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Mechanoid

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[Fullscreen resolution 800x600 limitation]
« on: December 15, 2006, 08:09:00 pm »
Attempting to run the full screen resolution at something lower then the windowed resolution will cause the screen mode switch to fail, and remain in windowed mode. I've tested this with black space on and off, along with the two non-graphical tilesets, and in any event those variables do not matter.

If i run the windowed mode at 800x600 and full screen at 640x300, the game will not switch resolutions. Only when the full screen resolution is greater, will the game allow fullscreen.

[ December 16, 2006: Message edited by: Mechanoid ]

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Re: [Fullscreen resolution 800x600 limitation]
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2006, 08:50:00 pm »
Is 640x300 supported on your monitor?  The fullscreen resolution must be a standard resolution supported by your monitor.  There's currently no option to set a smaller blackspace-yet-stretched view area inside.
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Re: [Fullscreen resolution 800x600 limitation]
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2006, 01:26:00 am »
It is not monitor resolution, it is Dwarf Fortress. Back in the day, i was fully able to run the 320x200 resolution game XCOM UFO Defense, without a problem. I did one more test, this time bumping the resolution one size up, and one size down from 800x600. (so that's 801x601 and 799x599) The time i attempted to run Dwarf Fortress in a fullscreen size of 799x599, it failed. I tried again, this time with windowed resolution set to 798x598, and it still failed.


The bug then, is this:
Dwarf Fortress fails to run in any fullscreen resolution lower then 800x600. I'm not sure if it's meant to be that way, but it seems odd not being able to run 640x300 in fullscreen. (The happy faces are easier to discern from one another, imo)

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Re: [Fullscreen resolution 800x600 limitation]
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2006, 05:22:00 am »
It fails here too but I haven't tried any other games in lower resolution.
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Re: [Fullscreen resolution 800x600 limitation]
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2006, 06:56:00 am »
Mechanoid, I can confirm that.  DF fullscreen doesn't run at below 800x600.

And yes, my monitor supports resolutions much lower than 800x600..  as per your example, I can still currently play UFO defence, at 320x200, right now, among others.

Hmm.. UFO defence is good.  ;-)

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Re: [Fullscreen resolution 800x600 limitation]
« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2006, 07:46:00 am »
Dwarf fortress seems to work fine at 320x200, 400x300, 640x400 and 640x480 on my monitor.

640x300 isn't a standard resolution, most monitors don't support it.

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Re: [Fullscreen resolution 800x600 limitation]
« Reply #6 on: December 16, 2006, 10:45:00 pm »
Yeah, that's right.  I don't know why I didn't catch 640x300.. but 320x200 works fine.  Nice catch, I would have been worried otherwise.

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