If game won't start after changing resolution, do this:

[rmgiv]

MH Gold was made before wide screens were used a lot, so it is possible you can find yourself in a situation where you are trying to run the game with a resolution it doesn't support. And since you can't start the game, you can't change it!

There is a solution.
1. In your library, right-click the game and choose "Properties."
2. Click the "Local Files" tab
3. Click the "Browse Local Files..." button
4. Open the "Options" folder
5. Right click the "options.xml" file and open with Notepad
6. Replace the contents of the folder with the code below. Save and exit. You can choose different screen width and height if you wish. The important thing is that Full Screen is set to false, which will launch the game in windowed mode. Then you can try to match your screen resolutions to options in the game menu. You can save a copy of the options.xml file on your desktop or someplace so if you mess it up you can swap it out.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<objects name="Object Load" version="0.1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<object type="SystemOptions" name="">
<property name="bFullscreen" value="false"/>
<property name="nScreenWidth" value="1280"/>
<property name="nScreenHeight" value="800"/>
</object>
</objects>

[Toomy]

Unfortunately I do not have this file. How can this be.

[rmgiv]

Originally posted by Toomy:

Unfortunately I do not have this file. How can this be.

What is your system?