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Posted October 09, 2013
when i go play it, it's a small screen with black area around it.
How do i change it to fullscreen resolution?
Post edited October 18, 2013 by Tistonic
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Posted October 24, 2013
Can anyone help me out? it's DK1 resolution
Posted October 24, 2013
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Tistonic: Can anyone help me out? it's DK1 resolution
Here's a couple of things to try:
1) Open the file dosboxDK.conf in Notepad (this file is in your main Dungeon Keeper Gold folder) and look for the line starting with 'fullscreen=true' (without the quotes)
2) In that section, look for the line 'fullresolution=original' and replace it with 'fullresolution=desktop' (again, without the quotes).

It should now open at the same resolution as you computer's desktop. Note this stretches the graphics to your desktop's resolution, so some pixelation and distortion may occur. Also, since the default resolution is a 4:3 ratio, there will likely be black bars on either side of the picture. However you should be able to see the game easier.

Some of the pixelation can be smoothed by playing with the filter settings. In the Launch Graphc Mode Setup program, you can alter the filter by clicking the Advanced Settings tab and playing with the Scaling Engine dropdown list. If you see any color glitches, you may also want to change the Graphic mode dropdown on the Basic Settings tab to something other than Surface (Overlay and DDraw are the two I use most often).

Hope this helps.

Flynn
Posted October 26, 2013
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Tistonic: when i go play it, it's a small screen with black area around it.
How do i change it to fullscreen resolution?
I am also trying to figure this out and Dungeon Keeper is not a simple solution because it has a "launcher" that runs in SVGA while the regular game runs in low-res, so even if you get DOSbox to work with the launcher correctly, then when the game spawns the "regular" part of the game, it's back to the default.

Is this yet another GOG game that really isn't playable? I'm trying. I got pretty fed up with GOG after buying Ultima 7 and finding it all but impossible to play. Now this is the first game I've bought in 6 months and it's unplayable too (unless you can see a 640x480 game screen on a 24" LCD in any playable way.
Posted November 19, 2013
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Tistonic: when i go play it, it's a small screen with black area around it.
How do i change it to fullscreen resolution?
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jsharbour: I am also trying to figure this out and Dungeon Keeper is not a simple solution because it has a "launcher" that runs in SVGA while the regular game runs in low-res, so even if you get DOSbox to work with the launcher correctly, then when the game spawns the "regular" part of the game, it's back to the default.

Is this yet another GOG game that really isn't playable? I'm trying. I got pretty fed up with GOG after buying Ultima 7 and finding it all but impossible to play. Now this is the first game I've bought in 6 months and it's unplayable too (unless you can see a 640x480 game screen on a 24" LCD in any playable way.
Hi, jsharbour.

If you're getting a little tiny box in the middle of your monitor, you may need to check your graphics drive's control panel for the scaling settings. For AMD cards, it's in the section Properties (Name of Display). Most smaller resolutions default to Centered. To get it to Full Screen, you'll need to set your desktop to the resolution and then change the setting. nVidia cards have a similar setting.

Also, once the game is loaded and you're at the map screen or the dungeon screen, pressing Alt + R switches the game to a 'hi-res' mode that smooths the graphics a bit and makes them look nicer. My current game on a netbook with 1366x768 looks pretty nice by using DDraw for the graphics, desktop for the fullscreen setting and using Alt+R in the game to set the 'hi-res' mode. I haven't tried this on my desktop yet, but it should look pretty decent still.

Hope this helps.

Flynn
Post edited November 19, 2013 by FlynnArrowstarr
Posted February 15, 2015
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Tistonic: Can anyone help me out? it's DK1 resolution
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FlynnArrowstarr: Here's a couple of things to try:
1) Open the file dosboxDK.conf in Notepad (this file is in your main Dungeon Keeper Gold folder) and look for the line starting with 'fullscreen=true' (without the quotes)
2) In that section, look for the line 'fullresolution=original' and replace it with 'fullresolution=desktop' (again, without the quotes).

It should now open at the same resolution as you computer's desktop. Note this stretches the graphics to your desktop's resolution, so some pixelation and distortion may occur. Also, since the default resolution is a 4:3 ratio, there will likely be black bars on either side of the picture. However you should be able to see the game easier.

Some of the pixelation can be smoothed by playing with the filter settings. In the Launch Graphc Mode Setup program, you can alter the filter by clicking the Advanced Settings tab and playing with the Scaling Engine dropdown list. If you see any color glitches, you may also want to change the Graphic mode dropdown on the Basic Settings tab to something other than Surface (Overlay and DDraw are the two I use most often).

Hope this helps.

Flynn
i cant find dosboxDK.conf anywhere and its pissing me off it works just fine on my other pc but it wont work on my lap top just a fucking tiny box with black all around the only conf i can find is GoGDOSConfig thats all i dont knbow what to do man plz help
Posted February 17, 2015
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AlucardZulu: i cant find dosboxDK.conf anywhere and its pissing me off it works just fine on my other pc but it wont work on my lap top just a fucking tiny box with black all around the only conf i can find is GoGDOSConfig thats all i dont knbow what to do man plz help
Hi, AlcardZulu.

You'll want to look in the folder you installed Dungeon Keeper. On my system, that's in C:\Games\GOG\Dungeon Keeper Gold. That's assuming you're running Windows. If you're running Linux or Mac, I'm not certain where it installs (possibly in the /opt folder, if I recall the threads I've read).

I'm thinking (if you're running Linux) you can open the GogDOSConfig file in gedit (or similar) and check it out. It may serve the same purpose as the dosboxDK.conf file on Windows. Just make a backup of the file before you start editing. As for driver configuration for changing the scaling options, I'm not familiar enough with the Linus or Mac drivers to offer any assistance there, but check Google and see if you can find a configuration tutorial.

Hope this helps. =)

Flynn
Posted February 21, 2015
Here are is what i had to change in dosboxDK.conf in order to get a nice full size picture with correct aspect ratio (black bars left and right, stretched but not distorted ).

fullresolution=desktop
output=overlay
aspect=true
scaler=none

Hope this helps.
Post edited February 21, 2015 by Nellistos
Posted October 30, 2016
I play on a big screen everything is blurry and I cant tell what they are is there a way to make it a window? Ive set resolution to max.
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