I've actually tried changing the resolution using the Settings menu. As can be seen in the screenshots I attached to an early post, all that did was shrink the game still further, always in the top left corner. At the lowest resolution, it was so tiny, despite the 27" screen, that I had to use a ...

I shall try downloading and installing it, and see what happens. If that does somehow restore the full screen, I might be able to reinstall DW2 after the rebuild. I think I still need to do the rebuild, though, as Windows seems quite corrupted by this point. I'll let you know how it works.

I did update my drivers as part of trying to sort this out. As noted in earlier posts, this wasn't a problem with the initial install of the game, the problems didn't begin until after the 1.1.8 patch. Whatever the problem was, it seems to have migrated into Windows very quickly, because while ...

Hmm, interesting. Thanks for the information. I think it's more than that, though.

Whatever is causing it, it's in the Windows code now, not just DW2, as the hibernation issue happens regardless of whether I've had DW2 running or not. Same for the other Windows glitches, such as having other ...

After many months, and even more updates, the game continues (mostly) to display in the reduced, top-left mode. Every so often, apparently randomly, it displays instead in full screen mode. I'm guessing this issue is specific to my particular set up: an iMac, running Windows 10 via Boot Camp. The ...

A new development.

Several game years after the original encounter with the three non-violent Hive carriers, I found another one - and this one wasn't so peaceful. The first time around, some shots were fired at the exploration ship that discovered them, but it had no problems getting away from ...

And back yet again...

3.7 pushed the game back to full screen. Then the next playing session reverted to the smaller, upper left mode. But then the session following that went back to full screen. Not sure what's going on here, exactly, but it's a promising trend, in any case. Have to see how the ...

I suspect that the relatively low power of the three Hive carriers I activated was because of the initial game settings. Oddly, except for some skirmishing with the exploration ship that woke them up, they have not done any fighting at all that I can remember. Maybe one mining station, but even then ...

I'll have to check the settings, but I do remember making the galaxy, if not totally peaceful, at least a bit more so than normal. I figured it was probably a combination of the lowered aggression settings (I seem to remember setting the pirate factions a notch below normal in terms of aggression as ...

I'm working on my first game, a very large galaxy, as the Ackdarians. I've set most of the conditions to fairly benign levels, wanted to learn the game before making things too difficult. I've got by far the largest empire of any in the game, and am well out in front of the others in terms of ...

And again....

The 3.7 patch pushed the game back to full screen - for one playing session. The next time I logged in, the game reverted back to the smaller, top-left size and orientation. This is just too bizarre...

And we're back...

After one glorious session of playing in full screen, the game reverted back to the smaller, top left edition the next time I started it. The game is still running fine, no problems, crashes, or bugs that I can tell (aside from that one Ackdarian storyline issue I mentioned in ...

I'm curious about what I think is part of the Ackdarian storyline / event chain, hoping someone can provide some insight.

I've started quite a few New Games as the Ackdarians, just wanted to see what sort of variables showed up for them. Kind of neat having that spaceport from the very beginning ...

A new, and welcome, development.

Yesterday, despite not seeing anything about downloads or a new patch, the game reverted to full screen, and stayed that way throughout the entire playing session, which was wonderful.

Will need to see if it stays that way for the next / several playing sessions ...

Further details on this odd issue.

I tried installing the game from the DVDs, to see how that worked. It installed perfectly, and even more excitingly, even with repeated starts of the game, it remained in full screen mode. Wonderful news.

So I decided to update it to the latest version to see if ...

So Close....

The 3.3 update restored the full screen presentation of the game - once. The first time I started the game after this update, it started in full screen, which was wonderful. But of course I didn't have time to actually play then, so I reluctantly closed it out, looking forward to ...

I tried rolling the game back to 1.0.1.6, to see if that would help. The game tried to start in full screen mode, but this just froze up my system. After rebooting, the game then started back in the small screen. So I put it back to the most recent patch, which continues to run in the small mode in ...

I have an iMac and use Boot Camp to run Windows 10 on it. This setup runs all my games very well.

I do run DW2 on this setup, and the game runs very well. There is, however, one significant issue. Beginning with the 1.0.1.8 patch, the game suddenly started running only in the top left of my monitor ...

Tried this, with mixed results. Setting it to Application changed nothing. Setting it to System did push the game to full screen, but it also turned all the text weird - all the light colored letters now had black pixels showing up randomly in them, making it essentially illegible. A significant ...

So how does one get into the .exe file? When I try, I just get a little pop up asking what application I want to use to open it, and suggesting I cruise the Microsoft Store to find one.

I can understand the developers wanting to keep the .exe secure, and not give easy access to just anyone, as I ...