- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: sawnose
Posted by: madkiller92
Short question:
Is there a way running Halo CE in 1680x1050?
The game is quite stretched on my widescreen, because there aren't such high resolutions available...Thanks a lot ;-)
If you do what sawnose said to do, just be aware that you won't be able to see what you type until AFTER it has been entered for everyone else to see. Which can result in "losts" of typos "liek, jsut, and teh"
And sawnose, when did bungie.net have an img /img?
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I'll bet with some creative editing of the text files in
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo\CONTENT
you can fix that.
-img- tag is for admins only.
Creative editing indeed!
Here's the fix:
0. Copy \games\Halo\CONTENT\1200editbox.ksml to \games\Halo\CONTENT\1200editbox.ksml.good so you have a backup in case you really break your text box.
1. If you've set your resolution to be larger than 1280x1024, edit the file \games\Halo\CONTENT\1200editbox.ksml using WordPad. (right-click, open with...)
2. In the line <editbox width="1060" left="220" top="1160" background="gallery change top="1160" to, say, top="1000".
* The logic here is that the game is using the profile for 1600x1200 resolution since we the game have specified 'something' larger than 1280x1024. The 'top' attribute is getting cut off since 1050 is smaller than 1160. So, if we pick a number we know to be within the bounds of 1680x1050 -- like 1000 -- we can thus see the text.
3. Save and exit.
There can probably be further editing -- for instance, the 'width' attribute probably specifies the width of the edit box and 'left' probably specifies how many pixels from the left the typing should start. Play around with it and you should be able to have a nice looking text box in no time. I'll post good numbers if I find anything.
Also, if you're using a resolution different from 1680x1050, you'll have to adjust accordingly. So, if you are using 1440x900, you'll probably want to set the "top" attribute to be "800" or "850" or something. You may also need to edit a different file. (I think the text box is only 36 pixels high, so you can probably just subtract 36 from your resolution's Y number and have the text box right at the bottom of the screen.