The solution to the 800x600 bug...

(Englander) #21

Ive downloaded and installed the prog FstFngrz is talking about,works well :slight_smile:

(Sauron|EFG) #22

An extremely complicated way to do exactly the same as the .bat file. (It even requires the .NET framework!!! :banghead: )

(ExP|Maximus191) #23

I made an autoexec and put it in E.t main with the following commands:
seta r_detailtextures “1” //my default is 1
seta r_texturebits “32”
seta r_colorbits “32”
seta r_depthbits “24”
seta r_mode “7” //Screen res.
seta r_texturemode “gl_linear_mipmap_linear”
seta r_ext_compressed_textures “0”

Now even when my E.t goes back to default as soon as i load up it all resets back to how it should be \o/

(LodeRunner) #24

If you’re running Windows 2000 or XP (I don’t know if this works in 98…), you can clear all profile.pid files without having to specify directories:

del \*YOUR ET FOLDER*\profile.pid /s /q

So if you have ET in program files then it looks like this:

del "\Program Files\Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory\profile.pid" /s /q

Of course, you need always change this depending on where you launch the bat from. Damn, I miss DOS…sort of.

Kids these days…they don’t know the joys of DOS, BASIC or batch files…

(Harry) #25

Well… i am 33 and i wonder why i have to write a .bat file for a game that should be running fine as it is… and also wonder why the people responsible for it don’t follow up on those things by means of a patch or something…

I know ET is a free game… But still… these things are too complicated for the average user

(Sauron|EFG) #26

The average user can play at 800*600 without a problem. :wink:

(Harry) #27

So how come some can’t?

(Salteh) #28

Average user
Most of the users can play at 800*600 without a problem… but SOME! can’t :slight_smile:
Sort of… makes sense :stuck_out_tongue:

({PiQ} Apoch) #29

There’s always ETRun. Lightweight, fairly easy to use, and powerful. I’m thinking about adding a few other additional features for it as well so if anyone has a wishlist for ET loaders, let me know.

(Ghostcat) #30

My problem occurs a little differently.
I usually play on a mod server that uses new maps all the time.
Since I already made a batch file, everything’s fine @ startup, but after a download
(which happens all the time) i get the lock right after the gamestate is received. drops to 800x600 and so on.
Where is the path set for these internal “restarts”? WOuld that even matter, since the system is not dropping back to a level where a dos script would be invoked?
It’s very annoying ands happens several times a day.

Thanks

(Ghostcat) #31

checkkking out new profile

(mouse) #32

That is another problem, and it is know but it cant be solved, because it needs an update of et.exe, wich splash isnt making, and bani cant make :)(nice sentence :/). It occurs after downloading a map or other file indeed, and et will crash.

(Riftgarde) #33

My game browser doesn’t like .bat files, so I use this:

Any tricks discovered yet to stop that crash bug after downloading a large pk3?

(Loffy) #34

Hi!
Maximus191 posted (in 2003):

seta r_mode “7” //Screen res.

What screen resolution is 7? And what number (5?) is 800x600?
Not urgent, just curious
// Loffy

(Sauron|EFG) #35

A quick google search came up with this:
0=320x240, 1=400x300, 2=512x384, 3=640x480, 4=800x600, 5=960x720, 6=1024x768, 7=1152x864, 8=1280x1024, 9=1600x1200, 10=2048x1536

Those are for COD, but I assume they’re the same in RtCW/ET (I know that 3/4/6 are).

(Loffy) #36

Ok, thanks. Excellent!
I just wonder: Why not have a autoexec file and in it write commands that say “set screensize 6” and “vid restart”? Wouldnt that solve the 600x800 bug?
// Loffy

(Rain) #37 
]\modelist

Mode  0: 320x240
Mode  1: 400x300
Mode  2: 512x384
Mode  3: 640x480
Mode  4: 800x600
Mode  5: 960x720
Mode  6: 1024x768
Mode  7: 1152x864
Mode  8: 1280x1024
Mode  9: 1600x1200
Mode 10: 2048x1536
Mode 11: 856x480 (wide)

r_mode is just one of several cvars that are reset whenever profile.pid is found. Any cvar in your config that has ‘unsafe’ after it in your .cfg will be reset. Deleting ‘unsafe’ is not sufficient, the game will re-add it.

(Depth_Charge) #38

Do all your settings and make it read only :wink:

(next_ghost) #39

No need for read-only. Just let the game crash, open ur etconfig.cfg, copy all lines ending “unsafe” to autoexec.cfg and delete the “unsafe” mark in it. Next time, the autoexec will override com_crashed error.

(=DaRk=CrAzY-NuTTeR) #40

can i delete the files without the .bat and just add more to the target of the ET shortcut?