Forcing a resolution?

[Jace against Humanity]

Simple Q (or not), is it possible to force a res? For some reason, it's trying to start up (according to what I'm reading) at 1900x1200, I want to force it to 1280x1020 and to actually get playing, not be stuck with a fuction out of range issue here.

Is that possible or am I SOL on this? If it is, I can't find a way to force a res here

[DFDavid]

You can try to press alt-enter once the game starts to toggle between windowed/fullscreen mode. Once in windowed mode, you can adjust the video settings, or just stay windowed.

Also, you can force the game to start at a specific res. Edit (or create) the file at %APPDATA%\Doublefine\BrutalLegend\screen.dat. %APPDATA% is C:\Users\[login name]\AppData\Roaming on Windows 7, but it might be set to something else.

Screen.dat should look something like this, customized for your preferences:
fullscreen = true
width = 1920
height = 1080
refreshrate = 60
vsync = false

So that you know, the first time the game starts, it enters fullscreen mode. It chooses the fullscreen mode by using the same width/height as your desktop, and using the highest refresh rate that is supported by your display. It sounds like that combination of width/height/refresh rate isn't supported on your machine. Could you give any details on your machine's configuration? What video card and display are you using?

[Jace against Humanity]

Screen.dat worked for me. Windowed mode didn't work, it still doesn't work at all, i.e. alt+enter does nothing at all here

I got a GTX 420 and for some odd reason, it picks resolutions by default that are far, far higher than my monitor can support (I run it at 1280x720 usually, but as I said in my OP it picked a completely bizarre resolution to start with and 120hz refresh rate when my monitor is at 60hz). It's not a problem just with Brutal Legend, it's a problem with all games, but most of them I can run in a window then pick my desired resolution.

[DFDavid]

OK, good to know that you are up and running. Brütal Legend just uses the list of resolutions/refresh rates reported by Windows. It's the same list that you get when you right-click on your desktop and go to your screen resolution settings.

There's a known issue with alt-tab/alt-enter causing the videos and front end to stop rendering. I think that's what you ran into-- so my advice about alt-entering wasn't helpful (it would have worked if you were in the game, but you can't get to that point without being able to see the screen). Your best option is to adjust the screen.dat as you found, and we'll fix the alt-tab/alt-enter issues.

[ArchangelX]

Just outta curiosity since I just put together an Eyefinity triple display...how would this game react to higher resolutions?

[DFDavid]

We haven't actually tested Eyefinity, but I know that someone posted a screenshot of Brütal working on a three-monitor Eyefinity setup. Since Eyefinity returns the resolution across all three monitors as a single resolution (such as 5760x1080), the game should work fine.

[ArchangelX]

Thanks a bunch for the response. Can't wait!

[Grim]

The game does work fine in Eyefinity. I did notice lag with everything on max/high.

[lethaL]

Also, you can force the game to start at a specific res. Edit (or create) the file at %APPDATA%\Doublefine\BrutalLegend\screen.dat. %APPDATA% is C:\Users\[login name]\AppData\Roaming on Windows 7, but it might be set to something else.

Screen.dat should look something like this, customized for your preferences:
fullscreen = true
width = 1920
height = 1080
refreshrate = 60
vsync = false

This worked for me, thanks alot.