Widescreen problems and JFLP
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Hey all,
Like many others, I’ve been trying to get Freelancer to run in proper widescreen (1920x1080 in this case) and like many others, I have been pointed to Jason’s Freelancer Patch.
The issue is it doesn’t appear to be working.
Just to be sure, I installed everything in the following order
Freelancer -> 1.1 patch -> JFLP -> Hardware support update -> JFLP (again, because it didn’t seem to be working the first time)
I also installed FLDMM and activated the HD Texture 1.2 pack.
I ran the game and immediately found out that I need to run it in compatibility mode in order for the game to work (I’m using Win7). No big deal. I turn that on and get a warning message stating that the game does not recognize my video card (Radeon 4850). I thought this was odd because I installed the hardware update.
Game comes up (but doesn’t play the opening logs or cinematic) and arrives at the menu in some godawful resolution. I went to the option screen and the options it lists are
1024x768x16
1152x768x16
1280x960x16
1600x1200x16
1024x768x32
1152x768x32
1280x960x32
1600x1200x32Did I screw something up here?
I’ve never really messed with mods or unofficial software so I dont know if its typical for stuff to just not work for everyone or I goofed up somewhere.
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Thanks Adoxa.
That fixed it right there.
I have the newest hardware update. I’m not sure why I’m getting the warning message. The game seems to be running correctly so far.
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The new hardware update, as it says, should work with pretty much everything. All I can think of, is you have a different vendor id. Can you go to Device Manager -> Display adapters -> <your card=“”>-> Details. You should now be on Device Instance Id, which should show you something like PCI\VEN__XXXX_&…. XXXX is four hexadecimal digits, which should be 1002 for ATI. If it is, it should be working; if not, that’s why not - add it to the list.</your>
