hello, i saw other posts regarding screen resolution, and none of them exactly matched my problem...if i run a game in 320x200 or whatever the default is[please excuse me im terribly computer illiterate] all i get is a display of half the game screen, with the bottom half being black and everything cut right down the middle by that blackness...now most times this can be solved by running the 640 res olution, but in some games you really dont have a choice, as vital files which would allow you to adjust this are all messed up. i read the posted threads and the person who had a similar problem was advised what to do, but the entire explanation was waaaay beyond my level of tech expertise {gui? whats that? where do i find the adjustment panel on my 17 inch flatscreen monitor?] could someone please take the time to explain exactly what to do in terms a person with severe brain damage could understand? thank you :)
IF your flatscreen can handle 320x200, you can adjust the display settings with those little buttons at the bottom. Check the flatscreen's manual on how to do that exactly, as this differs from brand to brand/model to model.
If a game doesn't come with winsetup.exe, you can do the following: in the windows explorer, navigate to the directory containing the game's exe. Then click the address bar and add "\gamename.exe --setup".
E.g.: You've downloaded 1213 to "D:\Games\1213", so that's what the address bar says. Add the above so it says "D:\Games\1213\1213.exe --setup", then press enter.
This will run the game's setup, so just set it to a higher res and check "run in window", then hit "Save & Run".
ok thank you very much..ill give it a try..unfortunately my monitor doesnt seem to have buttons on it anywhere, so ill try the second thing
did as you instructed and it says it cant find the games setup...this was a game others had a problem with too...vonludwig...renamed the setup.bat to setup.exe like it said in the forum about that, but then i just get illegal operation errors and have to close.still no buttons on the monitor....this is odd..i have a gateway FPD1960 TFT LCD color monitor btw..thank you
check if there are any knobs under the bottom of the monitor, sometimes they have scroll wheels at the bottom instead of buttons, if anything it's worth a shot
I noticed that every setup.exe file matches with all AGS game. So, create a game and to its compile folder, copy the setup.exe that it will be created, paste it to the game's file folder that you want to play, run it (setup.exe file) and i suppose it will work.
i dont create games..i just download and play them so i assume youre explaining how to use ags...i read the guide and its all greek to me.....ive just resolved not to be able to play certain games...but thank you anyway..i have downloaded nearly every game from this site, so i guess i wont be lacking in variety. ;D
Quote from: SilverWizard_OTF on Sat 14/10/2006 11:09:21I noticed that every setup.exe file matches with all AGS game.
That's news to me, unless the exe file names of the games happen to match. All that winsetup.exe does is run the game's exe with the --setup parameter. So the exe file name has to be embedded in the winsetup.exe for it to work. Hence each game has to have its own winsetup.exe.
What you can do, similar to what KhrisMUC described, is right-clicking the game.exe in Windows-Explorer and making a link, then editing the new "Link to game.exe" by right-clicking it and choosing Properties. Then add the --setup parameter to the command so (for example)
"D:\Games\1213\1213.exe"
becomes
"D:\Games\1213\1213.exe" --setup
(or is it
"D:\Games\1213\1213.exe --setup
" ? Not sure.)
Edit:
"Link to" = "Shortcut to"? Don't know what it's called in english versions of Windows.