Can't not change the options

[Mr.Tonguesoff(Not A Furry)]

When i ahead to the options and i want to change my settings everything, i accept the changes my screen goes black, i hear music but the screen never goes back up, any ideas?

[josh]

Sounds like you're changing to a resolution that is different from your monitor.

[Mr.Tonguesoff(Not A Furry)]

proabably, i managed to turn off vsync, which is better than nothing.

[GGGONEXT]

1. Locate the game's settings.txt file (E.g. C: \ Users \ Username \ AppData* \ Local \ EA Games \ Dead Space 2). *Hidden folder you must unhide
2. Open the file and alter the text to reflect your desired resolution. Ex:
Window.Height = 1080
Window.Width = 1920
3. Save
4. Launch game

If your Dead Space 2 folder is empty then make a settings.txt file yourself by copy/pasting the following text into Notepad (don't forget to alter the numbers mentioned in step 2):

Audio.AltNameColor = false
Audio.MusicVol = 1.00000000
Audio.Output = 0
Audio.SFXVol = 1.00000000
Audio.Subtitles = false
Audio.VoiceVol = 1.00000000
Control.AimAssistEnabled = true
Control.AimingPosition = 1
Control.ControllerSensitivity = 2
Control.FireButtonControls = true
Control.InvertX = false
Control.InvertY = false
Control.MouseSensitivity = 0.67999977
Control.Shock = true
Controls.AcL.X = 0x00000000
Controls.AcL.Y = 0x00020000
Game.PDiff = -1
Game.Played = 1
Misc.LastSaveSlot = 1
QualityOptions.ActorMotionBlur = true
QualityOptions.Bloom = true
QualityOptions.Blur = true
QualityOptions.ConfigType = 5
QualityOptions.Decals = true
QualityOptions.Distortion = true
QualityOptions.DoF = true
QualityOptions.EdgeAA = true
QualityOptions.Flare = true
QualityOptions.Glow = true
QualityOptions.HighLightQuality = true
QualityOptions.ManipColor = true
QualityOptions.ShaderQuality = 2
QualityOptions.Shadows = 2
Window.Fullscreen = true
Window.Gamma = 0.38000011
Window.Height = 1620
Window.Hz = 60
Window.Left = 0
Window.MessageNotification = 1
Window.State = 0
Window.Top = 0
Window.VSync = false
Window.Width = 2880

[Sr Wholesome]

Originally posted by GGGONEXT:

1. Locate the game's settings.txt file (E.g. C: \ Users \ Username \ AppData* \ Local \ EA Games \ Dead Space 2). *Hidden folder you must unhide
2. Open the file and alter the text to reflect your desired resolution. Ex:
Window.Height = 1080
Window.Width = 1920
3. Save
4. Launch game

If your Dead Space 2 folder is empty then make a settings.txt file yourself by copy/pasting the following text into Notepad (don't forget to alter the numbers mentioned in step 2):

Audio.AltNameColor = false
Audio.MusicVol = 1.00000000
Audio.Output = 0
Audio.SFXVol = 1.00000000
Audio.Subtitles = false
Audio.VoiceVol = 1.00000000
Control.AimAssistEnabled = true
Control.AimingPosition = 1
Control.ControllerSensitivity = 2
Control.FireButtonControls = true
Control.InvertX = false
Control.InvertY = false
Control.MouseSensitivity = 0.67999977
Control.Shock = true
Controls.AcL.X = 0x00000000
Controls.AcL.Y = 0x00020000
Game.PDiff = -1
Game.Played = 1
Misc.LastSaveSlot = 1
QualityOptions.ActorMotionBlur = true
QualityOptions.Bloom = true
QualityOptions.Blur = true
QualityOptions.ConfigType = 5
QualityOptions.Decals = true
QualityOptions.Distortion = true
QualityOptions.DoF = true
QualityOptions.EdgeAA = true
QualityOptions.Flare = true
QualityOptions.Glow = true
QualityOptions.HighLightQuality = true
QualityOptions.ManipColor = true
QualityOptions.ShaderQuality = 2
QualityOptions.Shadows = 2
Window.Fullscreen = true
Window.Gamma = 0.38000011
Window.Height = 1620
Window.Hz = 60
Window.Left = 0
Window.MessageNotification = 1
Window.State = 0
Window.Top = 0
Window.VSync = false
Window.Width = 2880

Literal life-saver, bought this game through EA and everytime I launch the game it minimizes with a black screen, tried messing with the settings.txt file just to find out it didnt have one in my AppData. I know its been almost seven years since you made this post but seriously thank you, needed a preset to work off of.

[Mr.Tonguesoff(Not A Furry)]

Originally posted by GGGONEXT:

1. Locate the game's settings.txt file (E.g. C: \ Users \ Username \ AppData* \ Local \ EA Games \ Dead Space 2). *Hidden folder you must unhide
2. Open the file and alter the text to reflect your desired resolution. Ex:
Window.Height = 1080
Window.Width = 1920
3. Save
4. Launch game

If your Dead Space 2 folder is empty then make a settings.txt file yourself by copy/pasting the following text into Notepad (don't forget to alter the numbers mentioned in step 2):

Audio.AltNameColor = false
Audio.MusicVol = 1.00000000
Audio.Output = 0
Audio.SFXVol = 1.00000000
Audio.Subtitles = false
Audio.VoiceVol = 1.00000000
Control.AimAssistEnabled = true
Control.AimingPosition = 1
Control.ControllerSensitivity = 2
Control.FireButtonControls = true
Control.InvertX = false
Control.InvertY = false
Control.MouseSensitivity = 0.67999977
Control.Shock = true
Controls.AcL.X = 0x00000000
Controls.AcL.Y = 0x00020000
Game.PDiff = -1
Game.Played = 1
Misc.LastSaveSlot = 1
QualityOptions.ActorMotionBlur = true
QualityOptions.Bloom = true
QualityOptions.Blur = true
QualityOptions.ConfigType = 5
QualityOptions.Decals = true
QualityOptions.Distortion = true
QualityOptions.DoF = true
QualityOptions.EdgeAA = true
QualityOptions.Flare = true
QualityOptions.Glow = true
QualityOptions.HighLightQuality = true
QualityOptions.ManipColor = true
QualityOptions.ShaderQuality = 2
QualityOptions.Shadows = 2
Window.Fullscreen = true
Window.Gamma = 0.38000011
Window.Height = 1620
Window.Hz = 60
Window.Left = 0
Window.MessageNotification = 1
Window.State = 0
Window.Top = 0
Window.VSync = false
Window.Width = 2880

literally did not see this 6 year old comment until now wtf, thanks