Postal²

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1 Game Information
2 Widescreen Support
- 2.1 Method
- 2.2 Screen change
3 Surround Gaming support
- 3.1 Method
4 Known Issues
5 Condensed detailed report
6 WSGF links
7 External links

Game Information

By: Whiptail Interactive, Running With Scissors
Genre: FPS
Release Date: April 14, 2003
Players: 1
Version: Postal Fudge Pack Compilation, fully patched as of 15-Dec-07

The collection includes Postal, Postal - Special Delivery, Postal 2 - Share the Pain, Postal 2 - Apocalypse Weekend, A Week in Paradise, and Eternal Damnation. This report will cover the games made with the Postal 2 engine.

The Postal 2 games are a combination of satire, parody, humor, and a total lack of class. You control the "Postal Dude" as he sloshes his way through his miserable life one day at a time. Complete ordinary events with little to no violence or just kill everything that has a pulse.

If you have a problem with negative stereotypes you should probably pass on this set. Here kitty, kitty...

Widescreen Support

Method

No native support for widescreen resolutions. Each game uses a different pair of files for the changes.

Postal 2 - Share the Pain
"Game root directory"\System
"Postal2.ini"
"User.ini"

Postal 2 - Apocalypse Weekend
"Game root directory"\ApocalypseWeekend\System
"ApocalypseWeekend.ini"
"User.ini"

A Week in Paradise
"Game root directory"\AWP\System
"AWP.ini"
"User.ini"

Eternal Damnation
"Game root directory"\Eternal Damnation\System
"EternalDamnation.ini"
"User.ini"

In the ini file named after the game search for...

FullscreenViewportX=****
FullscreenViewportY=****

Change **** to your desired widescreen resolution.

In the "user.ini" file search for...

DesiredFOV=**
DefaultFOV=**

Replace the existing FOV values with the correct values for your widescreen aspect ratio. For Postal 2 - Share the Pain, Postal 2 - Apocalypse Weekend, and A Week in Paradise use these values...

Default - 85
16:9 - 101.409630521
16:10 - 95.4370607151

For Eternal Damnation use these values...

Default - 90
16:9 - 106.270273206
16:10 - 100.39487232

Remember that this must be done four times total. Once for each game.

Screen change

Hor +

1600x1200

1920x1200

Surround Gaming support

Method

Matrox SGU

Known Issues

Vert- intro cut-scenes

Condensed detailed report

MGL Classification	Hor +
Widescreen method	.ini
Resolution support	Full
Singleplayer anomalies	None
Multiplayer support	Full
Aspect ratio support	Full
HUD stretch	No stretch
Cut-scenes	FMVs and rendered cut-scenes
FMV correction	Anamorphic
Rendered cut-scene correction	Hor +
Calculated grade	C