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Old PC died. Got new PC with windows 8.1 pro and 2880x1620 screen resolution.

Trying to run AoD on it, but I've encountered a few problems. First of all I am running it in compatibility mode to windows 7. It looks like this:

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Part of it is cut off and most of the screen is black.

Any possible solutions?
 
Leonaru said:
I recommend changing the resolution via the config file in the main AoD folder, not via the launcher. Doing that, my AoD runs fine in 1960x1080. I'm running it on Windows 7, though.
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I did that. The launcher just makes it crash. It also worked fine for me on windows 7. Its windows 8 where it is getting weird
 
Ok. I tried the fixes (thanks for the link).

It works fine if I set it to 1280*720, but if I set it to 1920*1080 it still makes that black area...
 
Marshall18 said:
Ok. I tried the fixes (thanks for the link).

It works fine if I set it to 1280*720, but if I set it to 1920*1080 it still makes that black area...
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It's WAD. The image at startup can't be visualized in a format bigger than a given amount (1280*1024, IIRC).

Be that as it may, 1920*1080 is out of the question unless something gets changed (in the code, I guess).
 
Titan79 said:
It's WAD. The image at startup can't be visualized in a format bigger than a given amount (1280*1024, IIRC).
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True, but it should be centred in the middle of the screen.

Be that as it may, 1920*1080 is out of the question unless something gets changed (in the code, I guess).
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I'm running AoD in 1920x1080 under Windows 7, so it generally works. It seems to be an issue with Windows 8.
 
Leonaru said:
True, but it should be centred in the middle of the screen.
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By that last post of his it was clear to me that he meant that, now, the screen is centered properly ("It works fine if I set it to 1280*720"). And I got it so that his "black area in 1920*1080" was the unavoidable side-effect I wrote about.

I'm running AoD in 1920x1080 under Windows 7, so it generally works. It seems to be an issue with Windows 8.
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If you mean the game itself, then of course. I was merely referring to the menu screen and its background.
 
Titan79 said:
If you mean the game itself, then of course. I was merely referring to the menu screen and its background.
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Thinking about that, the start screen and menu screen background are just BMP files that can be enlarged to fit the screen. Not sure whether or not the engine likes that, though.
 
Leonaru said:
Thinking about that, the start screen and menu screen background are just BMP files that can be enlarged to fit the screen. Not sure whether or not the engine likes that, though.
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Well, what I can tell you is that in my mod I tried to make a larger (i.e. 1920*1080) menu image but the game merrily kept displaying it at the resolution it wanted, leaving a "black area" around it as per Marshall's report.

This is why I wrote that I think it's hardcoded.
 
Leonaru said:
I'm running AoD in 1920x1080 under Windows 7, so it generally works. It seems to be an issue with Windows 8.
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I am running AoD on a 1920x1200 Monitor under Windows 7, but i kept the standard resulution of AoD and it works fine without any compatibility mode. It only uses 1600x1200 pixel due to driver settings in order to keep the 4:3 ratio, so the left and right there are 160 Pixel in black. That works fine for me.
 
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