Freezes at start

[dpiller]

On Win10, notebook, Version 0.6

• it does not start with the batch file (window mode) "Failed to init graphics mode"
• it starts with the .exe, the game display shifts to up - right corner (see screenshot)
• mouse disappers, unable to select anything

and thats is...

If you need any more information - and I am quite sure, like system logs, etc - let me now

[stefanhendriks]

Thx for letting me know.

Change game.ini file - to change resolution. Ie, change it to width 800 and height 600. Then try again?

Also:

d2tm.exe -debug

should produce more verbose logs, so if you could provide one here I would be happy.

Thanks!

[stefanhendriks]

See also https://github.com/stefanhendriks/Dune-II---The-Maker/wiki/Changing-screen-resolution

[stefanhendriks]

And another thing you could try is to comment out the screenWidth and screenHeight, it will try to do an auto detect for resolution then. (in the game.ini file you have to prepend lines with a #).

[stefanhendriks]

So i did some testing and found a bug where auto-detecting screen resolutions only works for 16 bits bit-depth. Which makes no sense as it also runs under 32 bits bit-depth.

So, I changed it and noticed that I had the same kind of issue like you have. Only at resolution: 2048x1536.

I don't know why it happens, but my guess is that it has something to do with DPI. On the other hand, if I use 1080p resolution in the game.ini file it works just fine.

[dpiller]

Thanks. Where shall 1080p in game.ini added?

[stefanhendriks]

1080p is basically what D2TM is shipped with (1920x1080).

BUT, I found the culprit. I can reproduce this bug and I can also fix it (atleast at my end).

I noticed when I set my "scaling" (in Windows settings) to 100% will make the app boot (and unstuck).

How I got there was opening Start menu, then type "DPI". You get the option to "change the size of text, apps and other items". Select that.

Then, I went to this dropdown at the screen:

As you can see my default is 175%, when using that it does not work. When setting to 100% it worked for me.

Does this help you? (although I wonder if you would have to use scaling at your resolution)

[dpiller]

Indeed, changing to 100% fixed it - game was able to start. At me the windows recommended setting is 125%
But: the general look&feel is much better with 800x600 screen resolution.
In higher resolution, game is centered on screen in middle of black screen (so there is no scaling)

[stefanhendriks]

yes, I usually test with 800x600 (as it is the smallest size it should still work... initially (before 0.5.0) it was even 640x480, but not anymore).

You can play with the resolutions if you want.

I don't think I can do much about the scaling though. I'll attach this with the upgrade/migrate Allegro (#57 ) ticket and close this then.

[stefanhendriks]

Just learned you can get around this by:

Open executable properties, then Compatibility => Change high DPI settings => Override high DPI scaling behavior - and just check it.