I can't find the file to change the resolution. My only choices are 800x600 and 1024x768. my laptop runs at 1280x 800.
could someone please help? TY
edit:to fix title spelling, can't do it so I didn't check it as I should have. My first mistake this week.

The game only supports the following resolutions 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024, and 1600x1200. If your laptop only goes up to 1280x800 then 1024x768 looks to be the best one you will be getting.
If the game has a configuration file you could try changing the resolution manually.

Thank You Ralackk
I didn't realize that only 4 resolution options are offered. I am in the cfg .xcr file but no permanent luck so far. 1600x 1200 is fine. thank's again

Hey, how do you change the resolution to 1600x1200? I only seem to have 800x600 and 1024x768 available. I tried to open the cfg .xcr file but all I could see in there was a bunch of symbols I couldn't understand.

game does nothing when ı change resolution. : )

It crashes for me if I put it above 800*600.

Any fixes for this? I have the same problem, its not a listed resolution in my game but i remember playing with 1600x1200 before. I checked my startup file and its not listed, and adding it doesnt do anything as it gets reset when i open the game.

The Protectors mod for Warlords Battlecry 3 fixes this. It supports resolutions even higher (up to 1920x1080). There is no other way to force the game into a res unless you hard-code it afaik.

I don't see which of the Warlords Battecry games we are all talking about, seems to me that's why we are getting so many different answers.

I do not recall the original CD version of WBC 2 going above 1280x1024, if it went that high. I'd guess anything above that is a mod or perhaps requires an .xcr change (though I doubt you can put in any value you want if not supported by the game). I know that in the old days, the .xcr changes beyond the standard options were not supported (or at least only those secret non-standards built into the game)

Also, if my memory is correct, .xcr files needed to have something to decrypt them. There was some program for this readily available, but hard to find. So, it won't be that simple. Many of these games had a .ini and .cfg file, sometimes it was in My Documents, but it could be anywhere, it may help with resolutions, it might not exist.

Warlords 1 ... I think you are lucky if it allows 1024x768, that's a guess, but I recall it not going as high as WBC 2 when I demo'd it way back in ancient times.

Warlords 3 ... I don't know, but it will have at least up to 1280x1024. It came out later plus it has mods, so you may be able to do better.

Guys, when a post doesn't include the WBC #, we are just talking crossways to each other, since this set of forums is for the whole series of games, and any question ought to really list what game they are asking about.

Okay, so here check out this program I just recently discovered after hours of searching
how to make "Warlords Battlecry 3" widescreen or even custom resolutions
Incase something eats the link or something.. google up this "dxwnd"
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dxwnd/

What does this do? Simple let me sumarize...
+Fullscreen (at any desktop resolution you want/set)
+Widescreen support (by stretching the image out, can look bad in some cases)
+Windowed mode
+Fixed Alt tab (atleast for me)
*Should work at literally any (even custom) desktop resolutions too.
*Should work for other games as well that are stuck at fullscreen with odd resolutions.

I realize that its a complicated little program and can take a little bit of setup to get it to work right.
But I can now play Warlords Battlecry 3 in literally any resolution (windowed mode) I want or set my desktop to.
This btw also fixes the Alt Tab issues this game demonstrated.
*Should probably mention I have to hit run program (Battlecry 3) from inside this little DxWnd tool, and my link
on my desktop doesn't work with it properly. That could easily by how I setup up mine though.

I did notice I had to turn off compatibility mode (Windows XP SP2 / SP3) and run as administrator. This may simply
be my particular setup though.

Oh yea, I'm using Windows 10 Pro 64bit at the time of this post/testing. Which I should point out, even without
that little DxWnd program, the game loads up and actually runs without any compatibility settings.

For those of you whom cant launch the game, you can find a log at the end of the startup file located
C:\Users\<USER>\Documents\Warlords Battlecry III
But to be honest so far I've seen the issue when windows installed the video card.

DirectX 9.0 B was listed as the Direct X needed for the game in the readme. It may also be required
for you to install that, I know Microsoft says you dont need it. But I've found that I do infact need files
from that DirectX 9.0C installer I use anyways to fix that.

PS. Upon extensive research. the actuall "allowed" resolutions in Warlords Battlecry 3 are in the actual
exe itself and are not changeable which is why this DxWnd program became usefull to get around it via
resolution stretching. Incidentally it would probably work for the rest of the battlecry series as I skim threw
the other posts here...