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Title: MONITOR IN PORTRAIT MODE
Post by: NOT on March 13, 2008, 07:28:14 AM

when i try to put my display in portrait the game wont load. i get the "encountered an error and must close" message. i deleted cache, and the video8 file, did i miss something? 24"samsung.





NOT

Title: Re: MONITOR IN PORTRAIT MODE
Post by: Skuzzy on March 13, 2008, 07:56:40 AM

That would be a video card driver issue.

Title: Re: MONITOR IN PORTRAIT MODE
Post by: NOT on March 13, 2008, 08:24:08 AM

thx skuzzy, will try a different one. any recommendations for nvidia 7900gtx??



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Title: Re: MONITOR IN PORTRAIT MODE
Post by: Krusty on March 13, 2008, 09:16:00 AM

Make sure you've changed your Aces High display resolution to use the new layout (i.e. 1024x1280 instead of 1280x1024)

Title: Re: MONITOR IN PORTRAIT MODE
Post by: NOT on March 13, 2008, 09:59:08 AM

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Make sure you've changed your Aces High display resolution to use the new layout (i.e. 1024x1280 instead of 1280x1024)

yea, i cant even open the game in portrait. anyone recommend drivers??  downloading 94.xx drivers now to try.






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Title: Re: MONITOR IN PORTRAIT MODE
Post by: NOT on March 13, 2008, 11:38:29 AM

tried different drivers, still the same result. click on game icon, white box pops up then error message.






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Title: Re: MONITOR IN PORTRAIT MODE
Post by: NOT on March 13, 2008, 12:28:15 PM

(http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc91/not2187/error1.jpg)


here is a screenie of error.





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Title: Re: MONITOR IN PORTRAIT MODE
Post by: NOT on March 13, 2008, 01:54:55 PM

also tried windows 95/98 compatibility mode, no go.





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Title: Re: MONITOR IN PORTRAIT MODE
Post by: Krusty on March 13, 2008, 02:01:37 PM

It looks like AH is trying to run in a 3:4 ratio window inside your portrait view. I would double check the text inside the "video8.cfg" file in your settings folder. You may have to manually enter the resolution. Set it to your native resolution on the monitor and see if that works.


Then again, video cards don't always support all resolutions, and I've never tried this myself. I have a monitor that does this (pivots). I'll give it a try tonight and see if I can get mine working.

Will let you know what I find.

Title: Re: MONITOR IN PORTRAIT MODE
Post by: Krusty on March 13, 2008, 07:04:11 PM

I get the same errors every time, as well. I can't even find the video8.cfg file to edit it (I think on crashing, it cleared this file so that the next time it would ask you for settings -- but it doesn't get that far)

Title: Re: MONITOR IN PORTRAIT MODE
Post by: Skuzzy on March 13, 2008, 10:13:58 PM

The "video8.cfg" file only gets created once DirectX is successfully initialized.  The crash is occuring before DirectX gets initialized.

Title: Re: MONITOR IN PORTRAIT MODE
Post by: NOT on March 14, 2008, 08:40:14 AM

thx for the help, i figured it out. had to edit resolution in the video8.cfg file. <S> :salute




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Title: Re: MONITOR IN PORTRAIT MODE
Post by: Hamltnblue on March 14, 2008, 10:16:25 AM

Best place for drivers is guru3d.com  You'll need the forceware ones.