Soldiers: Heroes of World War II widescreen fix

Widescreen and Resolution fix for Soldiers: Heroes of World War 2.

It also fixes the famous Texture or surface size is too big (esurface.cpp, 129) error!

Installation

• Download zip from releases and unpack the files inside next to the Soldiers.exe

• Set the following properties (important)

NOTE if you don't set Disable fullscreen optimizations you will get this error

Supported Versions

• Zoom-Platform¹ 1.28.3E
  • soldiers.exe SHA256 C46DBEF054FCFB9D0EE5DF2145763E1A0EA3FCB684DF4892F1E63C48A5B5D951
• GOG 1.28.3E
  • Soldiers.exe SHA256 c46dbef054fcfb9d0ee5df2145763e1a0ea3fcb684df4892f1e63c48a5b5d951
  • soldiers_editor.exe SHA256 be404895472ecb2a33ae6e110a0cba17ddce9aad1fe9cb311cbd5d05e0356be9
• Steam 1.28.3E
  • Soldiers.exe SHA256 839ae59bfd3ce356820e90fe0c648d4ec175686fa48c9de76619a8847f3e7254

Known Limitations

• videos might only play sound with black screen - no idea why :(
• editor was only tested with the bat script from the GOG version

Showcase

Main Menu

Original Zoom

Patched Zoom

Footnotes

1. THANK YOU guys for providing me a free copy for testing!! ↩