Widescreen Gaming Forum

Figured I'd bump this up, since the Chapter 11 release notes added this specifically:

Graphics:

Added support to recognize higher resolution graphics settings. These higher resolutions are available when using the Matrox TripleHead2GO product.

[quote]I am very curious as to why they would tie game speed to the framerate.I have absolutely no knowledge in game programming BUT maybe it's to ensure max smoothness of the models' animations during the most epic-scaled battles. Maybe all animations in BFME2 were designed at 30 fps to begin with ...

My overall plan was to try and get it to the point where the game details are held in an XML file that the program loads and parses. Thus, adding new games would be possible for those technically inclined, but without needing to tinker with source code. Lately I haven't done much with the code, but ...

0.6.5 is posted, allowing GRS to run again. I've extended the timebomb out to 90 days, and made some improvements as well. Not sure where I am going with the program now, but this gives me another 90 days to decide. I'd really like to get an OS X version working as well, but the new job has kept me ...

I could care less if this game says EA on it. Will Wright in my book overrides pretty much any EA or Valve level evilness. If Spore was only released on Steam, I'd still get it.

I am glad to see a renewed interest in this game now that the video is on Google. I'm hoping more comes out of GDC ...

This is a pretty old shot (november 2004 looking at the calendar), but the desk has been too much of a mess to take a new shot. This was back before I had the Dell 2005fpw, and a stand for the Powerbook.



One of these days I'll get the office cleaned up for a new shot.

Brown bag release 0.5.2 is now on the site. Fixes one bug, the accidental hardcoding of the wrong date format into the program. It now works no matter how you have your date format set.

Sorry about that.

Quickly following 0.5.0 is 0.5.1 now on the site. It's nothing major, but does add support for the two new popular simulation games. Black & White 2 and Civilization IV now are supported.

Either grab the new version off the site or use the in program upgrade option.

0.5.0 is now out on the site, with a radicially different GUI. It also adds support for the Doom 3 expansion and Quake 4.

The code base behind the program has been changed quite a bit this time, and hooks now exist for some exciting features in the future. While I also won't be bound to this ...

any news on an update for world war 2 online?

World War II Online does not support widescreen properly. When it is set to a widescreen resolution, the game is stretched. Right now, I am not going to implement support for games that stretch and distort the view.

With that said, I do plan ...

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One feature I am planning to add is allowing the selection of a specific resolution to set as well as matching the desktop resolution. Not sure if that will make the 0.50 milestone or not, but I still have a lot planned for what this utility will do. It mostly started out as just a way to end a ...

0.4.1 is out today, mostly to extend the timebomb, but also support was added for Quake III Arena. Hopefully I'll have more time to work on this in the coming weeks.

Oh, Dawn of War resolution changing is disabled if 1.40 is detected due to the widescreen bugs the patch introduced.

For ...

I also get the same error Elu is getting.

Unfortunatly I was never e-mailed any extra details from Elu about the crash and still have no idea what might be causing it. If you arewilling to work with me on debugging it, I might be able to fix it. None of my test machines cause this error, so I ...

Elu, not sure what is causing that, the crash there really doesn't tell me much. Try hitting Cancel and see what info you get. E-mail that to d_grs (at) thunderbiscuit.com so I can work with you to see what the problem is.



And as a general update, I had planned a quick 0.4.1 release, but ...

As requested, a screenshot:



Keep in mind when it is set to startup automaticially, you see nothing. But, all your games will match the desktop resolution you booted at.

0.4.1 will also add a shortcut to the desktop for Battlefield 2, basicially elliminating the need to manually edit ...

Development is still in full swing, and today sees the release of 0.4. Here's the changelog for the new version:

- Added support for Battlefield 2 (Only via the GUI launcher or --launchgame 9), Unreal Tournament 2004, and Doom 3.
- Added aspect ratio detection, for future correction of FOV ...

I am developing a Windows program to deal with my constant switching of resolutions on my gaming laptop. I find I game at times on the built in 16:10 LCD, at other times on a 16:9 HDTV, and from time to time on a 5:4 LCD. I got tired of changing resolutions in game, and thus developed Game ...