Force resolution in virtual desktop

Das Letzte Einhorn · Post by **Das Letzte Einhorn** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 1:04 pm

Is it possible to stretch a low resolution game in a virtual desktop? Eg. Command & Conquer gold, a 640*480 game, and stretch it across a 1440*900 virtual desktop? If yes, where can I adjust these settings?

Thanks!

vitamin · Post by **vitamin** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 1:21 pm

Das Letzte Einhorn wrote:Is it possible to stretch a low resolution game in a virtual desktop?

No, Wine can't do this. And there are no plans to implement this feature.

Das Letzte Einhorn · Post by **Das Letzte Einhorn** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 1:37 pm

Ok. I will work around this by changing my desktop resolution instead. Eg. narrowing my 1680*1050 to let's say 960*600. Hence the virtual desktop would take nearly all the space, and I would still have access to the system monitor in case of a crash.

Gert van den Berg · Post by **Gert van den Berg** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 1:55 pm

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 8:04 PM, Das Letzte Einhorn
<[email protected]> wrote:

Is it possible to stretch a low resolution game in a virtual desktop? Eg. Command & Conquer gold, a 640*480 game, and stretch it across a 1440*900 virtual desktop? If yes, where can I adjust these settings?

Thanks!

You might want to try the unofficial patch that adds supports for
higher resolutions to the game...
http://nyerguds.arsaneus-design.com/cnc95upd/cc95p106/

Backup .wine beforehand, in case it breaks things...

Gert

Das Letzte Einhorn · Post by **Das Letzte Einhorn** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 2:20 pm

There are many which I have installed for testing purposes. I will look at the patch for that one, but so far with Starcraft for example the narrowed desktop works very well.