retired_jenlynora2003

is there a way to do it?

borat123

Yes...

I made a utility which allows you to do this and I've tested it with my widescreen laptop (Inspiron 6000) and it's fine.

Either way, the simple way to do it is thus:

(taken from the SIBase article: http://www.sigames.com/sibase.php?type=view&id=166)

Firstly, get your screen resolution. This can be easily done by right clicking on your desktop, selecting Properties, and then Settings.

This should bring up the current resolution. Mine is set to 1280x800 so we'll use that as an example.

Make a note of the settings and close the window.

Go to your desktop shortcut for Football Manager 2006. Right click it and select Properties again. This will bring up a window with stuff about the FM location.

You're interested in the box which is for the 'Target'. In my installation the value is this:
"CProgram Files\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2006\fm.exe"

Now add the following values (change according to your screen resolution):

--fullscreen_width=1280 --fullscreen_height=800


The new target for me should look like this:

"CProgram Files\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2006\fm.exe" --fullscreen_width=1280 --fullscreen_height=800

Click 'OK' and load up FM. This should work unless I've missed something out.

I created a command line editor specifically for problems like this and you can download it from:
http://www.dan-atkinson.com/programs...mandwizard.zip is you want to have a look.

Hope this helped.

retired_williams

Perfect. I have the same settings as Dan, followed the advice and it looks so so much better now without the blurred screen. Thank you Dan.

retired_williams

ps. Is there any way to run it at 1280x800 in a window as opposed to full screen so I can flit between FM and MCFM without having to Alt-Tab ?

retired_jenlynora2003

good work dan

borat123

--windowed

Careful with that.

retired_jenlynora2003

why careful?

retired_walt47

Can't get mine to run inwindowed says not supported when i use --windowed

retired_mdk324

I have a 1280 by 800 pixels latop LCD and while the windowed button inside FM doesnt work, the force window mode works like a charm like it always has, then you just have to maximise the window to get full windowed (but still windowed) mode.

retired_allbran13

I tried it the way Dan suggested and it didnt work on the laptop i use. So on reading the knowledge database Dan gives a link to i added:

--small_screen --windowed

Instead of:

--fullscreen_width=1280 --fullscreen_height=800

So the new target should look like this:

"CProgram Files\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2006\fm.exe" --small_screen --windowed

This seems to have done the trick for me and now i can play it in windowed mode. But thanx to Dan for pointing me in the right direction anyways