EDIT: typo at the saves path, should read as <INSTALLED_DIRECTORY>\half
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Browse All TopicsI've managed to change the screen resolution in HL2 Ep2 to 1152x864, which my monitor doesn't support.
Now I can't get to even see the game to reset the resolution, and every time I run it my monitor gives me a 'no input signal' message.
Is there any way of resetting the resolution?
And if I have to reinstall the game, how can I be sure I don't lose my save files?
I'm running the game on a 1Gb Ram machine, Windows Vista home premium and on an Nvidia Geforce 7600GS
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by: demi-osPosted on 2008-05-12 at 01:34:52ID: 21545319
To change the resolution to 800x600 go to your registry (Start->Run->Regedit), locate the \Valve\Sou rce\ep2\Se ttings, change the values of ScreenWidth to 800 (Base decimal) and ScreenHeight to 600. It should work, only in case its NOT delete the whole HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software \Valve\Sou rce\ep2\Se ttings key and the next time you run HL2, steam will restore it to default. 0023\half- life 2 episode two\ep2\SAVE
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software
And for the saves, if you want to keep copy/backup, the saves are located at the <INSTALLED_DIRECTORY>\BAAA
copy the files and after that you will be able to copy them back anytime you want (or anytime you lose your saves due to reinstall for example)