Echoes of Wisdom AAR Released

Hey guys! This is probably the best version of AAR I've made to date. This includes of course the gameplay fix, but it also has hud scaling and shifting for ALL the elements in the game. There is only one place that I need to fix still-- The background blur on the echo selection menu.

Cutscene fix is here! This one is different than the one in MVDK, which scales the movie files. In this engine, all the movies are played by panes, which makes it much easier to manage!

There are two main options when dealing cutscenes (including the title screen background!). You can have it be pillarboxed, or zoomed in. Zooming in a cutscene will make it fill your screen, but you lose information at the top and bottom, like here:

https://preview.redd.it/n7djivk288sd1.png?width=3051&format=png&auto=webp&s=df171f2683aed621980ad129f5db5f002aac8acc

https://preview.redd.it/nv5bdq0fm8sd1.png?width=3440&format=png&auto=webp&s=9785e6556e7ff402d352eaba2f84c9dfd602d09c

In constrast, you can pillarbox them, like here:

https://preview.redd.it/69chx1m388sd1.png?width=3435&format=png&auto=webp&s=d21de182b2357b4d459e93022431ccf8626d302c

https://preview.redd.it/r3omn0dem8sd1.png?width=3049&format=png&auto=webp&s=ba9f5cbabcc5262d47a1ba10e1e7e12dd67a97b7

I personally prefer the top option for the title screen, even though you lose some data. This carries in to the file select screen:

https://preview.redd.it/ju11ygv688sd1.png?width=3440&format=png&auto=webp&s=509e2068313b86f87b2f436f8170519ddae23c03

https://preview.redd.it/p3dpv4u788sd1.png?width=3049&format=png&auto=webp&s=13fb8799d9698111f744e1f19235e8ba5e4d3ac5

https://preview.redd.it/r0f25eshm8sd1.png?width=3048&format=png&auto=webp&s=222db05d90b914c326964d5efc85fbe99b7b5678

And now we are getting to the menus! You'll notice I expanded all the menus to fill the space!

https://preview.redd.it/wbxr5y5b88sd1.png?width=3051&format=png&auto=webp&s=b8a7ae8505dc8361a742fd82227942b704512d80

https://preview.redd.it/emhjzqkb88sd1.png?width=3440&format=png&auto=webp&s=e2730a7ba8432ae4aa28c1282df1349e33bf5308

I'm happy with how it turned out.

Of course, last but not least, we have gameplay. HUD elements and alerts are all shifted, here is how it looks:

https://preview.redd.it/jvf9pjilm8sd1.png?width=3047&format=png&auto=webp&s=58fe8c03d9435c9e4d97c6d9ac29dd92c7792831

https://preview.redd.it/3vdkh0iqm8sd1.png?width=3440&format=png&auto=webp&s=831431c7b1e444f534ad3a373f68fffeb88bfe2e

as per usual, this works at ANY aspect ratio, though currently only horizontal aspect ratios are supported (wider than 16:9). In the future I'll add support for more like Steam Deck and 4:3

If you want to download a prebuilt version, check it out on gamebanana here:

https://gamebanana.com/mods/545899

Otherwise, use the tool to generate your own versions. The tool in the launcher is already updated. If you have it downloaded already, simply launch it and it will auto update with the new option for echoes of wisdom.

Also, if you notice any issues, or anything for me to fix, please raise an issue here: https://github.com/fayaz12g/eow-aar It helps out a ton