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How to change resolution ? - 11/27/2016 3:36:12 PM   
overkill01

 

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Status: offline 		How to change the resolution in this game ?

I have been searching and all I found is that the setting should be in preference screen. But it ain't theire

I do have latest pach installed, tried reinstalling

running on win 10

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RE: How to change resolution ? - 11/27/2016 4:27:50 PM   
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Status: offline 		Set it to whatever you use by using the appropriate switches in the "target" line of your shortcut.

For instance, mine is:

"C:\War in the Pacific Admirals Edition\War in the Pacific Admiral Edition.exe" -altFont -archive -deepColor -f -px1920 -py1080 -skipVideo -SingleCpuOrders -dd_sw

In this case, I have set my resolution to 1920 x 1080 by using the -px and -py switchers. The other switches do other things.

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RE: How to change resolution ? - 11/27/2016 4:58:46 PM   
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Status: offline 		Windows 10 is finicky. It took me a long time to find the settings that seem to work the best for me.

Note that -px and -py only work for standard resolutions. For non-standard, you have to use different switches.

I have multiple shortcuts depending upon what resolution I want to run at. Also note that the game does not handle 4k displays well, so far the max I have been able to get is about 3000 x 1500. WitP:AE is written with directX 7 and cannot accommodate the full 4k display resolutions (per private IM with michaelm). I'm not sure 3k x 1500 is the max, but I start to see a lot of screen redraw issues much above that. You may see different results depending upon hardware.

Big screen shortcut:
"C:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\War in the Pacific Admiral Edition.exe" -skipVideo -wd –cpu2 –multiaudio -pxf3000 -pyf1500 -altFont -dd_sw

"small" (std HD) screen:
"C:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\War in the Pacific Admiral Edition.exe" -skipVideo -wd –cpu2 –multiaudio -px1920 -py1080 -altFont -dd_sw

big square:
"C:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\War in the Pacific Admiral Edition.exe" -skipVideo -wd –cpu2 –multiaudio -pxf1500 -pyf1500 -altFont -dd_sw

small square:
"C:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\War in the Pacific Admiral Edition.exe" -skipVideo -wd –cpu2 –multiaudio -pxf1080 -pyf1080 -altFont -dd_sw

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RE: How to change resolution ? - 11/27/2016 4:58:59 PM   
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Status: offline 		yeah thx,

found it. weird to have to do it this way in 2016, even if the game is 7 years old.
And the buggy search tool for the forum isn't helping either

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RE: How to change resolution ? - 11/27/2016 5:05:17 PM   
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Status: offline 		As for search, the best advice I've seen is to use google with this syntax:

site:matrixgames.com +"War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition >> The War Room" <enter search phrase here>

e.g., if I wnat to search for posts on ASW:

site:matrixgames.com +"War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition >> The War Room" ASW

I know there is a sticky revolt ongoing, but I think that a post titled something like "How to search the forum for answers so Alfred doesn't snipe at you" post with that syntax in it should be stickied. Until you know about it, finding posts that answer your questions is difficult at best. The inbred search sucks.

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RE: How to change resolution ? - 11/27/2016 5:36:25 PM   
haegint

 

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Status: offline 		The Google search line is helpful indeed, thanks!

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RE: How to change resolution ? - 11/27/2016 9:17:04 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: overkill01

yeah thx,

found it. weird to have to do it this way in 2016, even if the game is 7 years old.
And the buggy search tool for the forum isn't helping either

WITP-AE may be only seven, but the game engine it is based on is much older - over 20 I'm sure. And it may be Windows that needs the resolution stuff to work with the game properly. I am not sure which one handles the actual display.

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RE: How to change resolution ? - 11/23/2018 3:37:28 PM   
bromstarzan

 

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Status: offline 		I know I'm a bit late to the party, but this game is timeless, right?
Have had my eyes on this for a long time so now I finally took the plunge (Have been playing War in the West, CMANO etc.)

Now, first thing is to try to run the game in 1920x1080, but the above target switches doesn't really do anything for me. Still wide black "nothings" on left and right side with the game running in a "square" in the middle of my screen (fullscreen). Would appreciate some more help on how to fit the map to my screen.

Using Win10Home, 64bit OS.

Do I have to run in windowed mode? I also tried the SRWE-tool to set resolution but without success.
cheers,
Broms


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RE: How to change resolution ? - 11/23/2018 6:15:03 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: bromstarzan

I know I'm a bit late to the party, but this game is timeless, right?
Have had my eyes on this for a long time so now I finally took the plunge (Have been playing War in the West, CMANO etc.)

Now, first thing is to try to run the game in 1920x1080, but the above target switches doesn't really do anything for me. Still wide black "nothings" on left and right side with the game running in a "square" in the middle of my screen (fullscreen). Would appreciate some more help on how to fit the map to my screen.

Using Win10Home, 64bit OS.

Do I have to run in windowed mode? I also tried the SRWE-tool to set resolution but without success.
cheers,
Broms

I don't use Win 10 so I can't help with that other than point to the threads on the Win 10 tweaks that do not involve the switches.

If you are getting no joy with your switch settings, it is best to copy and paste what you are using into your posts so readers can look for issues.
But I will take a guess that you may be putting your switches in the wrong shortcut. The one that the official game install puts on your desktop does NOT point to the game executable file, it points to "Autorun.exe" which is a menu interface. If you are seeing options to start the game, the manual, the editor or check for updates you are using the Autorun.
You must create your own shortcut that points directly to the War in the Pacific Admiral Edition.exe file. Open Windows File Explorer and find where the game is installed on your system. Find the game file and right click on it - then choose "create shortcut". Copy or drag the shortcut to your desktop. Now you are ready to start adding switches. Be careful to get the syntax exact - hyphens not minus signs, spaces where needed, capitalized letters, etc.
The resolution you are trying should be one that is native to your video card - i.e. when you try to set your desktop resolution, your video card program offers that resolution as one to choose. You can choose a different one but you have to force it them. Here is my switch string for my system and Win 7:

"C:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\War in the Pacific Admiral Edition.exe" -altFont -archive -deepColor -dd_sw -px1920 -py1080 -fixedArt -skipVideo -SingleCpuOrders -cpu2

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RE: How to change resolution ? - 11/23/2018 7:36:25 PM   
bromstarzan

 

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Status: offline 		Thank you BBfanboy for helping out!
I do put the switches in the (shortcut)target for the "game".exe (not the autorun.exe).
I do use a native resolution, 1920x1080. So there must be a typo among the switches.

In my first attempts I simply copied one of the suggestions above so that in my case the target field said:
"E:\WitPAE\War in the Pacific Admiral Edition.exe" -altFont -archive -deepColor -f -px1920 -py1080 -skipVideo -SingleCpuOrders -dd_sw

I also tried using these switches only: -px1920 -py1080
as I do not know exactly what the rest does (although I can guess for some). I have (so far) not installed any mods (or changed anything) in the base game. I have a Quad Core i7-7700K with a Nvidia 1080Ti card. Monitor is native 1920x1080.

So, I do not have to find a config file somwhere to change a line or so?

Thanks again from a new, but very exited wanna-be-admiral :)

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RE: How to change resolution ? - 11/23/2018 7:53:11 PM   
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Status: offline 		Just in case. Keep in mind that I think you can't use the '-' from the numeric key pad. I believe its view as something different by the game. Use the main keypad '-' instead.

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RE: How to change resolution ? - 11/23/2018 8:11:35 PM   
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Status: offline 		Try -wd for windows mode.

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RE: How to change resolution ? - 11/23/2018 8:15:15 PM   
bromstarzan

 

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Status: offline 		Thanks rustysi!
I tried both "-" from the main keyboard and numpad.
It seems to react to -w and -f, but the resolution is still the same, i.e. not 1920x1080.
I also changed from 144Hz to 60Hz, but that did not do it.
I'll look around the tech support thread, also I found some info on the switches in the "whatsnew.pdf".
Oh, and I am runing a 1079 build, is there a newer version?

Thanks gentlemen for showing such support, the Matrix Games community is always the best!

< Message edited by bromstarzan -- 11/23/2018 8:16:12 PM >

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RE: How to change resolution ? - 11/23/2018 8:39:13 PM   
bromstarzan

 

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Status: offline 		Ok, so I did not realize I had to patch the game. Purchased it today and assumed it would be the latest version.
So, now we're talking wide-screen and it all works as it should. Build says 1.7.11.24!
Many thanks to you gents for helping me out!

cheers,
Broms

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RE: How to change resolution ? - 1/14/2019 7:09:21 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thank you all for this post. Could not figure this one out as well. I appreciate it!

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