full screen problem
full screen problem
My Computer was broken therefore I had to reinstall Age of Empires. Now I have the problem that I can't change the resoultion of my game. The resolution stays always at 800 x 600. In the past it worked when windowed mode was activated, but when I use the windowed mode now, I get a black screen and the game freezes. The ESOC Patch works on higher resolutions and on windowed mode, only TAD and Nilla don't work at higher resolutions.
Re: full screen problem
I have a problem too. My screen is so big it is hard to see all the things at the same time and I have to move my head alot.
give that guy a manual
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Re: full screen problem
@j_t_kirk I have more or less the same problem: viewtopic.php?f=65&t=14621
Basically everything runs fine on EP, but when playing on RE I can't go windowed mode, otherwise I get a black screen and I even need to go in the task manager to close aoe. So I need to keep it in full screen mode the whole time, which sucks ass because it makes everything lag when you alt + tab. @EAGLEMUT tried to help me but sadly we couldn't find a solution.
For your resolution problem though, a fix might be to edit this xml file: Documents\My Games\Age of Empires 3\Users3\NewProfile3.xml
Change this tag (line 33 for me):
Just change the resolution written inside of the tag by the resolution of your screen.
Btw, this tag (line 34 for me):
is the one that controls the windowed/full screen mode, so you can manually set it to "false" if you're stuck in windowed more for whatever reason. Or to "true" for the opposite effect.
I think by doing this you will have a normal full screen mode with the right resolution. It won't fix the black screen bug, sadly.
Basically everything runs fine on EP, but when playing on RE I can't go windowed mode, otherwise I get a black screen and I even need to go in the task manager to close aoe. So I need to keep it in full screen mode the whole time, which sucks ass because it makes everything lag when you alt + tab. @EAGLEMUT tried to help me but sadly we couldn't find a solution.
For your resolution problem though, a fix might be to edit this xml file: Documents\My Games\Age of Empires 3\Users3\NewProfile3.xml
Change this tag (line 33 for me):
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<Setting Name="optiongrfxres">1600 x 900</Setting>
Just change the resolution written inside of the tag by the resolution of your screen.
Btw, this tag (line 34 for me):
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<Setting Name="optiongrfxwindowmode">true</Setting>
is the one that controls the windowed/full screen mode, so you can manually set it to "false" if you're stuck in windowed more for whatever reason. Or to "true" for the opposite effect.
I think by doing this you will have a normal full screen mode with the right resolution. It won't fix the black screen bug, sadly.
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Re: full screen problem
I tried to change already, but it didn't work.
If I start the game with windowmode=true, I get a black screen instead of the intro cinematics. When I click on the black screen I get the message "aoe is not responding". (When I change it ingame to windowmode=true I get only the black screen and no "aoe is not responding")
With wondowmode=false the games starts always with 800 x 600 even if I change the resolution in the xml file.
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<Setting Name="optiongrfxwindowmode">true</Setting>
If I start the game with windowmode=true, I get a black screen instead of the intro cinematics. When I click on the black screen I get the message "aoe is not responding". (When I change it ingame to windowmode=true I get only the black screen and no "aoe is not responding")
With wondowmode=false the games starts always with 800 x 600 even if I change the resolution in the xml file.
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I fixed the resolution problem:
I changed the 16 to 32. It allows me to play on full screen now, but it still doesn't work with windowed mode.
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<Setting Name="optiongrfxbitdepth">16</Setting>
I changed the 16 to 32. It allows me to play on full screen now, but it still doesn't work with windowed mode.
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Re: full screen problem
@Lukas_L99 had the same issue and gave me that link: https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensiv ... il_update/.
For me it works, you have to stay in full screen (your windowed mode is still a black screen), but then tabbing out takes less than 0.5s instead of 5+ sec, so it's less annoying.
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For me it works, you have to stay in full screen (your windowed mode is still a black screen), but then tabbing out takes less than 0.5s instead of 5+ sec, so it's less annoying.
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