this is a 2006 pc game released in most territories by atari. so it's not really that old. it seems it's one of those pain-in-the-ass games with no way to manually change/override the graphical settings, specifically it's resolution. this game only supports 640x480, 800x600 and 1024x768.
as far as i can tell (and i surely looked at all the usual patches sites) this game never got any patches.
there are two files that change when you modify the game's resolution from within the game settings. when looking at them (and they're basic text files so nothing encrypted or cryptic here) there's nothing obvious or clear cut relating to resolution. the files are: vars_pc.cfg and windows_pc.cfg.
here are their contents. (fyi the game is runing at 1024x768 with these settings.)
vars_pc.cfg
Code:
aiDisabled=false
allshadows=true
attachments=false
cameraCombatRange=180.000000
cameraDistance=100.000000
cameraInvertFirstVert=false
cameraInvertThirdHoriz=false
cameraInvertThirdVert=false
cameraResetDelay=3.000000
charfade=true
DBGVar=0
deathtime=4.000000
debugKillAllies=false
defaultfov=65.000000
difficultyLevel=2
fixedtick=0
forcecapsules=false
fps=false
fpsLimit=60
highresmeshes=true
highrestextures=true
hud=1.000000
inputstream=0
light=0.000000
logCinematics=false
logPickupPhysics=false
logSplats=false
logTriggers=false
maxFPSLimit=60
maxlights=8
microsecondmin=0
minsoundreport=false
mousespeed=0.500000
noCheat=false
nogamepadCheat=false
noMusic=false
notext=true
oldmovementdrop=false
physics=false
psysDynLightsEnabled=true
rumble=true
shadows=true
singletick=false
timermaxcount=20
timeScaleFast=2.000000
timeScaleSlow=0.200000
tips=true
triggerLogUnnamed=false
useranges=false
volume=1.000000
volumefx=0.800000
volumemusic=0.800000
volumevoice=0.950000
warn_animation=true
warn_audio=true
warn_characterart=true
warn_cinematics=true
warn_design=true
warn_environmentalart=true
warn_fxart=true
warn_leveldesign=true
warn_miscart=true
warn_programming=true
warn_scripting=true
watchmode=0
watchrange=256.000000
windows_pc.cfg
Code:
Console,76,57,870,652,0,0
i also scanned the windows registry and found nothing i could change in relation to the game's resolution.
the thing is, since we can switch between 3 different resolutions, and something changes, there MUST be something that points to that, that we should be able to then change to higher resolutions.
ideas?