It warms my heart when I find that communities are still putting together patches to get older games to run on modern hardware. Old Unreal is an example where we have a patch that gives Unreal support for high refresh rate as well a high ultrawide resolution. Here’s how to add it for yourself:
Prerequisites
- Unreal Gold is already installed and fully updated. I’m using the version from Steam.
- You need to have 7-Zip installed. You can find it here
Download the Old Unreal Patcher
- Navigate to: oldunreal.com/downloads/unreal/oldunreal-patches/
- Scroll down to the bottom and click the download like for: UnrealGoldPatch227i.7z (As of the time of writing this post, that was the latest and greatest version)
Unpack the .7z file you just downloaded
Run the exe UnrealGoldPatch227i.exe
Find the path to your game installation
If you’re using the version that installed from Steam, it’s probably located in: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Unreal Gold
Select you language
Then hit “Next >”
Put in the path to your Unreal Installation
Then hit “Next >”
Then hit “Install”
Run Unreal Gold
Make sure to select the OpenGL renderer
Go Into Options > Preferences
To Select a High Refresh Rate, Navigate to Options > Advanced Options
