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help with an old game messing up the refresh rate
I just tried to run an old game, one that automatically goes to full
screen mode, and it promptly reset my resolution to the wrong refresh rate such that about an inch of the display is off to the left. It restores the screen when I quit. I remember there was a trick to deal with this, besides messing up my monitor settings, but I don't remember what it was. Could anybody help? |
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help with an old game messing up the refresh rate
On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:31:02 -0600, SlickRCBD
put finger to keyboard and composed: I just tried to run an old game, one that automatically goes to full screen mode, and it promptly reset my resolution to the wrong refresh rate such that about an inch of the display is off to the left. It restores the screen when I quit. I remember there was a trick to deal with this, besides messing up my monitor settings, but I don't remember what it was. Could anybody help? If you have an LCD monitor, then it should be able to "learn" the new settings. Just press the Auto button or whatever monitor menu selection is appropriate. Otherwise, if you have a CRT monitor, and if it is a DOS game, then experiment with screen sizes of 25, 43 or 50 lines in the properties of the .pif file. Or type ... mode co80,nn (where nn = 25, 43, or 50) .... in the DOS window before launching the game. - Franc Zabkar -- Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. |
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help with an old game messing up the refresh rate
Franc Zabkar wrote:
On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:31:02 -0600, SlickRCBD put finger to keyboard and composed: I just tried to run an old game, one that automatically goes to full screen mode, and it promptly reset my resolution to the wrong refresh rate such that about an inch of the display is off to the left. It restores the screen when I quit. I remember there was a trick to deal with this, besides messing up my monitor settings, but I don't remember what it was. Could anybody help? If you have an LCD monitor, then it should be able to "learn" the new settings. Just press the Auto button or whatever monitor menu selection is appropriate. Otherwise, if you have a CRT monitor, and if it is a DOS game, then experiment with screen sizes of 25, 43 or 50 lines in the properties of the .pif file. Or type ... mode co80,nn (where nn = 25, 43, or 50) ... in the DOS window before launching the game. - Franc Zabkar It's supposedly the Windows version of the first Xcom game, it was loaned to me by a relative when I commented that I'd never played it or the sequal. I tried getting properties on the program, but it doesn't give me the option. Yes, I tried setting the screen size to all the available options and color settings from 8-bit to 24-bit. I'm using a CRT monitor and a 1ghz Dell optiplex GX110. The game Icewind Dale II used to do this as well, but it let me edit an option in the config files. Is there a similar option for Xcom? |
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