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Old August 10th, 2003, 07:54 PM

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Has anyone come up with any kind of fix so the game will be full screen at higher desktop resolutions?
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Old August 11th, 2003, 04:33 AM
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The game uses fixed-dimension *.bmp files for its appearance, so you're stuck with either 800x600 or 1024x768.

I think some people use batch files to switch resolutions, then start the game. I don't know of any way to switch it when you start the game, then switch back when exiting (other than hard-code changes, of course).
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I wonder...

What if you made larger .bmp's?
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Old August 11th, 2003, 07:12 AM
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The game code is probably designed to be at a fixed size in the various resolutions (or else it would strecth to the edges in larger resolutions, or be in a window), so larger bitmaps wouldn't have any effect.
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Oh, they'd have an effect I bet.

The effect of only the center being visible in-game. Besides, many of the visuals are hardcoded.
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It should be possible to write a script (maybe using windows scripting host) to change resolution to 1024x768 run the game and then change it back to a higher one. Don't ask me how to write it.

BTW IIRC you'll see a corner, not the center of a too large bitmap.

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