Full Screen Mode

[bnsfes44ac]

Hi When ever I start HL2 its in a small screen.I barly see the new game etc,So how do I get it to be full screen?

[Honor Guard]

opins
video
display mode (full screen)

done
after hitting apply

[bnsfes44ac]

So this has to be done in the main screen of the game?

[bnsfes44ac]

How do I force it cause the print is too small to see?

[Johari]

Originally posted by bnsfes44ac:

How do I force it cause the print is too small to see?

Go to the library, right-click HL2 and select properties, click set launch options and then type -fullscreen. Include the dash and exclude the period.

If this doesn't work then you'll have to set the resolution manually. For that, you'll have to find out your screen resolution and then type -x width and -y height, where width is the first part of your resolution and height is the second part.

My resolution is 1920x1080p, so if I wanted to force fullscreen at a resolution of 1920x1080, I'd put -fullscreen -x 1920 -y 1080. You can also set the resolution in the options menu in-game, and that's how you should try to do it before you use the launch options to set your resolution.


As for the font itself, I don't think there's a way to make that bigger without making everything else bigger.

[bnsfes44ac]

I have never played this game,So how do I exit the game what key do I puch?

[Johari]

Originally posted by bnsfes44ac:

I have never played this game,So how do I exit the game what key do I puch?

I'm guessing you don't play games on the PC very often.
Try ESC, F10 or alt-F4.

[bnsfes44ac]

I did like you said still same but lil bit bigger screen.So how can I make it bigger screen?

[Johari]

Originally posted by bnsfes44ac:

I did like you said still same but lil bit bigger screen.So how can I make it bigger screen?

Read my post very carefully. The answer lies inside.

[bnsfes44ac]

I need to take a picture of the problem i am having I press F12.But how do I post it here so you can? So you can see what I am seeing?

[Johari]

Originally posted by bnsfes44ac:

I need to take a picture of the problem i am having I press F12.But how do I post it here so you can? So you can see what I am seeing?

If you've already uploaded it, mouse over your name up above, click content, click the screenshot and copy the link on top of the window that appears.
Then come back here and paste it.

The link looks like this:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=numbers

And when posted, shows up like this:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=211466656

If you haven't uploaded it yet then launch the game and close it again. A window should pop up asking if you want to upload the screenshot.

[bnsfes44ac]

Okay this is very odd now I just took a pic here it is full.Screen.As you can see in the photo here.I am not seeing that I only see small protion of it.That's what is strange here what is going on?What I mena is I get half of screen other half is all black
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198018278476/screenshot/594774820853801603

[Johari]

Originally posted by bnsfes44ac:

Okay this is very odd now I just took a pic here it is full.Screen.As you can see in the photo here.I am not seeing that I only see small protion of it.That's what is strange here what is going on?What I mena is I get half of screen other half is all black
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198018278476/screenshot/594774820853801603

Looks fine to me, other than a little white strip on the bottom when viewing it maximized.
Are you talking about letterboxing?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterboxing_(filming)

[bnsfes44ac]

Okay when I load the game half of screen is black other is game menue,But think of it this way.Take a 8x10 sheet of paper hold up too screen.That is what I am seeing also I have a24inch screen.Not in the photos I had posted.

[Johari]

Originally posted by bnsfes44ac:

Okay when I load the game half of screen is black other is game menue,But think of it this way.Take a 8x10 sheet of paper hold up too screen.That is what I am seeing also I have a24inch screen.Not in the photos I had posted.

Oh, wow.
All I can say at this point is to verify cache by going to library, right-clicking HL2, clicking properties, going to local files and verifying integrity. Steam is being a little buggy today and if you just installed the game recently, maybe something got corrupted.

Other than that, I have no idea.

[bnsfes44ac]

It worked yes Thank you for help replies.