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Article #33562Re: video modes--demo vs. retail--I liked the demo's better
From: The Inane Dirk
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 10:16
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 10:16
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"pete fox" <pf...@jam.rr.com> wrote in news:dKYz9.319805$Fw2.9...@twister.austin.rr.com: > I liked the demo graphics (probably low-res) for the original > command and conquer, but there doesn't seem to be a way to set > this video mode with the retail game. I've tried both 640x480 > and 640x400 modes, but this isn't the view you got in playing > the demo...i.e. when 'everything was bigger'. I thought this > might have had something to do with my video card, but then I > bought a new video card, and there was no difference in either > mode. > > I guess what I want to know is, is there a way to force the game > to display in less than 640x400 graphics mode, so that both your > men and playing field seem larger (like in the demo)? The Demo was in DOS, and you probably bought the Windows95 Version of the final game. There's no way to force a lower resolution on the Windows version afaik, and I dunno if the DOS version of the game is available anywhere now ... -- The Inane Dirk http://inane.livejournal.com "Think my sig is too long? Get a faster modem, asshole." - "Think my modem is too slow? Get a shorter sig, asshole."
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From: The Inane Dirk <dirk.bla...@t-online.de>
Newsgroups: alt.games.command.and.conquer,alt.games.command-n-conq
Subject: Re: video modes--demo vs. retail--I liked the demo's better
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 11:16:33 +0100
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