Larian Studios Forums Divine Divinity (English) Help/Tips/Tricks How to run at higher resolutions?

Hello,

I have been playing DD for a while now. I started reading some reviews and they say in the FAQs you can run higher than 1024x768. I have looked on Google and on several forums but cannot find how. Im sure I am not typing in the correct keywords. Could someone post the procedure or post a link that tells how to run higher than 1024x768.

Thanks,
Apco25

Open the '..\Divine Divinity\Run\config.div' file in a text editor, and change the resolution. The first few lines are of the form;



There may be problems with the main map or mini map at higher than supported resolution. IIRC, the main map can not be zoomed, or something like that.


Welcome to the forum. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wave.gif" alt="" />

No problem! Go to your Divine Divinity directory, and go to the Run subdirectory.

In there, you will find a file named "config.div". Open that up with notepad or a similar plain text editor, and you can set the resolution to any valid number you like, all the way up to 1600x1200. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

If you're a ranger player with massive amounts to "+ sight" equipment, jacking up the res will make certain you are NEVER surprised by enemies. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> And there is the advantage that you'll have plenty of on-screen space for game interface windows.

There is also another line of interest, the "mem limit" line. If you have the RAM to do it, jack that puppy up for (one hopes) improved performance.

Now, I have a few related questions for anybody who knows their way around DD editing.

1) Does anyone know what, precisely, the config.lcl file is for? It almost seems like it's where the game gets its default graphics options from... is that correct, or does it have another function?

2) Personally I play on 1024x768 resolution, as in most of my games, but does anybody have a recommendation for a higher resolution that both looks nice and isn't eye-watering? I mean 1600x1200 has its uses I suppose, but none of the buttons are really made for it so the interface becomes a little TOO small.

3a.) The mem limit option... is that Video RAM, or System RAM? Big difference, right? Heh heh.

3b.) Can anybody recommend a good number for the mem limit? Currently I'm set to 128, which is a nice "safe" number. (half my vram, a third my system ram) but I'd like to know what numbers you people recommend.

Edit: Ah, Raze beats me to the punch! A pox on your first born, you amazing source of DD knowledge, you! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

"Does anyone know what, precisely, the config.lcl file is for? It almost seems like it's where the game gets its default graphics options from..."

It does appear to be mostly graphics related, though that is also where you can add the line 'MaxQuickSaveAmount <number>' to change the number of quick saves.

Yeah, it is a bit of an odd duck... I changed the resolution in that file and left config.div alone, but that had no effect. So yeah, I guess it really just a place for default/global variables.

Any idea on those other questions Raze? Always a pity when there's no proper documentation of such things, lol. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

Thanks for all the replies and info!

OK, so I changed the file config.div to 1280x1024 and it worked! I think it looks great on a 21" monitor. As far as the map, you can still zoom in/out or place markers... There are no menus to do it you just have to move the mouse on the screen until you see the menu item descriptions pop up. Such as "more detail". Then click on the "invisible" selection and you can zoom/mark in high res on the map!

-Apco25 <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mage.gif" alt="" />

Excellent, glad you found a solution you liked! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

*sniffles* But does anyone know the answer to my questions? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />