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Help! Game cannot be played.
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 9:25 pm
by robochibi
So I use my LCD TV as my PC monitor and when FTL was running in default windowed mode than I could not see the full screen so I messed with the resolution settings until I switched to one that will not show up on y screen ( a big "mode not supported" screen comes up) and I am now unable to switch the resolution back. I tried reinstalling the game but the default settings will not come back even after an uninstall so now Im completely unable to switch resolutions and the game is now unplayable. How do I switch the resolution back to default settings without actually doing it in-game?
Re: Help! Game cannot be played.
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 9:31 pm
by ApSciMorgs
If you go into the folder where your FTLGame.exe file is located (for example, X:\Program Files\steam\steamapps\common\FTL Faster Than Light\ if you bought it from Steam on a Windows computer), you'll find a settings.ini file. If you open that, you'll find a few options for manually setting the resolution. Mess with those until you can play the game again.
Re: Help! Game cannot be played.
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 9:38 pm
by robochibi
Could I alternatively just delete the ini file and reinstall the game to bring it back to default?
Re: Help! Game cannot be played.
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 9:42 pm
by robochibi
I looked at the ini file and I have no idea how to alter it... there are too many numbers and the last time i booted the game I had to do a hard reset on my pc just to get out of it, could someone send me a pic of their default ini settings or better yet a copy of their ini file??
Re: Help! Game cannot be played.
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 9:45 pm
by ApSciMorgs
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fullscreen=0
music=100
sound=100
altpause=1
dialog_keys=0
showpaths=1
lowend=1
logging=1
ach_pop=1
vsync=0
framelimit=1
#Manual resolution choices - overrides anything in the options
#Set manual to 1 and then change the resolution
#Does not check if values are valid. Use with caution.
#If you do support GL_ARB_framebuffer_object, "stretched" will not function
manual=0
screen_x=0
screen_y=0
windowed=0
stretched=0
Here's mine.
Re: Help! Game cannot be played.
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 9:46 pm
by robochibi
nm deleting the ini file worked, thanks for your help
Re: Help! Game cannot be played.
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 9:48 pm
by ApSciMorgs
No problem! Any time you need it...
Re: Help! Game cannot be played.
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 9:55 pm
by robochibi
Ok So now the game window is so huge that I can barely see 1/4 of the screen, I cant even access the options. This is getting real frustrating Ive never had this problem with any other game before. What is the resolution that people are playing on over here?
Re: Help! Game cannot be played.
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 12:16 am
by Matthew
Sorry about the problems. What is the native resolution for the LCD TV? If it's less than 1280x720, there's a chance it can't support FTL since (as according to our minimum system specs) it requires at least that as a minimum resolution. "Fullscreen - Stretch" might work for you, but I assume you're trying that and it's not working. Can you find "stdout.txt" in your FTL installation folder and print its contents here?
Quick tip: Deleting the settings.ini should always revert you back to windowed and does not require a game reinstall (FTL will automatically create a new one if one isn't found).
Re: Help! Game cannot be played.
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 6:06 am
by robochibi
This is a 40 inch TV btw so yes it can go much higher than 1280x760. I switched the resolution to 1280x1024 ( the LCD does not support 1280x760) and now the window is too small width-wise. it only takes up half the screen and i cant read the text. If i go to a fullscreen mode than the screen will go black and say the mode is not supported. I will print out the results momentarily...