Crash to desktop on starting- FIX

[EricR]

I noticed that when I configured BCM Gold to 1600x1200, it crashed to desktop, and would do so whenever I launched the game (note: I was using old nVidia drivers at the time, and have not tested this problem with the latest drivers).

I was able to fix the issue by going to the BCM Gold install folder, launching "bcconfig.ini" and changing the "Resolution=" variable (set to "Resolution=1600x1200") to "Resolution=1024x768". The game launched fine after that.

- Eric

[Supreme Cmdr]

Or you could just have deleted the BCCONFIG.INI file and the game will create a new one with the defaults

And how did you get to 1600x1200? Or did you mean 1280x1024, since thats the highest resolution that is exposed in CONFIG.

The amount of video card memory determines whether or not a particular video mode will work. Also if you have things like AF (Anisotropic Filter) or AA (Anti-Aliasing) enabled, these can also limit the resolution at which the game (and all games) will run, since the AA settings require more video memory.

[EricR]

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Originally posted by Supreme Cmdr:

Or you could just have deleted the BCCONFIG.INI file and the game will create a new one with the defaults

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Leave it to me to do things the hard way

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And how did you get to 1600x1200? Or did you mean 1280x1024, since thats the highest resolution that is exposed in CONFIG.

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In config, I was able to set it to 1600x1200 (my monitor supports that resolution) but it returned immediately to desktop on exit. Had to back it down to 1280x1024.

Having a blast though with BCMG!

- Eric

[Supreme Cmdr]

ah, ok. Your monitor may support it (and the card), but you may not have enough video memory to use it with 32bit screen/texture bitdepth. If you lower those to 16 (at the loss of visual quality), you may be able to run it at that resolution.