Re: help with an old game messing up the refresh rate

[SlickRCBD]

Franc Zabkar wrote:

> On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:31:02 -0600, SlickRCBD <spamyo...@127.0.0.1>
> put finger to keyboard and composed:
>
>
>>I just tried to run an old game, one that automatically goes to full
>>screen mode, and it promptly reset my resolution to the wrong refresh
>>rate such that about an inch of the display is off to the left. It
>>restores the screen when I quit. I remember there was a trick to deal
>>with this, besides messing up my monitor settings, but I don't remember
>>what it was. Could anybody help?
>
>
> If you have an LCD monitor, then it should be able to "learn" the new
> settings. Just press the Auto button or whatever monitor menu
> selection is appropriate.
>
> Otherwise, if you have a CRT monitor, and if it is a DOS game, then
> experiment with screen sizes of 25, 43 or 50 lines in the properties
> of the .pif file.
>
> Or type ...
>
> mode co80,nn (where nn = 25, 43, or 50)
>
> ... in the DOS window before launching the game.
>
> - Franc Zabkar
It's supposedly the Windows version of the first Xcom game, it was
loaned to me by a relative when I commented that I'd never played it or
the sequal. I tried getting properties on the program, but it doesn't
give me the option. Yes, I tried setting the screen size to all the
available options and color settings from 8-bit to 24-bit.

I'm using a CRT monitor and a 1ghz Dell optiplex GX110. The game Icewind
Dale II used to do this as well, but it let me edit an option in the
config files. Is there a similar option for Xcom?