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game dosent Fit Screen

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hi , my name is bryan, i would not say i am a power user , or a technical junkie , but i am capable of figuring things out. I did participate in Beta and had lots of fun. Today though i decided to Plug up my Gaming Computer to my High Def TV. To my most disgust The Tv only Supports Resolutions 800-600, and 1280x720..

i did go inot he Settings Folder and change the Resolution of the windows to Fit this but the game Still make it go off screen.... Any Fixes...?? i ahev the lastest Drivers for everything i can think off... Here is my Specs

Amd-Athlon X2 64 6000+
AsuS Crosshair MB
2 gIg PATRIOT rAM
Nvidia Gefore 8600GT
120 Sata HD
and DVI connected HD TV(LCD TV) thats giving me the issue

Any ideas .....
technical
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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
if you have XP

go here :

C:\Documents and Settings\whatever your system is called\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Setting

Edit the USER FILE (in notepad)

change these 2 settings :

VideoFullScreenWidth 1024 make it 1280
VideoFullScreenHeight 768 make it 720

and save it! you should be good to go
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
i dont mean to sound mean , or like a arse but i tried that and it didnt work ><.


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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
What are you connected to the HDTV with... what kind of cable?
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
A DVI cabel..... The Screen still goes off the montior and i cant clik a good portion o fthe buttons with out Guess work of were they will be off the screen ...
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top
Yeah, your HD set is only 720p. The higher HD stuff is 1080p which is 1920x1080 resolution, which is higher than the 1280x720 of 720p stuff.

Is it only the game that can't fit entirely on screen, how about normal Windows stuff like web browsing or email? If normal Windows isn't all on the screen, thats the TV's fault.
If thats the case, the nvidia has a screen adjustment thing that you can slightly shrink it to fit on your TV screen. You may be able to do this even if its only the game like that. Since you have the nvidia 8600 I'm pretty sure it can do that, I know most nvidia cards are good about that. Are you using vista or XP?

Also remember, in the Sins settings file there are TWO places where it has a resolution. One is for playing in a window, the other for playing full screen. Its easy to mix these up, I've changed the wrong one myself before.
Example from mine:
VideoFullScreenWidth 1920
VideoFullScreenHeight 1080
VideoWindowedWidth 1900
VideoWindowedHeight 1000
So make sure to change the right one, or just change both.
Try both 800x600 and 1280x720 since you said your monitor supports both.

I'm guessing you can't change the resolution from within the game in the options menu?

Also check to see if this (near the resololution lines):
VideoRefreshRate 60
is at 60, that sometimes helps.


Oh and another thing I thought of. Is your TV set to ZOOM? If your TV is widescreen and is set to zoom normal TV like the news and commercials so it can fill whole screen without bars, it would be doing the same thing to the game :) Make sure your TV is set to widescreen 16:9 mode (if its a widescreen set)

Hopefully one of those things help. There can be lots of causes for issues like this.
Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top
The problem here is the resolution. This Game just support this resolutions:

1280x1024
1280x960
1280x800
1280x768
1152x864
1024x768

If you are using a WIDESCREEN resolution that is not there in the list you are in trouble like me. Just because my higher resolution is 1280x720 i cant choose any resolution to change.

I'm wondering why the developers didn't create support to more resolutions.

But this is the problem if you do not have the resolutions that i listed you have troubles to play.

I'm waiting for a fix or a another way to fix the problem.
Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top
is this the only game you are having the problem with?

and the game does support wide screen... i play at 1680x1050
Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top
I also have an issue.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v65/sociopath1/sinsvideo.jpg?t=1202320146


these are the only options i get with my 32 inch widescreen HDTV with a DVI cable.

any way to get higher resolutions?
Reply #9 from Sins Forums Top
what does your monitor support? and have u tried what i suggested above?
Reply #10 from Sins Forums Top
what does your monitor support? and have u tried what i suggested above?
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i looked everywhere, but i have vista/

Reply #11 from Sins Forums Top
i got no idea what resolutions this thing supports.
Reply #12 from Sins Forums Top

Sins supports just about any resolution over 1024x768.  If you're using a resolution that's not listed, edit your user.setting file and manually set your full-screen resolution. Save the file and start the game; that will do it. ;)

XP: C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Setting

Vista: C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Setting

VideoFullScreenWidth 1024
VideoFullScreenHeight 768

 

Reply #13 from Sins Forums Top

Sins supports just about any resolution over 1024x768. If you're using a resolution that's not listed, edit your user.setting file and manually set your full-screen resolution. Save the file and start the game; that will do it.


XP: C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Setting


Vista: C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Setting


VideoFullScreenWidth 1024
VideoFullScreenHeight 768



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I just have one problem i don't have any file in that folder that i can edit. My game did not creat that file. What do you suggest now ?

I have only 3 resolutions:1280x720, 960x600 and 800x600. I use XP, and when I try to change the resolution inside the game there aren't any resolution listed. And I think I just can see 60% of the total screen.

Reply #14 from Sins Forums Top
Perhaps the problem is that Sins does not support resolutions with less then 768 vertical pixels. I'm just guessing though, so I could be wrong. I would try it my self, but I have no way of verifying what resoultion is actually sent to my monitor (no OSD).
Reply #15 from Sins Forums Top
Perhaps the problem is that Sins does not support resolutions with less then 768 vertical pixels.
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Correct. Even if you can force the game to 1280x720, it would be messy (if it works at all). The resolution needs to be at least or more than 1024 wide, and 768 high. Simply having more total pixels won't cut it if one or the other dimension is less than the min.

If you're on DVI-D (as opposed to analog-over-DVI) though you should theoretically be able to get a 1:1 pixel mode on the TV. Most 720p LCDs are physically 1366x768 resolution.
Reply #16 from Sins Forums Top

Perhaps the problem is that Sins does not support resolutions with less then 768 vertical pixels.


Correct. Even if you can force the game to 1280x720, it would be messy (if it works at all). The resolution needs to be at least or more than 1024 wide, and 768 high. Simply having more total pixels won't cut it if one or the other dimension is less than the min.

If you're on DVI-D (as opposed to analog-over-DVI) though you should theoretically be able to get a 1:1 pixel mode on the TV. Most 720p LCDs are physically 1366x768 resolution.
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What can I do if I have less than 768 vertical pixels ?

Reply #17 from Sins Forums Top
Well this LCD tv has nearly every connection i can think off, An no its not on zoom that was actually one of the first things i checked .. i will though ceck the aspect ratio... other then that everything you suggested checks out fine... but things are still going off screen from the game everything else out side the game fits the monitor pefectly, as if i were using one of my 17' Monitors... So .. any other ideas...
Reply #18 from Sins Forums Top

Perhaps the problem is that Sins does not support resolutions with less then 768 vertical pixels.


Correct. Even if you can force the game to 1280x720, it would be messy (if it works at all). The resolution needs to be at least or more than 1024 wide, and 768 high. Simply having more total pixels won't cut it if one or the other dimension is less than the min.

If you're on DVI-D (as opposed to analog-over-DVI) though you should theoretically be able to get a 1:1 pixel mode on the TV. Most 720p LCDs are physically 1366x768 resolution.
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Oh ouch. Perhaps you guys shoulda went for 1024x720 as minimum (so your horizontal minimum is good for those with 1024x768 dispolays and vertical minimum good for those with 720p displays) for everyone with 720p HD stuff (which I think is far more than people who have 1080p).
I agree with not designing minimum for 800x600 though, I don't think there's many out there with that resolution.



The problem here is the resolution. This Game just support this resolutions:

1280x1024
1280x960
1280x800
1280x768
1152x864
1024x768

If you are using a WIDESCREEN resolution that is not there in the list you are in trouble like me. Just because my higher resolution is 1280x720 i cant choose any resolution to change.

I'm wondering why the developers didn't create support to more resolutions.

But this is the problem if you do not have the resolutions that i listed you have troubles to play.

I'm waiting for a fix or a another way to fix the problem.
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They did, as I said, I run at 1920x1080.
Reply #19 from Sins Forums Top
put the game into windowed mode and scale it to fit, lol
Reply #20 from Sins Forums Top
Many TVs crop part of the picture even if it says you are using the correct resolution
Reply #21 from Sins Forums Top
Oh my god, I'm SOOOOOO irritated that this game doesn't support 1280x720. It says it supports widescreen, and it does, but only a very limited set. Wake up to the 21st century Stardock.
Reply #22 from Sins Forums Top

Oh my god, I'm SOOOOOO irritated that this game doesn't support 1280x720. It says it supports widescreen, and it does, but only a very limited set. Wake up to the 21st century Stardock.
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The problems is not the maximum. Its the minimum. my 1920x1080 support IS 21st century support. You could make an argument that they aren't programming for the lower end HD, only the higher end :)
But I think they should have made the minimum vertical res 720, not 768, because 720p is fairly common. Many people who buy "HD" sets don't realize what they are getting.
Reply #23 from Sins Forums Top
I just picked up the game today at Target. Woot! I guess I have sort of the same problem; the only widescreen resolution that I'm presented with is 1680x1050, but the game is a bit too slow on my crummy system at that resolution. I can play much better at 1024x768, but the screen is distorted because the aspect ratio is wrong. I'd really like to be able to use a lower wide screen resolution. In addition, I can't find the settings file mentioned, the only thing in that directory is a subdirectory called License which contains a file called sig.bin.
Reply #24 from Sins Forums Top
In addition, I can't find the settings file mentioned, the only thing in that directory is a subdirectory called License which contains a file called sig.bin.
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You're looking in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Ironclad Games. You need to look under the folder named the same as your account on the computer, not in the All Users folder.

It says it supports widescreen, and it does, but only a very limited set. Wake up to the 21st century Stardock.
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The game supports pretty much any resolution that your computer tells it it can run, and that is at least or more than 1024x768. Widescreen or otherwise. I run in 1680x1050 myself, but you could also run in 1366x768, 1440x900, 1980x1200, etc.
Reply #25 from Sins Forums Top
Works fine for me in 1440x900, it was even selectable through the ingame settings.