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Title: Flying blind and, resolution error?
Post by: bd77 on January 10, 2013, 09:28:04 am

Greetings.

This my very first encounter with errors for FSO, after getting the BP2 complete update.
First, upon getting it, is to make a new pilot and "try" playing a single mission, namely the Kentaroi race. This is what I get:
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a394/bd77/misc/screen0006.jpg)
Uhh... where's my HUD? Now I'm flying blind.  :confused:

Okay, that didn't end well. Next up, try to play the actual campaign, namely BP2. Upon loading, I got this nice message:
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a394/bd77/misc/screen0008.jpg)
Whut? I just done a round (blindly) with my current resolution.

After which, I exit the game and re-enter it, it straight away give me the resolution error message after the intro cutscene and choosing my previous pilot that I just made. Oddly, when re-enter again and making a new pilot, I can enter the mainhall screen.
Now, I'm stumped...

Thanks.

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Title: Re: Flying blind and, resolution error?
Post by: The E on January 10, 2013, 09:30:46 am

Are you using wxLauncher, or the regular one? What resolution is set there?

Title: Re: Flying blind and, resolution error?
Post by: bd77 on January 10, 2013, 09:34:29 am

Using the regular launcher, and my resolution is set at 1440x900. Oddly, using the Print Screen makes my pic, in a 4:3 ratio.

Title: Re: Flying blind and, resolution error?
Post by: The E on January 10, 2013, 09:46:21 am

Well, the engine says it's running at 800x600, 16bit. Please download and install wxLauncher (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=67950.0), and use that to set the resolution.

Title: Re: Flying blind and, resolution error?
Post by: bd77 on January 10, 2013, 10:23:48 am

Thanks for the suggestion, tried using the wXlauncher with these settings:
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a394/bd77/misc/menu.jpg)

Yet it yielded the same result:
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a394/bd77/misc/screen0009.jpg)

 :confused:

Title: Re: Flying blind and, resolution error?
Post by: bd77 on January 11, 2013, 05:29:28 am

Question.
Is the BP2 update compatible with the original 1999 version (which I'm using) of the game?
Yes, this is the only game that had survived since I first got it in 2000.

Title: Re: Flying blind and, resolution error?
Post by: The E on January 11, 2013, 06:12:58 am

Quote from: bd77 on January 11, 2013, 05:29:28 am

Question.
Is the BP2 update compatible with the original 1999 version (which I'm using) of the game?
Yes, this is the only game that had survived since I first got it in 2000.

Yes. Although it is highly recommended that you patch retail FS2 to version 1.2. A package with the altered files can be found here: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/karajorma/FAQ/Downloads/HotUv1.20Pack.rar

Extract all VP files from it, and copy them into your FS2 directory.

Title: Re: Flying blind and, resolution error?
Post by: bd77 on January 11, 2013, 08:18:44 am

Thanks for the update files. =)
But after extract, I noticed... both from the ones I'd downloaded and my existing one are the same, except for the date (I've kept the old as a backup).
So, I used the newly downloaded ones and... its still reporting that FS2 is running on 800x600 from the debug file.  :confused:
I'll get back later tomorrow.

Thanks.

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Title: Re: Flying blind and, resolution error?
Post by: The E on January 11, 2013, 08:32:21 am

When I said "use the launcher to set the resolution", I meant "Go to the Launcher's Basic Settings tab, and set it there", not use the -res commandline flag.

Title: Re: Flying blind and, resolution error?
Post by: Deepstar on January 11, 2013, 08:21:05 pm

I got this same error often in various mods on Resolutions over 1920x1080. Like 2560x1440 or even on 2048x1152. :(

Have you tried 1280x720? Only to see if this works correctly? 1400x900 is not so common afaik.

Title: Re: Flying blind and, resolution error?
Post by: bd77 on January 14, 2013, 06:59:48 am

@The E: Yes, I did try several resolution from the wxLauncher. And replaced the files to the ones you'd gave.
@Deepstar: Tried your suggestion, no go.

I've downloaded the latest AMD Catalyst 12.10, I'm still stuck at 800x600.
Included is the latest log file.

I'm stumped. orz

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Title: Re: Flying blind and, resolution error?
Post by: Yarn on January 14, 2013, 06:54:07 pm

No wonder you can't run in higher resolutions--you're missing sparky_hi_fs2.vp, which is needed for 1024x768 resolution and higher. You may need to reinstall the game to get this (and make sure that all components are selected in the installer).

Regardless, I also recommend doing these things:

• Move Root_fs2-old.vp out of the FS2 folder; your game is still loading this, and you could run into more problems if it remains there. EDIT: Same thing for bp-audio2-old.vp in your blueplanet folder. FS2 loads all VP files that it finds, so you need to delete or move the old files; simply adding "old" to the file name isn't enough.
• Your MediaVPs are not up-to-date. Delete 3613_Update.vp and get the update files from the release thread (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=70736.0).

Title: Re: Flying blind and, resolution error?
Post by: bd77 on January 15, 2013, 08:21:28 am

@Yarn.
Guessed what, that DID do the trick!   :banghead:
It'd work BEAUTIFULLY.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a394/bd77/misc/screen0015.jpg)

To The E and Yarn, thank you very much for your help.   :yes: