Resolution problem

[lparcshinoda]

Hi everybody on this great forum. This is my first new topic. I wantet to ask if there is a way to play ff7 with a 1024x768 resolution or with a 1280x900 resolution. My laptop only provide these resolutions and I think would be fine to support at leats the 1024x768 one, which is the most used by common pc users. Thanks

[miracle.flame]

Hi lparcshinoda and welcome aboard.
Many such demands were made at both parts of The SaiNt's High Res Patch topic but I'm afraid that's not gonna happen so soon. Making the game support different resolutions is not that easy as it may look. Read those topics to learn more about it.

[lparcshinoda]

good. so I should make that on my own or just wait for a future support, that's good 

[EmperorSteele]

Making your own high rez patch will involve cojuling the game code into stretching the backgroudn by non-whole intigers (like 1.33, 2.2, etc) which the rendering engine won't respond to very welll... and, you could re-write the rendering engine so that this wouldn't be a problem, but you wouldn't have room for it (apparently, there's a hardset limitation for how much code the game can have.. for every line of code you make, you have to get rid of another one.  I don't understand the problem 100% myself, but that seems to be the crux of the Saint's inability to make other resolutions).

So basically, you'd have to write a whole new engine.  Which is what the Q-Gears project is all about.  Maybe you can lend them a hand =)

[Chrisu]

If your computer only supports 1280x800 or something, you can apply the highres patch and then run the game in window mode with ficedula's Cetra patch. So you can play with 1280x960, but you will only see the part of the screen your monitor can support. Thats what i do with my laptop and i think its not a bad solution.

[lparcshinoda]

I only support the 1280x900 resolution. Tell me more about your smart solution dude   

hey you guys.... you know... I was just joking !! I don't really mind to do an Hires Patch on my own !!! I fully support the patch made by Tha Saints in my Cetra mod Project (an italian modding project to help users to get all the patches and mods working along with their italian-translated version of the game).
 

[Chrisu]

Download cetra-patch and ficedula library from ficedulas website. Put them in one folder and then apply the window-patch. So you will be able to play with your desktop res. of 1280x900, even if the game has 1280x960, but you wont be able to see the bottom 60 pixels.

[Borde]

Also remember to set your desktop at 16-bit color depth 

[lparcshinoda]

if i set 16 color depth for my desktop I'll be able to avoid all the 32-bit problems (such movies seeing at blocks or similar) ?? Thanks,That's a really good thing. I've tried and I love that much.