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Restarting game for graphics change

Mr_Zot

By Mr_Zot,
Posted on: 2011-05-12 08:43 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs

 

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I occasionaly use different monitors to play and was wondering if there was a way to change the graphics settings before going fully into the game. perhaps on the server select or character select screen.

just a thought.

 

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If you are talking strictly about screen size, yes, there are command line switches you can add to the shortcut to set the screen size.

Create separate shortcuts to launch the game for each monitor and add the switches using the instructions below to set the screen size for each one.

If you are using the NCSoft Launcher, here are the instructions that Leandro posted for someone else:

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Originally Posted by Leandro View Post
You don't have to mess with the registry. Are you using the NCsoft Launcher? If so, click the arrow pointing down in "CITY OF HEROES" and select Properties; then add this to "Extra Command Line Parameters":

-screen 1920 1080

That assumes you are using 1920x1080 as your display resolution, put whatever resolution you want in there instead.

If you are using the old style launcher, you have to edit your shortcut and add the parameters at the end.

If you are still using the original CoH Updater, you can use the instructions from Paragon Wiki in the Launching the Game section on this page.

You could also do it by exporting and importing the registry settings before starting the game. You'd have to get the settings you want, go into the registry to the CoH keys and export them to a .reg file on your desktop (name it for the monitor to make it easy to recognize) then change the settings so they are set for the other monitor and export the registry keys (named for this monitor). When you get ready to play, import the .reg file by double-clicking the appropriate file for that monitors settings then launch the game.

You can even do this if you use only one monitor but like having higher graphics settings for normal play and a lower setting for raids or other lag inducing play. For a while I had a .reg file I loaded prior to Hami Raids to lower all of my graphics settings and a separate .reg file for my normal solo play with high graphics settings. I just imported whichever .reg file I needed before starting the game.

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