EHM 2007 screen resolution and windowed mode questions

Joe · Post by **Joe** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 4:50 am

As you can see, my resolution is set to 1280 by 800

Yet, I get this message when I try to play in windowed mode.

This is really frustrating, and this has happened with 2005, and both patches from 2007.

Thanks

munky · Post by **munky** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 5:09 am

Is this with 'Play Full Screen' unchecked in your Preferences in the game or through some other method?

Joe · Post by **Joe** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 5:36 am

munky wrote:Is this with 'Play Full Screen' unchecked in your Preferences in the game or through some other method?

Yes, this happens when I uncheck "Play full screen" in the game preferences.

Post by **Shadd666** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 4:28 pm

I have exactly the same problem as Joe, and already had it with EHM05.

I'm not 100% sure, but i think it has been mentionned on SI boards...

Joe · Post by **Joe** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 5:06 pm

Shadd666 wrote:I have exactly the same problem as Joe, and already had it with EHM05. I'm not 100% sure, but i think it has been mentionned on SI boards...

You're right, I found, it and it looks like we are out of luck

http://community.sigames.com/eve/forums ... 3682070852

Post by **Shadd666** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:37 pm

I'll try to put my screen in 1024*768 to see if it runs well, but i have a doubt...

Joe · Post by **Joe** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 7:24 pm

Shadd666 wrote:I'll try to put my screen in 1024*768 to see if it runs well, but i have a doubt...

Didn't work for me

Post by **archibalduk** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 9:09 pm

Shadd: You need to have a resolution greater than 1024x768 because it has to put a window around the screen (i.e. it gives the screen a blue outline and also a titlebar with minimise, close buttons, etc at the top). You need more than 800 pixels height in order to display the window.

Post by **Shadd666** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 11:32 pm

The biggest i can have is 1280*800, so i'm out on this one

Doesn't matter for me, but would be annoying for others

BBFan417 · Post by **BBFan417** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 1:09 am

Mine works and its...
1080x1024

Joe · Post by **Joe** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 3:04 am

BBFan417 wrote:Mine works and its...
1080x1024

Thats because yours is bigger than 800 pixels.

It seems that 800 is the max for us.

devils fan#1 · Post by **devils fan#1** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 9:15 pm

I think this is what you're looking for. Works for EHM 2005 and 2007, as well as Football Manager as well :

http://www.sigames.com/sibase.php?type=view&id=147

Joe · Post by **Joe** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 3:38 am

devils fan#1 wrote:I think this is what you're looking for. Works for EHM 2005 and 2007, as well as Football Manager as well :

http://www.sigames.com/sibase.php?type=view&id=147

I keep getting the following error message when I hit apply.

"The name '-small_screen' specified in the target box is not valid. Make sure the the path and file name are correct"

Anyone know whats up with that?

Thanks for the find devils fan#1

Post by **archibalduk** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 9:18 am

What does the whole of your target box read? It sounds like you didn't add the text correctly, e.g. you overwrote what was originally written in the box.

It should look something like this:

Code: Select all

"C:\Program Files\Games\NHL Eastside Hockey Manager 2007\ehm2007.exe" -small_screen -windowed

Of course change the above so that it reflects where your copy of EHM is installed.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 2:30 pm

archibalduk wrote:What does the whole of your target box read? It sounds like you didn't add the text correctly, e.g. you overwrote what was originally written in the box.

It should look something like this:
Code: Select all
"C:\Program Files\Games\NHL Eastside Hockey Manager 2007\ehm2007.exe" -small_screen -windowed
Of course change the above so that it reflects where your copy of EHM is installed.

I didn't overwrite anything, but mine didn't look exactly like what you have above so I'll have to try it, thanks

Joe · Post by **Joe** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 6:28 pm

It worked. This is awesome thanks a lot!

Post by **Minstrel** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 6:38 pm

Joe wrote:It worked. This is awesome thanks a lot!

Awesome

Glad to see that it worked out for ya!

devils fan#1 · Post by **devils fan#1** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 11:35 pm

Glad it worked Joe

sjsharkz · Post by **sjsharkz** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 4:13 pm

hey, it wont work for me, i still get that msg when it says i needa change my screen resolution, i installed ehm onto my desktop, but i dont think that has anything to do with it all i want is a darn window

MrLahey · Post by **MrLahey** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:26 pm

Hey guys,

Is there a way to play inside a window, while having other windows open? Rather than full screen?

Post by **B. Stinson** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:55 pm

Yes, as long as your resolution is larger than 1024x768 (plus a little more for the taskbar, window borders, etc.).

If your resolution is big enough, go to Preferences, and un-tick the Full Screen option.

MrLahey · Post by **MrLahey** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 2:55 am

Thanks that worked perfectly!

Oilfield316 · Post by **Oilfield316** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 12:23 am

Hello folks,

I'm having a problem with my new laptop in being able to "uncheck" the small box and activating "windowed" mode. I've scoured the forums here using everything from the -small_window extension in my shortcut, to adjusting my resolution to a different ratio only to run into runtime errors and errors saying I must run it above 1024x768.

The resolutions I have available are: 1366x768, 1360x768, 1280x768,1280x720, 1024x768, 1024x600 and 800x600.
My drivers and graphic card software is totally up to date. The laptop I'm running is a Acer Aspire 5250-BZ600 w/ 15.6" HD LED LCD, AMD Radeon HD 6310.

Now I can run the game in Full Screen mode, but the truth of the matter is the graphics are stretched and kinda pulled over loosing the crispness of the "windowed" screen smaller look. I can Alt - TAB into another open window like the Internet Explorer for example letting the computer keep its 1366x768 configuration and when I hold the alt - TAB agian to enter the game it's in the "windowed" mode looking beautiful and taunting me to get this windowed problem to work!! After I let go of the buttons it enters *gulp* fullscreen mode and creates a uneasy feeling knowing I'm missing something or doing something wrong, so I'm turning to you's!!

Btw, I'm running the latest patch 3.4, manimals 4.0 update, CSD patch.

Richie Daggers Crime · Sun Dec 18, 2011 10:19 pm

As far as I can tell, your resolution is too small.

Post by **joehelmer** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 5:30 am

Yeah, your resolution is too small. I got the same screen resolution and there's no way to play the game in windowed mode with those resolutions.