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[Mandalore99]

Hello all,

I'm new to the game and when I went to increase my screen size it went extremely large and I can no longer see the settings button or the top of the screen. Is there anyway to fix this?

[Void Angel]

Mandalore99, on 17 December 2023 - 06:14 PM, said:

Hello all,

I'm new to the game and when I went to increase my screen size it went extremely large and I can no longer see the settings button or the top of the screen. Is there anyway to fix this?

Ooof, yes, there's a workaround... been a bit, lemme see if I can find it.

Edited by Void Angel, 17 December 2023 - 08:01 PM.

[Void Angel]

Ugh, there's a way to manually set resolution, but I'm not enough of a techie... Reinstalling would work, but that's annoying, and you might be on a metered connection or something.

• Try your graphics card's control panel - if you're using nVidia, open up your GeForce Experience program and go to "Home."
  
• MWO should be listed there; if it's not, click on the three vertical dots on the upper-right of the application window and select "scan for games and apps."
  
• If it is, mouse over the picture, click on "details," and then look for the wrench icon (upper-right, above the list of settings.)
  
• This will bring up a "Custom Settings" popup window, which will allow you to change MWO's resolution
  
• Set the resolution to your monitor's display specs, and see if that fixes things.

ATI or other manufacturers will have a similar settings manager program.

[Aidan Crenshaw]

you can also rename or edit the attributes.xml in your local profiles folder.
Usually this can be found in C:\Users\<youruser>\Saved Games\MechWarrior Online

[Void Angel]

that's the method I was trying to remember! I don't see that file in there, though... Ah, there's one in C:\Users\<youruser>\Saved Games\MechWarrior Online\Profiles\Default, though it doesn't have any information inside on resolution - is this the one he should change?

[Aidan Crenshaw]

no, not the default profile. There should be one in each actual profile folder. Can't check rn, because of away from computer

[Void Angel]

Aidan Crenshaw, on 17 December 2023 - 11:42 PM, said:

no, not the default profile. There should be one in each actual profile folder. Can't check rn, because of away from computer

Ah, I see it. Fracking Windows tries to be clever, and ends up concealing where I'm actually looking. Found what you were talking about - is this one of those things where he can delete it and the game will make another one? I don't see anything about resolution per se - though it does know I have a 17" monitor.

[Aidan Crenshaw]

yes, the file can be deleted and the game will then use the default file. Should be a last resort measure, tho

[Void Angel]

Hopefully his graphics card control panel will fix it first. Thanks for the help!

[Mandalore99]

Thanks for all the help. Using GeForce Experience worked the best. Is there a way to increase the UI size in the MechLab?

[Void Angel]

That I don't know a way to do, sorry. =[

[Aidan Crenshaw]

UI wasn't designed to scale beyond 1080p, sadly. And it's unlikely that this will change.

[Ignatius Audene]

Oh yes. Ui scaling.... Best use mechdb etc. so U don't need ingame ui as much.

[Mandalore99]

Ignatius Audene, on 20 December 2023 - 12:37 AM, said:

Oh yes. Ui scaling.... Best use mechdb etc. so U don't need ingame ui as much.

Thank you!