Red Faction: Guerrilla

palsch · Post by **palsch** » 18 Sep 2009, 15:53

Hello All,

i bought this Game, i want to play it on my LCD-TV which support the Resolution: 1280x768. But doesnt support; 1280x720.

The availible Resolutions in the Game are: 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x720

My needed Resolution isnt availible in the Game.

Do you know, what can i do, to play the game in 1280x768?

Thank you all,

bye

Edit:
I have a temporaly Solution: I deleted the Option File from the Game, started the Game,
and it takes the right Resolution: 1280x768 (But you cant choose this Resolution in the Game :) )

Option File: C:UsersUsernameDocumentsMy GamesRed Faction GuerrillaOptionsrfg_display_options.rfgs_pc

But one Problem is there: If i change something in Graphic Option, it creates a new Option File. And then, at new Gamestart, i have the 1280x720 Resolution. :(

Post by **skipclarke** » 18 Sep 2009, 17:59

Maybe there is a single line out of the config file you can delete. Make all the settings change you want, then delete the line associated with resolution. Can you post the text from the file here.

palsch · Post by **palsch** » 19 Sep 2009, 15:20

The Config File is in binary format. Thats the big problem.

StingingVelvet · Post by **StingingVelvet** » 20 Sep 2009, 01:02

Yeah, I went to the config to try and force DX9 and was surprised to see that.

Bummer.

ebaydotcom · Post by **ebaydotcom** » 22 Sep 2009, 09:30

Hey palsch im having the exact same problem. Worse thing about it is that this isnt the only game that I cant get the right resolutions in. Resident Evil 5 for example does the same thing (in DX10 mode) but in DX9 i can get up to 1920x1080. The only way to get that resolution in DX10 is to change the config file and play in windowed mode. Since we dont know how to change the config file for red faction guerrilla how THA HECK do we get the resolution higher?? and why do our computers not show higher resolutions for this game? b/c their lcd hdvt's? grrr

rambo99jose · Post by **rambo99jose** » 24 Sep 2009, 10:40

Heh, im not even playins game, same crap as assassin's cred, very poor port, i mean wtf is the point of playing it on pc when you can only select like 5 resolutions, i have a TH2go and its very disapointing not to be able to play this at 5040x1050, will probly never "blind" buy a gmae cause i might like it, tired of paying money for crap that will be a shit port at best, sure the game looks good, but ffs we all have different monitors, and not even being able to play at 1680x1050 is wtf, anyways just giving my 2 cents, this game is crappy port with ridiculous resolution locks.

StingingVelvet · Post by **StingingVelvet** » 24 Sep 2009, 11:50

Game has all the standard single monitor resolutions for me... you might be experiencing a problem.

It's a pretty good port, actually... not sure what you're on about at all really. It runs well, the controls are spot-on, it looks amazing and has added effects, plus AA and forcing AF and vsynch works fine.

The only real issue is a few bugs, but they've confirmed them and said a patch is coming.

Post by **scavvenjahh** » 19 Oct 2009, 10:35

As hinted by palsch, if your desired resolution is not available from the in-game options you can still let the game use your desktop resolution :
- delete the My DocumentsMy GamesRed Faction GuerrillaOptions folder.
- (set your desktop res according to your desired in-game res.)
- run the game. It should use your desktop res + default options.
If you want to adjust any options to your liking, your resolution will be lost next time you start the game. You'll have to delete the Options folder and make in-game adjustments again next time you play :roll:

Widescreen & surround support is native/Hor+, though.

4:3

16:10

16:9

3x 16:10

johnnyvd · Post by **johnnyvd** » 18 Jul 2010, 21:50

As hinted by palsch, if your desired resolution is not available from the in-game options you can still let the game use your desktop resolution :
- delete the My DocumentsMy GamesRed Faction GuerrillaOptions folder.
- (set your desktop res according to your desired in-game res.)
- run the game. It should use your desktop res + default options.
If you want to adjust any options to your liking, your resolution will be lost next time you start the game. You'll have to delete the Options folder and make in-game adjustments again next time you play :roll:

Not working for me though, always starts 800x600 but then over three displays.. How do i hex-edit this??

**EDIT** never mind.. when i play it it's 5040x1200 for me.. Scav, any chance you can make me a 5040x1200 high-settings for me?

Post by **scavvenjahh** » 19 Jul 2010, 10:06

Sure, try this...

johnnyvd · Post by **johnnyvd** » 19 Jul 2010, 22:30

Sure, try this...

Cool, Thanks! :cheers

bkc6j · Post by **bkc6j** » 19 Aug 2010, 04:20

I am still having a lot of trouble getting this to work in 7680 x 1600.

I've tried both the delete the Options folder method and Hex Edit the options file method.

The problem I run into is that when I launch the game the intro movie is in full screen mode (640x480 badly stretched). When it tries to go to the intro menu, it just blinks in and out, like it is having trouble with the low res full screen stretched.

So if I hit escape or something, I can get into the intro menu (to start the game) in 640x480 windowed mode stretched. When I start a new game, it then does seem like the resolution is closer to 7680 x 1600.. but it is stuck in Windowed mode (no way to get it back to Full Screen). And I am only seeing about the top half to 2/3 of the resolution.

It just doesn't seem like it is responding the way others have described. When others using triple screen gaming have deleted the Options file, how are you loading the intro menu in full screen and getting into the game without switching to Window mode?

Post by **scavvenjahh** » 19 Aug 2010, 15:04

This is weird. Both the intro logos ("Vert-") and main menu (stretched) should use your native res, full-screen. Maybe the engine is freaking out because of the extreme pixel count... :?
What sort of setup do you have - Eyefinity, Nv Surround, SoftTH ?

bkc6j · Post by **bkc6j** » 19 Aug 2010, 15:38

This is weird. Both the intro logos ("Vert-") and main menu (stretched) should use your native res, full-screen. Maybe the engine is freaking out because of the extreme pixel count... :?
What sort of setup do you have - Eyefinity, Nv Surround, SoftTH ?

I have a NV Surround setup. And it is very new, so I don't much know what I am doing yet. I've got Just Cause 2 working (totally native) and WoW (just had to edit the ini file and reboot). This was the third game I've tried.

To get some more data points, I went ahead and downloaded the edited config files from the Detailed Report thread. I tried the 5040x1050 one (figuring the monitors would just stretch it) and have the same exact problem (intro movie is VERY zoomed in, intro menu won't load until I go to windowed mode, and then can't get back to full screen). When the Full Screen flickering is happening, I can barely tell that the "Loading" screen is in the background. it won't actually load the intro menu until I alt-tab out and go to Windowed mode.

Since others have gotten NV Surround to work on 5040x1050 in DX10 (which is what I think your custom options file is) it must be something with my config.

I'm trying to run Matrox PowerDesk util (got the name right?) to manage the windows in my desktop. Maybe I should kill that?

With a NV Surround setup, are there any other common helper apps (like one uses with Matrox solution) that I should be running that might help this?

Post by **scavvenjahh** » 19 Aug 2010, 16:07

I'm not sure using the 5040 file with a non-5040 desktop res would work, anyway.
Did you try deleting the Options folder then setting your desktop to 5040x1050 or 3840x800 ? Does it make any difference ?

bkc6j · Post by **bkc6j** » 20 Aug 2010, 00:39

I'm not sure using the 5040 file with a non-5040 desktop res would work, anyway.
Did you try deleting the Options folder then setting your desktop to 5040x1050 or 3840x800 ? Does it make any difference ?

So once I got home, I tried a few things:

Set desktop to 5040 x 1050 and tried with both no Options folder and the modified Options file. Neither worked.

Then I tried deleting Matrox PowerDesk. Did it again, didn't help.

Then tried 3840 x 800 with no options folder. Same problem.

Basically, the intro screens load in extreme Vert-, it gets to the screen where there should be brief loading before the intro menu pops up and it just hangs with a blank screen. As soon as I alt tab to desktop, it goes to windowed mode and works. But I can never get it back to full screen. Even selecting full screen from the Display menu does the weird stuck on black screen thing again.

I'm just confused since others have been able to get it to work with 5040 x 1050 in NV Surround. Not sure what else to try. Any thoughts?

Post by **thales100** » 20 Aug 2010, 01:57

I'm just confused since others have been able to get it to work with 5040 x 1050 in NV Surround. Not sure what else to try. Any thoughts?

Yes, thats really weird, its working perfectly fine here at 5040x1050 in NVS, using scavv' file.

bkc6j · Post by **bkc6j** » 20 Aug 2010, 07:16

Wondering if it might somehow be connected to VSync or the refresh rate.

I've read sometimes about people having the flicker issue if the refresh rate was doing weird things.

Interestingly enough, even though the game has a refresh rate setting, it is not available when I load without an options file. And VSync is off. I've tried manually enabling Vsync, which didn't fix the issue. But there is no way to change the refresh rate as that option is greyed out.

Post by **scavvenjahh** » 20 Aug 2010, 16:51

I don't know how well both Nv Surround and RFG handle vsync settings, but that's strange indeed.
Did you try DX9 mode (-nod3d10 command line parameter) ?

bkc6j · Post by **bkc6j** » 21 Aug 2010, 04:33

I don't know how well both Nv Surround and RFG handle vsync settings, but that's strange indeed.
Did you try DX9 mode (-nod3d10 command line parameter) ?

Good call. So when I force DX9 mode it appears to work as it should. So far I've just tried 7680 x 1600.

A few "issues" still though. For one, I think others are getting DX10 in 5040 x 1050 using NVS, so not sure why that won't work for me.

Also, when it loads forcing DX9, the intro menu is VERY sluggish (long delay between moving arrow key to select different things and movement on the screen). But least I can slowly get the game loaded. Once loaded it works fine.

Other issue is that so far I can't up any of the graphics settings at all. It seems anytime I change anything in the Display settings (from the main menu), that once I go into the game (even within the same session where I already started without the options file) it badly messes up.

So next I am going to try to see if I can edit any of the graphics settings from within a loaded game. I am also going to try and touch 1 setting at a time to see if just one of them is messing things up. I also am thinking of trying everything at some lower resolutions.

I still wish I had a better understanding of what is going wrong with DX10 because I am worried that I've done something wrong or different and this issue is going to crop up in other games that work for others.

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