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getDesktopResolution in 1.7.5

by Juan Fco Campos · in Torque Game Builder · 07/01/2010 (5:09 pm) · 9 replies

It seems like getDesktopResolution() has been changed.

I use it to match my game's resolution to the system's resolution.

With 1440x900, it returns 1440x860 (in Windows 7)

1280x800, windows xp, it returns 1280x772.

It's the taskbar, right? How can I figure out the exact system resolution?

Hope there's a better solution than add 32 or 40 to the height...



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Torque Owner Juan Fco Campos
Melee Studios
#1
07/02/2010 (5:29 am)
I solved it changing the code in the getDesktopResolution function.

I use GetSystemMetrics instead.

Torque Owner Glen Pothoven
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#2
07/31/2010 (9:27 pm)
Any chance we could see the code?

Torque Owner Juan Fco Campos
Melee Studios
#3
08/04/2010 (8:43 pm)
Hi, here is the code:

in winWindow.cc, "Video::getDesktopResolution()" function, in line 1318

Original code:
Result.w = winState.desktopClientWidth;
   Result.h = winState.desktopClientHeight;
   Result.bpp = winState.desktopBitsPixel;

Modified code:

Result.w = winState.desktopClientWidth;
   //Result.h = winState.desktopClientHeight;
   Result.bpp = winState.desktopBitsPixel;

   Result.h = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYSCREEN);

I use GetSystemMetrics only for the height.

Hope this help!

Torque Owner Glen Pothoven
Default Studio Name
#4
08/10/2010 (8:49 am)
I was messing around and found the function. Did a few tests and came up with the same solution. It's nice to see that you came up with the same code.

Have you tried this with the sidebar on in Vista?

Torque Owner Juan Fco Campos
Melee Studios
#5
08/10/2010 (11:55 am)
Nice :)

No I didn't, but I think It should work.

I'll post if I find any error!

Torque Owner Amjad Yahya
#6
11/11/2011 (5:09 am)
I'm having the same problem, but I'm afraid I'm not that experienced to perform a recompile, it is too complex to me.

Any ideas?

Torque 3D Owner Simon Jensen
SwiftThought Games
#7
11/11/2011 (7:25 am)
Hopefully this is one of the things that will be fixed in the 1.7.6 version that's coming.

Torque Owner Juan Fco Campos
Melee Studios
#8
11/11/2011 (7:30 am)
Amjad, you should give it a try... all this "recompile" thing sounds complex but it's not :)

I don't know another way to fix it.


Torque Owner Amjad Yahya
#9
11/11/2011 (10:04 am)
Thanks Juan, if you could do me a favor and tell me in your own simplified words the exact steps of doing a recompile. That would be great and most appreciated. The steps on TDN seems complex and sometimes out of date. I mean which compilers I should install for TGB 1.7.5, what SDK etc.

Thanks in advance.