KOTOR1: tiny UI

[Towncivilian 0]

I just started playing KOTOR1 again and I am having great difficulty getting the UI to not be microscopic. Even with an unmodified 1.03 EXE, when running the game at 1600x1200 I get the tiny icons & tiny menus of the 800x600 resolution. I also tried UniWS to patch to 1920x1200 (1024x768 interface) according to this guide, along with the patched GUI files in the Override folder, without success - I do get the widescreen resolution, but the GUI is still too small for my liking. I also tried the "Flawless Widescreen" utility without success - that one didn't even yield a widescreen resolution.

 

I'm running KOTOR1 1.03 patched + K1R 0.9 beta on Windows 8.1 64-bit. I run the game in Windows XP SP2 compatibility mode with administrative rights. I would prefer widescreen + non microscopic GUI if possible, but just 1600x1200 with a decently sized GUI would be fine too. I appreciate any help.

[Sith Holocron 2,473]

You might want to check this video out. If that doesn't help, you might want to ask the video's poster (Xuul) if he has any suggestion.

[linuxgrrl2 0]

I just started playing KOTOR1 again and I am having great difficulty getting the UI to not be microscopic. Even with an unmodified 1.03 EXE, when running the game at 1600x1200 I get the tiny icons & tiny menus of the 800x600 resolution. I also tried UniWS to patch to 1920x1200 (1024x768 interface) according to this guide, along with the patched GUI files in the Override folder, without success - I do get the widescreen resolution, but the GUI is still too small for my liking. I also tried the "Flawless Widescreen" utility without success - that one didn't even yield a widescreen resolution.

 

I'm running KOTOR1 1.03 patched + K1R 0.9 beta on Windows 8.1 64-bit. I run the game in Windows XP SP2 compatibility mode with administrative rights. I would prefer widescreen + non microscopic GUI if possible, but just 1600x1200 with a decently sized GUI would be fine too. I appreciate any help.

I have this same problem, except I'm running KOTOR through Wine, and I'm using the GOG version.

 

So, install GOG install of Kotor1 using Wine. No need to patch or worry about no-cd cracks.

Use uws to patch to 1920x1200.

Unpack 1920x1200 HUD files and put in override.

Start a new game.

 

I get a full view and movies, but the UI is tiny and kind of pushed up and to the left, where an 800x600 window would be if it was in window mode.

[Kexikus 994]

You need higher resolution UI graphics. Sweetz made some but the only download links I know of are in this German tutorial for enabling widescreen in KotOR.

Just click the resolution you want in the list and unpack the download into your override folder and you should be able to play.

 

Edit: I should probably post the link I'm talking about http://forum.worldofplayers.de/forum/threads/803794-Anleitung-Widescreen-f%C3%BCr-KotOR-1-und-2