Fullscreen - changes monitor refresh rate to 60hz

#1 In regards to the refresh rate problem, windows 2000 & xp always switch to 60khz in fullscreen mode (in d3d or opengl). The newest nvidia drivers let you over-ride the settings (and old ones let you over-ride d3d only). I assume ATI cards have something like this also, but I'm not sure.

#2 In console:

setResolution(width, height, bpp);

bpp is Bits Per Pixel: 32 or 16

#3 Very simple solution to a very stupid problem:

http://forums.badacid.net/showthread.php?t=265

Basically it changes your registry to say that your MAX refresh rates are the ONLY ones available. So it defaults to those.

Ths CAN be a problem with some games, and is easily turned on and off.

#4 There is no setResolution function for me.

#5 Thanks guys, im just downloaded the newest 53.04 detonatorforceware and its solved the problem, also the 1600*1200 question.
Its was quite simple, its looks like im looking for always a bigger problem, than its real size :>

#6 Alex Swanson...

Is there a corresponding getResolution function? So that when the application loads, one could retrieve the current bpp setting and then apply it to the new video settings? I don't remember seeing one but that doesn't mean it isn't there... If not, seems like a useful addition.

#7 I'd check the code behind the options GUI, as it lets you view/change the resolution.

#8 Back on the refresh rate:

in platformWin32\winOGLVideo.cc on or around line 790:
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devMode.dmPelsWidth = newRes.w;
devMode.dmPelsHeight = newRes.h;
devMode.dmBitsPerPel = newRes.bpp;
// set the display frequency (refresh rate)
devMode.dmDisplayFrequency = 85;
// notify the devmode that displayfrequency has been set
devMode.dmFields = DM_PELSWIDTH | DM_PELSHEIGHT | DM_BITSPERPEL | DM_DISPLAYFREQUENCY;
-------------------------------------------------------------------

This will set the refresh rate to 85. In my version I appended an additional param to the $Pref::Video::Resolution attribute in the prefs.cs script:

$Pref::Video::Resolution = "800 600 32 85";

I carried that through the engine in the Resolution structure as the w, h, and bpp values are.

#9 GetRes();
returns resolution as "800 600 16"

setRes("800 600 16");
Sets the resolution