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[cqsolace]

Hi,

is there a way to create custom resolutions (in some config file or otherwise)? I'm hoping to have something like a 1440x1600 resolution windowed.

Thanks!

[Alex]

Hi - open up starsector-core/data/config/settings.json, and there you should see this:

#"resolutionOverride":"1024x768",

Uncomment that line (by removing the # from the start) and set the resolution to whatever you want. If your graphics drivers support it (in practical terms, this may mean it doesn't exceed the display resolution in either dimension), it should work.

[cqsolace]

Works perfectly, thank you very much!

[Flow_Rate]

Hi Alex,

Apologies for bumping an old thread, but it's directly related. NVIDIA released integer scaling recently and so I wanted to try a N/2 reduction of my ultrawide monitor resolution (3440x1440 -> 1720x720). I used the setting you mentioned in this thread but got the error message:

Code

6989 [Thread-4] ERROR com.fs.graphics.L  - Exiting - exception in LWJGL initialization
org.lwjgl.LWJGLException: Failed to set display mode (-2).
	at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsDisplay.nSwitchDisplayMode(Native Method)
	at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsDisplay.switchDisplayMode(WindowsDisplay.java:358)
	at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.switchDisplayMode(Display.java:359)
	at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:825)
	at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:757)
	at com.fs.graphics.L.Ò00000(Unknown Source)
	at com.fs.starfarer.combat.CombatMain.main(Unknown Source)
	at com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher$1.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
6992 [Thread-4] ERROR com.fs.starfarer.combat.CombatMain  - java.lang.RuntimeException: Exiting - exception in LWJGL initialization
java.lang.RuntimeException: Exiting - exception in LWJGL initialization
	at com.fs.graphics.L.Ò00000(Unknown Source)
	at com.fs.starfarer.combat.CombatMain.main(Unknown Source)
	at com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher$1.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: org.lwjgl.LWJGLException: Failed to set display mode (-2).
	at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsDisplay.nSwitchDisplayMode(Native Method)
	at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsDisplay.switchDisplayMode(WindowsDisplay.java:358)
	at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.switchDisplayMode(Display.java:359)
	at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:825)
	at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:757)
	... 4 more

Same error when trying a more typical resolution of 1280x720.

Trying either resolution windowed works just fine, error is only when fullscreen.

[Alex]

That error means that your graphics driver or display does not support that resolution in fullscreen mode.

(The game also doesn't support anything below 768 vertical, but that's not the issue here - it would run, but the UI wouldn't fit.)

[Flow_Rate]

Gotcha, thanks for the quick reply!

Oddly, my graphics driver and monitor will run with desktop set at 1280x720 just fine but I still couldn't start the game in that fullscreen res.

[Alex]

Hmm - 1280x720 is not the same as 1720x720, though. Also, it seems possible that it might not be supported for OpenGL only.

[Flow_Rate]

Right, I was trying both. Since you pointed out that the UI won't fit, it's sort of a moot point, I guess. Can you remind me if there's a hidden UI scaling option somewhere? For now I'm using regular aspect ratio scaling for 2560x1080 -> 3440x1440 (hard to read text at native 1440 UW).

[Alex]

There isn't, no; what you're doing is about what I'd recommend at the moment.

[Skupbrade]

You can change the resolution by editing the settings.json file in the starsector-core - data - config folder, in the search engine place "resolutionOverride" and modify the resolution that works for you, you have to remove the # to make it work, then look for "screenScaleOverride" to edit the size of the UI where 1 is the largest and 0.5 is already very small, and thus adapt it to your monitor, I have a 1078*600 minilaptop and now I can play it, it should work for large and small resolutions