illusion Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 i just reformatted by windows 7 PC and for whatever reason it plays in a square of my screen instead of switching to widescreen. i've had this problem before when i got this laptop, but i don't remember how to fix it. i searched past threads and only found stuff like r_mode/customheight/width which didn't work, any advice is appreciated. thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clan Friend SunLight Posted January 7, 2012 Clan Friend Share Posted January 7, 2012 r_mode -1 with r_customwidth and r_customheight at the native res. of your monitor doesn't work? I think I should check your graphics card control panel if there are any options regarding scaling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achiyan Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 i normally just change it in my configuration file (cfg). open etconfig.cfg with Notepad or something then scroll down until you see this seta r_customheight "1080" seta r_customwidth "1920" of course it wont say that 1920x1080 for you but you get the picture. its near the bottom of the file. Happy Hunting and good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masa_1964 Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 It maight need also add line vid_restart after those. At least I did have to add it. Masa_1964 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novice Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Try /r_fullscreen 1 along with your custom width/height. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samurai Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 if you want to make it widescreen, you can press alt + enter. that normally works for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaie Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 I don't hide my windows task bar, and like to be able to just alt tab to firefox,so I reccomend r_customheight 1000; as it's just above the taskbar and you can still alt tab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illusion Posted January 8, 2012 Author Share Posted January 8, 2012 the custom height and width cmomands aren't working right. they still keep the sides blacked out and just make the ET resolution weird. @sunlight i also checked my graphics panel but nothing there helped. i had this problem when i got this laptop 2 years ago... but i have no idea how i fixed it. lol :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clan Friend SunLight Posted January 8, 2012 Clan Friend Share Posted January 8, 2012 What's the native resolution of your laptop's monitor? Did you put that in your r_customwidth and height settings? If nothing works you can still play in windowed mode ... :s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckun Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Ok my laptop is 1366x768.. So for example, this is what I have in my config. seta r_mode "-1" seta r_customheight "768" seta r_customwidth "1366" vid_restart Do the same for your PC, but with your screen's resolution.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KITE Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Its not a config related issue, open up your videocard drivers and look for an option related to stretching or blackstrips something. I'm sure geforce has an option like this, I'd screenshot it but I switched to ATI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordje Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Go to Nvidia control panel >display>adjust desktop size and position and select aspect ratio.This work for my. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clan Friend SunLight Posted January 8, 2012 Clan Friend Share Posted January 8, 2012 Its not a config related issue, open up your videocard drivers and look for an option related to stretching or blackstrips something. I'm sure geforce has an option like this, I'd screenshot it but I switched to ATI Yes that's what I thought he should do, but if he knows the right resolution no stretch should be needed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
**MrDeaTh. Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Ok my laptop is 1366x768.. So for example, this is what I have in my config. seta r_mode "-1" seta r_customheight "768" seta r_customwidth "1366" vid_restart Do the same for your PC, but with your screen's resolution.. Followed , Thank you !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illusion Posted January 9, 2012 Author Share Posted January 9, 2012 Ok my laptop is 1366x768.. So for example, this is what I have in my config. seta r_mode "-1" seta r_customheight "768" seta r_customwidth "1366" vid_restart Do the same for your PC, but with your screen's resolution.. .. for whatever reason i tried this a billion times before i made this thread, and even after, and it never workde till now... thanks though! problem solved for now haha =] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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