SirEyeball: I have some trouble setting up the high res mod I have resigned to using 800-600(that one works but is big) my current screen res outside of the game is 1280-1024 but writing that makes the screen weird (it is too narrow to fill the screen it is high enough though)
What setting is best for a 19 inch screen? Is there any rule of thumb I should follow?

tinyE: Can I see a acreen shot? After I installed the patch I had to tweek it a little but it still looks a little odd because the menu bars don't go all the way accross the screen.

SirEyeball: how do I do a screen shot?SirEyeball: and thats what I mean the screen and the game doesn't fit eachother unless its 800-600 and that sorts of defeats the point

bengeddes: Hit Print Screen while in game. Then close/minimize the game and paste the image into an image viewer or a program like Paint. You can also just get a screenshot program like FRAPS.

Those are some weird resolutions you're trying. You need to use resolutions supported by your graphics card, first of all. Double check the native resolution of your monitor, and use an aspect ratio that matches it. There's no way 1280x1280 is going to look right. Try 1280x960, or if you have a widescreen monitor, 1280x720 or 1280x800.

You also need to make sure you have your card set to scale while preserving the aspect ratio, otherwise it will just stretch it to fit the screen which can distort things.