Author Topic: New Monitor (Read 2685 times)

Bigkap · « **on:** December 28, 2008, 10:30:35 PM »

Hey all. I just received a new 24" wide monitor for Christmas and tried to play BC but it failed to boot. So I read here that to solve this I could edit the options.cfg file or delete it to solve the problem. In doing so, I got it to work at 1280x1024 res but my mutator menu completely vanished (when I deleted the options). Next, I tried editing the options to start the game in 1280x1024 res, which resulted in the .exe encountering an error.

I was wondering if anyone has run into this (mleo...)

or knows how to do it without disturbing the files?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,

Bigkap

Edit: Ok so turns out my Master switch on the UMM was not turned on. The game runs at 1280x1024 however the picture is stretched. I have a mutator called broad tv/picture view but it does not seem to solve this issue active or not.

MLeo · « **Reply #1 on:** December 29, 2008, 06:50:17 AM »

The Broad Picture TV mutator is part of an old mod of mine. It only adds the cutscene bars.

I'm afraid your best bet right now is to run in Windowed mode.

Bigkap · « **Reply #2 on:** December 29, 2008, 01:38:51 PM »

Is there a mod for that? I'm not sure how to go into window mode.

MLeo · « **Reply #3 on:** December 29, 2008, 01:40:17 PM »

You start in -TestMode (you should always do that anyway) and then go to the Graphics options.

Bigkap · « **Reply #4 on:** December 29, 2008, 02:11:59 PM »

Thanks for your fast response mLeo. I'll give it a go.

Edit: Works now

Thanks again!

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #5 on:** December 29, 2008, 02:44:50 PM »

what is the max resolution you can get, windowed and fullscreen? and what is your gfx card? if you dont mind my asking? i am just curious...

Bigkap · « **Reply #6 on:** December 29, 2008, 03:11:39 PM »

Well now with the new monitor I can get 1280x1024 max windowed and full screen, as my new monitor doesn't support 1600x1200 (which is what I'm used to). My GFX card is a nVidia 7600 GT superclocked AGP8X 512mb (Not directly from nVidia, but another company who's name escapes me atm).

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #7 on:** December 29, 2008, 03:46:46 PM »

im surprised your monitor wouldnt support 1600x1200... i wonder why that is?

MLeo · « **Reply #8 on:** December 29, 2008, 03:50:57 PM »

@Jimmy, it could be a simple 15 inch crt monitor. ;)

@Bigkap, what is your normal resolution? And is it possible that you have a widescreen (not 4:3) monitor?

Bigkap · « **Reply #9 on:** December 29, 2008, 08:37:27 PM »

Must be because it's not as "tall" as my other one ( a 20.5" LCD)
It's a 24" full HD widescreen. My native res is 1920X1080. It will do 1600X900 and 1680X1050. I think this is also the "first" monitor to do 16:9 in full HD.

MLeo · « **Reply #10 on:** December 30, 2008, 05:29:45 AM »

Then the reason for the stretched-ness is because the resolution you managed to do is a 4:3 resolution.

From experience, BC won't ever "support" 1600x1200 in windowed mode.

CJLarkin · « **Reply #11 on:** December 30, 2008, 07:43:03 AM »

The resolution on my laptop is also 1920x1080, so what I did was edit the CFG file to get a resolution of 1600x1024. As long as the two numbers are both supported by BC, it's fine.

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #12 on:** December 30, 2008, 10:41:40 AM »

Quote from: CJLarkin on December 30, 2008, 07:43:03 AM

As long as the two numbers are both supported by BC, it's fine.

not necessarily... i cannot get 1600x1200 to work for me, even after editing the CFG as well as many other scripts...

CJLarkin · « **Reply #13 on:** December 30, 2008, 11:14:37 AM »

Yes but is 1600x1200 supported by your monitor? 1600 across, and 1200 high? I thought (looking at Desktop Pics thread, hehe) that your Desktop had a vertical resolution of 900.

Bigkap · « **Reply #14 on:** December 30, 2008, 12:24:35 PM »

Are you running it in windowed mode? The 1600x1024 res I mean?

Edit: I tried to do as Chris suggested, but every time I edit the CFG file and put it back in the folder the .exe fails to load the game. I am boggled...

MLeo · « **Reply #15 on:** December 30, 2008, 12:37:46 PM »

Did you edit with notepad?

Also, Windowed mode can't do any resolutions that aren't stock ones.

Bigkap · « **Reply #16 on:** December 30, 2008, 12:45:50 PM »

Yes edited in notepad, saved then when I try to hit the .exe it fails to load the game. Every time I edit the file and save it it disables the executable. I fear the only way is to delete it and run at 1280.

This is what I'm editing:

[Graphics Options]
Texture Detail|2
Number of Lights|8
MipMaps|0
Display Depth|32
Display Height|1024
Visible Damage|3
LOD Skip|0
Display Device=Direct3D T&L HAL on NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
Display Width|1600
Fullscreen Mode|1
Effect Detail|3

CJLarkin · « **Reply #17 on:** December 30, 2008, 12:52:19 PM »

Try editing the CFG File instead in a different Program such as Notepad++ or Notepad2. It makes all the difference in the world, trust me.

MLeo · « **Reply #18 on:** December 30, 2008, 12:56:31 PM »

A couple of "names" are in unicode, and contain "null" characters, Notepad can't properly handle them.

Bigkap · « **Reply #19 on:** December 30, 2008, 01:18:20 PM »

OK, I edited it in wordpad and it worked fine up until the Nano load screen just before the bridge comes on. Then I got some sort of error report saying that the syntax is invalid and caused an error and then it just stalls at that load screen.

Could they have made a more sensitive game lol?

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Author Topic: New Monitor (Read 2685 times)