Windows 7 and the (desktop) resolution
By
Phedra,
Posted on: 2010-10-07 13:44 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
I can whip up a *.reg file for graphics settings if you really really want, with your desired resolution, but it shouldn't be needed.
From memory you choose Windowed in the drop box then choose the resolution in the slider underneath. That slider dissapears when anything other than "Windowed" is in the dropbox so it's easy to miss.
Dual monitors here too. 1920 x 1080 & 1920 x 1200. I prefer to run the game in a 1024 x 768 window.
Hope this helps.
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by McNum
Between the Loyalists and Resistance, I'd be tempted to support Praetorian Hamidon.
One side uses mind police and will "disappear" you and the other uses poison gas and bombs on civilians. Hamidon? He'll just have a tree eat you. Much simpler. If we're all going to be oppressed and/or killed by someone, it might as well be the walking trees. At least they don't speak in annoying code or doublespeak. They just devour you. |
Quote:
That slider is for resolution scaling - Something completely different.|
Originally Posted by Phedra
I can whip up a *.reg file for graphics settings if you really really want, with your desired resolution, but it shouldn't be needed.
From memory you choose Windowed in the drop box then choose the resolution in the slider underneath. That slider dissapears when anything other than "Windowed" is in the dropbox so it's easy to miss. Dual monitors here too. 1920 x 1080 & 1920 x 1200. I prefer to run the game in a 1024 x 768 window. Hope this helps. |
What i like about the (desktop) resolution is that it hides the taskbar and title bar of the game, "maximizing" it. When you alt-tab (or just move the mouse to the second monitor) the game stays visible as if it were the desktop wallpaper. Windows 7 forces the game to go fullscreen though, making the screen flicker horribly every time you alt-tab or select something on the second screen as if it was changing resolution. While it stays visible it's still very distracting.
On a sidenote, WoW's equivalent function *does* work, so i'm assuming it's something in the CoH code that isn't working that well with W7.
Well... to be honest I'm a bit geeky and set the window size in the registry directly before I ever looked for a solution built into the client.
- I can either give you the registry keys to change
- You can tell me the resolution you want and I'll give you a *.reg file that can set those (and only those) keys to that resolution.
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by McNum
Between the Loyalists and Resistance, I'd be tempted to support Praetorian Hamidon.
One side uses mind police and will "disappear" you and the other uses poison gas and bombs on civilians. Hamidon? He'll just have a tree eat you. Much simpler. If we're all going to be oppressed and/or killed by someone, it might as well be the walking trees. At least they don't speak in annoying code or doublespeak. They just devour you. |
Curious what keys you mean... Would prefer tinkering with that myself :>
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cryptic\Coh
screenX
screenY
Gotta love the registry, eh?
Remember to export to backup first or make a restore point if you plan on touching system stuff 
Edit: And naturally, you should have the game completely shut down before you try this. It saves back to the registry when you close it.
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by McNum
Between the Loyalists and Resistance, I'd be tempted to support Praetorian Hamidon.
One side uses mind police and will "disappear" you and the other uses poison gas and bombs on civilians. Hamidon? He'll just have a tree eat you. Much simpler. If we're all going to be oppressed and/or killed by someone, it might as well be the walking trees. At least they don't speak in annoying code or doublespeak. They just devour you. |
That doesn't fix the problem, it just sets the resolution without having to set it ingame.
I think the problem is that CoX tries to make itself the directx wallpaper in the wrong way.
Odd, it changes the window size for me. Did I misunderstand?
If not there's always the options of resizing the window the old fashioned way, click & drag the edges. I believe double clicking the title bar also works, especially if you exit the client afterwards (little bug somewhere there, it keeps the maximised size without starting up maximised).
As for DirectX, CoH actually uses OpenGL, not DirectX.
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by McNum
Between the Loyalists and Resistance, I'd be tempted to support Praetorian Hamidon.
One side uses mind police and will "disappear" you and the other uses poison gas and bombs on civilians. Hamidon? He'll just have a tree eat you. Much simpler. If we're all going to be oppressed and/or killed by someone, it might as well be the walking trees. At least they don't speak in annoying code or doublespeak. They just devour you. |
Simple problem: It doesn't seem to work. I can only get the fullscreen or windowed resolutions, when i select the (desktop) resolution the game just uses the fullscreen one instead - though the game remains visible when alt-tabbing to another window, and i get a lot of flickering as if the pc is trying to change resolution when i alt-tab.
I tried some compatability settings, but nothing helps.
In windowed, the game acts completely fine, and for now i can live with that. Still, the (desktop) resolution has always been very convenient (especially since i use 2 monitors). Any fixes for that?
I'll post details if needed, but i assume it's a general problem with w7.