Brutal Legend: Resolution out of range. Help needed

[King DerpDeDerp]

Whenever I start Brutal Legend on my 4:3 aspect ratio monitor, resolution 1280 x 1024, it says the signal is out of range but the audio continues as if the game's running just fine. I've tried reinstalling, setting launch options, running the base application without steam, and I even tried running it on my brothers 1366 x 768 monitor, with the same out of range results. Right now, i'm pretty pissed that this game doesn't support custom resolutions through launch options, and I can't even play the game I paid for. Please help if anyone has had this problem also

[Zef]

What about lower resolutions? Do you get the same prob on lower res?

1280x1024 ain't exactly common for res, most of the time it's 1280x720 or 1280x800 and higher. Although 1366 x 768 SHOULD be supported, pretty common PC monitor resolution....

It's probably because it's a console port, dunno. Is there a way to edit the configuration setting files of the game itself? Maybe you can manually force the resolution by editing the config(s) file(s). You might try googl'in this.

[King DerpDeDerp]

Naw, i've googled it. Seems like it's so new to pc, that no one's found a fix yet. And I did try it on lower resolutions, and then on my brothers 1366 by 768 monitor, cuz' I do know that's the most common one. I also tried running it from my program files in 640 by 400. So i'm gonna wait till a fix shows up or until teusday when the singleplayer is open. That might fix my problem I'm pretty sure

[King DerpDeDerp]

Yeah, it's just that all other steam games run fine on my monitor, and as I said in my post, I did try it on a 16:9, 1366 by 768 monitor, it still said the same thing

[Zef]

If i were you i'd make a thread on the official forums of the game for increased visibility.

Pretty certain this will either get fixed by the devs or by some crafty modder in the future. Shouldn't have happened though.

[King DerpDeDerp]

I'm at least 90 percent sure my drivers are up to date. I built my system myself, and all other games that start out of range have been able to be fixed.

As for my specs, they are as follows:

CPU: Intel i5 3.4 GHz
GPU: Nvidia GTX 650 Ti 1GB
RAM: 12 GB Corsair Vengeance
PSU: 600 Watt Corsair Builder series
Motherboard: MSI z77a-g41
Monitor: HP vp 17. max resolution is 1280 by 1024, but it can support 1280 by 720. It just streches it to fit

[Zef]

Originally posted by pG Ryo Hazuki:

I'm at least 90 percent sure my drivers are up to date. I built my system myself, and all other games that start out of range have been able to be fixed.

As for my specs, they are as follows:

CPU: Intel i5 3.4 GHz
GPU: Nvidia GTX 650 Ti 1GB
RAM: 12 GB Corsair Vengeance
PSU: 600 Watt Corsair Builder series
Motherboard: MSI z77a-g41
Monitor: HP vp 17. max resolution is 1280 by 1024, but it can support 1280 by 720. It just streches it to fit

Hmmm

That's a pretty nice rig to be running games on @ 1280x1024... if i were you i'd get a new monitor fast, they are cheap as ♥♥♥♥ these days, i recently got myself a new widescreen 16: 10 1900x1200 monitor.

Still... the game should run on that monitor though.... although it seems like a waste running your games only at 1280x1024 with the potential of your rig :p

[ZoroX]

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=5868-EJXN-3787

[King DerpDeDerp]

Nope. Still giving me Input Signal out of Range, change settings to 1280 x 1024 - 60Hz

[King DerpDeDerp]

Ok everyone, I've fixed it. But I didn't do the screen.dat crap, or anything else suggested. Here's what I did, step by step:

1: Hook your computer up to your RCA tv with one of these: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001CJOLBW/ref=oh_details_o05_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

2: Change your desktop resolution to at least 1600 x 900

3: This is the hard part, Squint your eyes really f***ing hard and run Brutal Legend. You should notice that it's now visible.

4: Press esc when you hear Jack Black start saying things. Then enter, then right at least 7 times. You should be at the options menu.

5: Go to video settings, and change the resolution from the unreasonably high 1600 x 900 @ 120Hz, to something normal peoples' monitors can support. Like 1366 x 768, or in my case, 1280 x 1024 @ 60hz.

6: Accept changes, and quit brutal legend.

7: Hook computer back to regular monitor, but change desktop res. back to normal. Run Brutal Legend, and lo and behold, no more signal out of range!

8: !!MOST IMPORTANT STEP!! Go back to the APPDATA folder for BL, and delete screen.dat, and immediately remove from recycle bin. It doesn't do jack s**t.

9: Enjoy Brutal Legend on PC

On a side note, It's a good thing I had that RCA adapter, or i'd still be pretty pissed.
And being honest, that screen.dat trick did absolutely nothing. I changed it to below my monitor's resolution, and set it to 60Hz, and not to be fullscreen, but it didn't do a damn thing. Also, until anyone finds a better fix, I'm self-proclaiming this the official fix