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To: coconutt2000

Yes...in default mode...says "Resolution Mode Not Supported".


5 posted on 07/31/2006 6:51:39 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

Is "Resolution Mode not supported" coming up when you boot Windows, or when you try to launch the game?

One of the old video card bugs was that the game didn't know how to tell the OS to refresh the monitor at 60 Hz instead of 70, 72, 75, 85 or other refresh rates. A lot of people tell their monitor to refesh faster than 60 Hz to eliminate 'flicker'. The old games were 'stupid' in that they didn't attempt to set the video game at a combination of resolution (800x600) and refresh rate (60 Hz) which is most common. Sometimes your monitor may not support a particular refresh rate, at a resolution the game wants to play (1024x768, for example).

Set your monitor to refesh at 60 Hz; that may be all it takes.

Some of the later drivers provided 'brains' to the OS/Application in that they allowed the Application to easily change resolutions to legally supported resolutions by both the monitor and the video card. That's why I suggested downloading the latest drivers.


7 posted on 07/31/2006 7:01:41 PM PDT by Hodar (With Rights, come Responsibilities. Don't assume one, without assuming the other.)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

Listen to post #7.

32-bit refers to the color depth. Resolution is usually defined by the number of pixels, horizontal x vertical. Example: 600 x 400 or 1024 x 768, or 800 x 600.

Find out what resolutions are supported, and change the display resolution in the monitors/display control panel to one of the supported modes.


8 posted on 07/31/2006 8:37:59 PM PDT by coconutt2000 (NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
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