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  • Quick question about half-life

    How to set the screen to 1280x1024? The max resolution both in D3D and OGL is 1280x980.
    Thanks

  • #2
    buy a new graphic card. the one you got clearly isn't the newest on the market

    seriously, i get 1600*1200 with a gf 4 mx 420..

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    • #3
      Thank you for your absolutely no help post.

      For those who might have got it, 1280x1024 isn´t a standard HL engine resolution and I would like to run it at the native resolution of my 17´´ LCD, but I really can´t figure how to set a custom screen resolution in half-life.

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      • #4
        HL doesn't support custom resolutions.
        You can only choose from what is listed in the in-game config screen.
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        • #5
          My max resolution for OpenGL is 1600x1200. Wonder why yours will not go any higher? You have the latest patch installed?

          EDIT: Oh, just saw that you have that LCD. Guess it can't do that resolution. Well, the game won't run at 1280x1024. Believe me, I have tried in the past. You'll probably have to run 1024x768 with that LCD.
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          • #6
            I pretty much stick with 1184x864.

            As Kruzin said HL only does its own res's, don't even bother trying to get custom ones

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            • #7
              Yes, it´s limited at 1280x980 because the LCD max resolution is 1280x1024, and I wanted to run it at the native res to avoid LCD scaling.

              Ok, Kruzin, thanks, so basically it´s impossible to do it.

              Anyway, it doesn´t look too bad on a scaled res anyway and I´ve got the option to run it on my secondary CRT monitor.

              Thanks to all that helped

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Nuno
                Yes, it´s limited at 1280x980 because the LCD max resolution is 1280x1024, and I wanted to run it at the native res to avoid LCD scaling.

                Ok, Kruzin, thanks, so basically it´s impossible to do it.

                Anyway, it doesn´t look too bad on a scaled res anyway and I´ve got the option to run it on my secondary CRT monitor.
                Wouldn't it be better quality to set the LCD not to scale this resolution ? Of course, it might look a bit "squashed", but you'd only loose about 24 lines and still have the full width....

                edit: I can't believe no-one noticed... 24 lines difference between 1024 and 980... That should be 44 lines

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                • #9
                  Most newer LCDs don't allow that - it's a "high end" feature now...

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                  • #10
                    Oh... oops...
                    Well, I don't have that much experience with LCDs, but the Compaqs I delt with (6 years ago or so) and the Philips's (4 years ago) supported that...

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                    • #11
                      Well, IF his LCD supports that, it of course is the best option

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                      • #12
                        No, I don´t think it´s possible to stop the LCD to scale the resolution... anyway I think it´s better to play it on the CRT than on the LCD with a black border around.

                        I´ll see if Ati drivers have some kind of trick concerning LCD res scaling when I go home.

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                        • #13
                          Our brand spanking new LCD's at work (20' IBM ThinkVision's) allow you to disable automatic scaling in its own OSD menu. Its a good feature, but playing a game at 1280x1024 with a nice thick black border around it would suck big time.
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                          • #14
                            you'll forget about the black border as soon as you get shot at

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by mmp121
                              Our brand spanking new LCD's at work (20' IBM ThinkVision's) allow you to disable automatic scaling in its own OSD menu. Its a good feature, but playing a game at 1280x1024 with a nice thick black border around it would suck big time.
                              When you're running it at 1280x980, there would not be a thick black border, merely a 22 lines at the top, and 22 lines at the bottom would be black... You'd still have full width...


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