[BUG FIX] For the "error initializing video mode 1920x1080" bug.

[daBEARS]

I went to start up my Fallout 2 game today after a little hiatus, and was unpleasantly greeted by the error message in the title. After messing around for a while, I found a fix for the bug.

1. Find your Fallout 2 directory (right click in steam, properties, local files)
   
2. Open ddraw.ini with notepad
   
3. In the [Graphics] section, change this:
   [Graphics]
   ;Set to 0 for 8 bit fullscreen
   ;Set to 4 for dx9 fullscreen
   ;Set to 5 for dx9 windowed
   ;A dx9 mode is required for any graphics related script extender functions to work (i.e. fullscreen shaders)
   ;Modes 1, 2 and 3 are no longer supported
   Mode=0
   
   ;If using a dx9 mode, this changes the resolution
   ;The graphics are simply stretched to fit the new window; this does _not_ let you see more of the map
   ;If set to 0, use fallout's native resolution
   GraphicsWidth=0
   GraphicsHeight=0
   
   ;Set to 1 to do the palette conversion on the gpu
   ;Set to 2 to do the palette conversion on the cpu
   ;Set to 0 to pick automatically
   ;GPU is faster, but requires v2.0 pixel shader support
   GPUBlt=0
   
   ;Set to 1 to allow using 32 bit graphics for talking heads
   ;Requires graphics mode 4 or 5, and gpublt set to 1
   Use32BitHeadGraphics=0
   
   To this:
   
   [Graphics]
   ;Set to 0 for 8 bit fullscreen
   ;Set to 4 for dx9 fullscreen
   ;Set to 5 for dx9 windowed
   ;A dx9 mode is required for any graphics related script extender functions to work (i.e. fullscreen shaders)
   ;Modes 1, 2 and 3 are no longer supported
   Mode=4
   
   ;If using a dx9 mode, this changes the resolution
   ;The graphics are simply stretched to fit the new window; this does _not_ let you see more of the map
   ;If set to 0, use fallout's native resolution
   GraphicsWidth=1366
   GraphicsHeight=768
   
   ;Set to 1 to do the palette conversion on the gpu
   ;Set to 2 to do the palette conversion on the cpu
   ;Set to 0 to pick automatically
   ;GPU is faster, but requires v2.0 pixel shader support
   GPUBlt=1
   
   ;Set to 1 to allow using 32 bit graphics for talking heads
   ;Requires graphics mode 4 or 5, and gpublt set to 1
   Use32BitHeadGraphics=1

You can play around with changing the values to see whatever works for you, but these settings worked for my PC. See you in the wasteland!

[⇋HG⇌Rasjas]

Thank you for the fix! Still working 2021.

[N.A.R.]

OMFG YOU ARE A LIVE SAVER, still work in 2023 guys especially for a native resolution of 1366:768

[weed jedi sniper]

Worked for me, thanks boss. Only needed to set my resolution in-game to my monitor.
Got the error when I changed the colour from 32-bit to 16-bit.