| 09-11-2005 02:43 PM | ||
| 7th Guest |
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| 09-11-2005 03:25 AM | ||
| Lucullus | Like Civ3 then you might be able to change the resolution the game is using from the cfg file, but you should probably check the support area for the game to make sure that you aren't messing up anything. | |
| 08-11-2005 11:06 PM | ||
| dmacdonald95 |
Uh, yeah. Scanlines sounds like refresh rate to me. Try this: -> Right click on your desktop. -> Click Properties. -> Click settings. -> Click advanced. -> Click Monitor. -> Make note of the current refresh rate. -> Make sure the checkbox "Hide modes that this Monitor can not display" is checked. -> Set Refresh Frequency to the lowest (If it goes lower then 60Hz, put it at 60) and see what resolution you can get to. Keep going up, but stop at whatever Refresh rate you started at, and see if any Refresh rate will get rid of the problem. |
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| 08-11-2005 10:23 AM | ||
| The Fifth Horseman |
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| 08-11-2005 05:55 AM | ||
| Honkers | I've had that happen with Civ3. If you can adjust your monitor settings manually, try moving the display back to where it was. If not... Try testing on a different monitor to see if it is the monitor. | |
| 08-11-2005 03:30 AM | ||
| Lucullus |
I've encountered this problem rarely but sometimes it happens when a game is actually written for a specific resolution. What happens is a little mishap between Windows and the game... windows think that the resolution is being changed and thus keep the resolution as it was in the game eg. 800x600 or so. To be honest I don't think there is any fix for that except for changing the resolution manually after playing the game. Could be wrong but perhaps a full cd version of the game would work better. |
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| 08-11-2005 01:08 AM | ||
| Nikson |
If other games run fine in high res, that's just freaky! Try uninstalling and reinstalling all your graphics drivers (monitor, graphics card, directx) |
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| 08-11-2005 12:10 AM | ||
| 7th Guest |
I don't believe it's the monitor since newer directx games work fine at high resolutions, plus there aren't any anomalies at 1280X768 and below. This appears to be limited to the windows GUI at higher resolutions, for some reason. :crazy: I'm pretty sure this happened as a direct result of running that game, but who knows. :crazy: (someone, please?) 
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| 07-11-2005 09:59 PM | ||
| Eagle of Fire |
The problem is likely to originate from your monitor itself. The way you are saying, I'd bet that your monitor is broken. If it's somewhat old, I'd look for a new one. Did you try moving the screen manually to the right position? If your monitor don't have wheels or buttons to do so, then don't even hesitate and buy a recent one. |
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| 07-11-2005 07:05 PM | ||
| Guest |
Hey, thanks for replying. I toyed around with screen settings and anything higher than 1280X768 (regardless of color depth), leads to the display being displaced to the left, there's also that odd "heat wave" effect and what appear to be scanlines. Where could the problem lie, if not the registry? It's so bizarre that a game would permanently affect screen settings like that. |
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