POP2 at 1280x1024? How?

[Xtreeme]

Does anyone know how to get Prince of PErsia 2 to run in 1280x1024 res. Its the native res of my monitor. It makes me sick that new games, fail to recognise that there ARE folks who run at such high res. And refuse to recognise or simply ignore those needs. A $50 title -with great graphics and yet low res ONLY. WTF. Sorry Im just a little upset by all these new games forcing low res. on me all the time.

[Wishmaster]

I blame console ports and lazy coders.

Have you checked for a config file? usually you can have some extra tweaking in there.

[Xtreeme]

Welp, since you mentioned that. I poked around a bit in the files. Found this

"[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 320x200x32 60Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 320x200x32 75Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 320x240x32 60Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 320x240x32 75Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 400x300x32 60Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 400x300x32 75Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 512x384x32 60Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 512x384x32 75Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 640x400x32 60Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 640x400x32 75Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 640x480x32 60Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 640x480x32 72Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 640x480x32 75Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 720x400x32 70Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 720x480x32 60Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 720x480x32 75Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 720x576x32 59Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 720x576x32 60Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 720x576x32 75Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 800x600x32 56Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 800x600x32 60Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 800x600x32 70Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 800x600x32 72Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 800x600x32 75Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 848x480x32 60Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 848x480x32 75Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 1024x768x32 60Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 1024x768x32 70Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 1024x768x32 72Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 1024x768x32 75Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 1152x864x32 60Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 1152x864x32 70Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 1152x864x32 75Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 1280x720x32 60Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 1280x720x32 75Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 1280x768x32 60Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 1280x768x32 75Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 1280x960x32 60Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 1280x960x32 70Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 1280x960x32 72Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 1280x960x32 75Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 1280x1024x32 60Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 1280x1024x32 70Hz

[19:39:21] -- directx/d3dadapter/0/modes 1280x1024x32 75Hz "

Thats the mode I want and its listed in the config.log file. Now google reveals many upon many folks saying the game has a max res. of 1024x768. In game options thats the max it shows me too. It appears the problem is the failure to detect DDC I.E. the max resolution and refresh supported by the monitor. How laim. The coders can make a superb game, that is heavily coded. And cant do a simple task like detect the monitor settings. LAIM, LAIM, LAIM. Ubisoft you have a email on the way-and maybe a petition (@petitions online) to fix it as well. Battle for Middle earth did the same thing to me. I had to change the ini file manually just to get proper resolution. LOL.


"I blame console ports and lazy coders."

I'm inclined to agree. I mean, the game cube version we rented. It ran like a dream. The cut scenes were smooth and great looking. The cut scenes on PC are jerky. I have a 2.4gig Athlon, Radeon 9800 1gig ddr400 and 160gig 8mb cache sata hdd. What exactly do they expect one to have, in order to run it as well as a $150 game cube does. Thats a joke. Were talking what $1500=$2k rigs to play the game proper. I mean price now, cause mine was near $1500 at one time. Its ridiculous. I can run doom III like perfect and at high res max details. Far cry same thing. BFME same thing. LOL.