Problems with limited screen resolution choices in Games.

[BillL]

Hello all

Command & Conquer Generals, C&CG Zero Hour, Haegemonia all only give me
resolution choices up to 1280x960. The manual for Haegemonia states that a
resolution of 1280x1024 (the native resolution of my LCD monitor - LG
L1720B) can be achieved as long as the GPU has 64 Meg or more of RAM (I'm
running a 128 MB 9700). Also Haegemonia only lets me choose 16 or 24 bit
colour (32 Bit isn't given as a choice).

FPS Games such as HL2, DOOM3 etc etc do not present the same problems at
all!

I've tried Google seraches etc but cannot find a solution to the above
problem - anyone got any ideas?

TIA

BillL

 

[Raymond Martineau]

Hello all

Command & Conquer Generals, C&CG Zero Hour, Haegemonia all only give me
resolution choices up to 1280x960. The manual for Haegemonia states that a
resolution of 1280x1024 (the native resolution of my LCD monitor - LG
L1720B) can be achieved as long as the GPU has 64 Meg or more of RAM (I'm
running a 128 MB 9700).

C&C:Generals, you can modify the Resolution setting by editing Options.ini.
The same applies (but isn't always recommended) for the previous two
installments. However, you can't set it to 16/32-bit colour to try to
speed things up.

Also Haegemonia only lets me choose 16 or 24 bit
colour (32 Bit isn't given as a choice).

I don't know about Haegemonia, but I suspect you might be able to find a
config option that can be changed, as long as it's not a single number. If
you can't, you could try faking the extra resolution by enabling
Anti-Aliasing for that program.

(I wouldn't worry about getting 24-bit colour instead of 32-bit colour.
Last time I checked, the final 8-bits were used for padding, although I'm
not sure if things have changed recently.)

FPS Games such as HL2, DOOM3 etc etc do not present the same problems at
all!

Most decent games actually check the list of resolutions available, rather
than using some other system or otherwise trying to guess based on system
performance.

If you encounter a game that doesn't allow increasing resolutions, then
it's a problem with the game itself. The best solution is to check the FAQ
for the game in question, or ask on the appropriate forums or newsgroups.