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Old 04-25-2012, 01:07 AM   #1
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Default 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
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Old 04-26-2012, 02:50 AM   #2
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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.

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Old 04-26-2012, 10:57 AM   #3
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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.
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Old 04-26-2012, 05:35 PM   #4
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That's about what I thought. Thanks for letting me know so I can stop looking
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Old 06-18-2012, 06:41 PM   #5
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Sorry for necro'ing, but I've managed to get the resolution up to 1600x1200, just so y'all out there know.
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Old 06-19-2012, 04:50 AM   #6
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May I ask you how you did it ?
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Old 06-20-2012, 08:12 PM   #7
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mine is 1600x1200 also. It is on the options ,3d page.
maybe the type of GPU you have determines what res is available..
if 1600x1200 doesn,t show up on your 3d page..
guessing at that...

just checked ingame and on the 3d page, my video card is listed in the first long narrow black box at top left..if i click on the arrow in that box,,it also has option to use "default"
thinking that this does recognize the vid card and what res is available.
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Old 06-23-2012, 04:15 AM   #8
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May I ask you how you did it ?
I just installed the game, went into options and it was there automatically. I wish I could have a better explanation than that to tell you, but that's how it happened.
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Old 06-23-2012, 11:31 AM   #9
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It would probably help if you posted your exact specs.

  • GPU
  • CPU
  • Motherboard
  • RAM
  • OS
Some combo of these, if not just the GPU, might be allowing you that resolution.
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Old 06-24-2012, 12:59 AM   #10
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Quote:
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It would probably help if you posted your exact specs. Some combo of these, if not just the GPU, might be allowing you that resolution.

GPU: NVIDIA GTX 680 (2GB)
CPU: Intel Core2Duo (E6700)
MOBO: ASUS P5N-E SLI
RAM: Corsair 6GB (DDR2)
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit)

New specs (as of July 1st, 2012) below.

GPU: NVIDIA GTX 680 (2GB)
CPU: Intel i7-2700k (3.50ghz)
MOBO: ASUS P8 Z77-V PRO
RAM: Corsair 8GB (DDR3)
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit)

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Old 09-28-2012, 04:17 PM   #11
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Just for info i can also get it up to hight res. must be gfx detection or something.
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