help on resolution fix

**zBarlow** · 07-06-2008, 06:34

hi all. i made a post in another thread but apparently it isn't an active thread anymore. at least i havent recieved any responses so im making a post here about it in hopes of recieving some help.

original post : https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showp...5&postcount=59

so can anyone help me with this?

**zBarlow** · 07-07-2008, 17:03

honestly, two posts and no responses? i'll take a "can't help ya" at this point.

**HouseOfHam** · 07-07-2008, 19:50

Originally Posted by zBarlow

honestly, two posts and no responses? i'll take a "can't help ya" at this point.

Forget auto-optimize. Just edit your preferences.txt manually and set it there.

**zBarlow** · 07-07-2008, 21:08

ah thank you very much! i will try that tonight when i get off work.

**zBarlow** · 07-08-2008, 05:55

that didnt work either. it seems that once i start RTR, the file simply reverts back to original. yes i made sure to save it and double check. i do not understand why changing these data files dont actually do anything in game.

**HouseOfHam** · 07-08-2008, 06:44

Are you by any chance running Vista?

**zBarlow** · 07-08-2008, 08:08

no i run XP. i run it on a Dell Latitude D600 notebook 512 MB RAM, 1.4 Ghz, with ATI Radeon 9000 64 MB.

i have tried switching my desktop resolution to 800x600 but it just switches back when i start RTR. i have modified both auto_optimise and preferences .txt files.

note this happened pre and post RTR installation.

admittedly, the screen does not look THAT bad, but my screen is only 17" so i find it kind of hard to see some of the units sometimes on the campaign map. 800x600 would be a huge improvement.

could my vid card be to blame? possibly "overruling" what im doing? im just kind of stumped on why the game seems to completely ignore any modding i have done to attempt to fix this.