Resolution 1280x1024 - 32

Look into “My documents\My games\Freelancer” and there the file “Perfoptions.ini”

Open it and look at the bottom, you’ll find this:

[Display]
size= 1680, 1050
color_bpp= 32
depth_bpp= 24

change the “size” parameter to “size= 1280, 1024” and it will work.

I have a 17" & 19" screen, will this work on these as well? I’m at 1152x864 on the 17" and 1280x960 on the 19".

I have always wondered if these could be changed without and complications?

Works fine doing it this way HK. i have 1280 x 1024 on this pc and something similar on my laptop and change it as shown above without issues

Get the DSAce client.
Append DSAce.dll to your dacom.ini.
Add -d1280x1024 to your Freelancer shortcut line.

Use JFLP. It’s a patch for the vanilla game, which also supports widescreen (although 1280x1024 is “narrowscreen” at 5:4).

Hello,
first: sorry for the bad english.

I have a problem with you fix.
I play on the HHC and there use the program for autodetect of the resoultion.
At the moment i play with 1280x1024, the HHC mod use your fix for this resoultion but this no normaly.
On either side of the display the game are cuttet.
See.

Sometime, if i switch from game to the destop and back, i have no cut on either side, but 2 problems
First, if i die or log out i have the problem back.
Secend, I see more.
See

have you a idea to clear the problem?

Looks like Freelancer really doesn’t like that resolution. Can I ask why you want 1280x1024? It’s not really a good size to use. If you really want to use it, you’ll have quite a wait, since I have lots of other stuff to do first.

Well, I never tried that resolution before. Although, my monitor uses 1440x900, and I never got it to work… no idea why, but I guess I’ll figure it out… eventually.

1280x1024 is a standard resolution in europe

Resolutions are not region-specific.

1280x1024 is standard for 17 inch TFT monitors.

Umm… yeah, unless you mean a lot of people in Europe use those kinds of mnitors, which I find hard to believe (being from Europe myself :P)

Someone would have to find the offsets for the ratio of the hud width and height. Currently its 4:3, which causes the problems (even in 16:9). It seems really hard to spot, or its a lot to change. Either way, unless this is not done, there is no way to fix it. I tried it myself, but in the end it was to time consuming (found some interesting things, though).

Isn’t the entire interface layout stored in interface.generic.vms?

@wodk4: I see.

@Vesko: JFLP should handle that fine (1280x720/768 works, so a bigger one should work). If you’re just using the DLL and not the full patch, you will have to modify cameras.ini, changing all fovx values to 0 (that lets JFLP know to calculate them according to the ratio).

@FriendlyFire: interface.generic.vms only stores images; all the positions and sizes are hardcoded into freelancer.exe.

1280x960 is 4:3, Freelancer supports it directly. I had no problem, once I used the monitor controls to resize and reposition. 1280x1024 is 5:4, which Freelancer will not support - you need JFLP or directly edit PerfOptions.ini. Even then, it still doesn’t like it. I’ll work on it tomorrow, but no promises.

Adoxa, I would not follow these silly wish-lists. Next it will be a demand for 1300x1100.

Wallies.

StarTrader wrote:
Adoxa, I would not follow these silly wish-lists. Next it will be a demand for 1300x1100.

Wallies.

JFLP calculates the screen size and moves the HUD parts accordingly. IIRC, adoxa allowed for any resolution, up to a quad-monitor array, when he made JFLP. Sensei’s screen shots actually look quite excellent, considering that Freelancer was never designed to handle other than 4:3 aspect ratios.

The slight imperfection in Sensei’s screenshots is well within my tolerance. If adoxa makes JFLP even better than it is, then that is great… but, as you say, ST, it is unnecessary, IMHO. JFLP is awesome as it is!