Win10 Help

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Sardaukar

Lot of laptops (like mine) has max. resolution of 1366 x 768.

Fodder says his system recommends 1920X1080. Not sure if that means the video card is good at that resolution or the monitor uses that as one of the native resolutions. But one of the first steps after getting a new system is to go to the web sites for the manufacturers of the monitor and video card and download the latest video driver software. There are usually updates to correct problems after the release of the product and the system he got may have one of the early shipped products.

I know it is a laptop, but usually these days you get to pick the video card you want so the matchup with the screen may not be exact. Both have several "native resolutions" that they handle well but they may not all be the same.

EDIT: PS - right click on the desktop and choose "Video Resolution" to see what resolutions your video card offers. Choose "Properties" to see what resolution is available for the screen.

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: fodder

ORIGINAL: Sardaukar

Lot of laptops (like mine) has max. resolution of 1366 x 768.

What numbers I use doesn't seem to matter. Even if I put in no numbers I'm getting the same 75% middle screen image.

fodder: Copy & paste the Target line from your shortcut into a post. Do not re-type the line or any part of it. If you don't know how to do that, just put tour cursor soemwhere inside the Target line, type control-a (selects all), then type control-c (copies current selection), then put your cursor in the forum post window and type control-v (paste).

[fodder]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: fodder

ORIGINAL: Sardaukar

Lot of laptops (like mine) has max. resolution of 1366 x 768.

What numbers I use doesn't seem to matter. Even if I put in no numbers I'm getting the same 75% middle screen image.

fodder: Copy & paste the Target line from your shortcut into a post. Do not re-type the line or any part of it. If you don't know how to do that, just put tour cursor soemwhere inside the Target line, type control-a (selects all), then type control-c (copies current selection), then put your cursor in the forum post window and type control-v (paste).

"C:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\War in the Pacific Admiral Edition.exe" -altFont -archive -fd -deepColor -fixedArt -noFire -SingleCpuOrders -dd_sw

[BBfanboy]

And you are using the hyphen - from next to the number 0 at the top of the keyboard, not the minus - from the numeric keypad area?

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

And you are using the hyphen - from next to the number 0 at the top of the keyboard, not the minus - from the numeric keypad area?

Those are the same. It's copying the character that 'looks' like a hyphen from the PDF manual that causes a problem.

[rwenstrup]

A couple of things to try...
...make sure you are not using enlarged text in your display. When I disabled this it allowed me to get full screen. I set the resolution to equal my normal desktop resolution (1600x900 in this case). This is also the resolution I used in my startup file...
...make your toolbar autohide in the toolbar properties...otherwise the bottom of the display gets blocked by the toolbar.

Hope this helps...

[fodder]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

And you are using the hyphen - from next to the number 0 at the top of the keyboard, not the minus - from the numeric keypad area?

Those are the same. It's copying the character that 'looks' like a hyphen from the PDF manual that causes a problem.

I haven't copied anything form the manual.

[fodder]

ORIGINAL: rwenstrup

A couple of things to try...
...make sure you are not using enlarged text in your display. When I disabled this it allowed me to get full screen. I set the resolution to equal my normal desktop resolution (1600x900 in this case). This is also the resolution I used in my startup file...
...make your toolbar autohide in the toolbar properties...otherwise the bottom of the display gets blocked by the toolbar.

Hope this helps...

-px1366 -py768

I don't know what enlarged text is.

[Korvar]

Enlarged text is a way to 'zoom in' on Windows. It is designed to compensate for high-res monitors making everything smaller and harder to read.

You can check if you're using this feature by right-clicking anywhere in a 'clear' area on your desktop (i.e. NOT on the taskbar, an icon, etc.).

A drop-down menu will appear which looks like this:



Click the 'Display Settings' option as circled above.



The display settings window will appear:



Make sure the 'Change the size of text, apps, [...]' slider is set to 100% as shown above.

Also, try the -pxf / -pyf switches to set the resolution in windowed mode, such as:

"C:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\War in the Pacific Admiral Edition.exe" -pxf1366 -pyf768 -altFont -archive -wd -deepColor -fixedArt -noFire -SingleCpuOrders -dd_sw

If those don't work, try a slightly smaller resolution: -pxf1360 -pyf765

[fodder]

ORIGINAL: Korvar

Enlarged text is a way to 'zoom in' on Windows. It is designed to compensate for high-res monitors making everything smaller and harder to read.

You can check if you're using this feature by right-clicking anywhere in a 'clear' area on your desktop (i.e. NOT on the taskbar, an icon, etc.).

A drop-down menu will appear which looks like this:



Click the 'Display Settings' option as circled above.



The display settings window will appear:



Make sure the 'Change the size of text, apps, [...]' slider is set to 100% as shown above.

Also, try the -pxf / -pyf switches to set the resolution in windowed mode, such as:

"C:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\War in the Pacific Admiral Edition.exe" -pxf1366 -pyf768 -altFont -archive -wd -deepColor -fixedArt -noFire -SingleCpuOrders -dd_sw

If those don't work, try a slightly smaller resolution: -pxf1360 -pyf765

-pxf1366 -pyf768

YAY!!!! This worked! I got my 1920x1080 and I don't freeze up. The game is playable again!!!

Thank you all.

[crsutton]

ORIGINAL: fodder

ORIGINAL: Korvar

Enlarged text is a way to 'zoom in' on Windows. It is designed to compensate for high-res monitors making everything smaller and harder to read.

You can check if you're using this feature by right-clicking anywhere in a 'clear' area on your desktop (i.e. NOT on the taskbar, an icon, etc.).

A drop-down menu will appear which looks like this:



Click the 'Display Settings' option as circled above.



The display settings window will appear:



Make sure the 'Change the size of text, apps, [...]' slider is set to 100% as shown above.

Also, try the -pxf / -pyf switches to set the resolution in windowed mode, such as:

"C:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\War in the Pacific Admiral Edition.exe" -pxf1366 -pyf768 -altFont -archive -wd -deepColor -fixedArt -noFire -SingleCpuOrders -dd_sw

If those don't work, try a slightly smaller resolution: -pxf1360 -pyf765

-pxf1366 -pyf768

YAY!!!! This worked! I got my 1920x1080 and I don't freeze up. The game is playable again!!!

Thank you all.

Just read this thread and put the same switches in for my machine and the game is running as fast as it ever had-even better than when in Win 7. Thanks guys. this thread really helped.

[leethompson]

darn it too late but glad you got it sorted
"C:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\War in the Pacific Admiral Edition.exe" -f -pf1888 -py1062 -altFont -skipVideo -dd_sw -archive -SingleCpuOrders -deepColor