Il2 1946 on steam resolution issues.

[droz]

Try program files/steam/steamapps/common/il2 sturmovik 1946

[DAD2MAXWELL]

OK, Im in, finally found the folder. Thnx for the directions.

NOW, I have the mouse working, got rid of the intro, and have been playing with the WINDOWS adjustments. I have tried all sorts of combinations. In the end the best that I can get is my monitor from left to right about 80% covered.

When I select FULL SCREEN in the game menu I go back to square one. And everything goes to hell.

SHOULD, the WIDTH and HEIGHT in the CONFIG FILE match my desktop resolution? Or should it match the resolution that I am going to run the program in? I would like to run the program at 1600x1200 32 BIT, FULL SCREEN.

I seem to be at the point where I am chasing my tail.

You all have had great input up to now, is there some magical combination in the [window] config file that I am missing.

Thank you again.

JGP

[JtD]

Can you post the [window] section from your current conf.ini, or maybe the entire file?

Width and height entries are the resolution you use in game.

[DAD2MAXWELL]

SURE,

[window]
width=1600
height=1200
ColourBits=32
DepthBits=24
StencilBits=8
ChangeScreenRes=1
FullScreen=1
DrawIfNotFocused=0
EnableResize=0
EnableClose=1
SaveAspect=1
Use3Renders=0

[GLPROVIDER]
GL=dx8wrap.dll

[GLPROVIDERS]
Open GL=Opengl32.dll
DirectX=dx8wrap.dll

JGP

[MadBlaster]

Not sure what is going on. I can suggest trying these.

1) check your video card settings relating to the monitor. I remember I had to create a custom resolution first. maybe you have do that too.

2) try using your desktop resolution in game just to see if that resolve the problem.

3) instead of directx, try changing this to

[GLPROVIDER]
Open GL=Opengl32.dll

4) something about SLI, but I have no idea what.

5) make sure you are patched up.iirc the game originally wasn't set up for lcd widescreen monitors. maybe there is something they did to the opengl dll in one of the patches that makes it run in full screen but didn't do for the directx dll? (I'm speculating here.) my experience, the game is much better in opengl.

[Aviar]

Ideally, you shoud first try and run the game at your monitor's native resolution. Do you know what that is?

Aviar

[DAD2MAXWELL]

Well my monitor is a DELL 3007WFP it is a 30'' flat screen, NVIDA control panel says that the native resolution for this monitor is 1280x800, but I run my desk top at 2560x1600.



I tried matching the config.ini from IL2FBAEP V1.22 to 1946 as IL2FBAEP runs beautifully full screen, but no joy, I am missing one thing here.

Heading off to work and will try later today, thank you, and I will let you know what happens early this evening.

jgp

[droz]

width=2560
height=1600

That's what you should be running it at. It should work without issue.

If it doesn't, try

width=1920
height=1200

or even

width=1920
height=1080

Try them in order and see how that works.

Also, make sure all of these setting are exactly like this:

ColourBits=32
DepthBits=24
StencilBits=8
ChangeScreenRes=1
FullScreen=1
DrawIfNotFocused=0
EnableResize=0
EnableClose=1
SaveAspect=0
Use3Renders=0

One last thing, before doing any of this, make sure you are using OpenGL mode in the in game video settings.

[MadBlaster]

Originally Posted by DAD2MAXWELL

SURE,

[window]
width=1600
height=1200
ColourBits=32
DepthBits=24
StencilBits=8
ChangeScreenRes=1
FullScreen=1
DrawIfNotFocused=0
EnableResize=0
EnableClose=1
SaveAspect=1
Use3Renders=0

[GLPROVIDER]
GL=dx8wrap.dll paste it over this line

[GLPROVIDERS]
Open GL=Opengl32.dll copy bold part of this line and
DirectX=dx8wrap.dll

JGP

then save it. now you have opengl.

also, adjust your video card settings. usually you can create a custom profile for each game you play. some of those settings may or may not apply to open gl.

[droz]

sorry, didn't see that you were having issues with the menus in game. Yeah, change your game resolution to that of the monitor in the conf.ini, and change the bold stuff that madblaster posted.