Widescreen Gaming Forum

Regrettably, the newest addition to this list is Boiling Point: Road to Hell (aka Xenus) from Deep Shadows/Atari.

At first, I tried to set the resolution via the game's options menu, but there were only 4:3 modes up to 1600x1200. Having failed there, I edited the .ini file only to be met with an error message at startup:

"Game supports video modes only with 4:3 aspect rations. Please configure display settings".

Why does this game hates widescreen modes is a giant mystery to me. I mean, Boiling Point is basically a first-person shooter and it would greatly benefit from 16:10 goodness.

Fortunately, I have contacts with the developers (one of the perks of working in games industry ;) and I'll try to ask them if it is possible to do something about this problem.

It would be great if the developer can release a patch curing that. ;)

Fortunately, I have contacts with the developers (one of the perks of working in games industry ;) and I'll try to ask them if it is possible to do something about this problem.

that's cool !

the new patch does not give the widescreen support :(

I'll use my first post to add a, "Me too!"

This game definitely needs some WS support.

After a bit of tinkering, I got this to work. Try this -

Edit GAME.INI and make the following configuration changes -
ModeWidth=1280
ModeHeight=768
Windowed mode=1

Launch the application and hit Alt-Enter once you're actually in-game. Full-screen 1280 * 768 with no stretch!

Nope...this don't work for me. Loading screen comes on and then I get an error message about the game only supporting 4:3.

Weird...

I got that message every time until I switched to windowed mode. Double-check to make sure you're not launching the game in full screen mode.

Still don't work here.
Used
ModeWidth=1280
ModeHeight=768
Windowed mode=1
=This gives me the 4:3 error message.

Tried
ModeWidth=1280
ModeHeight=768
Windowed mode=0
=Loads up 640x480 full screen

Tried
ModeWidth=1680
ModeHeight=1050
Windowed mode=1
=Loads up 1280x1024 in window

Strange.

After a bit of tinkering, I got this to work. Try this -

Edit GAME.INI and make the following configuration changes -
ModeWidth=1280
ModeHeight=768
Windowed mode=1

Launch the application and hit Alt-Enter once you're actually in-game. Full-screen 1280 * 768 with no stretch!

does it work for you ?

It definitely works for me. Using a GeForce 6800 GT with 71.89 ForceWare drivers.