Can't change resolution for Windowed mode.

[Ian R]

ORIGINAL: farflamex

Ok, reading through other forum posts, the most obvious thing that I'm noticing is that my game probably isn't updated. ...

Yes, that could well be it.

The basic install file is from 2009.

You need to grab the latest official update (which is numbered Update v1.01.26a (Mar 16, 2015)) and patch up.

The switches were added in a patch some years ago when windows 10 was forced upon us.

[farflamex]

The update has fixed it. Seems odd to me that the initial download link wasn't a link to the latest version. In fact, it seems to have been running the very first version (1.0.0.. something). If the link can't be the latest version and clicking the update.exe is a requirement, this should probably be mentioned somewhere prominent... though I suppose this isn't the place for suggestions etc.

Anyway, it ran first time at my new resolution and I've just tested it in another and it works fine in any of my monitor resolutions now.

[farflamex]

Ok cheers, this explains it all then. I had no idea that it needed to be manually updated.

On the upside, it's a good thing that I ran into this problem otherwise I probably never would have noticed that I was running a VERY old version. As you say, the download link seems to be the initial 2009 version.

Thanks everyone for your time and patience.

[Kull]

All's well that ends well!

[Ian R]

ORIGINAL: farflamex

The update has fixed it. Seems odd to me that the initial download link wasn't a link to the latest version.

Patches in recent years were a labour of love by forum member MichaelM. The 1.01.26a was originally a public beta patch. It was adopted as "official" fairly recently. Probably why no-one has updated the install package.

[farflamex]

Ah I see. And come to think of it, there's no way that the very first install could say something like 'Please update to the latest version' on the opening screen, because at the time, I suppose that WAS the latest version. I guess they could put it somewhere more prominent in the download instructions or something.

This also explains why I couldn't find some of the scenarios that the various tutorials were suggesting.....

I'm seeing quite a lot of differences already. Nice that someone is updating this.

As you say Kull, all's well that ends well [:D]

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: farflamex

Ah I see. And come to think of it, there's no way that the very first install could say something like 'Please update to the latest version' on the opening screen, because at the time, I suppose that WAS the latest version. I guess they could put it somewhere more prominent in the download instructions or something.

This also explains why I couldn't find some of the scenarios that the various tutorials were suggesting.....

I'm seeing quite a lot of differences already. Nice that someone is updating this.

As you say Kull, all's well that ends well [:D]

About a year ago Matrix announced it is officially stopping all further support for the game, meaning we can no longer rely on Matrix programmers to make fixes for things that we find out of whack. IIRC a couple of the Matrix folks did some tweaks on their own time but mostly they have had to withdraw from the forum.
There is some interesting work being done by forumites to make "what if" mods and change some artwork in the game.
Point is - if you find some things built into the game engine that annoy you it is unlikely they will be fixed. Best you might get is an explanation for why they are that way or a dart from Alfred for criticizing the game, Don't worry about it, I have garnered enough darts for a tournament! [:D]