World of Warcraft Not Working on my TH2G Digital Any Ideas?

URFIR3D · Post by **URFIR3D** » 24 Jul 2007, 22:05

Ok so I did NOT own a TH2G Analog, so I'm not saying that the Digital is the issue here, I honestly don't know.

Here's my problem.. I have the game installed, I went to SGU to set WoW to 3072x768 (or 3840x1024), and optimized it. I checked the CONFIG file in the WTF folder and the rez there was changed, when I launch the game it reverts back to 800x600. Inside the game under video options I'm only seeing 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1600x1200.

Windows sees up to 3840x1024, and I got other games running with it just fine. BF2 (With Garbage FOV), HL2, CS:S, TDU, just can't seem to get WoW working.

Any ideas?

I tried Uninstalling / Reinstalling the Game (I deleted the Entire WoW folder after the install to make sure all WTF/WDB info was gone), and nothing seems to work.

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 24 Jul 2007, 22:08

moved to proper section

URFIR3D · Post by **URFIR3D** » 24 Jul 2007, 22:10

Hmm Odd, sorry about that. Thought I created it here.

Kinesis · Post by **Kinesis** » 25 Jul 2007, 05:46

hmm,It worked on mine(digital)
I dont have 3 equal sized monitors(used 2 24's and a westy 37)though
In game I get two choices for widescreen (4080x768 and 3840x768)
My system is a e6600 with a 7950gx2 vid card 2 gigs of ram and a Asus P5W DH deluxe mobo

not sure if any of that helps...

URFIR3D · Post by **URFIR3D** » 25 Jul 2007, 13:23

I'm running an e6600, 8800GTS OCed.

I'm also running Vista though, so I'm not sure if that's the problem.

I can't figure out why I'm not seeing any of my widescreen resolutions, it's like WoW is not even pulling the list of supported Rez. It has 1600x1200 on that list and that's not an option in Windows.. My LCDs go up to 1280x1024.

MADNESS!

JKeefe · Post by **JKeefe** » 25 Jul 2007, 15:18

You need to use the Matrox software to "program" the digital TripleHead2Go with the 4 triplehead resolutions of your choice. The Matrox device can only hold 4 EDIDs, and the software allows the user to choose which 4 EDID (and thus triplehead resolutions) will be reported to Windows as available.

URFIR3D · Post by **URFIR3D** » 25 Jul 2007, 15:59

I think you might of come in a bit late.
Like i said windows sees the desired resolutions, it's just the game that doesn't see it.

The settings in the SGU program have been setup since the beginning, and like I said I can run other games fine, just not WoW. Wow is not pulling the settings that windows has.

Kinesis · Post by **Kinesis** » 25 Jul 2007, 16:14

umm, just for clarity sake,I >think< the resolution settings JKeefe is reffering to are set in the "power desk SE" program,not the "SGU" app.

is that right?

URFIR3D · Post by **URFIR3D** » 25 Jul 2007, 18:13

Ya sorry about that I meant to say Powerdesk.
The settings are set in there, and windows sees the settings fine, along with every other game i've tried. Just WoW does not see the new Rez..

It also sees settings are NOT in windows (like 1600x1200).

JKeefe · Post by **JKeefe** » 25 Jul 2007, 18:51

Yes, that's right, and I was just offering a possible fix. Obviously if other games see the resolutions available, then this isn't the issue.

If you can't easily pick the resolutions in-game, is there a config file that you can modify?

URFIR3D · Post by **URFIR3D** » 25 Jul 2007, 19:30

Technically SGU does it for you, but I went and checked it out manually
It's

C:Program FilesWorld of WarcraftWTFConfig.wtf

I can see that the rez is selected in there... but it doesn't take ingame.. When I launch the game it just drops to 800x600.

So I'm not really sure why it is not working...

Mergatroid · Post by **Mergatroid** » 25 Jul 2007, 22:06

Huge long shot, but if the config file is huge, it may have a duplicated line in it for the resolution that you overlooked. Most games read config files linearly (top to bottom), so if you have 2 lines with the res settings in them and the one closer to the bottom of the file is set to 800x600, it will default to that.

Like I said, long shot, but this has solved similar problems for me before(on a regular wide screen, I don't have TH2GO).

URFIR3D · Post by **URFIR3D** » 25 Jul 2007, 22:37

Nope that's not it..

Here's my Config.wtf

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   SET readTOS &quot;1&quot;

   SET readEULA &quot;1&quot;

   SET readScanning &quot;-1&quot;

   SET readContest &quot;-1&quot;

   SET locale &quot;enUS&quot;

   SET hwDetect &quot;0&quot;

   SET gxColorBits &quot;24&quot;

   SET gxDepthBits &quot;24&quot;

   SET gxResolution &quot;3840x1024&quot;

   SET gxRefresh &quot;60&quot;

   SET gxMultisampleQuality &quot;0.000000&quot;

   SET gxFixLag &quot;0&quot;

   SET fullAlpha &quot;1&quot;

   SET SmallCull &quot;0.040000&quot;

   SET DistCull &quot;500.000000&quot;

   SET trilinear &quot;1&quot;

   SET frillDensity &quot;24&quot;

   SET farclip &quot;500.000000&quot;

   SET specular &quot;1&quot;

   SET pixelShaders &quot;1&quot;

   SET particleDensity &quot;1.000000&quot;

   SET unitDrawDist &quot;300.000000&quot;

   SET movie &quot;0&quot;

   SET expansionMovie &quot;0&quot;

   SET realmList &quot;&lt;Removed for Security&gt;&quot;

   SET patchlist &quot;&lt;Removed for Security&gt;&quot;

   SET cameraDistanceMaxFactor &quot;2&quot;

   SET Gamma &quot;1.000000&quot;

   SET realmName &quot;&lt;Removed for Security&gt;&quot;

   SET gameTip &quot;2&quot;

I have just re-installed my game which is why all the settings are turned down.. but that's fine.. right now I just want triplehead working.
Here's the odd thing, I'll use SGU (or do it myself) to configure the game so it uses that rez.. But if I launch the game, and quit it will change

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 SET gxResolution &quot;3840x1024&quot;

to

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SET gxResolution &quot;800x600&quot;

once I exit.

I assume I'm supposed to go and change the Video setting once I'm in the game and it will SAVE the new config based off that, but I can't since I don't see the option in the game.

And yes before someone asks.. the parts I just changed here in the Post, it actually shows the info in my Config file or I wouldn't be able to join the server.

Post by **skipclarke** » 26 Jul 2007, 00:56

Try configuring with the SGU, and then making the file read-only. That has been required in some other games.

URFIR3D · Post by **URFIR3D** » 26 Jul 2007, 02:05

Hmm ok well the Config file didn't get changed on it's own in the game when I made it read-only.. but the game still ran at 800x600. So still not working.

Mergatroid · Post by **Mergatroid** » 26 Jul 2007, 15:36

Maybe try setting the hwDetect value to 1? Maybe WoW needs to see what card you have before it allows those resolutions?

URFIR3D · Post by **URFIR3D** » 26 Jul 2007, 15:55

Already tried that yesterday... didn't help :(

Kinesis · Post by **Kinesis** » 28 Jul 2007, 00:45

I hope you get it straightened out soon URFIR3D and once you do,

I'm not sure if this has been posted or if this post is even the right place to post this but
I found this WOW camera fix(I saw other people post similar solutions,but not sure if it included the added huge camera distance tweak listed here):

http://wowui.incgamers.com/ui.php?id=3108

luvmyfs · Post by **luvmyfs** » 30 Jul 2007, 22:39

URFIR3D you are not alone! I am having the exact same problem with Flight Simulator 2004. I optimized using the Matrox software and made sure that the FS9 config file showed 3840x1024. But when I am in the game and go to the display resolutions, it says it is set to 800x600 and there is no way to select 3840x1024 because it's not in the list.

I will try e-mailing Matrox tech support to see what they have to say.

URFIR3D · Post by **URFIR3D** » 02 Aug 2007, 23:31

Alright I have fixed my problem...

First had to uninstall my Video Card Drivers.. then I installed the new ones that were just released last week from Nvidia (I'm using an 8800).. Then I had to start using the NVIDIA control panel to setup my rez, and monitors INSTEAD of Windows Properties..

Then when I entered the game I noticed that the resolutions were added.. I hope this helps luvmyfs

Let me know how it goes :)

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