Il2 1946 on steam resolution issues.

[MadBlaster]

"BUT if you alter your conf.ini and then change the menu settings your altered settings are reset."

Yes, this is worth restating. You could go round and round in circles.

[JtD]

Is it possible that Steam ignores the conf.ini and uses settings saved somewhere in the dreaded steam cloud?

[DAD2MAXWELL]

Cant wait to get home to try all of this, however confused by the OPEN GL thing.

Do I chage that in the config ini settings, as whenever I get things almost right and then touch that within game, things go to hell again.

IF IL2FBAEP runs in DX, DO I HAVE TO USE OPEN GL?

JGP

[droz]

no, change it IN GAME. Do that before you do anything. Make sure all your video modes and video options settings are where you want them to be, and then go in and change the conf.ini file. IL2 was designed to utilize OpenGL, and will perform MUCH better than in DX mode. TRUST ME. Do not run it in DX mode. The only time you would want to run DX mode is when you are trying to use fraps to record.

[DAD2MAXWELL]

That is part of my problem DROZ, if I dont get the resolution right BEFORE I start the game, I cant get in because the menu screens are off center to the right, and I cant get to the set up/hardware menus where I would select open gl etc.

JGP

[Aviar]

According to the documentation for your monitor, it's native resolution is 2560x1600. You run your desktop at that resolution, so that is good.

However, you stated that "...NVIDA control panel says that the native resolution for this monitor is 1280x800...". This may be part of your problem. I would suggest going into the NVIDIA control panel and trying to change that setting (from 1280x800 to 2560x1600).

Your documentation: http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...Specifications

In addition, you stated that your conf file looks like this:

[window]
width=1600
height=1200
ColourBits=32
DepthBits=24
StencilBits=8
ChangeScreenRes=1
FullScreen=1
DrawIfNotFocused=0
EnableResize=0
EnableClose=1
SaveAspect=1
Use3Renders=0

Well, that is 1600x1200. You need to manually change that to 2560x1600. When you do that, start the game. Do not make any other changes in the Set-up screen or you will lose those settings.


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