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Q3 in widescreen
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:35 am
by RRROOOAAARRR
Got me a Dell 20" WS monitor a week or two back, and running stuff in 1680x1050 owns hard. Been trying to work out how to run Q3 (also RTCW) in this resolution and I'm stumped...does the game even support it?
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:30 am
by +JuggerNaut+
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:39 am
by RRROOOAAARRR
Sweet, thanks, will try that. MMORPGs are fucking nice in widescreen, would be nice to get the same effect in Q3.
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 2:35 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
np, man.
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:54 pm
by RRROOOAAARRR
"Add the custom resolution settings to a text file called autoexec.cfg in your Quake3 'Base' directory"
Hmm. I have a baseq3 folder, but there's no 'base' folder that I can find anywhere in my Q3 install...
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 4:16 pm
by prince1000
put it in baseq3
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 2:12 am
by RRROOOAAARRR
OK, made an autoexec.cfg file in baseq3. In it, it says:
seta r_customHeight "1050"
seta r_customWidth "1680"
seta r_mode "-1"
...but I can't see this resolution available anywhere? How do I actually make the game run in this resolution?
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 2:30 am
by FragaGeddon
Example for 16:9 PAL (UK etc):
seta r_customHeight "576"
seta r_customWidth "720"
seta r_mode "-1"
Example for 16:9 PAL (USA etc):
seta r_customHeight "486"
seta r_customWidth "720"
seta r_mode "-1"
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 2:52 am
by RRROOOAAARRR
Yeah, but I want to run it in 1680x1050, that's sort of the whole point.
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 2:54 am
by FragaGeddon
Did you actually run the game yet with your resolution?
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 3:00 am
by RRROOOAAARRR
Opened the game up but couldn't find any way to get this resolution. Figuring there's something I'm missing here, given that the file is definitely in the baseq3 folder...
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 3:03 am
by Silicone_Milk
as its the autoexec.cfg file settings should take effect immediately.
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 3:07 am
by RRROOOAAARRR
Nope, no sign of 1680x1050 anywhere.
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 4:38 am
by dzjepp
It's not going to be in the video options, it's a custom console thing that should just be setup already when you boot the game or when you load a map... if not, you didn't do it right. ;o
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:47 am
by AmIdYfReAk
RRROOOAAARRR wrote:OK, made an autoexec.cfg file in baseq3. In it, it says:
seta r_customHeight "1050"
seta r_customWidth "1680"
seta r_mode "-1"
...but I can't see this resolution available anywhere? How do I actually make the game run in this resolution?
Q3 dosent support widescreen, when you run that command ( Exec autoexec.cfg then vid_restart to make sure ) Q3 will run it at the res that you requested..
Check your monitor's menu and it will say what res its running it at.. atleast my 24" dell does
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 11:20 am
by RRROOOAAARRR
AmIdYfReAk wrote:Q3 dosent support widescreen, when you run that command ( Exec autoexec.cfg then vid_restart to make sure ) Q3 will run it at the res that you requested..
Wait...there's a command I have to run? It didn't say that anywhere...
So, in the console, it's: exec autoexec.cfg, then vid_restart ....?
Check your monitor's menu and it will say what res its running it at.. atleast my 24" dell does
Definitely 1680x1050. WoW and DAOC are already running quite happily at that res.
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:00 pm
by AmIdYfReAk
RRROOOAAARRR wrote:AmIdYfReAk wrote:Q3 dosent support widescreen, when you run that command ( Exec autoexec.cfg then vid_restart to make sure ) Q3 will run it at the res that you requested..
Wait...there's a command I have to run? It didn't say that anywhere...
So, in the console, it's: exec autoexec.cfg, then vid_restart ....?
Check your monitor's menu and it will say what res its running it at.. atleast my 24" dell does
Definitely 1680x1050. WoW and DAOC are already running quite happily at that res.
yep, exec the cfg then vid_restart to make sure that it applys it, then check it Via your monitor's manu..
it wont be listed in the game that you are running that res, But, you will be
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:37 am
by FragaGeddon
You should be able to put vid_retstart at the bottom of the autoexec.cfg file.
If that dosen't work, you could bind a button for it, so you don't have to type it all the time.
bind x "exec autoexec.cfg; vid_retstart"
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:40 am
by FragaGeddon
You could also put vid_restart on the command line of your shortcut.
That should be the last thing that get's executed.
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:39 am
by AmIdYfReAk
Uhhhh, i agree with Frag untill the last one...
yea... the last one...
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:50 am
by FragaGeddon
Or was it autoexec always got executed last rather than what was in the command line?
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:56 am
by AmIdYfReAk
Command line is first, Autoexec is started after the main engine starts up but before the Video engine starts...
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:14 am
by FragaGeddon
It's been awhile since I was intouch with Q3.
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 3:53 pm
by Guest
Stop spamming threads with the same question that has already been answered.
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