Game running at 1/4 of screen


  1. Posts : 93
    Windows 7, 64bit pro
       #1

    Game running at 1/4 of screen


    Game running at 1/4 of screen-immagine.jpg
    Sorry for the screen pretty "dark", in fact the game I was trying to play is called Dark Vengeance and it goes well at 640x480, while it just goes on a quarter of the screen for any higher resolution (the "loading" text refers in fact to the previous menu, which appears correctly, then goes sorta frenzy when I pause the game, once the game is loaded). I tried dx8dll and swiftshader, plus the lnk "-w" or "-windowed" mode, compatibility modes, etc... they seem not to work. Maybe is there any utility to force the game to run windowed or other fixes to make it work right at fullscreen?
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  2. Posts : 0
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #2

    For a different game but try what's mentioned here
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  3. Posts : 93
    Windows 7, 64bit pro
    Thread Starter
       #3

    F22 Simpilot said:
    For a different game but try what's mentioned here
    Unfortunely, it doesn't work. Tried the solutions which were posted (at least the ones which weren't specific for that other game) but they didn't solve (as the only featured video modes are D3D and RGB-8bit which is unbearably ugly). The problem in that forum's case is the screen being moved (while appearently showing all the contents), in my case the screen is cropped to the top-left corner. I found a video on Youtube saying that it's something to edit in the registry, but it still doesn't work as I set 1920x1080 on those values (max monitor resolution). I don't know what else to change, or if there's a program (not a virtual machine, I hope) I can run "to run" the game under specific environment (like a window). Game running at 1/4 of screen-immagine.jpg
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  4. Posts : 0
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #4

    Do you have a link to this game? Is there any kind of editable ini file in the game install or AppData folder?

    You might try going into the game's options when the game is loaded and try to select a screen resolution or winnowed mode if available and see if that works. You can then try compatibility mode again.

    Post that YouTube link.
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  5. Posts : 93
    Windows 7, 64bit pro
    Thread Starter
       #5

    This is main .ini of the game, and I've already tried changing something... but it doesn't look like it has anything more than the in-game menu, "window size" refers to some sort of scaling option of the game in fullscreen anyway
    Code:
    ; PREFS 
    CHARACTER = "TRICKSTER" 
    DIFFICULTY = 1 
    GORE_LEVEL = 0 
    DEMO_COUNTDOWN = 20 
    SOUND_VOLUME = 6 
    MUSIC_VOLUME = 4 
    SOUND_CHANNELS = 0 
    AUDIO_RATE = 44100 
    AUDIO_16BIT = TRUE 
    SOUND_3DACTIVE = TRUE 
    MUSIC_STEREO = TRUE 
    MUSIC_INTERPOLATED = TRUE 
    MUSIC_REVERB = TRUE 
    SOUND = TRUE 
    MUSIC = TRUE 
    HARDWARE = D3D 
    LOW_QUALITY = FALSE 
    RENDER_LINFILTER = TRUE 
    RENDER_MIPMAPS = TRUE 
    RENDER_TRIFILTER = TRUE 
    RENDER_COLOREDLIGHT = TRUE 
    EZFIGHT_ACTIVE = TRUE 
    HUD_DIMMED = FALSE 
    HUD_ACCUMTEXT = TRUE 
    HUD_SHOW_WEAPONS = TRUE 
    HUD_SHOW_MANA = TRUE 
    HUD_SHOW_UNIQUES = TRUE 
    HUD_SHOW_EFFECTS = TRUE 
    HUD_SHOW_KEYS = TRUE 
    HUD_SHOW_MPSCORES = TRUE 
    HUD_SHOW_MPITEMS = TRUE 
    SCREEN_SIZE = 600 
    SCREEN_DEPTH = 1 
    SCREEN_BUFFERS = 1 
    SCREEN_DEVICE = 1 
    SCREEN_MONITOR = 1 
    VIEW_SIZE = 2 
    WINDOW_SIZE = 1 
    GAMMA_ADJUST = 2 
    FX_QUALITY = 2 
    TEX_QUALITY = 1 
    CD_PATH = "" 
    USE_MOUSE = TRUE 
    INVERT_MOUSE = TRUE 
    USE_JOYSTICK = FALSE 
    ANALOG_INPUT = FALSE 
    
    ; NETCLIENTPREFS 
    CLIENT_NAME = "DV User" 
    CLIENT_TEAM_ID = 1 
    CLIENT_MULTI_COLORING = "0, 0, 0, 0" 
    CLIENT_SHOW_MULTI_COLORING = TRUE 
    CLIENT_SHOW_HALOS = FALSE 
    CLIENT_SHOW_SKINS = TRUE 
    CLIENT_SKIN_NAME = "" 
    CLIENT_NET_CONNECTION = 0 
    CLIENT_PROTOCOL = 0 
    CLIENT_SERVER_IP = "192.0.2.1" 
    CLIENT_SERVER_PORT_OVERRIDE = 0 
    CLIENT_SERVER_PORT = 6217 
    
    ; NETSERVERPREFS 
    SERVER_NAME = "DV-Net Arena" 
    SERVER_NET_CONNECTION = 0 
    SERVER_MODERATOR_SELECTION = 0 
    SERVER_PROTOCOL = 0 
    SERVER_PORT_OVERRIDE = 0 
    SERVER_PORT = 6217 
    SERVER_MAX_PLAYERS = 32 
    SERVER_MAX_VOYEURS = 64 
    SERVER_DEFAULT_PLAYING = 1 
    SERVER_DOWNLOAD_SKINS = 1 
    SERVER_RANDOM_COLORS = 0 
    SERVER_RANDOM_TEAMS = 0 
    SERVER_ALLOW_JUMPIN = 0 
    SERVER_ALLOW_VOYEURS = 1 
    SERVER_AUTOSTART_CLIENTS = 0 
    SERVER_MAX_DATARATE = 30 
    SERVER_ALLOW_SKIN_OVERRIDES = TRUE 
    SERVER_TEAM_SKIN_OVERRIDES = TRUE 
    SERVER_TEAM_COLOR_OVERRIDES = TRUE 
    SERVER_ALLOW_SELF_DAMAGE = TRUE 
    SERVER_ALLOW_TEAM_DAMAGE = FALSE 
    SERVER_TEAM1_COLOR = "16, 255, 16, 16" 
    SERVER_TEAM2_COLOR = "64, 16, 16, 200" 
    SERVER_TEAM3_COLOR = "37, 16, 160, 16" 
    SERVER_TEAM4_COLOR = "24, 224, 224, 0" 
    SERVER_TEAM1_SKIN = "" 
    SERVER_TEAM2_SKIN = "" 
    SERVER_TEAM3_SKIN = "" 
    SERVER_TEAM4_SKIN = "" 
    
    ; NETGAMEPREFS 
    GAME_LEVEL = "NetLev02.mis" 
    GAME_STYLE = 1 
    GAME_TEAMPLAY = 0 
    GAME_OBJECTIVE = 1 
    GAME_OBJECTIVE_COUNT = 10 
    GAME_PLAYER_RESTORE = 1 
    GAME_ENEMIES = 1 
    GAME_ENEMY_RESTORE = 2 
    GAME_OBJECTS = 1 
    GAME_OBJECT_RESTORE = 1 
    GAME_PLAYER_EXPERIENCE_LEVEL = 8
    This it YT video I was talking about


    This is a game demo, I hope it's lecit to post it because it's not the full version.
    Dark Vengeance GAME DEMO - download | gamepressure.com
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  6. Posts : 0
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #6

    Okay, let me run this and I'll see what's going on.
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