Overlord I/II ? - updated results tested many more games!

[mr.uu]

Has somebody successful tried one of the two Overlord games?

I think they do use their own engine, so probably not an easy task.

Despite they are third person it could be worth trying!

I will have time to try myself in a couple of weeks, hopefully having my rift then...

Thanks!

[mr.uu]

Working!

Overlord Raising Hell worked "out of the box" just by altering in the profile dearesther.exe in Overlord.exe!

Couldn't find any glitches and performance-wise also okay!

WOW!!!

Also tried Overlord II, flawless- for fine-tuning i certainly need my Rift...can't wait!!!

[KingK76]

Working!

Overlord Raising Hell worked "out of the box" just by altering in the profile dearesther.exe in Overlord.exe!

Couldn't find any glitches and performance-wise also okay!

WOW!!!

Also tried Overlord II, flawless- for fine-tuning i certainly need my Rift...can't wait!!!

How did you get this to work? I just tried and I got nothing! Please explain what your steps were. Thanks.

[mr.uu]

Sorry, couldn't answer earlier. I am travelling through europe...

Well, it was as easy as this (recalling out of memory):

1. download Vireio (i took the official 1.0.4 build but newer should be better ) at http://vire.io/download/ and unpack
2. open profiles.xml in perceptions "/cfg" dir with editor and change "dearesther.exe" with "Overlord.exe" and save
3. run perception.exe (i did as admin) and then run Overlord.exe



Also check that the spelling of your exe is right (case sensitive?)...

[mr.uu]

Well, want to say that i will hijack this thread to post my results of testing some more of my old favorites...

Just tried Project Nomads - working!

Just download dx8todx9 converter from http://enbdev.com/convertor_dx8_dx9_v0035.htm , copy all files into the nomads.exe folder, replace "dearesther.exe" with "nomads.exe" in the Vireio-profiles.xml

To adjust to your desired (widescreen-)Resolution do this:
"The method is to HEX Edit the "nnomads.dll" file within the "Project NomadsRunbinwin32" folder.
Search for the text/string value "1024" and "768" and insert your Resolution."

[mr.uu]

Also WRC2 works like a charm!

[mr.uu]

Also Viking-Battle for Asgard, just copy the three perception-dlls in the viking.exe Folder

Edit:

Working only WITH copying the dlls in the .exe folder:
15 days * makes no sense - is a 2D adventure, fov to small
Air Conflicts Secret Wars ** minor roll airplane shadow wrong glitch, needs fov patch
Alpha Prime
Assassin's Creed
Assassin's Creed RevelationsBatman Arkham City GOTY (game_type="200")
Battlestations Pacific
Black&White 2
Black Mirror 2 * makes no sense - is a 2D adventure, fov to small
Gothic 3 Forsaken Gods - Enhanced Edition (game_type="400")
Fable
Fable 3
Ford Racing 3
MotoGP 08
Need for Speed SHIFT
Pinball FX2 (game_type="601") Intro vid not displaying
Red Faction Armageddon
Shadowgrounds
Viking - Battle for Asgard

Working WITHOUT need to copy dlls:
007 Legends * roll distorts menu and ingame gfx
3SwitcheD * to small fov, better in 2D
Agatha Christie - Mord im Orient Express (with ENB dx8 to tx9 converter) * to small fov
Alan Wake *** fov slider in ingame menu to max, amazing!
Alice Madness Returns
All Zombies Must Die! (game_type="200")
Alpha Protocol (game_type="200")
Anna - Extended Edition (game_type="601")
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
Batman Arkham Asylum (game_type="200")
Battlestrike - Shadow of Stalingrad
Beowulf
Black Site Area 51 (game_type="200")
Far Cry (game_type="500")
Flatout2
Gears of War (game_type="200")
H.A.W.X. dx9 * fov patch needed
Obscure working (with ENB dx8 to tx9 converter)
Overlord RH
Overlord 2
Pathologic
Prince of Persia SoT,WW,t2T unfortunately ingame Vids not displaying (press numpad0 to disable)
Prince of Persia tfS
Prince of Persia (2008)
Pure
Santa Claus in Trouble (with ENB dx8 to tx9 converter)
Timeshift *** Looks good!
Viva Pinata
WRC 2
X3 Reunion

Didn´t work (so far...):
A New Beginning - Final Cut (only 2D?)
Agent Hugo - Operation Lemoon Twist
American McGee's Alice
AquaNox 2 Revelation
Atomic City Adventures - The Case of the Black Dragon
Battle of Europe
Battle vs. Chess
Battlestations Midway
Beyond Good & Evil (freezes ingame after roughly one second and then occasionally screen updates)
Black&White
Blazing Angels SoWW2
Deus EX Invisible War
Evil Twin
Impossible Creatures
MDK2
MotoGP2 (did work, but shader effect at high Speed double and trippeling distortion...)
OutRun2006 Coast 2 Coast
RealMyst (to old dx-Version, pre dx8)
Sacrifice
Sherlock Holmes - The Secret of the Silver Earring
Splinter Cell, CT, PT
Titan Quest IT (did work, but shadows are wrong...)
Tomb Raider Legend, Underworld, Anniversary


All with Perception d3d Proxy Version
Settings: Oculus Rift and Tracker off

Personal experience, after trying with my Rift, tracker on:
*** good
** ok
* bad

[LordJuanlo]

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All with Perception d3d Proxy Version
Settings: Oculus Rift and Tracker off

So, you didn't have to create profiles in Vireio for this huge list of games? Just place the 3 dlls on the game folders and you're ready? PoP Sands of Time is one of my all-time favorites.

[mr.uu]

So, you didn't have to create profiles in Vireio for this huge list of games? Just place the 3 dlls on the game folders and you're ready? PoP Sands of Time is one of my all-time favorites.

Hey LordJuanlo, i like your videos!

Of course you have to edit the profiles.xml, see my post below- it's easy!
For testing just replace the exe name of an existing profile line.
Then later rename the exe to dearesther.exe again, simply copy the whole profile line, add it below the old one and alter the name of the profile and the name of the exe to your liking.

AND: only for the games where i say "Same for..." you have to copy the dlls in the exe folder (edited my post to make it clear).
The ones below work without copying! If you copy despite that fact you will most likely see a double-distortion (4 pics)!
After each profiles.xml change and save you have to restart perception.exe for accepting the changes!

Hope that helps!

Personally i did love the PoP of 2008! One of my all-time favorites!

Sorry, couldn't answer earlier. I am travelling through europe...

Well, it was as easy as this (recalling out of memory):

1. download Vireio (i took the official 1.0.4 build but newer should be better ) at http://vire.io/download/ and unpack
2. open profiles.xml in perceptions "/cfg" dir with editor and change "dearesther.exe" with "Overlord.exe" and save
3. run perception.exe (i did as admin) and then run Overlord.exe



Also check that the spelling of your exe is right (case sensitive?)...

[LordJuanlo]

Thanks! I got it working in PoP Sands of Time, although I'll have to adjust 3D settings in Vireio. Unfortunately the game doesn't support widescreen resolutions (I'm using Steam version), but I remember that it was possible to use an 'unofficial' executable to force other resolutions.

[mr.uu]

http://www.wsgf.org/dr/prince-persia-sands-time

Only vert- possible. ;(

Just try it, maybe it is okay for you...

One Question: How is the Rift scaling the 1024x768 (i think you run it like that) resolution?
The horizontal stretch should be okay, too. What is your impression?

[LordJuanlo]

Yes, unfortunately it's vert-, I finished the game a couple of years ago in this mode in 1920x1080 using that hack. At 1024x768 I see black borders on the sides and also on top and bottom, but it's not too bad. I'll try to play with separation and convergence to get a proper 3D effect, out of the box I can't see any depth.

[mr.uu]

...At 1024x768 I see black borders on the sides and also on top and bottom, but it's not too bad. I'll try to play with separation and convergence to get a proper 3D effect, out of the box I can't see any depth.

That sounds to me as if the Rift does not stretch the image on its 1280x800 screen but centers it(?). Could you adjust stretch in the Windows Display settings or in Catalyst (seems you are a AMD fellow )?

[museumsteve]

Thanks for the heads-up on this stuff mate

[mr.uu]

Hey steve, would you PLEASE try SHIFT for me?
Can't wait to hear how it feels.
Want to try it with my dbox-system but still roughly three weeks for me till my Rift arrives...aaarrrggghhh!!!

[mr.uu]

Prince of Persia of 2008 - my favorite of the series - working!

[lmimmfn]

These work:
Mass Effect 3
Darkness 2

Only issue I have is how to calibrate mouse sensitivity so turning 90degrees in e.g. Darkness 2 doesn't end up being a full 360 degrees in game?
I'm a verio noob, I presume I can sort this via the profiles?