changing resolution from OUTSIDE the game

[thewrench]

hello there, i bought the game, but since my old samsung syncmaster 3 supports 800x600 as maximum resolution i can't play. it runs, but screen is distorted as too many pixels are fighting for space that just isnt there, they still try, lol, its pretty funny. perseverant little pixels

 

anyway since EAW supports such resolution i'm sure there is a way to change it from outside the game, so i'd like some help please =) im loyal to george man! i've been giving money to lucas for almost ten years now, and to be honest i didnt aaaalways recieve my money's worth with software.. or movies.. or comics.. or books.. ok nvm! that's not the point. its ok really, im not complaining, just stating a fact.. but just so you know.. i AM gonna get this game to run in this old piece of cr*p, one way or another.

 

and to you, the person who's thinking "duh, idiot, buy a new monitor!"

i tell you, dude, dont even bother posting something like that

 

i know the company would rather force me to buy a new monitor rather than explaining how to do the thing so i can play a game, of course, it makes sense after all, lucasarts CEO must have lunch with monitor manufacturers every now and then, like happy little capitalists they are =)

 

i would accept that kind of response from lucasarts official tech help

but here we're all users striving to get over our hardware limitations, and i know that maybe some people here have the right frame of mind and became VERY knowledgeable about how the game works.. that is.. how it REALLY works.

 

thanks in advance for reading

hope you can help out

[thewrench]

I HAVE FOUND THE SOLUTION !

 

I found how to run EaW in a window and since it looks like google has this cached, here is the answer you probably won't find anywhere else:

 

Make a shortcut to where sweaw.exe (not the launcher) and add the WINDOWED parameter after the quotes:

 

"\Star Wars Empire at War\GameData\sweaw.exe" WINDOWED

 

WINDOWED (no dash) makes it run in a window. There are also SCREENHEIGHT= and SCREENWIDTH= parameters, but since you can set those in game it doesn't really matter. Enjoy SW:EaW !

 

source > http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&threadid=64203&boardid=1&id=298338&start=0

 

but hey! thanks anyway for.. well.. doing nothing

bye

[Jedi Master Tofu]

Now now, be nice. You posted at midnight. Most forums are a graveyard by then.

 

I STAND UP FOR PFF!!!!

[thewrench]

lol

ur right, sorry

but i still posted the solution, i could just have fixed it and forgetten i ever created a thread here.. hope the window and resolution commands help other unlucky souls

 

cheers

[Star Wars Man]

Yeah, the PFF are operated by graveyard by 12:00....sorry, I'm normally the new-member assister guy. (Putting THAT into my sig ) Anyway, hope all is well

 

Happy Gaming!

[Jedi Master Tofu]

Whats member assit?

 

And thanks for posting the solution your right it will help those in need...

[Empireftw]

Good job on finding the solution but i would realy sujust taht you get a new moniter.

[DragonShadow]

if 800x600 is your max resolution, then BUY A NEW F*#)%(#&)*(#%_@)*$()*#*%&$@&$# MONITOR!!!!!! Seroiously, you don't know what you're missing with good-looking high resolutions... :

[Controller]

now, now DS be nice, maybe the poor chap cant afford a new monitor or something

[DragonShadow]

now, now DS be nice, maybe the poor chap cant afford a new monitor or something

 

it's not meanness so much as horror... ;D Besides, a CRT monitor is dirt cheap and smaller LCD flatpanels aren't too bad (unless they're widescreen).