Like to access the debugging information in Fallout 2?

WARNING!

This patch is still in beta, which means it is not yet ready for public release. It works on my computer (running win95), but I have had reports that it doesn't work when running win98. This means that if it doesn't work for you, then don't send me an email stating that "It doesn't work". Instead send me some details: Did it crash? If so, what was the error message? What OS are you running? If it complained about a crash in a DLL, then what is the version of that DLL. If none of the above makes sense, then wait till this patch is out of beta.

So what is this patch thing all about?

Fallout 2 as shipped, contains debugging code in the executable, but it is not enabled by default. This debugging information is likely to be valuable to those who are writing mods, or who are just plain curious as to the internals of the game. This patch enables the debugging code.

Here is a sample of the debugging output.

Playing movie: credits.mve
Direct Playing at (0, 0)  not scaled
Movie aborted
Frames 40, dropped 3
Loading background sound file 07desert.ACM... finding background sound  playing
succeeded.
Loading sound file nmselec1.ACM...succeeded.
 Filename SAVEGAME\SLOT01\SAVE.DAT
 Filename SAVEGAME\SLOT01\SAVE.DAT

LOADSAVE: Load name: begin
LOADSAVE: Load file header size read: 30051 bytes.
Resetting sound system...done.

Scripts: [Game Reset]LOADSAVE: Load function #0 data size read: 0 bytes.
LOADSAVE: Load function #1 data size read: 4 bytes.
LOADSAVE: Load function #2 data size read: 2784 bytes.
LOADSAVE: in SlotMap2Game

MAP: Loading SAVED map.Loading background sound file wind2.ACM...
     finding background sound  playing succeeded.

[Party Member 0]: Narg
Loading sound file gustwin1.ACM...succeeded.

Requirements.

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Download the Patch.

You can download the patch here. Follow the instructions inside the zip file.

If it works for you, then great! Send me the your system specs so I can add the details to the table below.

Tested Operating Systems.

Tested on Working?
Win95 OSR2.1 Yes
Wine 20010326 Yes

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