screen way too big, mouse erases screen

[Guest]

sup folks, i've been playing bc3000ad for over a year now. i've bought a new computer and got rid of the older one. i tried to install my game, and then the 2.00-2.08 and 2.08-2.09 patches right into the file. then i did the sound setup up thing. i'm not a newbie i've been playing for a while. now here's the problem, the game sreen is way too big and not all of the game options and controls can be seen. also, when i move my mouse around it erases the game screen in the places that my mouse goes. it's been a while since i've had to do any of this so if i've missed something plz don't get mad at me SC. just shove me in the right direction and i'll be on my way. my specs are preety plain, Dell cpu 433mhz i'm not playing the 3dfx version, don't have voodoo 64 megs of ram. help i miss my game. over a year and i'm still playing this game every day. WAY TO GO SC!!!

[Guest aramike01]

Try resizing your moniter view area ratio. Should change itself back when you go to Windows.

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[Supreme Cmdr]

Set your monitor refresh rate in Display Properties by setting your display to 640x480 16-Bit and then using the monitor controls to adjust the screen. Then go back to Display Properties and set your desktop back to the default resolution. Next time you start any app that runs in 640x480, the monitor should comply.

Mouse trails are a common phenom with DOS games running under WIN9x. No way around it.

[Guest Yapa]

I have found that the screen wide thing is caused by the refresh rate as stated by the other guy. This occurs in all games, especially ones that try to run in 640x480 resolution, and you have the refresh rate set to a custom one.

Within windows/desktop switch your desktop resolution to 640x480 and then go to the adapter tab and set your refresh rate on "adapter default" and this should solve your problem. If its already at adapter default, try putting it at 60hz, this seems to be the best or only refresh rate for that resolution. All my games/program run at 60hz, if i try to make the refresh rate higher, it gives me that wide screen problem.

Yapa