Resolutions

kabi · Post by **kabi** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 6:47 am

Hi to everyone,

I´d like to ask you ´bout monitor resolution sizes. On a 17 monitor (1024x768) game graphics looks not so fine, all is like zoomed and bigger, etc... I was trying to fix it in fallout properties but there is no resolution settings... How can I fix it? ´Cos when I had a 15 monitor there was no problem with graphics and the resolution... Or it´s not a resolution problem?

Thnxz

kabi

Kipi · Post by **Kipi** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 9:50 am

Well, the problem is that Fallout 1 is VERY old game (1997), and was developed for resolution of 800 X 600 (or something like that). So, it's no wonder that it looks almost terrible in newer, bigger screens...

kabi · Post by **kabi** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 1:02 pm

well, that what I was thinking.. so fallout 2 there is the same thing? no way to make the screen smaller?...

Kipi · Post by **Kipi** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 3:49 pm

I think it's possible to run the game in window -mode...
Maybe you should check properties of the exe file to see if you can run it in window mode...

or perhaps to create a shortcut and add something like -w or /w to the end of the "target" -section...

I haven't myself ever usaed window mode, as it's not that bad in Fallout 2 and in case of Fallout 1 you get used to it rather quickly...

Mr. Pastorius · Post by **Mr. Pastorius** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 6:31 am

As Kipi said, Fallout is quite an old game with its graphics locked to 640x480 at 256 colors. However, there was a project on a fanmade resolution patch for, but it was quite unstable and it worked best on resolutions of up to 1024x768, if I can recall correctly. The site where the mod could be downloaded from is now unfortunately offline, and googling for "fallout resolution patch" doesn't give many results worth mentioning. Check this link to the NMA forum for additional info.

kabi · Post by **kabi** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 5:43 pm

thnxz for your help guys!

can you tell me more ´bout playing the game on window mode? i was trying to do it with the targets (like kipi said) but there is no way to change file target. how can I do it?

k.