Cyrem Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 The 'LEGORacers.exe' can be run with a few different parameters, here they are: [table] Parameter Parameter Affect -novideo Disables Video Playback at the game start -window Run in Windowed Mode (16bit) -primary Force use of primary display device -select3d Allows 3D device selection -alphatrans Force use of alpha transparency -horzres [res] Set desired Horizontal resolution -vertres [res] Set desired Vertical resolution [/table] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lol username Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 So, what do I do with these? Add them to the shortcut? EDIT: I can't get this to work. Just where do I add them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrem Posted March 5, 2010 Author Share Posted March 5, 2010 On 3/5/2010 at 2:13 AM, jamesster said: So, what do I do with these? Add them to the shortcut? Add them to the end of the shortcut after the closing quote, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lol username Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Huh, it's giving an error saying it's not valid... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrem Posted March 5, 2010 Author Share Posted March 5, 2010 On 3/5/2010 at 2:28 AM, jamesster said: Huh, it's giving an error saying it's not valid... Tell me the Target link you are using. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Cupcake Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 The -window one doesn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McJobless Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 On 8/26/2011 at 1:12 AM, Segatendo said: The -window one doesn't work. Are you using it correctly? These would have extracted directly out of Racers.exe (or whatever it's called), so I'm sure they are all working perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Cupcake Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 "correctly"? How hard is it to simply add -window just like any other command? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McJobless Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 On 8/26/2011 at 5:15 AM, Segatendo said: "correctly"? How hard is it to simply add -window just like any other command? Just making sure. The last person I helped didn't know how to make a forum post...his name was "ericmg123", and he made 2 one words posts, one of which got locked. Ain't seen his face ever again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JrMasterModelBuilder Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I can't get the -window param to work either, with or without the -horzres [res] and -vertres [res]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lol username Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 On 8/26/2011 at 12:48 PM, JrMasterModelBuilder said: I can't get the -window param to work either, with or without the -horzres [res] and -vertres [res]. Windowed mode works for me once I change from 32 bit graphics to 16 bit via the control panel (I have to do the same thing to get Rock Raiders to run in windowed mode). I also got the resolution things to work a while back, but I can't remember what I had to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Cupcake Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 On 8/26/2011 at 2:39 PM, jamesster said: I also got the resolution things to work a while back, but I can't remember what I had to do. You have to put the number of where the res is (I don't know why Cyrem put [res] when it was just simply res in the .exe) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McJobless Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 On 8/26/2011 at 5:51 PM, Segatendo said: On 8/26/2011 at 2:39 PM, jamesster said: I also got the resolution things to work a while back, but I can't remember what I had to do. You have to put the number of where the res is (I don't know why Cyrem put [res] when it was just simply res in the .exe) Because, he's indicating you write an integer value in there...res is a variable/placeholder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lair Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 You know guys, it says 16Bit right there in the table, did any of you even notice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McJobless Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 On 8/29/2011 at 12:55 AM, Lair of Rockwhales said: You know guys, it says 16Bit right there in the table, did any of you even notice? We aren't talking about that particular command? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modded Lego Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Do you guys know how to make the game use your hardware graphics card option? I tried the -select3d command but it is locked on the primary device driver. When i try to change the resolution of the game to something over 640 by 480 it crashes and says that the video device is out of memory. :'( That's why i am trying to change lego racers driver settings. Anyone that could shed me some light on the subject would be most helpful. Thanks! :B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
le717 Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 @Modded Lego: LR1 is already using hardware mode. This was determined in this thread, and what you're describing is exactly what the topic post says. As for the out of video memory, I only get that when I bump up the resolution when it's on my flash drive. Are you by any chance on a netbook so something like that? Those Atom CPUs and what-they-call-a-GPU will give you that message for sure. Modded Lego 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modded Lego Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Oh ok so the program is hardware mode by default? WELL...THAT'S DUMB! Ok well at least it's in hardware acceleration mode, thanks for the reply. and about the netbook, no i am running it from my C drive inside the computer. I am using the -horzres (put res here) and -vertres (put res here) commands from the shortcut to make the graphics better. I would like to have the graphics at least to 1440 by 990 resolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
le717 Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 The only reason the game is already in hardware mode is because it's 2012. In 1999, there were graphics cards that did not fully support LR. Using the -select3d command was to force the game to use hardware mode. But since it's 2012, all graphics cards fully support LR, so the switch is has changed roles, namely, to force the game to use software mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modded Lego Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 but that still dosen't explain why my computer crashes when i try to change the resolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McJobless Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Some games don't support weird resolutions, like the one you're listing. Try 1024x768 first. If it doesn't work, it's possible that you're not entering the codes correctly. To make sure you are, try entering 800x600. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modded Lego Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 you mean enter it like this: horzres (800x600) or like this: -horzres 800 -vertres 600? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McJobless Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Second On 2/26/2012 at 4:31 PM, Modded Lego said: you mean enter it like this: horzres (800x600) or like this: -horzres 800 -vertres 600? Second one. "-horzres 800 -vertres 600" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Eight-Three-One Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 The game changes resolutions fine for me. Just to let you know, the game was not optimized to run in higher resolutions. If you go anything above 640 x 480, the menus get nudged into the corner and a lot of text becomes unreadably small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
le717 Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 (edited) @Mr. Eight-Three-One The game wasn't optimized to run at high-res, but it can. The races work perfectly actually (http://youtu.be/mzo08fFm28I), but it's the menus as you said that have problems. But that can be fixed by editing a .MIB file (which as of last update, origamiguy had only one sucessful loading file). http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3770169/screens/2011_09_08_17_21_35.png <origamiguy's pic [moderator note: image is dead] Edited October 23, 2019 by Slimy Slug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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