Changing Resolution Settings?

[Jackkel Dragon]

How do you change the resolution settings for this game? I've tried doing it in-game and in the config menu, but it keeps displaying at the same resolution and switches the selected option to that setting when I leave the settings screen. I've tried Windowed, Borderless, and Fullscreen modes. I read that DW8 and DW9 sometimes only use the resolution the main monitor is set to display at, but that is not the setting that the game keeps trying to use. (It keeps wanting something around 12xx x 736 or something like that, when my main display is set to 1920 x 1080.)

I've been enduring it, but it really hurts my eyes to see the muddy graphics that are being used for "maximum" settings, and after watching a video of the game running properly I am upset that I can't get such crisp visuals. (And I don't mean I'm being picky about graphics; my eyes are literally sore right now from trying to read blurry text for a few hours.)

Is there a way to actually modify the game's graphics settings on PC, or is this yet another victim of Koei Tecmo's infamous PC ports?

[Jackkel Dragon]

Update: I discovered that my monitor allows a higher resolution setting than 1920 x 1080, and I tried seeing if DW9 would let me go higher than 720p by using that. The results:

- When at 3840 x 2160, I was finally allowed to upgrade... to 900p.
- Switching back to 1080p on my monitor did not change the game settings while it was running, allowing me to play at 900p while keeping my main monitor settings.
- Booting up the game again while at my default monitor settings would automatically set the game to 720p again.

Basically, the settings are there and technically would work, if the game allowed me to set them. Is there something about Windows 11 that makes DW9 think the monitor is smaller than it really is? Is there a way to trick the game into letting me play at my native resolution?

[dragoonknight]

Do you have multiple monitors?

[Jackkel Dragon]

I currently only have one monitor set up with my computer, so no.

[Valkarie16]

Whenever I launch the game, it asks if I want to launch or configure the game. When choosing to configure, I can change the resolution and many other choices related to graphics and other options. I am using Windows 11 and a 27" TV as my monitor and do not have the same issues as you. Can you share what type of graphics card you have and what monitor resolution the hardware has? I saw in one posting that someone wanted to run 1080P on a 720p monitor, and it kept forcing the downgrade as the hardware did not support that.

[Jackkel Dragon]

When choosing to configure, I can change the resolution and many other choices related to graphics and other options.

Whenever I change the resolution from the configuration tool, it will automatically default back to 720p when I actually boot the game, no matter what I set in the tool. (Unless I pick 600p, in which case it does so.)

As for my current specifications:
- OS: Windows 11
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
- Monitor: ASUS VG249Q1A (1280p native?)
- Windows Display Scaling: 125%

As mentioned before, I can only pick higher resolutions for the game when I set the monitor to double resolution and/or reduce the Windows scaling for text. But since this is the only game I have to jump through those hoops for, I really would prefer not to have a process before and after playing just to be able to read properly.

[Varl]

I got the solution bro'; it's because the game is dumb. You need to deselect auto graphics settings (like high, medium, low , ect....) and only take "personnalized", or the game will always chose automatically tje resolution.
Then, when you have selected "personnalized," return in graphic settings (not the advanced) and change the resolution. Then it will work.

[Jackkel Dragon]

I knew that Koei Tecmo PC ports could be wonky, but I didn't realize it was THAT strange. That actually did help, though in my case it took an extra step:

1: Change ADV graphics preset to custom and apply
1b: Set ADV graphics settings as desired
2: Change the display type and apply at least once (in my case, Borderless to Fullscreen and back). Back out of the graphics settings and return.
3: Change the resolution to the desired size.

The game still won't allow me to pick the super-high resolution options, but with the above it not only allows me to select up to my actual display resolution on the monitor, but so far it seems to save the resolution instead of resetting it on a reboot.