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UFO: Aftershock Necessary 1.3 Patch + Widescreen
By kramatt
Steam version of the game comes in 1.2. As it is an official version of the game, it is quite understandable that they won't be releasing it with unofficial patches. However, as a result, our experience of the game can and probably will suffer because of that.

Fortunately, there is an unofficial 1.3. patch fixing a lot of issues and is pretty much necessary if you really want to enjoy the game and avoid some major game breaking bugs.

And yes, there are some. I bought original boxed version of the game back when it was released and later again in so called Anthology Edition available in some countries. I wasn't able to finish the game with neither boxed version. Even when patched with 1.2. or 1.2.1 from official web pages back when they still existed. I finally managed to finish the game many many years later when I came back to if for nostalgia and patched it to 1.3.
   
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Overview
Patch 1.3. 
Widescreen Patch 
Links 
Comments
Patch 1.3.
These days, I had trouble finding the 1.3. patch. A lot of sources I used in the past and are dead now. Fortunately I found this reddit thread that helped a lot (shout-out to redditer NBK_RedSpy, give him some up-votes). He made the copy of the patch 1.3. available for download and is still up at the time of writing this guide.

But, just in case, I provided additional links at the end of the guide.

Installation:
  • Extract UFO Aftershock.zip
  • Extract ufo_aftershock_patch_1_3.zip
  • Run ufo_aftershock_patch_1_3.exe and point installer to game file folder location
    E.g. for me it would be: D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\UFOAftershock
Widescreen Patch
The archive also contains a Widescreen Patch that works with the version 1.3.

This combination is something I also had trouble finding. All the other ones I found were either 1.2. or widescreen, not both. I tested it myself and it worked fine with one small issue in Squad view, where soldier model's heads are cut off. It's up to you whether that bothers you or not.



Important thing in my opinion is, that it will allow you to use higher resolution and 1.3 at the same time.

Installation
  • Extract UFO Aftershock.zip (Skip, if you already did it during 1.3. Patch installation)
  • Extract UFO AS WSF.zip
  • In the extracted dir, navigate to: UFO AS WSF\UFO AS WSF\UFOAS_30_1920x1080\UFO Aftershock
  • Copy screen1920_1080mod.vfs & UFO.exe and paste into game file folder location.
    E.g. for me it would be: D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\UFOAftershock
  • You will be asked to overwrite the existing files. Hit yes. If you did not get this message, then you did something incorrectly.

    Check the linked reddit thread where OP posted some advice on installation if you are facing any issues.
Links
To make sure this link stays available I made a copy myself and uploaded on three cloud stores of mine. I'll try to keep them available forever:

Enjoy!

14 Comments
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Toxicwire† 10 May @ 5:09pm 
Thank you, I appreciate the answer Kramatt.
kramatt  [author] 10 May @ 11:33am 
Just fixes.
Toxicwire† 9 May @ 5:37pm 
Does this patch add any content or just bug fixes? I ask because the 2 sources I've seen contradict each other.
kramatt  [author] 16 Oct, 2024 @ 12:29am 
The GUI elements can be moved around. Almost every have this "handle" that you can use to relocate it. This ... lets say blue half circle you see in upper left corner on many GUI elements. Just click and drag :-)

I apologize for late response. I was bit off lately. Hope it still helps!
Darelius 5 Oct, 2024 @ 9:40am 
Thanks, but the "Patch" makes it worse.
I cant select 1920*1080 but it is fullscreen witz the GUI elements in the middle of the screen...
Is there away to fix it?
kramatt  [author] 22 Sep, 2024 @ 12:28pm 
Good luck. Hope you make it work somehow :-)
alekspav86 20 Sep, 2024 @ 11:56am 
Thanks for help and offer.
Currently I am looking up for event triggers in my save files.
I will compare to your save files, maybe I find out something.:steamthumbsup:
kramatt  [author] 20 Sep, 2024 @ 9:24am 
I tried to search for this issue you have and it seems like it is possible to fix it by hex-editing your save files using some vfstool.

Reference:
https://www.strategycore.co.uk/forums/topic/5128-i-cant-make-any-progress-in-the-gameplay-spoiler/

The link to the tool did not work, but I found this one:
https://www.strategycore.co.uk/files/vfs-tool/

You could perhaps play with it. But I am not sure it works. I did not test it myself.

There is another option though. I found my save files still on the disk. I uploaded my profile on my public onedrive: https://1drv.ms/f/c/c78bd6843fecd5a8/EpwN8n4qJ8hImdGHEwC9X-UBh7ZvN9grrYBF3WnRF0J5Rg?e=0ZWCKgp , so you check try it out if you like. Maybe just to finish the game at least even for the price of potentially skipping some content. I dunno in what state the game is in those saves, but there is ate least one I named Save_5___MotherShip.vfs.
kramatt  [author] 20 Sep, 2024 @ 8:44am 
Damn, 3-6 months. That is a lot. I think in my case, I waited only for maybe a week? Might be less or a bit more, I do not recall exactly, but based on my findings from back then I knew that it was supposed to be normal. There was supposed to be some waiting period.
But trying to wait for months,... that is a A LOT. I dunno how much time you already waited, but I would say if its more than week, its got to be bugged somehow.
alekspav86 19 Sep, 2024 @ 11:00pm 
That is same issue I have. Wargot ship came and attacked, and allied with cultists. I got wargot ship probe and according to reddit I should received cultist threat research which gives wargot-cultist cooperation. This is supposed to give cultist temple assault mission to get codes and on.
In first game I pushed cultists to Australia bases and they bothered me only to 2 bases. Fought them and wargots over 2 months and nothing.
Then tried patches and new game.
Now cultists can't conquer base no matter how undefended it is (no barracks , knowledge 2 from school etc).
Reticulans were supposed to show later.
I will try longer 3-6 months wait, but of vourse wargot defense will continue. I still need those resources.