Resolution issue

[Sentry62]

I have been playing HOI2 (1.3b) on my current Dell laptop since the games release without problems, until recently. The game had always been displayed on the full screen until one shut down. Upon restarting it is now displayed in the centre of a large black screen at barely 2/3's normal size. There were not any changes to my computer system at this point. The native resolution of the laptop is 1920x1200. I understand that the game only plays at one resolution but how do I get the full screen image that was there for 9 months back? The system details are listed below. Let me know if you need anything else. Thanks for the help.

System Information
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Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Inspiron XPS
BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A03
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.40GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 1024MB RAM
Page File: 628MB used, 1833MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: /PackageInstall
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

Display Devices
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Card name: ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9700
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9700 AGP (0x4E50)
DAC type: Internal DAC(350MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E50&SUBSYS_017C1028&REV_00
Display Memory: 128.0 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1200 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Default Monitor
Monitor Max Res:
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6396 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 12/22/2003 17:43:56, 375808 bytes

 

[jpd]

Your Dell laptop probably has a custom setting (through hot key, BIOS option or something the like) where you can specify how the screen should handle non-native resolutions.

Right now it's set to retain it's native resolution, which means the smaller (1024x768) resolution is placed in the center, with all the excess pixels around it turned black.

The othe mode is to stretch the non-native resolution over the entire surface of your LCD panel. You'll have to check your manual on how to switch between these two modi.

 

[Sentry62]

Thanks for the reply. I thought it had something to do with stretching the image across the screen. Unfortunately the Dell manual is no help at all. I've checked with their on-line support as well but there doesn't seem to be an easy way to get an answer about how to make the change. Do you have any other suggestions?

 

[Castellon]

E-mail their support or phone their support line. Unless someone here has your model of Dell laptop then there is no way for us to know, sorry.