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Game prefs problem again

Postby TheCuckoo » 16 Oct 2013, 23:23

Hi,

The problem I had before seems to be back:

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5492

When I try to join a game or load a replay, the loading screen comes up and I see the loading cursor on my mouse. Then the screen resolution changes to something higher, the window minimizes and I don't reach the lobby/game. When I click on the minimised Icon, a blank screen comes up for a moment, and then minimizes again.

Only this time, deleting the prefs file makes no difference. I can't understand why this problem has suddenly materialised after working fine for ages. Here's a copy of the info in my game.prefs, if that is relevant.

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options_overrides = {
    fidelity = {
        default = 1,
        custom = {
            states = {
                {
                    text = '<LOC _Low>',
                    key = 0
                },
                {
                    text = '<LOC _Medium>',
                    key = 1
                },
                {
                    text = '<LOC _High>',
                    key = 2
                }
            }
        }
    },
    secondary_adapter = {
        default = 'disabled',
        custom = {
            states = {
                {
                    text = '<LOC _Disabled>',
                    key = 'disabled'
                }
            }
        }
    },
    fidelity_presets = {
        default = 1,
        custom = {
            states = {
                {
                    text = '<LOC _Low>',
                    key = 0
                },
                {
                    text = '<LOC _Medium>',
                    key = 1
                },
                {
                    text = '<LOC _High>',
                    key = 2
                },
                {
                    text = '<LOC _Custom>',
                    key = 4
                }
            }
        }
    },
    antialiasing = {
        default = 0,
        custom = {
            states = {
                {
                    text = '<LOC OPTIONS_0029>Off',
                    key = 0
                },
                {
                    text = '2',
                    key = 64
                },
                {
                    text = '4',
                    key = 128
                },
                {
                    text = '8',
                    key = 130
                },
                {
                    text = '8Q',
                    key = 256
                },
                {
                    text = '16',
                    key = 132
                },
                {
                    text = '16Q',
                    key = 258
                }
            }
        }
    },
    primary_adapter = {
        default = '1024,768,60',
        custom = {
            states = {
                {
                    text = '<LOC OPTIONS_0070>Windowed',
                    key = 'windowed'
                },
                {
                    text = '1024x768(50)',
                    key = '1024,768,50'
                },
                {
                    text = '1024x768(60)',
                    key = '1024,768,60'
                },
                {
                    text = '1280x768(50)',
                    key = '1280,768,50'
                },
                {
                    text = '1280x768(60)',
                    key = '1280,768,60'
                },
                {
                    text = '1280x800(50)',
                    key = '1280,800,50'
                },
                {
                    text = '1280x800(60)',
                    key = '1280,800,60'
                },
                {
                    text = '1280x1024(50)',
                    key = '1280,1024,50'
                },
                {
                    text = '1280x1024(60)',
                    key = '1280,1024,60'
                },
                {
                    text = '1360x768(50)',
                    key = '1360,768,50'
                },
                {
                    text = '1360x768(60)',
                    key = '1360,768,60'
                },
                {
                    text = '1366x768(50)',
                    key = '1366,768,50'
                },
                {
                    text = '1366x768(60)',
                    key = '1366,768,60'
                },
                {
                    text = '1400x1050(50)',
                    key = '1400,1050,50'
                },
                {
                    text = '1400x1050(60)',
                    key = '1400,1050,60'
                },
                {
                    text = '1440x900(50)',
                    key = '1440,900,50'
                },
                {
                    text = '1440x900(60)',
                    key = '1440,900,60'
                },
                {
                    text = '1600x900(50)',
                    key = '1600,900,50'
                },
                {
                    text = '1600x900(60)',
                    key = '1600,900,60'
                },
                {
                    text = '1680x1050(50)',
                    key = '1680,1050,50'
                },
                {
                    text = '1680x1050(60)',
                    key = '1680,1050,60'
                },
                {
                    text = '1920x1080(50)',
                    key = '1920,1080,50'
                },
                {
                    text = '1920x1080(60)',
                    key = '1920,1080,60'
                }
            }
        }
    },
    shadow_quality = {
        default = 1,
        custom = {
            states = {
                {
                    text = '<LOC _Off>',
                    key = 0
                },
                {
                    text = '<LOC _Low>',
                    key = 1
                },
                {
                    text = '<LOC _Medium>',
                    key = 2
                },
                {
                    text = '<LOC _High>',
                    key = 3
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
version = {
    major = 1
}


Thanks for help.
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Re: Game prefs problem again

Postby Von_Ribbentrop » 17 Oct 2013, 19:49

TheCuckoo wrote:Hi,

The problem I had before seems to be back:

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5492

When I try to join a game or load a replay, the loading screen comes up and I see the loading cursor on my mouse. Then the screen resolution changes to something higher, the window minimizes and I don't reach the lobby/game. When I click on the minimised Icon, a blank screen comes up for a moment, and then minimizes again.

Only this time, deleting the prefs file makes no difference. I can't understand why this problem has suddenly materialised after working fine for ages. Here's a copy of the info in my game.prefs, if that is relevant.

Thanks for help.


Hi Cuckoo

Something doesn't like the screen resolution the game is entering into. Have you altered the pre-set resolutions possible on the graphics card or tv/monitor? If you have this would cause your problems and also knacker your tv/monitor after a few months of playing in non-native resolutions.

Is it a cutting edge card? If it is the card might not like the low resolutions the game likes to run in. It might not be capable of operating in anything less than HD.

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Re: Game prefs problem again

Postby Ze_PilOt » 17 Oct 2013, 20:00

What is the resolution of your desktop?
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Re: Game prefs problem again

Postby TheCuckoo » 17 Oct 2013, 20:40

Ze_PilOt wrote:What is the resolution of your desktop?


Hi Ze, it's 1920 x 1080.
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Re: Game prefs problem again

Postby TheCuckoo » 17 Oct 2013, 20:42

Von_Ribbentrop wrote:
TheCuckoo wrote:Hi,

The problem I had before seems to be back:

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5492

When I try to join a game or load a replay, the loading screen comes up and I see the loading cursor on my mouse. Then the screen resolution changes to something higher, the window minimizes and I don't reach the lobby/game. When I click on the minimised Icon, a blank screen comes up for a moment, and then minimizes again.

Only this time, deleting the prefs file makes no difference. I can't understand why this problem has suddenly materialised after working fine for ages. Here's a copy of the info in my game.prefs, if that is relevant.

Thanks for help.


Hi Cuckoo

Something doesn't like the screen resolution the game is entering into. Have you altered the pre-set resolutions possible on the graphics card or tv/monitor? If you have this would cause your problems and also knacker your tv/monitor after a few months of playing in non-native resolutions.

Is it a cutting edge card? If it is the card might not like the low resolutions the game likes to run in. It might not be capable of operating in anything less than HD.

VR


Hi Von,

It's an NVIDIA Quadro 2000M for my Lenovo Laptop.

The strange thing is it was working fine for ages, then it suddenly started doing this. I had a feeling it was something to do with the screen resolution changing. I'm not very tech savvy though, and couldn't tell you if it is meant to only operate in HD.
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Re: Game prefs problem again

Postby Ze_PilOt » 17 Oct 2013, 21:33

Then change that line :

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default = '1024,768,60',


to

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default = '1920,1080,60',
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Re: Game prefs problem again

Postby TheCuckoo » 18 Oct 2013, 11:03

HI Ze, that worked, however it rewrote itself back to the old default after the game. Will changing permissions work to stop that?
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Re: Game prefs problem again

Postby Ze_PilOt » 18 Oct 2013, 13:05

Yes. But it's weird that it's overwritten.
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Re: Game prefs problem again

Postby Xinnony » 16 Dec 2013, 06:04

During the development of my "Preset lobby" i had a similar case.
The Game.pref returns by default if something not written correctly.

bad mod ?
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