Don’t change resolution

[slydog43]

Trying to finish up Half-life 2 with vorpx but have a few issues. Got everything looking great with FullScreen custom resolutions (2560×1920) in fullVR mode. Works great, but my trouble is I have to change to that resolution everytime I start a game. I know there was an option to turn off “vorpx changing resolution” somewhere, but I can’t seem to find it anymore. Any ideas on this? thanks

[slydog43]

Or maybe make a config file Read Only?

[Ralf]

vorpX does not change the resolution in Half-Life 2. Whenever it does you see a notification stating that in he top left corner of the game window.

[slydog43]

ok, sorry I thought it was vorpx changing it. I see now that everytime I try and change the resolution to a 4×3 and 2560×1920 it runs great, but after I quit and restart the game its back to a widescreen 1920×1080 resolution. Is there a simple fix?

[slydog43]

Others have to have this issue, not that its that big a deal, just I only play a few minutes a day and I have to change to 4×3 and then set the resolution in HL2, episode 1 and so far behave the same way. Can I make an ini file read only or something?

[Minabe]

It’s for Half Life but it should still work for most games (the commands i mean), link

[slydog43]

Thanks, but I tried that. I used “-normal -w 2560 -h 1920” without the double quotes, but whenever I start a game it “resets” to widescreen 1920 x 1080.

Anyother ideas?

[Ralf]

Please first check whether you added 2560×1920 as custom resolution to your display driver. If you did not do that yet, you can find a step-by-step guide in the vorpX help under “Custom Resolutions”.

If you already added the resolution to your display driver, you might have to set your desktop resolution to 2560×1920 before launching the game. Some, mostly older, games have the unfortunate habit of considering the current desktop resolution the maximum allowed instead of checking what is available.

[slydog43]

Thanks Ralf, that was it. I guess I will make a little AHK script to change desktop resolution and then run Half-Life. Unless you have a better idea on how to automate this. (almost done with Episode 1, so really only going to use for episode 2, just wanted to know the reason, so now I am happy, thanks)

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