Resolution problem, 320x240 not support

[roll]

Hello,

I have a resolution problem. Video mode 320x240 or 320x200 doesn't work. The game tries to load, the screen blinks and then an error message appears:

There was a problem initializing graphics mode 320x200 (16-bit).
(Problem: 'Can not set video mode')
Try to correct the problem, or seek help from the AGS homepage.

Possible cause: your graphics card driver does not support this resolution. Run the game setup program and try the other resolution.


Now I know that I can setup 640x400 but that causes problems in some games like JAPNCA, where we give the laxatives to Alistar and the game crashes because the text is too long or something like this.

I searched the forums and I found that some people have the same problems, but nobody seemed to find a technical solution.

Is there a patch or something to remove this resolution bug to allow games to be played in 320x240?

Thanks

[SSH]

Run in a window

[TheMagician]

Try to apply a graphics filter in the game's setup.exe.
Like "2x nearest-neighbour filter".

[Pumaman]

Which version of AGS are you using? Recent versions should automatically try and run the game with the 2x filter if 320x200 is not supported.

But yes, as TheMagician says, use the filter to get it working.

[roll]

Thank you for your answers,

I opened winsetup of JAPNCA, and I didn't see the filter option.

I tried to copy the one from the game Warthogs which has the filter option, and rename JAPNCA game exe to "Warthog", but the trick didn't work, it still doesn't show the filter option.

Anyways I tried the filter option in the real Warthog game setup, and it replaces the 320x240 option by 640x400

[Pumaman]

Ah, JAPNCA is quite an old game made with an old version of AGS that didn't support filters. You'll probably have to run it in an (admittedly tiny) window.

[Khris]

You can run it using the 2.72 engine:

-Download AGS 2.72 if you need to, then copy acwin.exe to the game dir.

-Rename "Advent.exe" to "ac2game.dat"

-Run "acwin --setup" via the command line or a shortcut (or use TotalCommander, the best file manager in existence).

-Set the filter to x3 and check windowed, then hit Save & Run.