Hi ZF,

Thanks for your help. I tried something today and it worked!!! I started the game as usual and I couldn't see the bottom of the game screen... so I thought... what about starting a new character?? So I did, and it worked. Now I see the entire game screen. Full screen, Window... it's all good now!

Out of curiosity, I quit my 2nd character and 'resumed' the 1st one I created. Ha, same messed up screen. So obviously something is not working right with my 1st character game settings.

Oh well, it just means I have to go through everything again to get to the same point where I ended up, but at least I can keep playing the game. :)

Thanks for your suggestion about QRes. I downloaded it and will keep it.

Carmen

I looked at the game's configuration files for my version of the game (MPC) and saw there was no option to manually set the screen resolution, which I was hoping you could do. It seems only to toggle between window or full screen and the resolution I noted in the log files was 1360x768, which might explain the bad fit on your 1280x1024 screen. I can't explain why one version worked better than the other except to guess that the version you got from the dev might have been a newer bug fixed version with better screen res detection. As for the the game knowing your settings, that would be due to the games settings folder created in your user directory (I can't tell you where that is, I'm on different pc now).

For what it's worth, I use a classic freeware utility to automatically change the screen resolution when necessary, usually for old windowed games that appear too tiny on a modern screen (a 640x480 window isn't large enough to use on a 1920x1080 screen).

QRES, available here: http://www.home.no/aksoftware

I drop the qres.exe in the windows folder so it can be accessed from anywhere then I use a batch file to launch the game, placing the batch file in the game folder and then creating a shortcut to it.

A batch file is a plain text file with a .bat extension, with each line being a separate "command line", to create one you can use most any text editor and save the file as *.bat instead of *.txt.

An example I'd use would look like the following, where the screen resolution is changed to whatever is desired in the first line, then the game is run, and when the game exits the original screen resolution is restored.

qres.exe /x:1024 /y:768
"C:\games\jongg\oldbutgood\game.exe"
qres.exe /x:1920 /y:1080

I'm not saying the qres solution is for you, but if you chose to use it you would probably want to set your resolution higher than your default resolution in the first line, if possible, using a size and screen ratio appropriate for your monitor.

I played todays game free for 1 hour from the developers site. (in Full screen mode on XP). I ended up liking it and downloaded the game from the GOTD site.

It downloaded ok. It unzipped ok. It installed ok. Opened ok but with one exception... the game screen is missing a part of the game that I know should be there. At the bottom it should have the Help, an Amulet (or something like that), and a small section where I keep pieces that I found, ie: key, bowl, book pages, etc.(to help me further in the game.)

I tried changing from Full screen to Window but it didn't help. I changed it back and forth a couple of times to make sure!

Not sure what to do to fix the problem... so I uninstalled the game. Deleted the contents of the folder except the MysteryofMortlakeMansion.zip file. Had Glary Utilities check for registry problems, broken links. Unzipped it again, Installed it again.

Strange how the game knew my name and the option to Resume was available. hmmmm. But anyways... The problem still exists!! I still cannot see the bottom inch +- of the game screen.

I would rather not mess around with the everyday resultion of my monitor which is always set at 1280 x 1024 by changing it to play this game. but I have never had this problem with any games before. Usually the resolution changes automatically and back again.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.