Frequency out of Range

[Cromwell]

I purchased Men of War: Gold Edition via Steam yesterday.

When I boot up the game, I go through the opening titles and publisher credits, then my monitor goes black and displays a "Frequency out of Range" message. I am unable to do anything from this point except hard reboot my PC.

I am running a NVidia 8800 GT with the latest drivers. I even tried rolling the drivers back to see if this solved the problem - but it didn't work.

My native resolution is 1440 x 900 with a refresh rate of 60. I have tried reducing my screen resolution and changing the refresh rate - but it didn't work.

I have tried launching the game using the '-window' command from Steam itself - but it didn't work.

I am especially confused as I purchased the game after downloading and playing the demo. The demo ran just fine! So I do not understand why I am getting this error with the full game.

I would really appreciate any advice!

[Korsakov829]

Wireless monitor or something?

[GemCollins]

Hey Cromwell,
Your monitor is clearly stating the computer is broadcasting a resolution it can't handle.
Now I'm no expert with this engine or something, but you could try and check out: C:\Documents and Settings\<YOURUSERNAME>\My Documents\My Games\men of war\profiles\player\options.set



Open the file with notepad, the first four lines of this configuration file should be:

{options
    {video
        {resolution
            {mode desktop}
        }

.. if not, copy them. This sets the games' resolution as the one your desktop is using, to avoid conflicts with your monitors' native resolution.


Following lines should be:

{antialiasing none}
        {vertical_sync 0}
        {detail detail_high}
        {shadow cross_filter_shadowmap}

Don't copy these settings! They're just the lines which should follow up after the first four copied lines (parameters don't have to be the same, although disabling vertical sync might resolve your problem).

Good luck!

[Cromwell]

Many thanks GemCollins! Your solution worked perfectly!

[GemCollins]

Great to hear! Lock 'n load man, I hope you'll love this game