BG:EE refusing to run in fullscreen

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• Gusinda Member Posts: 1,915

  November 2017

  Hi @Sargon1, would you also be able to post your baldur.lua from your "...\Documents\Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition" folder"? This might be able to confirm some other settings.
  
  I suppose that you had better also confirm which version of BGEE you are using and whether it is baldur.ini or baldur.lua. If baldur.ini then post that...
  
  
  In the meanwhile, it could be related to the card being selected by the game. Could you try and run the game forcing the game to use the GeForce (I am guessing here that it is selecting the HD Intel card first and not the discrete one...). To do this, right click on the icon or go to the folder that has the game installed and right click on baldur.exe, and select "Run with graphics processor" then select "High performance NVIDIA processor". If it is indeed using the NVIDIA card being used by default by the game, then try the Intel card so see if it changes the behaviour.
  
  As another thought, when you edited baldur.lua/ini, was the game closed and not running (I am thinking it was but it is good to make sure).
  
  If this doesn't work, we can try some other steps when settings in baldur.lua/ini are identified...
  
  Good luck
  Gus
  

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• Sargon1 Member Posts: 25

  November 2017

  v2.3.67.3
  
  Tried changing the graphics processor, didn't do anything.
  
  I'm sure that I closed the game and that I checked if the changes in the .lua were still there both before and after launching the game.
  
  Current baldur.lua after some fiddling to no avail:
  SetPrivateProfileString('Graphics','version','OpenGL version 4.4.0 - Build 21.20.16.4627 - build XXXX')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Graphics','Backend','0')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Graphics','Zoom Lock','0')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Graphics','vendor','Intel')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Graphics','Use Nearest Neighbour Scaling','0')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Graphics','renderer','Intel(R) HD Graphics 630')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Graphics','Show Black Space','1')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Graphics','Greyscale On Pause','1')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Graphics','Scale UI','1')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Graphics','Use Sprite Outlines','1')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Graphics','Use Character Highlights','1')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Graphics','Hardware Mouse Cursor','1')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Window','y','1080')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Window','h','1080')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Window','w','1920')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Window','Maximized','1')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Window','Full Screen','1')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Window','x','1920')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Multiplayer','Disable Banters','1')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Multiplayer','Enable Chat Menu','1')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Fonts','uk_UA','PERMIAN')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Fonts','ko_KR','NANUM')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Fonts','Zoom','112')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Fonts','ru_RU','PTSERIF')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Fonts','ja_JP','MEIRYO')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Fonts','zh_CN','SIMSUN')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Environmental Audio','1')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Pausing Map','0')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Extra Feedback','0')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Difficulty Level','2')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Filter Games','1')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Memory Level','1')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Effect Text Level','62')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','3E Thief Sneak Attack','0')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Render Travel Regions','0')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Maximum HP','1')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Render Actions','0')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Subtitles','1')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Auto Pause State','0')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Attack Sounds','1')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','All Learn Spell Info','0')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Terrain Hugging','0')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Command Sounds Frequency','2')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Ranged Weapon Switching','0')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Message Box Top','175')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Show Character HP','1')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Heal Party on Rest','0')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','GUI Feedback Level','5')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Classic Selection Circles','0')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Confirm Dialog','0')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Tiles Precache Percent','100')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Auto Pause Center','1')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Selection Sounds Frequency','3')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Render Explored Map','0')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','HP Over Head','0')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Nightmare Bonus Gold','0')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Hotkeys On Tooltips','1')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Over Confirm Everything','0')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Journal Popups','1')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Bored Timeout','3000')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Suppress Extra Difficulty Damage','0')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Quick Item Mapping','1')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Area Effects Density','100')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Footsteps','1')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Duplicate Floating Text','1')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Show Learnable Spells','1')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Always Dither','1')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Mouse Scroll Speed','40')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Locator Feedback Level','3')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Combat UI','1')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Critical Hit Screen Shake','1')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Cleric Ranger Spells','1')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Last Save','000000000-Auto-Save')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Weather','1')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Keyboard Scroll Speed','36')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Nightmare Bonus XP','0')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Tutorial State','1')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','No Difficulty Based XP Bonus','1')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Infravision','0')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Color Circles','0')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','Show Message Box Hint','0')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Language','Text','en_US')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Disable Cosmetic Attacks','0')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Active Campaign','0')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Path Search Nodes','32000')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','3D Acceleration','1')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Volume Music','40')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Translucent Shadows','1')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Maximum Frame Rate','30')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Font Name','')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Volume Movie','90')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Tooltips','15')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Sprite Mirror','0')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Volume SFX','80')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Volume Voices','100')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Drop Capitals','1')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Never Show Nuisance SOD','1')
  SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Volume Ambients','40')
  SetPrivateProfileString('MOVIES','INTRO','1')
  SetPrivateProfileString('MOVIES','LOGO','1')
  
  

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• Gusinda Member Posts: 1,915

  November 2017 edited November 2017

  Just a thought... could you try right clicking on the baldur.exe in the game folder, going to the compatibility tab and selecting "disable display scaling on high..."
  
  Gus
  
  Edit: Ignore this, I was thinking of an earlier verson of Windows... you could disable scaling but you would also need to change the compatibility mode and you shouldn't need to. Try the other suggestions below first.
  

  Post edited by Gusinda on November 2017

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• Gate70 Member, Developer Posts: 3,871

  November 2017

  If that doesn't help you could try updating your drivers, both would appear to have updates available.
  Intel HD Graphics 630
  GeForce 940MX
  
  & installing or re-installing directx 9.0c alongside the current version.

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• Gusinda Member Posts: 1,915

  November 2017

  As Gate70 has suggested, install DirectX 9.0c. This can live beside DirectX 12 on your without problems and provides some additional functionality. Once you have done that, open baldur.lua and change the line:
  
  SetPrivateProfileString('Graphics','Backend','0')
  to read
  SetPrivateProfileString('Graphics','Backend','1')
  
  This changes the engine to use DirectX rather than OpenGL, which had problems on some systems (esp Intel Graphics).
  
  I (personally) would also change the game scaling ((SetPrivateProfileString('Graphics','Scale UI','1') = 0) but I wouldn't expect to create the problem you are seeing. Try it as part of problem solving though...
  
  I would also force the game to use the NVIDIA card (it might be just wishful thinking but I find the game looks better). This is what my line looks like (tours of course would be different for the 940):
  
  SetPrivateProfileString('Graphics','renderer','GeForce GTX 770M/PCIe/SSE2')
  
  
  Gus

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• Sargon1 Member Posts: 25

  November 2017

  I the end, what helped was right-clicking SiegeOfDragonspear.exe -> Properties -> Compatibility -> Override high DPI scaling behavior, choose whatever in the dropdown menu, they all work. Nothing else seems to influence the behavior.
  
  I would like to thank both Gusinda and Gate70 for their patience and insight.

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