Since captioning size is not the only flaw to be fixed, we used a (sort of) configurable approach to let user decide how many problems to fix. Because the file size of clientscheme.res, where almost all our changes must be made, is relatively small, different levels of changes are organized to several copies of separate .VPK’s, called DLS levels. Each DLS level pack contains one instance of a custom configured clientscheme.res file and nothing else.

To avoid unexpected behavior, you should remove any other DLS levels from custom folder to be sure they don’t interfere with each other. Higher levels include all fixes of the lower levels, so one copy of a Definitely Larger Subs level pack file is enough. If there are more instances of a resource file in .VPK’s of mods, the game loads only the first instance it encounters and ignores all other versions found. The winner is that one which resides in first found .VPK pack file.

Pack files are parsed in alphabetical order. DLS level pack file names are set to manage that a higher level has priority over all lower ones because it comes first when names are alphabetically sorted.

Install:
   Copy your chosen DLS level file to installed game’s custom folder.
Uninstall:
   Remove (delete) DLS level file from installed game’s custom folder.

Clicking Subscribe is not enough to make this mod work.
You must locate, select and copy a .VPK file (say, ) and paste it into custom folder to install.

Here’s how:
Copy the file
and paste it into
(create folder if it doesn’t exist).

If you want to fix missing or weird looking letters in certain localizations (this especially applies to Eastern European or Cyrillic languages) you need to apply the patch. You may need Administrator rights for this operation.

Here’s how:
Unpack archive FontFallbackPatch.zip into folder and run Patch‑FontFallback.bat.
As this is an executable which makes change to another executable, your system may block execution or display a warning. That’s normal. If you’re concerned about security, you can do the patching in a new, unprotected folder and check what the patcher does. Then, depending on system and storage path, you may still need Administrator rights to replace the vguimatsurface.dll file to the patched copy.

Here’s how:
Unpack archive FontFallbackPatch.zip into the new folder you created and copy file into that folder too. Run Patch‑FontFallback.bat and then you can compare the patched .dll file to the original one. There should be one different byte. Copy the patched vguimatsurface.dll file back to folder and select Replace file to overwrite original when pasting.

Of course you can remove patch to re-enable font fallback by running Unpatch‑FontFallback.bat. You may need Administrator rights for this operation.

Here’s how:
Unpack archive FontFallbackPatch.zip into folder and run Unpatch‑FontFallback.bat.
Since this patch changes one byte only in one file, you can save a backup copy of that file, vguimatsurface.dll before you apply patch. To restore factory state you can simply replace patched version to the saved backup copy.


~ based on Black Mesa "Necro Patch Patch" (20 Apr 2024) version
+ fixes of minor bugs in vanilla clientscheme.res file
+ reworked scope and development of the mod from the ground up, for Science
+ separated to multiple levels, let user decide the amount of changes
+ patcher added to disable erratic font fallback
~ antialias (font smoothing) of captions font is now left enabled, as in vanilla game
~ steepness of captions font scaling is now 1, visual angle (height) of caption font is constant, regardless of resolution
! fixed: unnecessary changes to font scaling of reserve ammo on the HUD are removed, figures won’t get tiny anymore

+ "yres" scaling technique introduced on captions to differentiate hi-res from lo-res
~ set font to "DIN Pro" on HEV boot up messages and some HUD entries

Original readme:

+ Initial version with hard-wired larger type size for captions, no resolution-dependent font scaling specified