Halo 1 & 2 for PC
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Subject: H2 vista Full screen *HELP*
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Ive googled for hours trying to fix this...

I just bought Halo 2 for windows and it refuses to go full screen. My PC specs are

Dell XPS M1530
Nvidia 8600m gt
Intel Core 2 Duo T8300 @ 2.40 ghz
Screen resolution 1280x800

It will only run in a window! Ive tryed new drivers, old drivers, changing the screen res. Nothing works. Anyone have this issue or know how to fix it?

  • 05.12.2010 10:17 PM PDT
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Yes, I am a hypocrite, and I'm sorry. I really do mean well, but I'm not running on all cylinders.

Everytime someone buys a copy of Halo 2 Vista, a puppy dies.

I had this problem on Windows 7, but not Vista. Never found a solution. I once had a program to force a game to run in a window; wonder if it would work in reverse? I'll try to find it.

EDIT: Can't find that program anywhere. Sorry.

[Edited on 05.13.2010 4:33 AM PDT]

  • 05.13.2010 12:08 AM PDT
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I find it hard to believe that there is no way to fix this. I seen this kid on youtube playing H2 vista on the same laptop as me and it appears to be running in full screen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUoJEgQhC5E

  • 05.13.2010 7:47 PM PDT

Let there be CHAOS!

Have you tried Alt+Enter? I don't recall if that works in H2V, but its worth a shot.

  • 05.13.2010 8:11 PM PDT
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Yes, I am a hypocrite, and I'm sorry. I really do mean well, but I'm not running on all cylinders.

Everytime someone buys a copy of Halo 2 Vista, a puppy dies.

Unfortunately, ALT+Enter does nothing.

  • 05.14.2010 8:42 PM PDT
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alt+enter does nothing

I tried a few more drivers and none worked.

I tried hooking my laptop up to my 1080p viewsonic monitor that I play xbox on and it went full screen no problem. I put the resolution on something my laptop can handle and unplugged it from the monitor and it continued to play in full screen on my laptop screen. It just doesn't save the settings. When I close H2 it wont go back into full screen unless I hook it up to my external monitor. So that leads me to believe it has something to do with my laptop screen. I also noticed when I have it hook ed up to my viewsonic monitor it lets me choose a refresh rate. I never seen it let me do that on my laptop screen. Maybe thats the issue. My latop has a 63 hz refresh. I dont know. Halo 2 vista is a mess.

  • 05.15.2010 5:26 PM PDT
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Yes, I am a hypocrite, and I'm sorry. I really do mean well, but I'm not running on all cylinders.

Everytime someone buys a copy of Halo 2 Vista, a puppy dies.

H2V is a mess, I agree. Do you have a driver you could install for the laptop screen? Or conversely, you could try uninstalling the driver if it already exists. I've heard of gamers having problems when the wrong driver is loaded for their monitor. Seems strange that a driver would even be required, but it might be worth a try.

EDIT: Another thing you could check out is RefreshForce. I've used it to force a refresh rate for stubborn games that change it on me. Maybe H2V would run in fullscreen if you locked the refresh rate to some other value than the default (maybe 60 Hz?).

EDIT 2: Whatever you do, don't force a refresh rate the screen can't handle! RefreshForce scans for available frequencies, but to be safe you might want to acquire and/or read the documentation for the display first.

Man, it's so fun getting H2V to work. GFWL games are so convenient to install and use. Revolutionary!

[Edited on 05.17.2010 3:12 AM PDT]

  • 05.17.2010 3:08 AM PDT