CMRT "display size.txt" file - not working?

[Drifter Man]

I installed Red Thunder - first time install on this computer - straight from the Fire & Rubble preorder link, v2.10, and activated all content (base game 3.0, upgrade to 4.0, and F&R).

I carefully transferred my NVidia control panel settings from CMBN to CMRT and copied the "display size.txt" file from CMBN to CMRT:

Battlefront/Combat Mission Red Thunder/display size.txt

Inside, the file says:

2560 1440 60

which works well for me in CMBN. However, CMRT ignores this file. It defaults to desktop resolution, which is 3840x2160. Changing the resolution in the file does not change the resolution in game. On the other hand, when I change my desktop resolution, CMRT will start up in that resolution. Unlike CMBN, CMRT does not offer me the new 2560x1440 resolution in Options. So, CMRT is sticking to my desktop resolution no matter what the "display size.txt" file says, or whether the file is there at all.

• Does the file have a different name or location in CMRT than in CMBN?
• Is it supposed to work at all or is there some other way in CMRT to control screen resolution?

i5-9400F 2.90Ghz, 16GB RAM, GeForce GTX 1660, Win 10 64bit

Thanks!

[chuckdyke]

It is the new computer in my old computer NVidia let me add CM the new NVidia settings don't allow this. 

[Drifter Man]

I have added CMRT in the NVidia control panel - no problems there. With my settings from CMBN, the game works fine once I trick it into launching in the correct resolution.

It is just the "display size.txt" that is not working as expected.

[chuckdyke]

A screenshot would be appreciated if you have time. No rush. 

[Drifter Man]

Easy. If you mean screenshot of the NVidia settings, here it is. They are well tested in CMBN on the same computer and have nothing to do with resolution AFAIK.

If you mean an in-game screenshot, well... it will just show the game running in the 3840x2160 resolution I don't want (poor performance) and that I am unable to change other than by changing my Windows desktop resolution:

 

 

[Redwolf]

As another test, put different values into the file, such as 1920 1080 30.

You want to determine whether the file is in fact ignored or whether the problem is that it doesn't like the contents it finds.

First thing to try is 30 Hz.

[Drifter Man]

33 minutes ago, Redwolf said:

As another test, put different values into the file, such as 1920 1080 30.

You want to determine whether the file is in fact ignored or whether the problem is that it doesn't like the contents it finds.

First thing to try is 30 Hz.

Thanks - yep I tried that - with different resolutions and refresh rates and now with the ones you suggested - no change.

I also tried moving the file to different folders, running the game as administrator, renaming the file ("displaysize.txt", "displaysize", "display size") - I'm out of ideas 

Note - the first thing was that I simply copied the file from CMBN, where it works just fine... not sure why just CMRT is acting up on me like this...

Edited April 26, 2021 by Drifter Man

[Bulletpoint]

CMBN has a different folder structure than CMRT. I believe the displaysize.txt goes in a folder under your user directory.

[Bulletpoint]

Try looking in c:\users\YOURNAME\documents\battlefront\combat mission\Red Thunder

[Drifter Man]

21 hours ago, Bulletpoint said:

Try looking in c:\users\YOURNAME\documents\battlefront\combat mission\Red Thunder

Fantastic - yes.

I have both CM games installed in Program Files. CMBN keeps these files right there in the game folder, while CMRT covertly created a folder for this stuff in Documents.

Thanks everyone! Problem solved.

Edited April 27, 2021 by Drifter Man