[HOW TO] Change to widescreen resolution

[Big.T]

This was taken from the 911 First Responders forum, I just thought I'd share it with you people.


To enable Widescreen, go to the folder where you have the game installed. (steamapps/common/EMERGENCY 4 DELUXE), look for a file called em4.cfg
Open this with a text editing program (eg. MS Word, Notepad, Wordpad).

Press CTRL+F (B?) and search for. "<var name="r_xres" value=" (Without " ").
What you will find is.
---
<var name="r_xres" value="*your resolution" />
<var name="r_yres" value="your resolution" />
--
Where your resolution is written you will see the numbers, This is the resolution that the game currently is in.

Change the xres (top line of the 2) to 1920
then Change the Yres (bottom line of the 2) to 1080
Save file and close.
Now start up the game and it will be in widescreen.

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Just a headsup, for this to work you'll need to change the default screen size in the IG menu first.

[TuzlaKing]

I changed the values in the em4.cfg file to 1920x1080, and saved it, but it doesn't change anything in game. When I change the resolution in game to 1280x1024 there are two black bars on both sides, as if the resolution didn't change, but the top and right portions of the main menu are off the screen. Do you have any suggestions for me?

[[GCC]Playboxx]

stretch via CCC (ATI/AMD) or Nvidia Settings will help :)
https://prnt.sc/ler6h6

[Juansero29]

Also having problems with this, impossible to change resolution using the .cfg file or with the Emergency 4 Configurator. Anyone has another advice?


EDIT #1: Found out how to execute with a kind of good resolution by right clicking on the .exe:

Properties > Compatibility > Check "Run this program in compatibility for" > Select "Windows Vista"

Also check in this same screen "Run this program as an administrator"

Then do:

Change high DPI settings > Check "Use this setting to fix scaling problems [...]" > Select "Used the DPI that's set for my main display when "I signed in to Windows" > Then check "Override high DPI scaling behaviour. Scaling performed by: Application"

It was good after that :)

[valylo]

In my case, I was able to configure the cfg fine and the game opens, but the game image is off-center, it is still in the previous resolution, causing me to not see the game screen completely

[Bestrian]

Worked totally fine for me.

[SMatysCZ]

I had to change settings in my video card software. You have to make it forced to open games in full screen.

[freekysilence]

laptop res is most of the time 1280 r_xres
720 r_yres

[Suslo]

Originally posted by Alvarito:

In my case, I was able to configure the cfg fine and the game opens, but the game image is off-center, it is still in the previous resolution, causing me to not see the game screen completely

Same issue here. Anyone ideas how to fix this?

[Suslo]

Nevermind, I got it fixed thanks to this remarkable person. Thank you very much

Originally posted by Juansero29:

Also having problems with this, impossible to change resolution using the .cfg file or with the Emergency 4 Configurator. Anyone has another advice?


EDIT #1: Found out how to execute with a kind of good resolution by right clicking on the .exe:

Properties > Compatibility > Check "Run this program in compatibility for" > Select "Windows Vista"

Also check in this same screen "Run this program as an administrator"

Then do:

Change high DPI settings > Check "Use this setting to fix scaling problems [...]" > Select "Used the DPI that's set for my main display when "I signed in to Windows" > Then check "Override high DPI scaling behaviour. Scaling performed by: Application"

It was good after that :)

[max703862]

Originally posted by Alvarito:

In my case, I was able to configure the cfg fine and the game opens, but the game image is off-center, it is still in the previous resolution, causing me to not see the game screen completely

Did u fix this

[Tatsu]

Originally posted by max703862:

Originally posted by Alvarito:

In my case, I was able to configure the cfg fine and the game opens, but the game image is off-center, it is still in the previous resolution, causing me to not see the game screen completely

Did u fix this

If you want to change the resolution by just editing the em4.cfg file without using any third-party software, you cannot go to high. Using a resolution that's too high will cause some of the elements on the screen to go off-centre.

The highest resolution I found out to still display all the content on a 16:9 display is up to 2K. Make sure to check the prefered resolution of your display and choose that, but do not exceed the 2560 × 1440.

<var name="r_xres" value="2560" />
<var name="r_yres" value="1440" />

Make sure to go into the em4.cfg file's property settings and check "Read-Only" as the game will otherwise try to overwrite your custom settings.