How to configure ET for a wide screen LCD?

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How to configure ET for a wide screen LCD?

Postby Spaceman » Mon Jan 11, 2010 22:04

Hello guys

I've bought a LCD screen..it's an ASUS VK246H LCD

and now when i play ET the image is flattened out lenghtwise, has anyone a clue on what resolution i can use?
btw,
i have "r_customheight 768"
and "r_cusomwidth 1280"
i need help thx

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Postby Ichihollow » Mon Jan 11, 2010 22:16

If I remember correctly, the Asus VK246H is a 1920x1080 monitor?

So try this :
- launch ET
- load the mod you mostly play ( nq I guess...)
- open a console
- seta r_aspectratio 1 ( but this setting maybe doen't exist in ET, not a big deal )
- seta r_customwidth 1920
- seta r_customheight 1080
- seta r_mode -1
- vid_restart

It should fix the problem :wink:
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Postby Rainbow » Mon Jan 11, 2010 22:55

aspectratio is not needed
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   seta r_mode            "-1"   //0 = 320x240 1 = 400x300 2 = 512x384 3 = 640x480 4 = 800x600 5 = 960x720 6 = 1024x768 7 = 1152x864 8 = 1280x1024 9 = 1600x1200 10 = 2048x1536 11 = 856x480 (wide) -1 = custom
   seta r_customheight      "1050"   //to set height of a custom resolution
   seta r_customwidth      "1680"   //to set width of a custom resolution

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Postby Aldaris » Tue Jan 12, 2010 0:46

Rainbow wrote:aspectratio is not needed
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   seta r_mode            "-1"   //0 = 320x240 1 = 400x300 2 = 512x384 3 = 640x480 4 = 800x600 5 = 960x720 6 = 1024x768 7 = 1152x864 8 = 1280x1024 9 = 1600x1200 10 = 2048x1536 11 = 856x480 (wide) -1 = custom
   seta r_customheight      "1050"   //to set height of a custom resolution
   seta r_customwidth      "1680"   //to set width of a custom resolution

This never worked for me.. Don't know why :(

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Postby Spaceman » Tue Jan 12, 2010 1:29

Ichihollow wrote:If I remember correctly, the Asus VK246H is a 1920x1080 monitor?

So try this :
- launch ET
- load the mod you mostly play ( nq I guess...)
- open a console
- seta r_aspectratio 1 ( but this setting maybe doen't exist in ET, not a big deal )
- seta r_customwidth 1920
- seta r_customheight 1080
- seta r_mode -1
- vid_restart

It should fix the problem :wink:


after many attempt's i finally got it hurraaaaay that's what i needed to know..the proper resolution lol coz i've tried many and it was a total fail... everyone seemed to eat Mc Donalds meaning they were as fat as whatever.. so the 1920x1080 was finally the right one hehe.. thanks guys for the backup nice to see people helping noobs like me :roll:
and thx ichi hole :D

peace

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Postby Aldaris » Tue Jan 12, 2010 13:09

Well I have tried it again today. My former script to set the correct resolution contained following rows:
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seta r_mode -1 //tell ET that you want to enable a custom resolution
seta r_customwidth 1680 //set the width
seta r_customheight 1050 //set the height
seta r_customaspect 1 //tell ET to execute your custom resolution


This should have worked, but it didn't. So I tried look what value is stored in every variable and found that r_mode = 8. I don't know why, but this value was not saved correctly. So I set the -1 value with the
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r_mode -1
vid_restart

commands manually and it worked. Whee!! :)

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Postby Ichihollow » Tue Jan 12, 2010 14:14

"Ichi hole"? 8O :party: :mrgreen:

Well, happy for you both if it worked, now you'll be able to fully enjoy your wide screens :banana:

Now lets pass to the bill : it will cost you 10 cookies, or 20 bananas if you prefer :P (hey crisis time!)
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Postby Rainbow » Tue Jan 12, 2010 14:23

Aldaris wrote:Well I have tried it again today. My former script to set the correct resolution contained following rows:
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seta r_mode -1 //tell ET that you want to enable a custom resolution
seta r_customwidth 1680 //set the width
seta r_customheight 1050 //set the height
seta r_customaspect 1 //tell ET to execute your custom resolution


This should have worked, but it didn't. So I tried look what value is stored in every variable and found that r_mode = 8. I don't know why, but this value was not saved correctly. So I set the -1 value with the
Code: Select all
r_mode -1
vid_restart

commands manually and it worked. Whee!! :)


Ehrm sorry i didnt say that clear :D

this commands need to be executed manual in-game.
This CVARS in a autoexec makes no sense.
"seta" will save it then permanent (use "set" for testing).

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Postby flow » Tue Jan 12, 2010 22:36

lol "ichi hole" xD

and i'll pay one cookie from him:

!cookie ichi hole :D

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