Game Resolution Switcher

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Description

What is Game Resolution Switcher? Game resolution switcher is something I came up with to get rid of an annoyance when gaming on different monitors. While for most people this isn't common, I prefer to game on a bigger screen at home, then the laptop screen when I lug my system to a friends house. This utility allows you to quickly switch the resolution a game runs at to match the desktop resolution.

In the future, it will also allow picking other resolutions without launching the game. In the end, this becomes a timesaver for games that require you to dig into a menu, then quit and relaunch to change the resolution. In addition to the GUI method of changing the resolution, you can also add the program to your startup items so it will change every game quickly and silently.

Games Supported

• Battlefield 2 (Only works via the GUI launcher, or a command line switch of --launchgame 9. This will hopefully improve once DICE adds real widescreen support)
• Black & White 2
• City of Heroes
• City of Villains
• Civilization IV
• Counter-Strike: Source (Even though Steam is evil)
• Doom 3 - Must be 1.1 or higher
• Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil
• Dungeons & Dragons Online Beta
• EverQuest
• EverQuest II
• Half-Life 2 (And Steam is even more evil for needing online activation for an offline single player game)
• Half-Life 2: Deathmatch (One last dig at Steam, it still isn't stable after how many years?)
• Planetside
• Quake III Arena
• Quake 4
• Unreal Tournament 2004
• Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War - Must be 1.10 or higher - 1.40 broke widescreen support and GRS will not change resolutions if 1.40 or 1.41 is installed.
• World of Warcraft - Both normal and test server

Notes

• THIS IS A BETA: Right now, every released version is considered a beta
• Please take note of any errors or unexpected issues
• Drakino can be reached at d_grs (at) thunderbiscuit.com
• Due to rapid releases, each version is timebombed at 60 days from initial release
• The program requires .Net Framework 2.0 or higher
• Make sure all your games are patched to their latest versions
• Like Paradigm Shifter, Drakino thinks Steam is evil
• Current version is 0.6.1

Product Distribution and Usage

This tool is distributed solely through the GRS Website. For more details, and a full changelog, please visit the GRS Website. Thanks to Drakino for allowing us to feature his work on the WSGF.