Is there a way to run DW wide-screen or higher rez?

jpinard · 04-25-2012, 01:07 AM

I've done a cursory search of the net and so far the one option I found (from 2009) was only for Win XP and didn't work for most people.

Any suggestions or info would be very appreciated

Captain Nemo · 04-26-2012, 02:50 AM

I haven't fired up DW for a little while, but if I rember rightly you can change the resolution somewhere under options. Not sure if this can cope with widescreen resolutions though.

Nemo

Pisces · 04-26-2012, 10:57 AM

1280x1024 is the max that I managed to get it to play with. You could try to increase the .ModeID value manually in the text file DangerousWaters.ini

I couldn't get it passed 3. 4 would make it revert back to modeID 1, which is 800x600.

Windowed mode requires Windows to use 16bit color mode. And that is too much of a nuissance for me. Also, it doesn't seem to allow for higher resolutions.

jpinard · 04-26-2012, 05:35 PM

That's about what I thought. Thanks for letting me know so I can stop looking

Kaye T. Bai · 06-18-2012, 06:41 PM

Sorry for necro'ing, but I've managed to get the resolution up to 1600x1200, just so y'all out there know.

Dr.Sid · 06-19-2012, 04:50 AM

May I ask you how you did it ?

04-25-2012, 01:07 AM	#1
jpinard Helmsman Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 109 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Is there a way to run DW wide-screen or higher rez? I've done a cursory search of the net and so far the one option I found (from 2009) was only for Win XP and didn't work for most people. Any suggestions or info would be very appreciated

04-26-2012, 02:50 AM	#2
Captain Nemo Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: London, England Posts: 1,292 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	I haven't fired up DW for a little while, but if I rember rightly you can change the resolution somewhere under options. Not sure if this can cope with widescreen resolutions though. Nemo __________________ "I'm afraid there is no disguising the fact that King's obsession with the Pacific and the Battle of Washington cost us dear in the Battle of the Atlantic". Sir John Slessor GCB, DSO, MC, DL AOC-in-C Coastal Command RAF ___________________________________________

06-18-2012, 06:41 PM	#5
Kaye T. Bai Captain Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: The Americas, Earth, Milky Way Galaxy, Local Group Posts: 509 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Sorry for necro'ing, but I've managed to get the resolution up to 1600x1200, just so y'all out there know. __________________ "Recognize that I'm a Captain and you're a Lieutenant." - Ice Cube

06-19-2012, 04:50 AM	#6
Dr.Sid The Old Man Join Date: May 2005 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 1,487 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	May I ask you how you did it ? __________________ ComSubSim forum at CADC

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04-26-2012, 10:57 AM	#3
Pisces Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 3,064 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 0	1280x1024 is the max that I managed to get it to play with. You could try to increase the .ModeID value manually in the text file DangerousWaters.ini I couldn't get it passed 3. 4 would make it revert back to modeID 1, which is 800x600. Windowed mode requires Windows to use 16bit color mode. And that is too much of a nuissance for me. Also, it doesn't seem to allow for higher resolutions.

04-26-2012, 05:35 PM	#4
jpinard Helmsman Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 109 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	That's about what I thought. Thanks for letting me know so I can stop looking