Black side border

[AdmiralFatcat]

I have a 1 1/2 inch black border on both sides of my WitP AE screen. I've tried various switches in the shortcut but can't get rid of the black borders. I have the game on both my ASUS laptops and the switches that I use on my 17" don't get rid of the borders on my 15". Any idea on what settings will get rid of the black borders on my 15" laptop?

Thanks a bunch in advance for any help.

[AdmiralFatcat]

Sorry. I forgot some pertinent info for my problem.

The computer has an Intel i5 - 4200CPU processor @ 1.60Ghz 2.30Ghz
6.00 Gb RAM
OS is Windows 8.1 64bit

Thanks again.

[wdolson]

The game maps themselves have a very dark gray border. Is that what you're talking about?

Bill

[AdmiralFatcat]

No those are not what I'm referring to. These are solid black and extend the full height of the screen plus about 1 1/2 inches in from each side. The are visible all the way through starting sequence including the main menu screen. It's as if the game is operating within a window. I also have the game installed on my 17" ASUS laptop and somehow I got it to display properly with no black borders. I even tried the exact same shortcut settings I use on that laptop on my newer 15" and it didn't correct the problem. I believe both laptops have quad-core processors. I thought I found a thread once that told you how to fix this particular problem but I can no longer find it.
I installed WitP AE on my 15" so I could take it with me at times because my 17" is just too big and bulky for convenient mobile use.

[guytipton41]

Hi Choltan,

Send us a screen shot and the start string in the properties/target line. (For example "C:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\Beta2\War in the Pacific Admiral Edition.exe" -px1680 -py1050 -cpu2 -multiaudio -dd-sw -skipVideo -archive)

Cheers,
Guy

[AdmiralFatcat]

Finally got it to work. This is the shortcut start string:

"C:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\War in the Pacific Admiral Edition.exe" -f -altFont -Cpu4 -SingleCpuOrders -px1900 -py1080 -skipVideo -deepColor -dd_sw

Thank you for your help with this. Now all I need is to get WitP Tracker working.

Ken