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Article #287498Re: Q3A video resolution problemo
From: McG.
Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2012 12:02
Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2012 12:02
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"Chicken" <no@no.net> wrote in message news:FK-dnb8TcsXtHhrNnZ2dnUVZ5tKdnZ2d@giganews.com... > > On 18 May 2012 09:53 PM ,"McG." <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote: >> Hey guys, seems I WAS playing Q3A in my LCD monitors native res, 1920 x >> 1200 >> for quite a while. Now suddenly it's NOT wanting to give me any >> resolution >> in that aspect ratio at all, and it's way too dark. Those would be the >> full screen OGL modes. If I play in a window it's bright enough but not >> nearly as playable. >> Any way to force it to run in 1920x1200? >> TIA! >> McG. >> > > seta r_mode "-1" > seta r_customwidth "1920" > seta r_customheight "1200" > > > vid_restart > It worked! Gee whiz then a week later the monitor died! ARGH McG. :-(
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