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« on: August 17, 2005, 06:20:59 AM » |
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Upon firing up Dungeon Siege 2, I've noticed that there is no support whatsoever for widescreen monitors. The best I can do on my laptop is 1024x768 (even though it supports 1280x800), and I refuse to scale the image up as it makes everything look like crap.
Anybody know of any manual configs that force the screen resolution to fit my monitor?
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« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2005, 03:20:18 PM » |
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Add the commandline switches, "height=xxxx" and "width=xxxx" to the end of the target link.
eg: "C:\Program Files\Dungeon Siege\DungeonSiege.exe" height=1050 width=1680
It will only go into that resolution when the actual world loads, rather than the menu.
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« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2005, 06:37:28 PM » |
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I knew it was something simple to get it to work, and apparently I was right.
Thanks!
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« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2005, 07:02:17 PM » |
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I’m embarrassed to ask this, but for 1280X1024, would height be 1024 and the width 1280? I took “Calculus for Liberal Arts” in college, and only managed to get a C-, so I’m definitely a mathematical retard.
Thanks for the tip on adding the resolution change to the command line.
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« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2005, 07:41:04 PM » |
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I’m embarrassed to ask this, but for 1280X1024, would height be 1024 and the width 1280? I took “Calculus for Liberal Arts” in college, and only managed to get a C-, so I’m definitely a mathematical retard. Yes, you are correct. And LOL in how you put your question.  |
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« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2005, 11:06:00 PM » |
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Anyone know how to boost the resolution to 1600x1200 or is it done the same way??
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« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2005, 11:51:32 PM » |
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I would have to guess it'd be the same way. At resolution that high though, can you read the text?
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« Reply #7 on: August 21, 2005, 02:10:38 AM » |
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Good point. I forgot about that. Guess I'll stick with 1280. Thanx.
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« Reply #8 on: August 21, 2005, 07:48:49 AM » |
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This game looks kind of fuzzy to me. I'm wondering if there's any way to sharpen it up, before I get a headache.
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« Reply #9 on: August 21, 2005, 02:17:47 PM » |
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Crank up the anti aliasing to the top if your rig can handle it. I have mine at the top and its pretty clear.
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« Reply #10 on: August 22, 2005, 01:22:23 AM » |
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Has anyone found a way to seperate your characters and go solo as in DS1? ie: you could set up an ambush with your main party and use one character to scout ahead.
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« Reply #11 on: August 22, 2005, 01:26:11 AM » |
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Has anyone found a way to seperate your characters and go solo as in DS1? ie: you could set up an ambush with your main party and use one character to scout ahead. I am not sure there is a way in this game RR, but if I find one I will let you know. |
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« Reply #12 on: August 22, 2005, 02:02:58 AM » |
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Has anyone found a way to seperate your characters and go solo as in DS1? ie: you could set up an ambush with your main party and use one character to scout ahead. I am not sure there is a way in this game RR, but if I find one I will let you know. Yes. By default, the key is not assigned, but there is a command to have your characters break apart and go solo. Dig through the keyboard config to find it. |
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« Reply #13 on: August 22, 2005, 03:17:48 PM » |
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Thanx will take a look.
Here's a tuffy. Anyone know if its possible to tilt the camera to a level view at the final zoom or close-up position? This would have been nice since its hard to see your charater's face at the present.
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« Reply #14 on: August 22, 2005, 04:04:53 PM » |
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To get 1600x1200 go to the DS2 folder in all programs from the start menu, there is a video config exe that allows you to set to 1600x1200.
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« Reply #15 on: August 22, 2005, 10:09:46 PM » |
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If the stupid UI and fonts scaled with the screen resolution (like pretty much any other recent game), these resolutions would actually be useful... as it is though, things are WAY too small at 1600x1200 on my 21" LCD.
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« Reply #16 on: August 23, 2005, 01:52:23 AM » |
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RaptorRed wrote:
Has anyone found a way to seperate your characters and go solo as in DS1? ie: you could set up an ambush with your main party and use one character to scout ahead.
I am not sure there is a way in this game RR, but if I find one I will let you know.
Yes. By default, the key is not assigned, but there is a command to have your characters break apart and go solo. Dig through the keyboard config to find it. Can you point me to where I would find the keyboard config file. |
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« Reply #17 on: August 23, 2005, 02:17:01 AM » |
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If the stupid UI and fonts scaled with the screen resolution (like pretty much any other recent game), these resolutions would actually be useful... as it is though, things are WAY too small at 1600x1200 on my 21" LCD. Odd, I have no issues whatsoever with the UI or Fonts running at 1600x1200 on my 21" LCD. Looks quite nice actually |
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« Reply #18 on: August 23, 2005, 05:05:04 AM » |
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Can you point me to where I would find the keyboard config file. When you're in the actual game, hit Escape (for the menu), and it's under the Options menu from there somewhere. I don't have access to my game at the moment to tell you for sure. |
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« Reply #19 on: August 23, 2005, 10:00:52 PM » |
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Odd, I have no issues whatsoever with the UI or Fonts running at 1600x1200 on my 21" LCD. Looks quite nice actually Maybe they fixed this from the demo then (I don't have the full game)? Can anyone verify that the fonts and UI are differently sized in the full version versus the demo? |
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« Reply #20 on: August 23, 2005, 11:47:42 PM » |
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Odd, I have no issues whatsoever with the UI or Fonts running at 1600x1200 on my 21" LCD. Looks quite nice actually Maybe they fixed this from the demo then (I don't have the full game)? Can anyone verify that the fonts and UI are differently sized in the full version versus the demo? I have the full version and from what I've seen(going from 8x6 to 1024x768 and back), it's the same as the demo. |
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