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RE: Display problems.
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:20 pm
by floyd17
M tring is -fd -px1920 -py1080 -altFont -deepColor -skipVideo -archive have ried adding dd_sw and screen gets small and I have to restart the computer. Also I have noticed that I am beter off using the left right up down arrows, mouse seems sluggest and wont work on top or left side. Also I have selected window7 in the capability area. The computer has i7-7700 3.6 GHz, 16 GB memory. CPU cores: 4 , monitor has 1920 by 1080 resolution. Thanks for the help. Any advice is welcomed. My map is large in the game but where you select scenarios and perferance is small
RE: Display problems.
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:45 pm
by witpqs
ORIGINAL: General Patton
I have win10 and this is the string I use. -deepColor -skipVideo -fd -px1920 -py1080 -altFont -SingleCpuOrders -dd_sw
I do get some graphical glitches but otherwise it works fine. And again this goes in the Target line....GP
This one might get rid of sluggish scrolling.
RE: Display problems.
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 12:27 am
by MakeeLearn
ORIGINAL: Floyd Rehkopf
M tring is -fd -px1920 -py1080 -altFont -deepColor -skipVideo -archive have ried adding dd_sw and screen gets small and I have to restart the computer. Also I have noticed that I am beter off using the left right up down arrows, mouse seems sluggest and wont work on top or left side. Also I have selected window7 in the capability area. The computer has i7-7700 3.6 GHz, 16 GB memory. CPU cores: 4 , monitor has 1920 by 1080 resolution. Thanks for the help. Any advice is welcomed. My map is large in the game but where you select scenarios and perferance is small
If the -SingleCpuOrders doesn't get rid of the slug then have no compatibility, if you've not tried it yet. For resolution, let it play at native resolution and see how you like it.
RE: Display problems.
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 3:43 am
by geofflambert
ORIGINAL: witpqs
ORIGINAL: General Patton
I have win10 and this is the string I use. -deepColor -skipVideo -fd -px1920 -py1080 -altFont -SingleCpuOrders -dd_sw
I do get some graphical glitches but otherwise it works fine. And again this goes in the Target line....GP
This one might get rid of sluggish scrolling.
It's critical to enter the
-SingleCpuOrders in
BOLD, otherwise it won't work.
Just kidding.
RE: Display problems.
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 3:56 am
by geofflambert
That's "gornish dialect". When will you people ever get it right? Do you capitalize "human" all the time? As in, "I have a friend who's pretty cool except he's one of those miserable Humans!"
RE: Display problems.
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 5:39 am
by witpqs
ORIGINAL: geofflambert
That's "gornish dialect". When will you people ever get it right? Do you capitalize "human" all the time? As in, "I have a friend who's pretty cool except he's one of those miserable Humans!"
What happens during mating season - do you all get "gorny"? [:'(]
RE: Display problems.
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 9:30 am
by btd64
Also use;
-SingleCpuOrders
This will also help....GP
RE: Display problems.
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 11:07 am
by MakeeLearn
ORIGINAL: Floyd Rehkopf
M tring is -fd -px1920 -py1080 -altFont -deepColor -skipVideo -archive have ried adding dd_sw and screen gets small and I have to restart the computer. Also I have noticed that I am beter off using the left right up down arrows, mouse seems sluggest and wont work on top or left side. Also I have selected window7 in the capability area. The computer has i7-7700 3.6 GHz, 16 GB memory. CPU cores: 4 , monitor has 1920 by 1080 resolution. Thanks for the help. Any advice is welcomed. My map is large in the game but where you select scenarios and perferance is small
Post your exact command switch line.
Drop the compatibility, sometimes it hinders.
RE: Display problems.
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 11:10 am
by MakeeLearn
ORIGINAL: geofflambert
That's "gornish dialect". When will you people ever get it right? Do you capitalize "human" all the time? As in, "I have a friend who's pretty cool except he's one of those miserable Humans!"
Well... in my Intergalactic Dictionary it says both Human and Gorn can be in capitalization form. And according to my 10th grade Gornish teacher....
RE: Display problems.
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 2:16 pm
by BBfanboy
ORIGINAL: General Patton
Also use;
-SingleCpuOrders
This will also help....GP
I was using that and it helped, but some things ran slow during the night phase of the turn. I added -cpu2 and things speeded up markedly. As someone explained it, cpu 1 is used by Windows and tends to be rather busy, so setting cpu 2,3 or 4 keeps the game on it's own cpu thread.
RE: Display problems.
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 2:20 pm
by BBfanboy
ORIGINAL: MakeeLearn
ORIGINAL: geofflambert
That's "gornish dialect". When will you people ever get it right? Do you capitalize "human" all the time? As in, "I have a friend who's pretty cool except he's one of those miserable Humans!"
Well... in my Intergalactic Dictionary it says both Human and Gorn can be in capitalization form. And according to my 10th grade Gornish teacher....
You had a Gornish teacher? For real? From Gornwall - in England? Maybe Obvert know him/her! [;)]
(HighJack/Off)
RE: Display problems.
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 2:34 pm
by Zorch
ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
ORIGINAL: MakeeLearn
ORIGINAL: geofflambert
That's "gornish dialect". When will you people ever get it right? Do you capitalize "human" all the time? As in, "I have a friend who's pretty cool except he's one of those miserable Humans!"
Well... in my Intergalactic Dictionary it says both Human and Gorn can be in capitalization form. And according to my 10th grade Gornish teacher....
You had a Gornish teacher? For real? From Gornwall - in England? Maybe Obvert know him/her! [;)]
(HighJack/Off)
What sayeth the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
RE: Display problems.
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 5:23 pm
by HansBolter
ORIGINAL: Floyd Rehkopf
I have two questions before I attempt a game again. 1st question did I need to select a compatibility mode? 2nd question the map is large but the bases seem small (maybe my old eyes cant see well) can they be made larger? Again thanks for all the help and information
Lower resolution helps.
I run my game at 1280 x 720.
Unfortunately my graphics driver won't display that resolution as full screen if I launch the game with my monitor in default 1920 x 1080.
I get a square in the center of my monitor with black surround in the wide screen area.
I have to change my monitor resolution to 1280 x 720 before launching the game to get the 1280 x 720 to display full screen.
I see a much smaller area of the strategic map at that resolution, but icons and text are actually large enough to discern and read.
Works for me.
RE: Display problems.
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 9:46 pm
by floyd17
I have change my string to -deepColor -skipVedio -fd -px1920 -py1080 -altFont - SingleCpuOrders. I tried to add dd_sw and the game playes song but no display. I will play the game as is. Thanks for all the help
RE: Display problems.
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 10:27 pm
by witpqs
ORIGINAL: Floyd Rehkopf
I have change my string to -deepColor -skipVedio -fd -px1920 -py1080 -altFont - SingleCpuOrders. I tried to add dd_sw and the game playes song but no display. I will play the game as is. Thanks for all the help
No display of what?
-skipVidio (not -skipVedio which you have above) tells the game to skip the introduction video.
Is performance for scrolling OK now?
RE: Display problems.
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 11:06 pm
by btd64
It's -skipVideo [;)]....GP
RE: Display problems.
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2017 12:01 am
by floyd17
It fixed he spelling issue. I still get the screens where you select the perferences ad scenario screens are small and at the lower right of my screen. When the map screen comes up it is full screen and I can move around with the arrow keys. Still new to windows 10. now I will try a game. Sorry about spelling but my wife's cancer and my bad hip takes most of my time. Again I really apprienceate the help. I will keep trying.
RE: Display problems.
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2017 12:54 am
by witpqs
ORIGINAL: General Patton
It's -skipVideo [;)]....GP
I have no excuse!
RE: Display problems.
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2017 12:57 am
by witpqs
ORIGINAL: Floyd Rehkopf
It fixed he spelling issue. I still get the screens where you select the perferences ad scenario screens are small and at the lower right of my screen. When the map screen comes up it is full screen and I can move around with the arrow keys. Still new to windows 10. now I will try a game. Sorry about spelling but my wife's cancer and my bad hip takes most of my time. Again I really apprienceate the help. I will keep trying.
Have you tried windowed mode instead of full screen just to see if it works? I think adding -w will do that.
BTW, unrelated: also add the -archive switch to save the report files in an archive sub-folder under the SAVE sub-folder.