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Inkabodpain.2old4forza May 22, 2016 @ 5:48pm
Changing resolution out of game
How do I change game resolution out of game. Is there a game file where this could be done.
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Salamand3r- May 22, 2016 @ 5:53pm 
C:\Users\[user name]\Saved Games\id Software\DOOM\base\DOOMConfig.cfg

Resolution settings are all the way at the bottom.
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margalus May 22, 2016 @ 6:00pm 
Originally posted by Salamand3r:
C:\Users\[user name]\Saved Games\id Software\DOOM\base\DOOMConfig.cfg

Resolution settings are all the way at the bottom.

I've looked that before, and I just looked again. There is nothing in there about resolution, unless it's in some jibberish code.
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Salamand3r- May 22, 2016 @ 6:00pm 
Originally posted by margalus:
Originally posted by Salamand3r:
C:\Users\[user name]\Saved Games\id Software\DOOM\base\DOOMConfig.cfg

Resolution settings are all the way at the bottom.

I've looked that before, and I just looked again. There is nothing in there about resolution, unless it's in some jibberish code.

r_windowHeight "1080"
r_windowWidth "1920"

Those are the settings for 1080p.
Last edited by Salamand3r-; May 22, 2016 @ 6:01pm
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margalus May 22, 2016 @ 6:02pm 
Originally posted by Salamand3r:
Originally posted by margalus:

I've looked that before, and I just looked again. There is nothing in there about resolution, unless it's in some jibberish code.

r_windowHeight "1080"
r_windowWidth "1920"

Those are the settings for 1080p.

Yes, that would make sense... Except that there is absolutely nothing resembling that anywhere in the whole file..
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Salamand3r- May 22, 2016 @ 6:03pm 
Originally posted by margalus:
Originally posted by Salamand3r:

r_windowHeight "1080"
r_windowWidth "1920"

Those are the settings for 1080p.

Yes, that would make sense... Except that there is absolutely nothing resembling that anywhere in the whole file..

Odd, but if you add it in it should stick.
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margalus May 22, 2016 @ 6:05pm 
Originally posted by Salamand3r:
Originally posted by margalus:

Yes, that would make sense... Except that there is absolutely nothing resembling that anywhere in the whole file..

Odd, but if you add it in it should stick.

I thought it odd also, I thought it should be in there. The whole file is nothing but keybinds, joystick binds, etc.. Until the very end, where the following is.

.
.
.
bind "MWHEELUP" "_weapnext"
//========================================
m_smooth "1"
joy_deadZone "0.17"
com_showConsumerPerfMetrics "1"
vt_pageImageSizeUnique "16384"
vt_pageImageSizeVmtr "16384"
r_mode "19"
r_physicalPagesAspectRatio "1"
r_vmtrPhysicalPagesAspectRatio "1"

And that's all.
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Salamand3r- May 22, 2016 @ 6:06pm 
It should be placed in that last section.

You have some settings that I don't, I have an urge to try them out and see what they do :D
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Inkabodpain.2old4forza May 22, 2016 @ 7:04pm 
Originally posted by Salamand3r:
It should be placed in that last section.

You have some settings that I don't, I have an urge to try them out and see what they do :D


Ok found it and changed it and nothing happened . I also saved it and restarted my PC and same issue. My resolution is 5870x1080 (Triple 43" 4K) but the game tries to load up in a 4K resolution single screen on my left screen and only the right half of game is showing. . I did have it running at my original resolution running fine . Something happened when I shut off my PC and later turned it on and booted up Doom.
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Salamand3r- May 22, 2016 @ 7:05pm 
Originally posted by Inkabodpain.2old4forza:
Originally posted by Salamand3r:
It should be placed in that last section.

You have some settings that I don't, I have an urge to try them out and see what they do :D


Ok found it and changed it and nothing happened . I also saved it and restarted my PC and same issue. My resolution is 5870x1080 (Triple 43" 4K) but the game tries to load up in a 4K resolution single screen on my left screen and only the right half of game is showing. . I did have it running at my original resolution running fine . Something happened when I shut off my PC and later turned it on and booted up Doom.

Try deleting the config file (and disabling Steam cloud sync so it doesn't keep restoring it).
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v33c Jan 12, 2017 @ 12:07am 
Too bad I don't even have an idsoftware folder in mine. Why can't they just have all these options in game ?
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Salamand3r- Jan 12, 2017 @ 6:46am 
Originally posted by d0ng:
Too bad I don't even have an idsoftware folder in mine. Why can't they just have all these options in game ?

The topic is "changing resolutions outside of the game".

The options already exist in-game.
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Volvith Aug 25, 2017 @ 12:21pm 
Sorry for the resurrection post here, but solution for people who find this thread:

The resolutions are located within the file "DOOMConfig.LOCAL"
It is located in: "C:\Users\USERNAME\Saved Games\id Software\DOOM\base"

The file is not recognised as a .txt or code file, so it won't show a notepad icon, making it (relatively) easy to miss.
Double clicking opens up a "open with" window.
Just select Notepad, or any text editor of your choice, and open it with that.

EDIT: Okay, turns out i was wrong. Deleted the wrong section of this comment... :/
I'm unable to figure out how to get a custom resolution, although changing the r_mode to a range between 0 (potato resolution) and 31 or something changes the preset.
20 is 1920x1080@60hz.

EDIT 2: So, adding a custom fullscreen resolution is a bit more difficult.
You have to add a custom resolution to your pc's graphics menu before it'll show up in DOOM.
Yeah.
Don't ♥♥♥♥ around with that unless you're sure you're not breaking... stuff.

Cheers, and let the carnage never end! ;3
Last edited by Volvith; Aug 25, 2017 @ 3:12pm
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