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Title: How do you turn screen resolution down?
Post by: ePIC on October 20, 2009, 06:06:07 PM

Sometimes my frame rates go way down due to lotz of planes Ships, or big furballs in close.

Is there a way to turn down the resolution to keep frame rates higher?

Thanks  :salute

Title: Re: How do you turn screen resolution down?
Post by: 715 on October 20, 2009, 06:54:53 PM

When you first start Aces High there is an option labeled "Video Settings".  Click that then select the resolution you want under "Video Resolution".

Title: Re: How do you turn screen resolution down?
Post by: JTs on October 21, 2009, 11:01:30 AM

you can try F1 thru F4 it changes view distances in the game.

Title: Re: How do you turn screen resolution down?
Post by: fuzeman on October 21, 2009, 10:29:46 PM

Quote from: JTs on October 21, 2009, 11:01:30 AM

you can try F1 thru F4 it changes view distances in the game.

I believe that would be shift F1 through F4 with:
Shift F1 full vis mode
Shift F2 medium vis mode
Shift F3 short vis mode
Shift F4 ground vis mode

They basically reduce the terrain displayed and control what ground terrain you see from certain altitudes.
You may have to keymap the shift F4 mode. This mode is mainly used when in a vehicle.
Your system will reply with a text response indicating which mode you are in.

Note- while this does NOT turn screen resolution down it does help keep frame rates up if needed.

Title: Re: How do you turn screen resolution down?
Post by: bbosen on October 22, 2009, 10:26:18 AM

To change video resolution, go into your "settings" folder and look for a file named "video8.cfg".

Use "Notepad" or some other simple text editor to edit that file. You will find two lines near the top that look like this:

1024,Width
768,Height

Those lines determine the resolution at which Aces High will try to run.

Edit those lines. For example, if you want to run at 800x600 resolution, change them to:

800,Width
600,Height


On older hardware, I sometimes run as low as 640x480. It's hard to read some of the instruments and I have to expand the clipboard a lot, but the framerate reward can be substantial.



Regards,



-Peabody-

Title: Re: How do you turn screen resolution down?
Post by: ImADot on October 22, 2009, 12:38:31 PM

I always discourage direct editing of config files - even if they are just text files.  HTC gave us control via the video settings as described a few replies ago...it's best to use the interface that the designers gave us.

Title: Re: How do you turn screen resolution down?
Post by: ePIC on October 23, 2009, 08:56:10 AM

Thanks all  :banana:

Title: Re: How do you turn screen resolution down?
Post by: OOZ662 on October 24, 2009, 08:22:18 AM

Note that sometimes you'll incur a relative loss of performance when running a game at a different resolution than your desktop. It depends on the system.