Posted February 11, 2010
For those that successfully installed the High Res Patch, and then tried to load Arcanum but the game didn't launch, without any error message, maybe you saw an egg timer for a second and then nothing...
The High Res Patch asks for WIDTH first, then HEIGHT. Make sure you get those values correct for your monitor.
If you really are picking a resolution that is equal to or lower than your monitor's native resolution then as a last ditch effort, if you have an nvidia or ati video card you can use the appropriate control panel to enter custom resolutions for your monitor to try.
Example: I ran the high res bat file and chose width 960, height 600. Not a major bump, just adding widescreen. My monitor doesn't like it though so the game will just not start. I then ran Nvidia control panel and set up a custom resolution of 960 x 600 at 75hz (60hz should be fine too). With that setting locked in, running the game now works, at 960 x 600.
The High Res Patch asks for WIDTH first, then HEIGHT. Make sure you get those values correct for your monitor.
If you really are picking a resolution that is equal to or lower than your monitor's native resolution then as a last ditch effort, if you have an nvidia or ati video card you can use the appropriate control panel to enter custom resolutions for your monitor to try.
Example: I ran the high res bat file and chose width 960, height 600. Not a major bump, just adding widescreen. My monitor doesn't like it though so the game will just not start. I then ran Nvidia control panel and set up a custom resolution of 960 x 600 at 75hz (60hz should be fine too). With that setting locked in, running the game now works, at 960 x 600.