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New 60fps fix

By Fappy-さま and 1 collaborators

New 60fps fix for STAR WARS™: The Force Unleashed™ II

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2 Apr, 2019 @ 8:02am

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2GB+ patch

Fix for Force Grip bug with 60+ FPS (force grip always pulls up)

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How to...

Download the patch from:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Agx5qh1dDfESK_LgI0kL_oTgS6WI4wY-

and then uncompress its contents into the game directory with 'SWTFU2.exe' (usually "...\Steam\steamapps\common\Star Wars The Force Unleashed 2").

Then start the SWTFU60fps.bat script from the patch to automatically patch the game exe.

Enjoy the game in glorious 60 fps!

⚠️ One last thing: the original game (30fps) has a bug (?) when you grab objects with the force and they will lift slowly up... Using the 60fps patch this behaviour will be accelerated and objects will lift up even faster, but that's an original game problem.
GOOD NEWS: read the Force Grip section please!

P.S.

Recommended NVidia Settings (use NVidia Profile Inspector):
Frame rate limiter V3 = 60 (or menus will run without cap, wasting GPU power)
Maximum pre-rendered frames = Use the 3D application settings
Prefered refreshrate = Use the 3D application settings
Vertical sync = Force on

Antialiasing - FXAA Enabled = On

Special thanks

jptch.exe copyright is owned by Joris Heirbaut
http://jojodiff.sourceforge.net/

2GB+ patch

Disable any Compatibility Mode you may have set (Win7 compatibility, run as admin, etc.).
After the patch, to improve stability and potentially fix random crashes, with an hex editor like HxD modify at the offset/address:
0000012E: 02 -> 22

If you're too noob to manually modify the SWTFU2.exe, you can try with tool 4GB Patch: https://ntcore.com/?page_id=371

(This won't fix all loading/fmv crashes but should reduce them drastically)

Fix for Force Grip bug with 60+ FPS (force grip always pulls up)

(May not work for everyone!)
Add this line to your Steam Launch Options:

-variableTimesteps

https://youtu.be/RKe9p07wOmQ

78 Comments

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Tankhell 29 May @ 6:13pm

this guide makes the gorog boss fight unbeatable. you cannot force push him fast enough to secure any of the chains and even if you try to brute force it by fighting him without that at a certain point the game makes you do it so the boss is unkillable. this is a very irritating bug and you have failed to address it when other people have pointed it out.

Connor616 12 May @ 9:15am

I can´t play my game. Somebody help :(((

Kafir from Catharsis 7 Feb @ 9:12pm

"The system cannot find the file specified.
Could not open data file SWTFU2.exe.bak for reading."

hexaae [author] 18 Oct, 2024 @ 1:36am

@Grog
If you're unsure, use the 4gb patch tool to apply it safely.

Mad Jack 24 Jul, 2024 @ 10:02am

It locks you with bossfight cause you cant force push as fast as game intended. So no point in all this, after i changed hex value to get 50 fps (so its 01000032) the game stopped to work for me. Tried to change back and nothing. Well, game is bad anyway.

Grog 1 Jul, 2024 @ 6:10am

hexaae, are the hex values from your "FOR ADVANCED USERS" post for the GOG version of the game? I noticed you mentioned that you have that in your post in the Discussions section. This might be why people are having issues finding these values for the Steam version of the executable.

Also, for those of you with an "03" value where it should be "02", I just tried this myself and it seems like the pre-patched files (like you find on PCGamingWiki) have "03" in that address, but if you patch with jptch and the .bat like in the instructions, it ends up with "02" in that address, like the instructions mention. I don't know why there's a difference, but that's a thing, I guess.

lordlosh 28 Jun, 2024 @ 8:39am

I cannot find the numbers with the HxD, a bit help? Discord or so to help me figure it out?

_MaZ_TeR_ 26 Jun, 2024 @ 1:37pm

So, what if the value is 03?

TheRabidJellybean 5 May, 2024 @ 8:08am

This worked perfectly for me on Windows 10 y'all just need to learn to read.

But I will say that for the layman (I was also unfamiliar with HxD but it's easy to figure out) after you download HxD, control F this line, it's near the top: 00000120

Then go to the column that says 0E at the top. The value should be 02.

Just click before the 0 and type 22, then save.

I also did the variable time steps thing just for shits and giggles. Not sure if it did anything.

$inDrum! 15 Apr, 2024 @ 3:19pm

instructions unclear.
I can now no longer play my game

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