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[911/EM4] Widescreen (1080p) resolution, WASD key mapping, Zoom Mod
By CHARLIE 🐟🐠🦐🐡🦑🐙
Tutorial on how to enable 1920x1080 (Widescreen HD) resolution, extra "zoom" hack and map the arrow keys to WASD in 911 First Responders & Emergency 4
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Category: Modding or Configuration
Languages: English
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7 Jan @ 9:06am
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Guide Index
Overview
Paths 
Widescreen Fix 
Zoom Hack 
WASD Key Binding 
Comments
Paths
In the tutorial steps below I will be using relative paths to make the guide more adaptable as there are various types of the game that can be installed.

Below are a list of common defualt installation paths:
911 First Responders (STEAM):
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\911 First Responders

Emergency 4 (STEAM):
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Emergency 4

Emergency 4 (RETAIL CD 32-BIT):
C:\Program Files\Sixteen Tons Entertainment\Emergency 4

Emergency 4 (RETAIL CD 64-BIT):
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sixteen Tons Entertainment\Emergency 4

Widescreen Fix
The default resolutions available in the game's options menu are limited to 4:3 resolutions only. In order to get widescreen/HD resolutions you need to edit the games main config file.

File to edit:
[ROOT_PATH]/em4.cfg

Values to edit (change your values to the below "value="):
<var name="r_xres" value="1920" /> <var name="r_yres" value="1080" />
Zoom Hack
The "Zoom Hack" refers to a config edit that gives you additional zoom capabilities in the game. You can get closer to the action but also further away.

File to edit:
[ROOT_PATH]/em4.cfg

Values to edit (change your values to the below "value="):
<var name="e4_mincampitch" value="15" /> <var name="e4_mincamz" value="10." /> <var name="e4_maxcampitch" value="80." /> <var name="e4_maxcamz" value="5000" />
WASD Key Binding
Due to it's age, the game uses arrow keys as it's primary camera movement keys. This can be awkward when using the mouse & is not the expected flow in modern gaming. The game has no way of remapping keys without editing the config files.

To change up, left, down & right arrow keys to WASD follow the below steps.

File to edit:
[ROOT_PATH]/Data/Specs/keys.xml

Values to edit (change your values to below "value="):
<binding key="Keyboard0.D" action="Right" /> <binding key="Keyboard0.A" action="Left" /> <binding key="Keyboard0.W" action="Up" /> <binding key="Keyboard0.S" action="Down" />