Steam scaling/aspect ratio/screen size glitching...

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Dagger Jan 5, 2013 @ 11:40am

I changed the graphic quality from fast, to average in the game Ghost Master.
what happened was it seems the screensize got bigger but the screen did not scale to correct the aspect ratio and the fitting of the screen.
ive had this issue with other games like Half-Life, now i cant change the settings because the mouse wont move beyond the viewable area of the screen so i cant hit accept or even see what settings i am changing.
im using a 19-inch Widescreen monitor from HP. its a HP w1907.
the games screensize is set to the size the game had at default, so i dont know why its doing this on games when i change graphics settings...
this makes it impossible to play the game and it is pretty agrivating when i want to play it.

i deleted the whole game, manually and reinstalled and it didnt fix the issue...
when i tried to make a screen cap with steam, the image shows the Whole screen, and not the viewable area. so i cant post a screencap of what the screen looks like.
i am unsure if its because im using an intel integrated chipset for my graphics card (ie a stock graphics card). (steam cannot update my graphics card because its stock...)

i have tried commands before to fix issues like this with half-life, and it didnt work to force the aspect ratio and screen size.
i am unsure on how to fix this, and it has only been happening on this desktop computer. it has happened to 2 games sofar, and im afraid to mess with graphics settings at this moment, in fear of never being able to properly play the games that I buy on this computer.

EDIT* I went into my graphic driver and changed the setting to maintain aspect ratio when fullscreen, instead of stretching, and it didnt fix the issue at all, I could see a bit better, but still cant change any setting, or play the game properly...
Below is some info i got from my system using steam to obtain it:
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Processor Information:
Vendor: GenuineIntel
Speed: 2194 Mhz
2 logical processors
2 physical processors
HyperThreading: Unsupported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Unsupported
SSE42: Unsupported

Network Information:
Network Speed:

Operating System Version:
Windows 7 (32 bit)
NTFS: Supported
Crypto Provider Codes: Supported 311 0x0 0x0 0x0

Video Card:
Driver: Intel(R) G33/G31 Express Chipset Family

DirectX Driver Name: igdumdx32.dll
Driver Version: 8.15.10.1912
DirectX Driver Version: 8.15.10.1912
Driver Date: 11 Sept 2009
Desktop Color Depth: 32 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 59 Hz
DirectX Card: Intel(R) G33/G31 Express Chipset Family
VendorID: 0x8086
DeviceID: 0x29c2
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of Logical Video Cards: 1
No SLI or Crossfire Detected
Primary Display Resolution: 1152 x 720
Desktop Resolution: 1152 x 720
Primary Display Size: 15.98" x 10.00" (18.82" diag)
40.6cm x 25.4cm (47.8cm diag)
Primary Bus Type Not Detected
Primary VRAM: 256 MB
Supported MSAA Modes Not Detected
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Last edited by Dagger; Jan 5, 2013 @ 11:59am

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Dagger Jan 5, 2013 @ 11:57am

I really wish to have this fixed, i really want to play my games...

Dagger Jan 5, 2013 @ 12:36pm

anyone know what to do? ive done everything short of uninstalling steam and reinstalling it...

Dagger Jan 5, 2013 @ 12:40pm

http://ompldr.org/vZ3lncA

Dagger Jan 5, 2013 @ 12:55pm

the report says nothing wrong with it, so idk, what do u think fred?

Dagger Jan 5, 2013 @ 1:21pm

i just verified that i have the newest version of directX, and im making sure my Graphics card is updated as well as open GL. cant update the graphics card... idk why. UGH this issue!

Last edited by Dagger; Jan 5, 2013 @ 1:24pm

Dagger Jan 5, 2013 @ 1:38pm

I just looked into it, and well, when i hit Shift Tab, it opened the steam interface. and even that isnt scaled, its like the screen is too big for the resolution its set to, and the screen isnt conforming to that resolution, strange thing is i hadnt changed the resolution on the game, it seems like steam is causing this and steam isnt getting it right...

Dagger Jan 5, 2013 @ 1:45pm

either the update isnt compatable, or that its the newest.
not sure ,but i found this "
Sat Jan 05 21:33:40 2013 UTC - GameOverlay process started: pid: 3236
Sat Jan 05 21:33:40 2013 UTC - GameOverlay process connecting to: pid: 352
Sat Jan 05 21:33:40 2013 UTC - BuildID: 2109
Sat Jan 05 21:33:40 2013 UTC - Steam Path: C:\Program Files\Steam
Sat Jan 05 21:33:43 2013 UTC - Generating new string page texture 2729: 256x256, total string texture memory is 262.14 KB
Sat Jan 05 21:33:43 2013 UTC - Generating new string page texture 2730: 128x256, total string texture memory is 393.22 KB
Sat Jan 05 21:33:55 2013 UTC - SetScreenSize( 1024, 768 )
Sat Jan 05 21:33:55 2013 UTC - Changing resolutions from (1152, 720) -> (1024, 768)
Sat Jan 05 21:34:02 2013 UTC - Overlay enable requested by game
Sat Jan 05 21:34:02 2013 UTC - Generating new string page texture 2736: 48x256, total string texture memory is 442.37 KB
Sat Jan 05 21:34:02 2013 UTC - Generating new string page texture 2737: 64x256, total string texture memory is 507.90 KB
Sat Jan 05 21:34:02 2013 UTC - Generating new string page texture 2738: 384x256, total string texture memory is 901.12 KB
Sat Jan 05 21:34:02 2013 UTC - Generating new string page texture 2739: 128x256, total string texture memory is 1.03 MB
Sat Jan 05 21:34:09 2013 UTC - Overlay disable requested by game
Sat Jan 05 21:34:12 2013 UTC - Game Exit Event signaled.
Sat Jan 05 21:34:12 2013 UTC - Shutting down overlay
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and in another steam file a bunch of this
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Sat Jan 05 21:34:09 2013 UTC - OpenGL Error after ValveSetRenderState: GL_INVALID_ENUM
Sat Jan 05 21:34:09 2013 UTC - ESC press detected, requesting overlay disable
Sat Jan 05 21:34:09 2013 UTC - OpenGL Error after ValveSetRenderState: GL_INVALID_ENUM
Sat Jan 05 21:34:09 2013 UTC - OpenGL Error after ValveSetRenderState: GL_INVALID_ENUM
Sat Jan 05 21:34:09 2013 UTC - Restoring 2 raw input registrations (d5c)
Sat Jan 05 21:34:09 2013 UTC - Performing 0 queued raw input registrations
Sat Jan 05 21:34:09 2013 UTC - OpenGL Error after ValveSetRenderState: GL_INVALID_ENUM
" the invalid enum repeats like a hundred times or so, and barely any other things are logged into that file...
i may not beable to update because my card is G33/G31, and the OS im selecting is not the OS that the pc originally had, but the update covers all the intel G series express chipsets and it also covers all os from XP to windows 7

Last edited by Dagger; Jan 5, 2013 @ 1:47pm

Dagger Jan 5, 2013 @ 1:52pm

um sure, hope u can help. i hate this issue, i really want to play half life and ghost master, ive been working at this for hours now, sent u a friend request.

Dagger Jan 6, 2013 @ 1:18pm

Like to thank Fred, he helped me with my issue, even all the issues with my pc, and the issues i had with some steam games i Installed this morning.
Thanks!
So moderator, please lock this thread since the issues are solved.

Last edited by Dagger; Jan 6, 2013 @ 1:31pm