Screen res problem causes crash
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 2:01 am
Hi,
I have the same problem with several SSG games. The problem is this:
When I play the game on my monitor plugged into my lapto - with windows7 set at 1920x1200 resolution, I have no problems.
When I play the game on my laptop built in monitor - with windows7 set at 1440x900 resolution, the game (and other SSG games) crashes when starting a battle. I can start the game then pick a battle but after the battle loads there is a crash before I can see the map.
However one game - Battles in Normandy allows me to switch in game options between 1280x1024 and 1024x768 rez.
When I choose 1024x768 and set my laptop monitor to this rez (I can't set my laptop monitor to 1280x1024) then BiN runs fine.
NOTE: SSG games seem to support 2 resolutions:
1280x1024 and 1024x768.
When I load all games (Kharkov, BII, Battlefront) other than BiN I can't switch between the 2 rezes - they default to 1280x1024. But since BiN lets me toggle to the lower rez in game options and I can set my laptop to that rez - BiN runs fine.
I took a look at the game .ini file and they seem to contain a setting of 1920x1200 as my screen rez - which is what my monitor supports (see above). I tried changing this manually to 1440x900 since that's what my laptop supports then running BiI but I still get the crash.
Help?
I have the same problem with several SSG games. The problem is this:
When I play the game on my monitor plugged into my lapto - with windows7 set at 1920x1200 resolution, I have no problems.
When I play the game on my laptop built in monitor - with windows7 set at 1440x900 resolution, the game (and other SSG games) crashes when starting a battle. I can start the game then pick a battle but after the battle loads there is a crash before I can see the map.
However one game - Battles in Normandy allows me to switch in game options between 1280x1024 and 1024x768 rez.
When I choose 1024x768 and set my laptop monitor to this rez (I can't set my laptop monitor to 1280x1024) then BiN runs fine.
NOTE: SSG games seem to support 2 resolutions:
1280x1024 and 1024x768.
When I load all games (Kharkov, BII, Battlefront) other than BiN I can't switch between the 2 rezes - they default to 1280x1024. But since BiN lets me toggle to the lower rez in game options and I can set my laptop to that rez - BiN runs fine.
I took a look at the game .ini file and they seem to contain a setting of 1920x1200 as my screen rez - which is what my monitor supports (see above). I tried changing this manually to 1440x900 since that's what my laptop supports then running BiI but I still get the crash.
Help?