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SirPrimalform: Hmm, the two entries for aspect is quite mysterious... could you do me a favour and make a copy of that .conf file, rename the extension of the file to .jpg and upload it here? I can download it, change the extension back and then have a look.
Wasn't there one aspect setting for fullscreen and one for windowed? Too lazy to check it myself right now, but I seem to vaguely remember it that way. But having a second pair of eyes look at it won't hurt either way. :)
Post edited January 15, 2012 by Psyringe
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SirPrimalform: Hmm, the two entries for aspect is quite mysterious... could you do me a favour and make a copy of that .conf file, rename the extension of the file to .jpg and upload it here? I can download it, change the extension back and then have a look.
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Psyringe: Wasn't there one aspect setting for fullscreen and one for windowed? Too lazy to check it myself right now, but I seem to vaguely remember it that way.
Not in my config files. ;) From my experience, windowed mode and fullscreen share the same aspect setting. This is the reason I'm confused...
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haydenaurion: I think i'm running an older driver version, but to be honest i'm afraid to try and update it as the process sounds a bit more complicated than a standard update and i'm terrified of messing something up big time. I'm not that experienced with that kind of stuff.
Driver updating only takes a couple of clicks. Grab the AMD Driver Autodetect. It will download the correct driver and get everything updated in just a few steps. You don't need to change anything, just keep clicking Next or OK or whatever until everything finishes.
Post edited January 15, 2012 by Arkose
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haydenaurion: That did it! I tested it using my Alone in the Dark install and it worked! Many thanks friend.
By the way, I saw two listings for "aspect" (another one a little further down) and changed them both to "true", is that okay to do?
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SirPrimalform: Hmm, the two entries for aspect is quite mysterious... could you do me a favour and make a copy of that .conf file, rename the extension of the file to .jpg and upload it here? I can download it, change the extension back and then have a look.
I have no clue how to rename the extension. I think I know why that one has two "aspect" settings though. I think it has to do with GOG's Graphics Mode Setup menu that they started including with their DOS games cause when I changed the "Keep Aspect Ratio" option there, the first "aspect" setting reverted back to "false". The additional "aspect" setting seems to appear under "usescancodes" in the "[sdl]" settings. Also, there appear to be TWO config files for Alone in the Dark, the one titled "dosboxAlone1" with the extra "aspect" and another titled "dosboxAlone1_setup" with just one "aspect". Again, I think the additional config file is related to GOG's Graphics Setup Menu. At least that is what i'm guessing from all this.
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haydenaurion: I think i'm running an older driver version, but to be honest i'm afraid to try and update it as the process sounds a bit more complicated than a standard update and i'm terrified of messing something up big time. I'm not that experienced with that kind of stuff.
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Arkose: Driver updating only takes a couple of clicks. Grab the AMD Driver Autodetect. It will download the correct driver and get everything updated in just a few steps. You don't need to change anything, just keep clicking Next or OK or whatever until everything finishes.
I thought I also had to uninstall and clean out the old driver or something before updating. That was the part I was squeamish about.
Post edited January 15, 2012 by haydenaurion
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SirPrimalform: Hmm, the two entries for aspect is quite mysterious... could you do me a favour and make a copy of that .conf file, rename the extension of the file to .jpg and upload it here? I can download it, change the extension back and then have a look.
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haydenaurion: I have no clue how to rename the extension. I think I know why that one has two "aspect" settings though. I think it has to do with GOG's Graphics Mode Setup menu that they started including with their DOS games cause when I changed the "Keep Aspect Ratio" option there, the first "aspect" setting reverted back to "false". The additional "aspect" setting seems to appear under "usescancodes" in the "[sdl]" settings. Also, there appear to be TWO config files for Alone in the Dark, the one titled "dosboxAlone1" with the extra "aspect" and another titled "dosboxAlone1_setup" with just one "aspect". Again, I think the additional config file is related to GOG's Graphics Setup Menu. At least that is what i'm guessing from all this.
You might be right, I'd still like a look if it's possible though.
By changing the extension, I literally mean changing the copy's name from blahblahwhatever.conf to blahblahwhatever.jpg. This will allow you to attach the file to your post so I can download it and have a look.
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haydenaurion: I have no clue how to rename the extension. I think I know why that one has two "aspect" settings though. I think it has to do with GOG's Graphics Mode Setup menu that they started including with their DOS games cause when I changed the "Keep Aspect Ratio" option there, the first "aspect" setting reverted back to "false". The additional "aspect" setting seems to appear under "usescancodes" in the "[sdl]" settings. Also, there appear to be TWO config files for Alone in the Dark, the one titled "dosboxAlone1" with the extra "aspect" and another titled "dosboxAlone1_setup" with just one "aspect". Again, I think the additional config file is related to GOG's Graphics Setup Menu. At least that is what i'm guessing from all this.
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SirPrimalform: You might be right, I'd still like a look if it's possible though.
By changing the extension, I literally mean changing the copy's name from blahblahwhatever.conf to blahblahwhatever.jpg. This will allow you to attach the file to your post so I can download it and have a look.
I don't know how to change the extension. I tried "Rename", but then it just reads as "dosboxalone1.jpg.conf". I assume that's not it.
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SirPrimalform: You might be right, I'd still like a look if it's possible though.
By changing the extension, I literally mean changing the copy's name from blahblahwhatever.conf to blahblahwhatever.jpg. This will allow you to attach the file to your post so I can download it and have a look.
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haydenaurion: I don't know how to change the extension. I tried "Rename", but then it just reads as "dosboxalone1.jpg.conf". I assume that's not it.
No, but you're nearly there, you just need to delete the .conf bit. ;)
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haydenaurion: I don't know how to change the extension. I tried "Rename", but then it just reads as "dosboxalone1.jpg.conf". I assume that's not it.
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SirPrimalform: No, but you're nearly there, you just need to delete the .conf bit. ;)
Okay, but it's still opening in notepad. Is that okay? Also, wouldn't uploading this be an EULA or ToS violation? I hate to be picky with this, I just don't want to get banned or something.
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SirPrimalform: No, but you're nearly there, you just need to delete the .conf bit. ;)
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haydenaurion: Okay, but it's still opening in notepad. Is that okay? Also, wouldn't uploading this be an EULA or ToS violation? I hate to be picky with this, I just don't want to get banned or something.
It's a configuration file for DOSBox, which is both free and open source. I don't think you could possibly be violating anything by uploading it.
If you're uncomfortable with the idea though, that's ok. I was just curious, it doesn't really matter.

Incidentally, it sounds like you have your computer set not to show the actual extension if it's still opening in notepad.
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haydenaurion: Okay, but it's still opening in notepad. Is that okay? Also, wouldn't uploading this be an EULA or ToS violation? I hate to be picky with this, I just don't want to get banned or something.
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SirPrimalform: It's a configuration file for DOSBox, which is both free and open source. I don't think you could possibly be violating anything by uploading it.
If you're uncomfortable with the idea though, that's ok. I was just curious, it doesn't really matter.

Incidentally, it sounds like you have your computer set not to show the actual extension if it's still opening in notepad.
Yeah, tried to upload it, but it said it was the wrong file type. Any idea how I change the extension? I apologize for my slight inexperience with this stuff, lol.
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SirPrimalform: It's a configuration file for DOSBox, which is both free and open source. I don't think you could possibly be violating anything by uploading it.
If you're uncomfortable with the idea though, that's ok. I was just curious, it doesn't really matter.

Incidentally, it sounds like you have your computer set not to show the actual extension if it's still opening in notepad.
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haydenaurion: Yeah, tried to upload it, but it said it was the wrong file type. Any idea how I change the extension? I apologize for my slight inexperience with this stuff, lol.
There's an option called something like 'hide extensions' which is probably turned on on your computer. Unfortunately I can't remember how to get to it in Windows XP.
If you're interested you can google it, otherwise you might as well leave it. Don't go changing things purely for my benefit anyway!
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haydenaurion: Yeah, tried to upload it, but it said it was the wrong file type. Any idea how I change the extension? I apologize for my slight inexperience with this stuff, lol.
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SirPrimalform: There's an option called something like 'hide extensions' which is probably turned on on your computer. Unfortunately I can't remember how to get to it in Windows XP.
If you're interested you can google it, otherwise you might as well leave it. Don't go changing things purely for my benefit anyway!
Hmmm, i'll see if I can find it.
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haydenaurion: Yeah, tried to upload it, but it said it was the wrong file type. Any idea how I change the extension? I apologize for my slight inexperience with this stuff, lol.
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SirPrimalform: There's an option called something like 'hide extensions' which is probably turned on on your computer. Unfortunately I can't remember how to get to it in Windows XP.
If you're interested you can google it, otherwise you might as well leave it. Don't go changing things purely for my benefit anyway!
Okay, see if this works.
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Post edited January 15, 2012 by haydenaurion
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haydenaurion: Okay, see if this works.
Yup, that worked!

I'm surprised to discover that it's the first aspect setting that's the extra one. There's not usually one in the first section.

It should be safe to delete the first aspect setting, but leaving it shouldn't cause problems as long as you set both to whatever you want. True, true or false, false.
Post edited January 15, 2012 by SirPrimalform
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haydenaurion: Okay, see if this works.
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SirPrimalform: Yup, that worked!

I'm surprised to discover that it's the first aspect setting that's the extra one. There's not usually one in the first section.

It should be safe to delete the first aspect setting, but leaving it shouldn't cause problems as long as you set both to whatever you want. True, true or false, false.
Well, it seems the extra one should remain "false" as I think it controls the Keep Aspect Ratio option in the GOG's Graphics Setup Menu. Turning that option on seems to make the image stretch even if the second "aspect" is set to "true" I noticed. Interesting stuff though.
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SirPrimalform: Yup, that worked!

I'm surprised to discover that it's the first aspect setting that's the extra one. There's not usually one in the first section.

It should be safe to delete the first aspect setting, but leaving it shouldn't cause problems as long as you set both to whatever you want. True, true or false, false.
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haydenaurion: Well, it seems the extra one should remain "false" as I think it controls the Keep Aspect Ratio option in the GOG's Graphics Setup Menu. Turning that option on seems to make the image stretch even if the second "aspect" is set to "true" I noticed. Interesting stuff though.
The GOG setup thing is actually a tool for configuring DOSBox, but it doesn't include all the options (like fullscreen resolution, which should be set to 0x0 by default IMO because rather than specifying a particular resolution, 0x0 simply means 'whatever the user's desktop resolution is'). It's less a case of the extra aspect= option controlling the GOG setup and more the other way around. :P

I think the reason there's an extra one is that the GOG setup thing doesn't place it in the same location as the default.
Post edited January 15, 2012 by SirPrimalform