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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: Kazaa on November 24, 2007, 04:50:09 PM

Title: Wide Screen (Window Mode)
Post by: Kazaa on November 24, 2007, 04:50:09 PM

Can this game be run in window mode, as the lose of picture with my new wide screen monitor really is getting on my tits :(

Title: Wide Screen (Window Mode)
Post by: OOZ662 on November 24, 2007, 05:28:35 PM

You can try. It won't hurt. Look it up how to do it on Google. It's really easy.

Remember that you can flip the monitor 90 degrees and get a massive amount of view up/down without losing much left/right.

Title: Wide Screen (Window Mode)
Post by: Eagler on November 24, 2007, 05:34:06 PM

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Originally posted by OOZ662
Remember that you can flip the monitor 90 degrees and get a massive amount of view up/down without losing much left/right.

yep here is 1200 x 1920
(http://www.pogbird.com/X45/1200x1920.jpg)

Title: Wide Screen (Window Mode)
Post by: Kazaa on November 25, 2007, 06:23:34 AM

Alt + Return is suppose to be the magic windows button command. But it doesn't work for AH2 it seems.

I've also tried flipping my screen to portrait, but AH2 will not run for some reason. Any ideas ?

I think it might have something to do with my resolution.

(http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/8099/porttestzw1.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)

Title: Wide Screen (Window Mode)
Post by: Eagler on November 25, 2007, 07:50:41 AM

I had to open up the video8.cfg file and manually type in the resolution settings.
The file is found here:
C:\Program Files\HTC\Aces High II\settings

Title: Wide Screen (Window Mode)
Post by: Kazaa on November 25, 2007, 08:10:42 AM

When you said "I had to open up the video8.cfg file" how did you do this, mate ?

Thanks for the help

Title: Wide Screen (Window Mode)
Post by: TequilaChaser on November 25, 2007, 08:53:22 AM

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Originally posted by Kazaa
When you said "I had to open up the video8.cfg file" how did you do this?

Thanks for the help

u just right click on the file and click "open with notepad"  should work for you

Title: Wide Screen (Window Mode)
Post by: Kazaa on November 25, 2007, 09:02:42 AM

Oh school boy error lol.

I thought I needed to download some sort of software to edit the file, turns out I just needed to choose to program from the list /pat on back.

Hope it works, I'll try it out when I land

Title: Wide Screen (Window Mode)
Post by: Kazaa on November 25, 2007, 09:17:56 AM

Nope, doesn't work.

Title: Wide Screen (Window Mode)
Post by: TequilaChaser on November 25, 2007, 09:37:17 AM

you might get a message saying you are attempting to open a program or file configured to use something/something /microsoft something

just click  thru and then choose to open with notepad, it does work.....

just worked for me......and is how most all other people do it to manually set their screen res settings

just don't click the box, always use this device/program to open these type files........


edit: to be more thorough....you right click and click "open with"

then you get a caution, that you are trying to open a file that is used or made with the MS outlook configuration something or another, go ahead and click on the open with and choose notepad, just don't  mark the check box to open this file type ( cfg  extension ), or it will change all your cfg icons to notepad icons........



there, hope this helps

Title: Wide Screen (Window Mode)
Post by: Kazaa on November 25, 2007, 10:01:27 AM

TC, I done exactly what you wrote down, I am able to change my game res via notepad, but it will not boot up.

The res I was tried was 1050 x 1680.

Thank you for being so patient with me, I should post more clearly in the future.

Title: Wide Screen (Window Mode)
Post by: TequilaChaser on November 25, 2007, 10:11:57 AM

no worries, I can't help ya much more, with that non-native game res, the game could be ( more than likely is ) not recognizing it and keeping you from booting up.....

this one is out of my league from here...

sorry it doesnt work for ya......


did you make sure you had the right sizes in the right places

like regular 1280 x 1024 ( if you flip monitor to portriat would be opposite 1024 x 1280 )

or something similar....... maybe you jumped a step or got  off the beaten path somewhere during these experiments.......


anyhows.......good luck with it........

Title: Wide Screen (Window Mode)
Post by: Kazaa on November 25, 2007, 10:36:43 AM

Thanks for the help TC, I thought what the heck and gave it another shot.

(http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/2658/test2mo6.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)

Title: Wide Screen (Window Mode)
Post by: Eagler on November 25, 2007, 12:57:02 PM

gives a great vertical view.
I found I had to reset most of my head position settings.