Widescreen Gaming Forum

For 1280x800 people: Just run it in a window at 1280x768. You can fit the window to your screen width by centering it and the height works well with the windows' titlebar.

These are the settings I use on my Mobility 9600 (oc 420/230) 64MB.

I think I have it working following UObean's instructions above. I just got my 2005FPW today and all I can say is WOW!

I have an ATI 9800 Pro and I don't really know how to add a custom resolution to it. So - I downloaded the PowerStrip utility and ran that to add a 1600x1024 resolution. I had to try a couple of the ones in PowerStrip before it would work. The one that finally did was labelled 1600x1024p (SGI).

Set my monitor to maintain aspect ratio and edited the .ini file to set that resolution. Ran it and it I think worked perfectly! Looks awesome, the text and menus look fine and the conversation options all work right.

The only downside I see w/ this set up is that I have to keep PowerStrip running or it won't work. Does anyone know how to add a custom resolution to the ATI drivers?

You could try using rage3d radeon tweaker. It integrates into the Radeon drivers. Its been a while since I've used a Radeon card though so I don't know if this utility supports the newest drivers.

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=440

UObean:
Ihave tried your technique of creating a custom desktop, but when adding the resolution 1600*1024 it just says it cant be done.
Also tried playing around with that ini file, but with no luck...


Any ideas?

Its a MSI Geforce 4 Ti 4200 64MB, Dell 2005FPW, and 65.73 Nvidia drivers

There is no way you can run that resolution with that hardware to begin with. The best widescreen resolution that you might be able to run is 1280x768. Try using that but remember to center output in your nvidia drivers. This is very important otherwise it won't work. Also having your desktop run at the exact resolution that you are trying to game with is the only way I got it to work.

cant even get it to run at 1280x768.???

Well, try upgrading to the current nvidia drivers 66.93. I'm assuming the problem is still that you can't create the custom desktop resolution.

Well, try upgrading to the current nvidia drivers 66.93. I'm assuming the problem is still that you can't create the custom desktop resolution.

worked at treat!!! thanks.
only problem now is i have a slight black boarder around the edge of the picture, but thats no trouble.

wonder why it doesnt work with 1680x1050???

worked at treat!!! thanks.
only problem now is i have a slight black boarder around the edge of the picture, but thats no trouble.

wonder why it doesnt work with 1680x1050???

I think what is actually happening is that we are just combining two different 4:3 resolutions that are supported. We're using the horizontal of 1600x1200 and the vertical of 1280x1024. What I find weird is that the character models don't appear to be stretched, just the menus. Since 1680 and 1050 are not supported in other resolutions it won't work with them. Thats the same reason 1280x800 won't work but 1280x768 will. As to why they didn't just support that resolution outright, my opinion is that they're just lazy.

I think I have it working following UObean's instructions above. I just got my 2005FPW today and all I can say is WOW!

I have an ATI 9800 Pro and I don't really know how to add a custom resolution to it. So - I downloaded the PowerStrip utility and ran that to add a 1600x1024 resolution. I had to try a couple of the ones in PowerStrip before it would work. The one that finally did was labelled 1600x1024p (SGI).

Set my monitor to maintain aspect ratio and edited the .ini file to set that resolution. Ran it and it I think worked perfectly! Looks awesome, the text and menus look fine and the conversation options all work right.

The only downside I see w/ this set up is that I have to keep PowerStrip running or it won't work. Does anyone know how to add a custom resolution to the ATI drivers?

How do you do that? I tried but it doesnt work :(

I'm doing this from memory since I'm at work now. I'll try to put more detailed steps up tonight when I get home.

1) Download PowerStrip and install it.
2) Run PowerStrip and add a custom resolution. Pick the predefined 1600x1024 (SGI) resolution and add it. You'll probably have to restart (PowerStrip will tell you this). Make sure PowerStrip is still running after you restart.
3) Using the monitor OSD, tell it to maintain aspect ratio for smaller screens.
4) Change your windows resolution to 1600x1024.
5) Edit the .ini file and set width to 1600 and height to 1024.
6) Play away!

I don't remember whether or not I actually had to do step 4 in windows but I don't think hurts.

Hope that helps.
Ted
PS: I also had to add some option to the .ini file to get the Dantooine (sp?) planet to work without freezing up. Don't remember what it was but it didn't have anything to do with the wide screen stuff.