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Title: OK I repurchased FS2 from GOG
Post by: NickM on February 18, 2017, 10:37:42 pm

Naturally...I have problems;

After installing the GOG version of FS 2 (and before I have tried to install the FSO), I fire up the game & my screen goes black & the following message appears:

Input Signal Out of Range
Current Settings: H=59kdHZ V=74Hz

Change settings to 1920 x 1200-60Hz


Now...thinking that perhaps my Screen's resolution was wrong, I checked it out & found my resolution was already 1920 x 1200 (though it looks like I can only manage 32 bit and 60Hz); My graphics card is an ATI Radion HD 2400 XT

Title: Re: OK I repurchased FS2 from GOG
Post by: Black Wolf on February 18, 2017, 10:41:04 pm

This is before FSO is installed? Any reason why using FSO isn;t an option? I'm sure that would fix the problem, and you don't need to run any graphical enhancements or anything if you're worried about performance or maintaining the old feel of the game.

Title: Re: OK I repurchased FS2 from GOG
Post by: niffiwan on February 18, 2017, 11:06:08 pm

Unfortunately original Freespace2 only supports the 1024x768 & 640x480 resolutions, and sounds like your monitor can't support resolutions that low/old.  Running Freespace2 Open should fix this issue for you.

Title: Re: OK I repurchased FS2 from GOG
Post by: NickM on February 19, 2017, 12:05:38 am

I tried it before I downloaded FSO. Downloading it now.

Title: Re: OK I repurchased FS2 from GOG
Post by: Yarn on February 19, 2017, 12:25:20 am

Quote from: NickM on February 18, 2017, 10:37:42 pm

Input Signal Out of Range
Current Settings: H=59kdHZ V=74Hz

Change settings to 1920 x 1200-60Hz

I think the problem is that your video card was trying to send a 74 Hz signal (or perhaps one just below 75 Hz) to your monitor, which might not be able to display a signal of that refresh rate. (Usually the video card can obtain the monitor's capabilities, even through a VGA connection, but this might sometimes fail.)

If you're using a VGA connection (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VGA_connector) for your monitor, consider switching to a digital connection like DVI (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface) if both your monitor and video card support it. I don't know whether it will help prevent cases like this, but it should provide better image quality.

Title: Re: OK I repurchased FS2 from GOG
Post by: NickM on February 19, 2017, 10:40:13 pm

OK, I added the FSO on top of my GOG FS2; just to be cautious I added only FS2. So far it works juuuuust fine. However I want to add a few more of the mods. Do I just re-run the FSO installer & I will get the rest of the mods (FS1, Derelict, Silent threat-et all, etc)?

Title: Re: OK I repurchased FS2 from GOG
Post by: Black Wolf on February 19, 2017, 11:05:56 pm

Yep, the installer will download as much or as little as you want.