1280x1024 possible?

Tue Jul 06, 2004 1:21 pm by Zapp Brannigan

Just bought a Philips 109B5 19" flatpanel CRT and boy does FL ever look sexay at 1280x960 with AA and AF cranked, especialy the nebulas in Stuttgart. Mmm-mm good!. Problem is, I get a high-pitched whine from the monitor whenever I run it at that resolution, even on lower refresh rates. I turn it down to 1152x854 and it goes away. Is it possible to make a change somwhere in the game files so I can run it at my monitor's native and desktop resolution of 1280x1024?

I would try 1600x1200, but after the native resolution I start losing refresh rates and I can "see" anything below 85Hz. Gets a little hard on the eyes.

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Patriot pilot un-extraordinaire.

Speed is my armor, thrusters are my shield.

Edited by - LaserMeat on 7/6/2004 2:37:48 PM

Tue Jul 06, 2004 6:22 pm by zacam

Check your PerfOptions.INI (stored somewhere in My Documents) and open it up in notepad. Go to the bottom where it says resolution and edit it.

OR, in the game itself (and much safer) go to Options and change the resolution there, it should see 1280x1024 if your system in natively capable of it. Be aware however that there is not much scaling difference in the level of detail or how much you can see at this resolution vs. 1024x768.

Wed Jul 07, 2004 12:42 pm by Zapp Brannigan

In-game for me it just goes 800x600 -> 1024x768 -> 1152x854 -> 1280x960 -> 1600x1200. No 1280x1024, but I'll try changing that line, thanks. Main reason I want 1024 as opposed to 960 is because the monitor doesen't seem to like 960, and puts off the high-pitched whine.

EDIT: Thanks, editing the file worked! Unfortunately FL was obviously not designed for tha resolution, as I was seeing blank space above/below my in-flight windows. Ah well.

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Patriot pilot un-extraordinaire.

Speed is my armor, thrusters are my shield.

Edited by - LaserMeat on 7/7/2004 1:43:27 PM

Edited by - LaserMeat on 7/8/2004 12:53:43 PM

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