is noting like SpeechLanguage=int or so. The menu, descriptions etc. are in german now, but not the spoken audio files. I already thought the .ini might be stripped down for this GOG Version to be just an english client so there might be the SpeechLanguage=grm command missing, but adding did not change anything. Is here somebody who has already patched a client to another language and might help me finding the missing command for changing the spoken language?
Just to be complete, I am using a Win10 machine and also installed the master server patch by swat4stats.
Thanks and greetings,
Kevin
A couple days ago i wanted to play SWAT 4 after many many years. I was glad finding an old data backup whilst my loved physical SWAT4 Gold box seems to be lost somewhere. At the start i got the "InsufficientVideoMemory" Event Message, but after clicking OK the game does not to mind about this error. Next thing I noticed was the resolution setting. And the missing option for 1080 16:9 resolution. The "setres 1920x1080" console command just streches it, so I prefer sticking to the given options. So I began looking for a Win10 and 16:9 fix and found on some german sites that GOG made a Win10 Version which should support 16:9. So I ordered my copy and became member of this community!
After installing I did not get any "MinSpecRequirements" Errors, but other than getting an english client there were no changes. No 16:9 options for the resolution. So if somebody figured out a nice fix, please let me know. Meanwhile I am also ok with sticking to the given options.
My biggest problem came with installing the gezmods (client & server sided Admin Menu Mod). Since installing them I can not open the console anymore. And I have no idea why. Also the client sided mod does not work properly. As I remember it also deactivates the intros, same like the -nointro command. This part of the mod works, but joining a MP server with the server mod running and working, there is no admin GUI showing up after admin login. And using the mod with the "kick ac" commands is no option, because the console does not open up anymore. Maybe here are some veterans who already used them and set up dedicated servers? As Gez last update is from 2008, I do not think I can get support there. Is there a problem when installing the client and server sided mod together in the same game directory? Btw the [Engine.GameEngine] EnableDevTools=True is set, but in my memories this is not even nescessary to open the console, just needed to activate cheats with it. Is there another .ini file with a option overwritten by gezmods? A Suppress= command specially for the console? Or just an overwritten keybind? I could not find any keybind for the console in the user.ini, so it seems to be set somewhere else? On my keyboard layout it was on the "^" button next to the "1".
The second problem really annoying me is my partly failed attempt to patch my GOG version to the german language and audio. I basically just copied all .grm files from the System folder together with the GermanFonts.exec, the grm GUI textures from Textures folder, the grm part of the LocalizedContent folder (TSS), and lastly the grm audios from Sound folder (not for TSS). After changing Language=grm and SpeechLanguage=grm in the Swat4X.ini everything worked great for TSS. But in the Swat4.ini there is noting like SpeechLanguage=int or so. The menu, descriptions etc. are in german now, but not the spoken audio files. I already thought the .ini might be stripped down for this GOG Version to be just an english client so there might be the SpeechLanguage=grm command missing, but adding did not change anything. Is here somebody who has already patched a client to another language and might help me finding the missing command for changing the spoken language?
Just to be complete, I am using a Win10 machine and also installed the master server patch by swat4stats.
Thanks and greetings,
Kevin
Post edited December 10, 2021 by derkvn
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