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[Jerry]

I recently hooked up my PC to my TV. I went to fire up starsector, and got this error:

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Fatal: Exiting - exception in LWJGL initialization
Cause: Failed to set display mode (-2).
Check starsector.log for more info.
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Right away I was able to see that there is a conflict between the resolution my tv is set at, and the game's setting.
Unfortunately, the game does not allow for a setting that my tv uses. (1280x720)

To play the game, I have to change the resolution on the desktop to one of the settings supported by the game. Is there any ways to get this to work otherwise? it's not practical to have to change the resolution on my tv every time I'd like to play. Plus when I change it back afterwards, all my desktop icons are moved around randomly, etc.

If I don't run native rez on my tv, everything else looks way too big, or fuzzy, etc so I'd like to keep it at native. Any input is appreciated!

[Linnis]

Have you tried to play with windowed mode?

Connect the TV first then launch starsector not in fullscreen.

[Jerry]

I'll give that a shot and report back.

Edit: That works! Thanks for the tip! Should have thought of trying fullscreen off.