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    • J
      Jacko94
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      I have a modern gaming laptop with a 4070 mobile graphics card and 2560x1600 resolution. I had been running SC FA and playing on FAF. Occasionally I would get an unable to load 3d assets (or words to that effect) error when trying to join a game.
      I changed the games resolution to windowed (2560x1600) but the unit icons were miniscule, so I reverted. I then started playing around with resolution to see what would be best.
      I am now getting the "inadequate monitor resolution (minimum is 1024x768)" error shown.
      I have been on the forums, found the game.prefs file and manually changed that and save all-ed the file after changing it. The game still drastically changes my resolution on start up and displays the inadequate monitor resolution message.

      Please help.

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      • Ctrl-KC
        Ctrl-K
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        This doesn't work like this. Try primary_adapter = 'windowed',

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        • Ctrl-KC
          Ctrl-K
          last edited by Ctrl-K

          I would also suggest typing in game console ui_StrategicIconScale which allows you to set scale for strategic icons. By default to open console press tilda (`). For example ui_StrategicIconScale 2

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          • arma473A
            arma473 @Jacko94
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            @jacko94

            1 - my game prefs file looks different than what you have. Mine says:

                        primary_adapter = '3840,2160,30',
            

            But you have something a little different, yours says:

                        primary_adapter = '2560x1600(240)',
            

            I don't know if the parenthesis and the commas make a difference here

            2 - check at the very beginning of the game prefs file, line 27, that also discusses resolution. This is what mine says:

                        options_overrides = {
                            primary_adapter = {
                                default = '1024,768,60',
                                custom = {
            

            If yours has a different default that might cause problems

            3 - I would also do a word search for the word "adapter" to see what it says about the primary and secondary adapters, I think the error could be anywhere that adapters are mentioned

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            • J
              Jacko94
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              Hi guys,

              Thanks for getting back to me so quickly.
              I had tried 'windowed' and 3 numbers separated by commas before, but this was my last attempt (I saw the resolutions for primary_adapter higher up and it had two similar lines for each resolution).

              I really appreciate that strategic icon scale tip and will give it a go. Thank you.

              I found the issue. For some reason on the compatability tab of the sc fa properties it was set to run in compatibility mode for windows 7 and run in 640x480 screen resolution was checked.
              I have no idea why, I have never opened the properties for the game before. This is now resolved.

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