[question] Shortcut launch options: TDM - full screen and windowed.

[Bikerdude]

Evening

 

Atm I have a bunch of shortcuts for my various mission in my quicklanch and a main shortcut on my desktop. The mission shortcuts are as follows -

 

E:\Darkmod\TheDarkMod.exe +set com_allowConsole 1 +set r_fullscreen 0 +set fs_currentfm campaign

 

I would like to force the short on my desk(which i use to play a mission rather than test it) to full screen and use a specified resolution (1680*1050),I can force to full screen but not at the correct res.

 

So my question is can I edit the shortcut to suit or perhaps run a custome config file..?

[gnartsch]

Evening, Bikerdude.

 

This seems to do the trick:

 

D:\Games\darkmod\TheDarkMod.exe +set com_allowConsole 1 +set r_fullscreen 1 +set r_customWidth 1024 +set r_customHeight 768 +set r_aspectRatio 0 +set r_mode -1

 

In case your default TDM aspect ratio does not match the desired resolution, you need to specify the r_aspectRatio.

Otherwise you can omit it.

The values for r_aspectRatio are:

 

0 : 4:3

1 : 16:9

2 : 16:10

3 : 5:4

4 : TV 16:9

 

Unfortunately this will permanently change your resolution, so you will need to specify alternative settings to all other shortcuts as well.

Edited January 7, 2014 by gnartsch

[Bikerdude]

Smashing thanks Gnartsch.

[Bikerdude]

[update] just tried it and the resolution remains unchanged, so if its doable the way to go is a custom .config file...?

[AluminumHaste]

Check your autocommands.cfg/autoexec.cfg in that particular directory, which should override launch shortcuts.

[AluminumHaste]

Oh yeah don't forget in order to set a custom resolution you need to set set r_mode "-1"

[gnartsch]

Just in case that does not work either, here a note:

indeed setting the resolution does not work quite as smooth as a I described.

While TDM accepts the resolution that you specify in the shortcut, it actually still requires a Restart in order to actually apply it.

So, if you do not bother all that much about that detail, it would at least give you the desired resolution without having to manually configure it in the UI.

 

EDIT:

Hmm...ok. Not sure what

r_mode -1

does, but obviously it enforces a refresh of the display settings without requiring a restart.

I updated my post. With that the desired resolution takes effect immediately.

Edited January 7, 2014 by gnartsch

[STiFU]

r_mode -1 just makes sure that the defined custom resolution is actually used. Otherwise, default resolutions like 640x480 are applied.

[AluminumHaste]

r_mode are the predefined resolution modes. If you want to use custom res you need to tell the engine not to use the predefined ones. Hence a value of -1 is needed.