Failed to set set screen mode (1024x480)

Problems with the Windows version of Darwinia

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Failed to set set screen mode (1024x480)

Postby Sly-UX1XN » Sat Nov 26, 2011 1:15 pm

Please Help I really want to play!
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Postby Seitaro » Sat Nov 26, 2011 1:30 pm

Go to C:\Program Files\Darwinia

look in preferences.txt

Change

ScreenWindowed = 0


to

ScreenWindowed = 1
Turn on, tune in, drop out.
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Postby Sly-UX1XN » Sat Nov 26, 2011 1:57 pm

These are the only things I found in your path...

Darwinia
Language.dat
Main.dat
Manual
Patch.dat
Sounds.dat
Unins000.dat
Unins000
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Postby Seitaro » Sat Nov 26, 2011 2:30 pm

Well make the file and paste all this in there and see what happens.

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ServerAddress = 127.0.0.1
BypassNetwork = 1
IAmAServer = 1

TextLanguage = english
TextSpeed = 15
HelpEnabled = 1

SoundLibrary = dsound
SoundMixFreq = 22050
SoundMasterVolume = 255
SoundChannels = 32
SoundHW3D = 0
SoundSwapStereo = 0
SoundMemoryUsage = 1
SoundBufferSize = 512
SoundDSP = 1

ScreenWidth = 1024
ScreenHeight = 768
ScreenWindowed = 1
ScreenZDepth = 24
ScreenColourDepth = 32
ScreenRefresh = 60

RenderLandscapeDetail = 1
RenderWaterDetail = 1
RenderBuildingDetail = 1
RenderEntityDetail = 1
RenderCloudDetail = 1
RenderPixelShader = 1

ControlMouseButtons = 3
ControlMethod = 1
BootLoader = random
UserProfile = NewUser
RenderSpecialLighting = 0
Difficulty = 1
Turn on, tune in, drop out.
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Postby Sly-UX1XN » Sat Nov 26, 2011 2:51 pm

I made it called Prefrences.txt its next to Darwinia application and it still gives me the fatal meedage?
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Postby xander » Sat Nov 26, 2011 5:57 pm

A capital "P" is not the same thing as a lowercase "p." Also, what OS are you using, and what version of Darwinia?

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Postby Sly-UX1XN » Sat Nov 26, 2011 6:02 pm

windows vista and Hib's darwinia...

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