Program To "fix" Monitor At Certain Res?

Obst · July 2005

<div class="IPBDescription">So that 1024x768 gets pwned to 800x600</div> ^
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Is there a program that allows you to "fix" your monitor at a certain res so that perhaps a 1074x768 resolution a game supplies (which cannot be changed) gets *squeezed* down to 800x600?

Breakthrough · July 2005

<a href='http://www.download.com/Screen-Mode-Switch/3000-2094_4-10219315.html?tag=lst-0-2' target='_blank'>http://www.download.com/Screen-Mode-Switch...tml?tag=lst-0-2</a>

Try that and see if it works...

Thaldarin · July 2005

Error with that file for me.

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Obst · July 2005

Downloaded it (gg google).

Doesn't help :/

Hellbilly · July 2005

Tape the edges of your screen with black tape.

<img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' />

Obst · July 2005

...

Anyway, the game only emits 1024x768, so when your monitor only supports 800x600 you won't get to the point where you could use your trusty duct tape <.<

DragonMech · July 2005

RefreshForce, maybe?

[<a href='http://www.pagehosting.co.uk/rf/' target='_blank'>link</a>]

moultano · July 2005

How old is your monitor that it only supports 800 x 600? Did you have this thing back with your 286? Does it have color? SVGA?

Invader_Scoot · July 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Obst @ Jul 13 2005, 10:00 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> ...

Anyway, the game only emits 1024x768, so when your monitor only supports 800x600 you won't get to the point where you could use your trusty duct tape <.<  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Sorry man, but it's time for a new monitor...

Obst · July 2005

It isn't me who has this problem.

I'm just doing research to help someone else.

:EDIT: RFForce only seems to deal with refresh rates... hmm.....

Obst · July 2005

*bump*

This is kinda urgent, the game is risking to lose players if such a program doesn't exist <.<

DragonMech · July 2005

What game are we talking about here? Sometimes you can add commands to the command line of a game's shortcut and that can alter it's resolution. Or, try looking in any .cfg/.ini/etc files for resolutions.

Obst · July 2005

A 2D sprite based game.

And there is no cfg file for that game <.<

Name is "NavyField".

Liku · July 2005

Why not mess with the buttons on the monitor? That's what I did for some games [MUGEN], and when I exit the game it goes back to how it originally was.

Obst · July 2005

The buttons are of no use when there is nothing seen.

I need a program that remakes the resolution on the fly, but with still acceptable fps <.<

lolfighter · July 2005

So the game doesn't run in anything below 1024x768, and the monitor only supports 800x600. Well, the graphics card will have to output 800x600 pictures, nothing else will work. I see quite a problem with that if the game only outputs graphics in 1024x768 though. Methinks that a program that is capable of wedging itself inbetween the application and the graphics drivers might do the trick - assuming the game runs entirely in software mode. If the game uses the graphics card for rendering, the actual picture is produced in the graphics card (assumption on my part), and I guess you'd then have to persuade the graphics card to send the picture to another application that downscales it, then sends it BACK to the graphics card for display on the monitor. Argh, so complicated.

This is all pure speculation though, I'm just going by gut feeling.

You're probably better off finding a way to get the game to run in 800x600. Although, considering my experience with Navy Field, it won't do that. Maybe you should try the Navy Field forums instead?

Obst · July 2005

Maybe I come here become the "nerd per lurker" density on the NF OT section is higher than on the NF boards? <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' />

Umbraed_Monkey · July 2005

I dont think its possible. NavyFields is a sprite based game. The sprites are drawn for a specific resolution. Even if you managed to force down the screen's resolution, the sprites wont scale down to fit.

lolfighter · July 2005

Hmm, true. But a 1024x768 picture CAN be downscaled to 800x600. Pulling this off would be one hell of a hackjob though, I think. Not to mention that to get just 30fps, you'd have to run thirty pictures through some sort of 1024x768 -> 800x600 converter every second. Something tells me that if this guy only has a 800x600 monitor, his computer is likely to just BARELY be able to run NF at all. All this additional drain on the system resources would just kill it.

I think we can safely conclude that there are only two realistic options:<ol type='1'><li>Ask the NF team to make an 800x600 version of their game.</li><li>Ask your friend to get a new monitor.</li></ol>

Obst · July 2005

He isn't my friend, he's just a random guy I'm trying to help <.<

And I already told him about the (if such a tool even exists) FPS issues.

^^

Program To "fix" Monitor At Certain Res?

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