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Emperor: Rise of the Middle KingdomGame not displaying at full screen under Windows 10(7 posts)(7 posts)
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Posted November 30, 2018
There might actually be a couple of posts already here about this issue, but it seems to me that no one is giving enough details about their experience with the issue for me to be certain that I have the same problem. And I'd wager that the lack of detail in their questions makes it hard to give an answer anyway.

So, with that in mind....

I recently (last week) upgraded to a new PC running Windows 10 Home (the hard drive failed on the old Windows 7 machine - it's OK, I was able to save all my 'mission critical' files before it completely crashed).

Now when I run the game, it will only display as a modest rectangle (presumably 1024x768) in the center of the screen. It looks like the game runs fine (I haven't tried doing anything in it yet).

But under Windows 7, it really did fill my entire 1367x768 screen.

The "alt+Enter" shortcut to go to fullscreen mode doesn't help; neither does switching the game to Windowed mode.

And I've tried it with BOTH the game copy that I had on the old drive (and was able to copy over) AND a brand new download through GOG Galaxy. Same problem no matter which one I play.

Any ideas as to what's causing this discrepancy, or how I might be able to fix it?

Thanks in advance....
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Posted December 06, 2018
this might sound weird, but what res is your screen set to?


if all else fails try getting the res mods to see if that fixes it.
Posted December 07, 2018
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Aranwen1: this might sound weird, but what res is your screen set to?

if all else fails try getting the res mods to see if that fixes it.
1367 x 768, just as before. I suppose I *could* adjust it to 1024 x 768 just for the purposes of the game, but that seems a bit much.

What are these 'res mods' you mention?
Posted December 07, 2018
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Aranwen1: this might sound weird, but what res is your screen set to?

if all else fails try getting the res mods to see if that fixes it.
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rtpoe1: 1367 x 768, just as before. I suppose I *could* adjust it to 1024 x 768 just for the purposes of the game, but that seems a bit much.

What are these 'res mods' you mention?
https://www.moddb.com/mods/emperor-full-hd-support

resolution mods / hd mods.
Posted December 15, 2018
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rtpoe1: 1367 x 768, just as before. I suppose I *could* adjust it to 1024 x 768 just for the purposes of the game, but that seems a bit much.

What are these 'res mods' you mention?
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Aranwen1: https://www.moddb.com/mods/emperor-full-hd-support

resolution mods / hd mods.
That did the trick! Once I found the download link and figured out what to do with it.... Thanks!
Posted December 20, 2018
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Aranwen1: https://www.moddb.com/mods/emperor-full-hd-support

resolution mods / hd mods.
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rtpoe1: That did the trick! Once I found the download link and figured out what to do with it.... Thanks!
XD might have helped more if i linked directly to the download page but wanted to make sure you were interested in it

enjoy the game
Posted February 18, 2022
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Aranwen1: https://www.moddb.com/mods/emperor-full-hd-support

resolution mods / hd mods.
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rtpoe1: That did the trick! Once I found the download link and figured out what to do with it.... Thanks!
I draw your attention
The widescreen patches (by JackFuste, 2012) has a bug that prevents Emperor (and Zeus) from switching to Windowed mode.
(And it has nothing to do with Color Rendering not 16bit)

web.archive.org/web/20190910005136/www.wsgf.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=14149&start=160#p145033

@vempire_ghost
The problems runs on Zeus with Posseion on a 2.1 version.
Now after I apply the fix to my resolution (i have both pcs, one in 1980x1020 and another 1280x1024) I cannot put in window mode anymore, only if I set the 800x600 resolution, or revert back to the original .exe and use a 1024x728 standard resolution.
It depends on the value of only one byte.
When I noticed the difference in CRC32, XJDHDR explained the reason to me:

@XJDHDR
JackFuste found a problem where EXEs that he had patched were no longer able to be switched into Windowed mode (they were locked to Fullscreen). He then released a patching program that was attached to the forum post linked above which fixed this problem and made it possible to switch into Windowed mode again. I'm not sure why it works but the program replaces a "jump forward 0x6F bytes if EAX is less than ECX" into a "always jump forward 0x6F bytes" command. My widescreen pack, as you observed, come with this fix pre-applied whereas the other packs you found don't.
Outdated patches without patch "noWindowed" bug
community . pcgamingwiki . com/files/file/1745-emperor-rise-of-the-middle-kingdom-widescreen-fix/
www . moddb . com/mods/emperor-full-hd-support/downloads/emperor-full-hd-support

XJDHDR Customiser with patch "no Windowed" bug
www . gog . com/forum/emperor_rise_of_the_middle_kingdom/emperor_resolution_customiser
www . nexusmods . com/emperorriseofthemiddlekingdom/mods/1

Now, if you're can't switch to Windowed Mode, then you know why.
Use a resizer from XJDHDR or apply a patch to the old ones.
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