Major Problem Need Help!!!

Kelcom · 05-17-14, 02:32 PM

CPU:
laptop
Intel Core 2 Duo P7350
Windows 7 64 bit
Nvidia Geforce GT 130M

The game used to run fine.
It's been several years since I last played SH4 so the other day I decided to fire it up. I launched it and found that the entire game is running on a really high resolution or something so only the upper left corner of the game screen is visible. The whole game has somehow scooched down a bunch and is zoomed in on the corner. I can navigate the main menu, (barely) but only the "back" button is visible when I try and launch missions. and I can't change the resolution in game because the "accept" button lies somewhere below my screen.
I've tried everything I can think of to try and fix this problem. Nothing seems to work. Manually changing the resolution through properties, or changing it in the files. I've searched the web many times but no ones else seems to have this problem. I thought that maybe there was some mod that I had stuck in there that messed things up, but I couldn't reinstall the game because I have long since lost the disks. So I bought it again on steam, downloaded it, and launched it. and to my utter horror the exact same problem was occurring.
The ubisoft logo and the movie at the beginning both run correctly.
But the game itself is a disaster
I'm completely lost.

Thank you for your help.

Phrozin · 05-17-14, 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kelcom

Manually changing the resolution through properties, or changing it in the files.

Do any other games have this behavior? The files you changed to adjust the resolution, was it "Documents \SH4\data\cfg\main.cfg"? If it was, did you have all 4 settings in the one line? As an example: 1024,768,60,22
Or 1920,1080,60,22.

relfin · 05-17-14, 03:00 PM

Try to edit the resolution manually in main.cfg file. Go to the video part and enter the resolution you need to display the game correctly. I have not personally tried this but I found this on the Ubisoft Forum.

My Documents\SH4\data\cfg\main.cfg

[VIDEO]
Resolution=1440,900,75,22
DynamicShadows=Yes
FullScreen=Yes
Synchronized=Yes
TextureResolutionHigh=Yes

Kelcom · 05-17-14, 03:16 PM

No this is the only game that has this issue.
Thanks! I've been toying around with all that but it hasn't worked...
Something seems to be overriding those files though because even leaving them blank changes nothing.

relfin · 05-17-14, 03:20 PM

Can you change the config file so SH4 runs in windowed mode? Then you can try to resize the window and then adjust the resolution within the game.

Kelcom · 05-17-14, 03:27 PM

There must be yet another copy of SH4 floating around somewhere that's somehow conflicting with this version. Because even deleting that file doesn't change anything.

Quite the mystery.

Aktungbby · 05-17-14, 03:45 PM

Kelcom! after a (almost 4 year) long silent running; Help should arrive shortly!

Phrozin · 05-17-14, 04:04 PM

are you using an external display with your laptop? If so, try starting the game and then unplugging it and reconnecting it.

Kelcom · 05-17-14, 04:30 PM

It worked!!!!!

I live at a beach resort so I had to get into the office to steel a monitor. But I hooked it up and it rescaled!
Thanks Guys!

Jimbuna · 05-18-14, 04:28 AM

SINK EM ALL!!

05-17-14, 02:32 PM	#1
Kelcom Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 6 Downloads: 155 Uploads: 0	Major Problem Need Help!!! CPU: laptop Intel Core 2 Duo P7350 Windows 7 64 bit Nvidia Geforce GT 130M The game used to run fine. It's been several years since I last played SH4 so the other day I decided to fire it up. I launched it and found that the entire game is running on a really high resolution or something so only the upper left corner of the game screen is visible. The whole game has somehow scooched down a bunch and is zoomed in on the corner. I can navigate the main menu, (barely) but only the "back" button is visible when I try and launch missions. and I can't change the resolution in game because the "accept" button lies somewhere below my screen. I've tried everything I can think of to try and fix this problem. Nothing seems to work. Manually changing the resolution through properties, or changing it in the files. I've searched the web many times but no ones else seems to have this problem. I thought that maybe there was some mod that I had stuck in there that messed things up, but I couldn't reinstall the game because I have long since lost the disks. So I bought it again on steam, downloaded it, and launched it. and to my utter horror the exact same problem was occurring. The ubisoft logo and the movie at the beginning both run correctly. But the game itself is a disaster I'm completely lost. Thank you for your help.

05-17-14, 03:45 PM	#7
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 29,997 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	welcome back aboard! Kelcom! after a (almost 4 year) long silent running; Help should arrive shortly! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

05-17-14, 04:04 PM	#8
Phrozin Bosun Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 68 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	are you using an external display with your laptop? If so, try starting the game and then unplugging it and reconnecting it. __________________ ~"Cry 'Havoc!' and let slip the dogs of war." - Act 3, Scene 1 Julis Ceaser William Shakespeare [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

05-18-14, 04:28 AM	#10
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	SINK EM ALL!! __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-17-14, 03:00 PM	#3
relfin Watch Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: New Jersey Posts: 25 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Try to edit the resolution manually in main.cfg file. Go to the video part and enter the resolution you need to display the game correctly. I have not personally tried this but I found this on the Ubisoft Forum. My Documents\SH4\data\cfg\main.cfg [VIDEO] Resolution=1440,900,75,22 DynamicShadows=Yes FullScreen=Yes Synchronized=Yes TextureResolutionHigh=Yes

05-17-14, 03:16 PM	#4
Kelcom Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 6 Downloads: 155 Uploads: 0	No this is the only game that has this issue. Thanks! I've been toying around with all that but it hasn't worked... Something seems to be overriding those files though because even leaving them blank changes nothing.

05-17-14, 03:20 PM	#5
relfin Watch Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: New Jersey Posts: 25 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Can you change the config file so SH4 runs in windowed mode? Then you can try to resize the window and then adjust the resolution within the game.

05-17-14, 03:27 PM	#6
Kelcom Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 6 Downloads: 155 Uploads: 0	There must be yet another copy of SH4 floating around somewhere that's somehow conflicting with this version. Because even deleting that file doesn't change anything. Quite the mystery.

05-17-14, 04:30 PM	#9
Kelcom Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 6 Downloads: 155 Uploads: 0	It worked!!!!! I live at a beach resort so I had to get into the office to steel a monitor. But I hooked it up and it rescaled! Thanks Guys!