Screens Not Rendering

[HokieTux]

All of the overlay screens render improperly during my gameplay. Essentially, they are all rendering at 1024x768, but my screen is actually 1280x1024. Screenshot and settings.cfg (renamed with a .txt extension):

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/bhilburn/Public/ScreenSave0.bmp

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/bhilburn/Public/settings.txt

I bought my game through Steam, and so have no 'settings manager'. I set the resolution by editing settings.cfg.

Ideas?

 

[HokieTux]

Anyone?

 

[ADukes]

Everything okay. That's how the game looks if the resolution is set above 1024x768.

 

[HokieTux]

Really? The rest of the screen doesn't render to full-screen?

Even in the old HoI2 games I could get full screen rendering with 1280x1024?

 

[ADukes]

Therefore you have to use a custom 1280x1024 skin.

 

[HokieTux]

Therefore you have to use a custom 1280x1024 skin.

Where should I look for custom skins?

 

[ADukes]

There where you got the one for your HoI2 from.

 

[HokieTux]

There where you got the one for your HoI2 from.

I never downloaded a 'custom skin' for HoI2? It just worked.

In fact, I used to play at 1680x1050 and it would work without any special skins.

 

[PrussianPrince]

From what I've heard, HoI2 just stretches your screen from a resolution, it doesn't modify your resolution based on your desktop one's or anything.

 

[ADukes]

HoI2 never streched anything. You always had to use special skins for higher resolutions.

 

[BSPiotr]

I never downloaded a 'custom skin' for HoI2? It just worked.

In fact, I used to play at 1680x1050 and it would work without any special skins.

From what I've heard, HoI2 just stretches your screen from a resolution, it doesn't modify your resolution based on your desktop one's or anything.

HoI2 never streched anything. You always had to use special skins for higher resolutions.

You're all so close

1) Thats how the game is rendered now. The menu's are all at 1024x768, the map is at your resolution
1.5) This means that in higher resolutions you will be able to see more of the map - try it if you have some super high resolution and compare what you see on each zoom level.

2) HOI2 is rendered in a constant resolution. Playing in full screen turned your monitor down to the native HOI2 resolution (800x600? I forget). There was no difference in how it was rendered other than it stretched the full screen. Playing windowed would show you how small the window really was :O

3) Custom skins expanded HOI2's resolution. You needed to edit the .exe to do this as well. This does not happen in AOD because AOD fits (most) resolutions.

 

[HokieTux]

You're all so close

1) Thats how the game is rendered now. The menu's are all at 1024x768, the map is at your resolution
1.5) This means that in higher resolutions you will be able to see more of the map - try it if you have some super high resolution and compare what you see on each zoom level.

2) HOI2 is rendered in a constant resolution. Playing in full screen turned your monitor down to the native HOI2 resolution (800x600? I forget). There was no difference in how it was rendered other than it stretched the full screen. Playing windowed would show you how small the window really was :O

3) Custom skins expanded HOI2's resolution. You needed to edit the .exe to do this as well. This does not happen in AOD because AOD fits (most) resolutions.

Okay, so what I'm seeing is what is supposed to happen, and there are no custom skins to make it take up the whole screen - did I get that right? =)

 

[Lordadmiral]

Simply, go to gfx/skins, then choose the country you want to play (open the country folder), change the 3 files, with a graphic programm, to the resolution you desire....

1280x1024:
fullscreen.bmp to 1280x956 pixel
sidebar_a.bmp to 256x956 pixel
topbar.bmp to 1280x68 pixel

1680x1050:
fullscreen.bmp to 1680x982 pixel
sidebar_a.bmp to 256x982 pixel
topbar.bmp to 1680x68 pixel