Setting resolution is borked at the moment?

[Shadrach]

Hey,

in the latest Steam alpha resolution does not seem to work. It seems to just stick with the desktop resolution.

I am trying to run it fullscreen 1920*1200.

Here's the log:

Initialize engine version: 4.5.3f3 (fca41a4fabea)

GfxDevice: creating device client; threaded=1

Direct3D:

Version: Direct3D 9.0c [nvd3dum.dll 9.18.13.3788]

Renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Vendor: NVIDIA

VRAM: 1487 MB (via DXGI)

Caps: Shader=30 DepthRT=1 NativeDepth=1 NativeShadow=1 DF16=0 INTZ=1 RAWZ=0 NULL=1 RESZ=0 SlowINTZ=0

Begin MonoManager ReloadAssembly

Platform assembly: F:\games\Steam\steamapps\common\TheLongDark\tld_Data\Managed\UnityEngine.dll (this message is harmless)

Loading F:\games\Steam\steamapps\common\TheLongDark\tld_Data\Managed\UnityEngine.dll into Unity Child Domain

Platform assembly: F:\games\Steam\steamapps\common\TheLongDark\tld_Data\Managed\Assembly-CSharp-firstpass.dll (this message is harmless)

Loading F:\games\Steam\steamapps\common\TheLongDark\tld_Data\Managed\Assembly-CSharp-firstpass.dll into Unity Child Domain

Platform assembly: F:\games\Steam\steamapps\common\TheLongDark\tld_Data\Managed\Assembly-CSharp.dll (this message is harmless)

Loading F:\games\Steam\steamapps\common\TheLongDark\tld_Data\Managed\Assembly-CSharp.dll into Unity Child Domain

Platform assembly: F:\games\Steam\steamapps\common\TheLongDark\tld_Data\Managed\Assembly-UnityScript-firstpass.dll (this message is harmless)

Loading F:\games\Steam\steamapps\common\TheLongDark\tld_Data\Managed\Assembly-UnityScript-firstpass.dll into Unity Child Domain

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Platform assembly: F:\games\Steam\steamapps\common\TheLongDark\tld_Data\Managed\SampleClassLibrary.dll (this message is harmless)

Loading F:\games\Steam\steamapps\common\TheLongDark\tld_Data\Managed\SampleClassLibrary.dll into Unity Child Domain

Platform assembly: F:\games\Steam\steamapps\common\TheLongDark\tld_Data\Managed\SuperSplines.dll (this message is harmless)

Loading F:\games\Steam\steamapps\common\TheLongDark\tld_Data\Managed\SuperSplines.dll into Unity Child Domain

Platform assembly: F:\games\Steam\steamapps\common\TheLongDark\tld_Data\Managed\Pathfinding.ClipperLib.dll (this message is harmless)

Loading F:\games\Steam\steamapps\common\TheLongDark\tld_Data\Managed\Pathfinding.ClipperLib.dll into Unity Child Domain

Platform assembly: F:\games\Steam\steamapps\common\TheLongDark\tld_Data\Managed\Ionic.Zip.Reduced.dll (this message is harmless)

Loading F:\games\Steam\steamapps\common\TheLongDark\tld_Data\Managed\Ionic.Zip.Reduced.dll into Unity Child Domain

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Loading F:\games\Steam\steamapps\common\TheLongDark\tld_Data\Managed\Pathfinding.Ionic.Zip.Reduced.dll into Unity Child Domain

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Loading F:\games\Steam\steamapps\common\TheLongDark\tld_Data\Managed\Pathfinding.Poly2Tri.dll into Unity Child Domain

Platform assembly: F:\games\Steam\steamapps\common\TheLongDark\tld_Data\Managed\DecalSystem.Runtime.dll (this message is harmless)

Loading F:\games\Steam\steamapps\common\TheLongDark\tld_Data\Managed\DecalSystem.Runtime.dll into Unity Child Domain

- Completed reload, in 0.079 seconds

Initializing input.

Input initialized.

desktop: 1280x720 60Hz; virtual: 2720x900 at 0,0

Platform assembly: F:\games\Steam\steamapps\common\TheLongDark\tld_Data\Managed\System.Core.dll (this message is harmless)

Platform assembly: F:\games\Steam\steamapps\common\TheLongDark\tld_Data\Managed\System.dll (this message is harmless)

Platform assembly: F:\games\Steam\steamapps\common\TheLongDark\tld_Data\Managed\UnityScript.Lang.dll (this message is harmless)

Platform assembly: F:\games\Steam\steamapps\common\TheLongDark\tld_Data\Managed\Boo.Lang.dll (this message is harmless)

UnloadTime: 6.050321 ms

WwiseUnity: Initialize sound engine ...

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WwiseUnity: Sound engine initialized.

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Successfully initialized Steam!

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Platform assembly: F:\games\Steam\steamapps\common\TheLongDark\tld_Data\Managed\System.Xml.dll (this message is harmless)

Unloading 7 Unused Serialized files (Serialized files now loaded: 0 / Dirty serialized files: 0)

Unloading 3217 unused Assets to reduce memory usage. Loaded Objects now: 6809.

Total: 17.201431 ms (FindLiveObjects: 0.963627 ms CreateObjectMapping: 0.141688 ms MarkObjects: 12.849567 ms DeleteObjects: 2.577865 ms)

Steam Leaderboard found: True, error: False

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Received stats and achievements from Steam

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Fallback handler could not load library F:/games/Steam/steamapps/common/TheLongDark/tld_Data/Mono/libc

Fallback handler could not load library F:/games/Steam/steamapps/common/TheLongDark/tld_Data/Mono/.\libc

Fallback handler could not load library F:/games/Steam/steamapps/common/TheLongDark/tld_Data/Mono/libc

[Guest Alan Lawrance]

Can you let us know if changing the resolution works in window mode?

[Shadrach]

Yes windowed mode works fine. Actually it appears Fullscreen has no effect - if I choose Fullscreen 1920x1080 I just get a full-window 1280x720, my desktop res.

Two monitors, but running fullscreen on only one of them. This used to be working in the earlier alphas but unsure.

[Guest Alan Lawrance]

I can't reproduce this behavior. If anyone else has this happen -- please follow up here.

[Shadrach]

The registry settings at:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Hinterland\The Long Dark

are always reset to 1280x720

Screenmanager Is Fullscreen mode_h3981298716 = 1

Screenmanager Resolution Height_h2627697771 = 720

Screenmanager Resolution Width_h182942802 = 1280

Editing these values manually just leads to them being reset.

I have tried uninstalling, deleting install folder and AppData\LocalLow\Hinterland and still the same.

[Guest Alan Lawrance]

Hmm, we are using the Unity settings to default the game to fullscreen and desktop resolution, but after you set your preferences in the Display options, it should override that. If you are fullscreen, can you change your resolution to a setting lower than desktop res?

[Shadrach]

Yes, I can change my resolution to lower, and it changes (at very low it just blurs badly), but it does not change the monitor resolution at all, just the game resolution.

In fact, I can change my desktop resolution to 1920x1080, and the the game will run at that res but it's still not full-screen, it's a borderless window.

Seems it always defaults to running the game in the desktop resolution. Maybe you are not able to repro because you are running the same res. Try setting a lower desktop res than the game and see if the monitor actually changes its display when starting the game.

I know it was working on 23/8 because I have a screenshot taken at 1920x1200 in Steam. So some time between there and today something changed.

[Guest Alan Lawrance]

OK, I confirmed the situation where the game seems to cap the resolution to desktop res when running fullscreen (even though the choices displayed offer higher resolutions). Will fix this asap.

What makes you say you are getting a borderless window when you run fullscreen though? The only way for the game to run with a borderless window is if you launch the game as:

tld -popupwindow

[Guest Alan Lawrance]

It appears this is a new bug in Unity, as we are making the correct call to set the resolution, but it's not actually changing anything. We upgraded to the most recent version of Unity for this update, so that fits with things working for you on 8/23. We'll be following up with Unity to get this addressed.

[Shadrach]

Thanks Alan! I know my way of running low desktop and higher in game is kind of rare, and so I guess a lot of people don't notice this bug at all.

Borderless window - that was a misnomer, it was actually full-screen but behaved like a window since it was the same res as desktop

[Shadrach]

Have you guys heard back from the Unity people, and have any idea when this can be fixed?

I really hate playing the game in low-res and I'm too lazy to have to set my desktop res higher

Also could a mod move this to the bug reports forum please? Thanks

[Shadrach]

Can we have an update to how things are with resolving this issue please?

I keep checking the changelogs hoping there's been a fix but nothing...

[Guest Alan Lawrance]

Try forcing the resolution by running:

tld.exe -screen-width 1920 -screen-height 1080

[Shadrach]

Setting the cmdline didn't work I'm afraid.

What I am doing now is this, which is a mess but at least works temporarily.

In a bat file:

@echo off

"D:\bin\Nirsoft Launcher\NirSoft\nircmd.exe" setdisplay 1920 1200 32

f:\games\Steam\steam.exe -applaunch 305620

pause

"D:\bin\Nirsoft Launcher\NirSoft\nircmd.exe" setdisplay 1440 900 32

[Shadrach]

I keep checking the changelogs for this to be fixed, while I do love the updates I am worried you guys are forgetting about this and it will end up in Final without being fixed, which would be a shame...

[Jeremy JPOW Powell]

Not forgotten about. but... Unity might have forgotten. Looked back at this post it was from a while ago on Unity 4. We are on 5 now and you'd thing they'd have fixed this. I'll make a note of this for Alan and see if we can press Unity for it. We still waiting on the shadows too, which are very borked.

Jeremy

[Shadrach]

Thanks for the update Jeremy, much appreciated!

This Unity 'bug' or what it is is getting to the point where I'm sceptical of buying Unity games since I know almost all of them will display this same behavior. Games that have the same problems include Sunset, Hot Tin Roof and Shelter 2. The Shelter 2 developers Might & Delight actually fixed it, not sure what they did, and the Sunset dev said they would contact them for more information.

I wonder - if you could re-enable the config dialog either with pressing Alt on launch or with "-show-screen-selector", possibly that could work to set the resolution permanently?

[joki]

I can't reproduce this behavior. If anyone else has this happen -- please follow up here.

Following up here. Please note that this is still from version V.228 (running unity 4?). I will try it again tomorrow or so if the behaviour is unchanged. The crash however is a different issue and happens only when using a screen capturing tool like fraps.

[Shadrach]

Hello again,

just checking in to see if there's any update on this issue? I'd really like to stop using my bat file workaround some time

Also, if you guys have any information from Unity about the issue please let me know if you can, it seems this affects almost every single Unity game I play these days, and some information would be really helpful to let other developers know a bit about what is wrong.