fullscreen view

[Sulli]

Hi
Cant able to play Reflexive game fullscreen view anymore .I tried many ways ..Update drivers ,screen resolution change and at last i re-installed Windows but no luck..In games options i change to Fullscreen but not works either.I checked fullscreen box but check mark not works .Before yesterday everything was fine and i didnt changed any settings in Windows or anywhere.
Im using on my old computer AT Radeon X600 256 Series and Windows detect it automatically.I know this card is old but im playing this kind of game from long time without any problem and after install windows 7 i played too

Any advice........

[riso]

Ask this Fogkeebler,

He's game expert,
just send him a p.m.

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[Snuffy]

I had the same problem with one of my favorite games... played AOK in Vista and suddenly in Win7 the full screen was cropped top and bottom.  the problem i found was due to Win7s failure to switch and play the game in required screen size. (most games have a default resolution).  I could manually change the resolution of windows to game default and it played like it was suppost to.
Many programs games included switch resolution to be displayed properly....
fix: manually switch resolution - remember you are using a very young beta OS.. 

[Sulli]

i tried everything not works  and i mentioned before i didnt changed any settings  suddenly not works full screen and i install driver changed resolution, compabitility mode  nothing helps  i reinstall windows and tried with other reflexive games too same thing .....and this is old driver and windows recognize it without problem but i tried with ATI new driver too.....

EDIT: Now i know what is the problem but i cant fix it..Problem is My computer is connected with my LCD Tv(HDMI and DVI)
 when i Off this cable (Disconnect from computer ) then works fullscreen.Im using Tv as second display over one year and same settings never had this kind of problem before and im using Windows 7 from first build without no issue



 

[fogkeebler]

Hey Sulli,

I will be glad to help and try to help you as best as i can. If I understand what you said then you have your LCD TV connected to your computer through both HDMI and DVI?

If you are using both outputs to your LCD then that may be where the problem lies. Windows 7 being an infant beta may not have the ability to properly decide which output to use. If you are using both outputs go into screen properties where you change the resolution at. (right click on screen, select screen resolution) Do you see at the top of the window 1 screen or 2 screens? If you see 2 then try selecting the other screen and trying your game. If that don't work then try using only 1 port and test it to see if your game starts to work full screen.

Let me know and ill try and help you resolve it as quick as possible. My Aim and Skype ID's are listed here on the site and you can contact me there as well. I leave them on all the time even when im not at the computer so if i dont respond im not at my desk.

[Sulli]

Hey Sulli,

I will be glad to help and try to help you as best as i can. If I understand what you said then you have your LCD TV connected to your computer through both HDMI and DVI?

If you are using both outputs to your LCD then that may be where the problem lies. Windows 7 being an infant beta may not have the ability to properly decide which output to use. If you are using both outputs go into screen properties where you change the resolution at. (right click on screen, select screen resolution) Do you see at the top of the window 1 screen or 2 screens? If you see 2 then try selecting the other screen and trying your game. If that don't work then try using only 1 port and test it to see if your game starts to work full screen.

Let me know and ill try and help you resolve it as quick as possible. My Aim and Skype ID's are listed here on the site and you can contact me there as well. I leave them on all the time even when im not at the computer so if i dont respond im not at my desk.

Thanks for reply I connected my Tv with HDMI  DVI cable (TV output HDMI and from computer DVI) and Monitor connected VGA .and my Screen 1 LCD TV and 2 Monitor and i tried to changed it Monitor to screen 1 and LCD to screen 2 but i cant either .At last when i disconnect cable from computer then it works..i can play full screen.but when cable connected if i open game Monitor black and Tv change screen reolution itself.

how can i use 1 port for both output ..or..

and lastly im using this way long time i never had any trouble and  with windows 7 almost 3 months not any problem either but suddenly .......

[fogkeebler]

Do you have automatic updates on and set to install automatically? If so maybe windows update installed an update your not aware of and changed something.

When you reinstalled windows did you do it from a fresh install or over the existing installation? Doing it over an existing installation will not change the drivers currently installed and does not change the registry.

[fogkeebler]

Also. what version of DirectX are you running? Reflexive games rely on DirectX to run, maybe the DirectX installed on your machine is corrupt. Have you tried to reinstall DirectX?

Click Windows Button in the task bar. in the search window type dxdiag. Select the file dxdiag.exe to get version info

[Sulli]

first i upgrade and problem not solved  then re-install(clean install) same problem
dxdiag.exe shows Direct X Version 11
yes my windows update set on automatically

[fogkeebler]

Well i must say im a bit confused over this issue.

You have been running this with out issue till the other day.

Did a clean install on a formatted drive and the problem was still there.

With having a clean install then it shouldn't be an issue with corrupted files. Even if windows updated something.

Im sorry this is taking longer then you would want, but im just trying to cover all the basics and make sure neither you or i missed something. Ill think about this one while im at work tomorrow and try to think of some other steps you can take.

[Sulli]

Thanks...

Few things in my mind but i cant figure it out how to solve

1. Screen Resulotion or Refresh rate (My Monitor Refresh rate shows 59 hertz and that i cant change.
2.I think before my monitor Resolution was highest 1920*1080 but now 1680*1050
But im using both Windows Recommended settings


Anyway im waiting for your advice and thanks again .

 

[fogkeebler]

Sulli,

I have sat here and thought about this issue for the past couple of days and unfortunately the only conclusion i can come up with is as fallows.

When you reinstalled a clean version of Win7 and your games didn't work I'm sure that you probably installed all the available updates Windows had available. I would venture to say that in those updates there was an update for your video card that was recently released and that it isn't working to well. This would most likely explain why it worked for you one day and then all of a sudden stopped working. I would try a fresh install and I would not allow windows to do automatic updates, I would do them manually so it don't install drivers that don't work.

Sorry I couldn't come up with a better answer for you, but after all it is a beta and will be prone to problems.

[Sulli]

Thanks for your help ..great ...

now this works ..I upgraded (Clean Install) to build 7057 but build 7057 have another problem Duel  monitor settings but its not so big deal...

Just another question and very newbie question ...I formatted my hard drive too many times after Win 7 beta showed up ..is this bad for drive ..

[fogkeebler]

Short Answer is no. Formatting a hard drive multiple times will have no effect on it. If your telling Windows to format the drive when you install it, your really not formatting the drive; All its doing is erasing the file that tells the computer where the files are.