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Anonymous   08-06-2005 at 06:25:14 PM

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Hi, I hope someone can help, I have installed a new graphics card;
wanting to see how for I could push the resolution I set it to 1280 x
690 in the video options in HL2. Problem is my monitor can't cope and
switched itself off - now I cannot see the screen to change it back.
Aggghhhhhhh what do I do now?

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Anonymous   08-07-2005 at 02:36:58 AM
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On 6 Aug 2005 12:25:14 -0700, b.woolf wrote:

 

>Hi, I hope someone can help, I have installed a new graphics card;
>wanting to see how for I could push the resolution I set it to 1280 x
>690 in the video options in HL2. Problem is my monitor can't cope and
>switched itself off - now I cannot see the screen to change it back.
>Aggghhhhhhh what do I do now?

 

boot into safe mode, i think that is 640x480.
remove the video card drivers and reboot to normal windows, res should
be 800x600.
reinstall drivers.
before selecting a higher or non-standard res tick the show only
supported resolutions box [or words to that effect].

 

dr ratt

 

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i know what i'm doing.
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Message edited by Fredi on 10-09-2007 at 08:07:36 PM
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Anonymous   08-07-2005 at 06:32:32 AM
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b.woolf wrote:
> Hi, I hope someone can help, I have installed a new graphics card;
> wanting to see how for I could push the resolution I set it to 1280 x
> 690 in the video options in HL2. Problem is my monitor can't cope and
> switched itself off - now I cannot see the screen to change it back.
> Aggghhhhhhh what do I do now?

 

I've never tried this with HL2, however, the commandline switch "-width
640" in HL1 would set your screen res to 640x480 .. it's worth a go.

 


--
Ben Cottrell AKA Bench


Message edited by Fredi on 10-09-2007 at 08:07:47 PM
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Anonymous   08-07-2005 at 05:11:26 PM
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On 6 Aug 2005 12:25:14 -0700, b.woolf wrote:

 

>Hi, I hope someone can help, I have installed a new graphics card;
>wanting to see how for I could push the resolution I set it to 1280 x
>690 in the video options in HL2. Problem is my monitor can't cope and
>switched itself off - now I cannot see the screen to change it back.
>Aggghhhhhhh what do I do now?

 


Load steam....go to hl2 and right click and select properties....

 

Then click launch options...and type "-autoconfig" without the
quotes....but
remember to delete that after you have reset ur settings...otherwise
ur
settings will always "default" everytime u play the game...


Message edited by Fredi on 10-09-2007 at 08:07:56 PM
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BigJim   08-07-2005 at 06:29:42 PM
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go buy a new monitor that can handle it
<b.woolf> wrote in message
news:1123356314.781430.30860@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hi, I hope someone can help, I have installed a new graphics card;
> wanting to see how for I could push the resolution I set it to 1280 x
> 690 in the video options in HL2. Problem is my monitor can't cope and
> switched itself off - now I cannot see the screen to change it back.
> Aggghhhhhhh what do I do now?
>


Message edited by Fredi on 10-09-2007 at 08:08:06 PM
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Anonymous   08-07-2005 at 05:43:04 PM
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Craig you are a star - thank you so much, I am now in, and have changed
the video settings (have learnt a valuable lesson not tinker!). Thanks
also to everyone else that replied (especially dr ratt). I did try all
suggestions including the command line switch, without much luck. I
think this was because steam launches before HL2, I managed to get
steam to launch in 640x480 mode but it would still launch HL2 in high
rez. Anyway enough chat - problem sloved thanks again for your help
guys.

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Anonymous   08-07-2005 at 11:09:32 PM
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Reboot computer into Safe Mode then reset the video driver and reboot!
Fixed in a jiffy.

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Anonymous   08-09-2005 at 12:02:05 AM
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That was the first thing I tried - steam still starts HL2 in the high
rez mode

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