Articulate Vlish Thycavivor Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Steam is having its summer sale (you may have heard). After checking that my Asus EeePC netbook had the right specs (specifically, memory, 1024x768 res, 32-bit color) to run it, bought the Avernum 4-6 pack. The OS is Windows 7 Starter (I have another name for it). Everything installs fine but upon launch of any of the three games, I'm told that I have to have the screen res set to "exactly" 1024x768 at 16 bit color. Fine, I go change to 16 bit. Same message. I poke around a little more and realize that even though the screen display says it is set at 1024x768, and even though Asus put a sticker on my keyboard that says, and I quote, "1024x768 screen display", I in fact have a max screen res of 1024x600. I feel like I've gone down a cup size or something. Suggestions? And yes, I realize people on this forum have issues with Steam, Windows 7, and netbooks. I have the same issues, too but the netbook is all I have for gaming outside of an iPad. The purchase of an HP Pavillion is not a viable answer for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Is your screen widescreen 16:10 or 4:3 (like an old TV)? If it is the former, Asus almost certainly made a misprint on the sticker. 1024x600 is a widescreen resolution common on netbooks. 1024x768 is a 4:3 resolution. Your problem is that your screen is too small for the game. Nothing you can do will make it run at 1024x600. The blame for this lies squarely with Asus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Earth Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 depends what's your model of eee pc, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asus_Eee_PC#Display, only those with 12inch screen are capable to 1024*768 or larger resolution. you aren't 1st to notice that eee pc's screen resolution isn't what Avernums require and there are no solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Articulate Vlish Thycavivor Posted July 19, 2012 Author Share Posted July 19, 2012 Asus is to blame, then. The screen is 10.5 ". It's a little deceptive how it's marketed b/c it says "1024x768 DISPLAY." (emphasis mine) And when I go into my display settings, it tells me that my "display" is 1024x768 but my "resolution" is 1024x600. Here's to hoping my iPad 1 holds out until the release of Avadon 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Earth Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 I think Ipad 1 will be bit outdated for Avadon 2 and possibly there is Ipad 4 out or coming soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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