I have very strange problem. I was trying to run Settlers 2 Gold edition under VDMS under winXP and if I set another resolution than 640x480, for example 800x600 the monitor shows only interferences and OSD says: "OUT OF RANGE" and some frequencies. Im convinced that this is very common bug under winXP.

I think that problem has probably something to do with winXP and maybe not with VDMS.

Can somebody lend me a help in this. I will be really grateful for any hints.

Do you have a TFT (flatscreen) monitor? That's a common problem when a game defaults to an unsupported refrsh rate, above 75Hz I believe. One solution would be to run the games in dosbox in window mode.

No, I have a classical CRT monitor Imagequest Q790. I dont know what to do :cry: I think that is caused by those sucking winXP and their problem with refresh rates. I dont even know whether Im right, but if I am than I havent a slightest clue how to fix it.

I give you a specific description:
If I run the game by VDMS, I can start the map and play in 640x480 !60Hz! which is suicide. In !60 Hz! in spite of the fact my monitor can run it under 150 Hz , that i have overriden in the windows settings, which is alarming.

One more thing:
I gave it a try under DOSBox 0.63, and result was very strange. I can play the game in 800x600 85Hz which I cannot under VDMS, but its rather frustrating to play it at this speed. i would like to fix the problem and play it under VDMS in 800x600 or 1024x768.

Conclusion:
VDMS
640x480 possible
800x600 impossible due to the monitor failure "out of range"
1024x768 impossible - nothing happens(black screen)

DOSBox 0.36
640x480 possible (slow)
800x600 possible (ssslllooowwweeerrrr) frustrating
1024x768 impossible - nothing happens (same thing as under the VDMS)

Thank U in advance, I have done my best regarding the specification of the problem.

My computer spec.:

OS: winXP sp1
Proc.: Athlon XP 2600+
RAM: 512 MB 400 Mhz corsair
Graphic card: Leadtek nVidia GeForce TI4200 64 mb 8xAGP
and latest video drivers and directX9.0b

I have no idea what might cause those problems with the refreshrates. Another possible fix would be to use a program like powerstrip, which in theory, can force a screen to a certain resolution/refresh rate. It dosn't work for me though, but it might for you. ;)

Concerning Dosbox however, your PC should be able to any game with it pretty fine. Did you try adjusting the clock cycles with ctrl+F11/F12?


btw. newest Direct X is 9.0c, you might want to update that for newer games. ;)

I was trying that thing with forcing a screen to a specific refresh rate, but it works fine only under games outside the DOSBox or VDMS. In these two apps I didnt notice any sign of forcing the refresh rate to a specific value.

Concerning DOSBox the speed is not satisfactory even after the manipulating of cycles. I can guess 3fps and thats not like smooth movement under the winXP.

But thank for hint

I would be grateful for any other advice.

So there isnt really anyone who can help me with my problem, probably winXP problem?

Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease, help me.