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    expanding a game to full screen

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Skools717, Jul 23, 2010.

  1. Skools717

    Skools717 Notebook Guru

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    ok so i got diablo 2 to run using this method
    Solved Diablo 2 works when run in Windowed Mode - Windows 7 Forums

    so diablo opens in a window but is there any way i can make the window any bigger i dont have the option to expand it my putting the mouse on the border. its the only way i can run it. i just want to make the window bigger but when i maximize it the picture below shows how big it is maximized. hitting F11 didnt work

    heres how it looks
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    Skools717, Jul 23, 2010
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    i imagine you have to change the resolution in-game. that's how most (all?) games played in windows work, anyway.
     
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    how would i do that i did the the one resolution option in properties but the screen just jumps around then goes back to the small window
     
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    ok i got it, is there any way to get have the computer change to 800x600 resolution when the game is running and back to normal when i quit out or do i have to do it manually each time
     
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    kojiro Notebook Guru

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    If you have the 1.13 patch, you should be able to use higher resolution. If you have 1.12 and below, try the d2multires patch.

    I actually don't like running in a window (I find the surrounding desktop breaks the ambiance), so I have an XP vm running inside Workstation 7.1 and play full screen there. It's not noticeable at all and looks great (well as great as it looked back in 2000...) You can freely download vmware Server and give it a try.
     
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    Arak-Nafein Notebook Consultant

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    Does Diablo 2 even support widescreen? It was made before widescreen hit popularity.


    You're putting a 4:3 ratio game into a 16:9 ratio screen....of course it's not gonna get any bigger. You can't fit a square into a rectangle....you can only make it as tall as the rectangle, you'll still have the empty bits on the sides.

    It's like the opposite of watching a widescreen movie on a non-widescreen TV. They shrink the image so you can fit the extra bits on the side onto the screen.(Not chopping off the top/bottom)
     
    Arak-Nafein, Jul 23, 2010
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    Actually, this is not quite true since patch 1.13c:

    ( Diablo II Patch 1.13c Released - Voodoo Extreme)

    You can indeed fit the "square into the rectangle"...
     
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    When i put the computer in 800x600 and and fullscreen instead of centering it it fills the whole screen fine
     
    Skools717, Jul 23, 2010
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