Half screen? What? Little help.

01-20-2007, 03:40 PM

I'm having some trouble with this game I downloadet
(someone made a remake of zelda link's awakening.)
Anyway, when I start the game, it only shows the upper part
of the screen. What's up with that??

***prh99*** · 01-20-2007, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Aiath

I'm having some trouble with this game I downloadet
(someone made a remake of zelda link's awakening.)
Anyway, when I start the game, it only shows the upper part
of the screen. What's up with that??

Can you provide a link to the site for the game? Could be a configuration issue, a corrupt copy, or it could be just poorly written game etc.

vincent_10_27 · 01-21-2007, 01:08 AM

I believe the problem is your resolution.

If I am not mistaken, "Zelda: Link's Awakening" was released in Gameboy and Gameboy Color only. So you are most likely playing and using an emulated copy through your computer.

The problem could be that your desktop resolution does not match the emulator's resolution and you end up having half of the whole display.

01-21-2007, 02:46 AM

here's the link.
http://iongamemaker.net/immortal/ind...ow_game&game=1

I think this is a fan made pc game alright, cos' I have the original
game on emulator.

aceman67 · 01-21-2007, 04:22 AM

I Think I might now what the problem is.

Since the game uses an EXTREAMLY small screen resolution (smaller then 640x480), either your Monitor doesn't support it, or the problem might be in a Video card setting

I had this problem once before with my video card only displaying half a screen while displaying small screen resolutions, and to the life of me, I can't remember the setting that caused it. (I have an ATI Card)

01-21-2007, 11:31 AM

Could I do something to the screen with FFDshow?
I'ts a decoder program and it starts up everytime I start the
game. I'm not much of a specialist with this so if someone
knows more about video codec's or if there's anything that
this program can actually do, please tell.

aceman67 · 01-21-2007, 01:15 PM

Thats just the video that starts playing when the game starts. It shuts down once the short video ends, cant see how a video decoder would cause half screens through out the game when it primarily decodes video streams.

01-20-2007, 03:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
Aiath Guest Posts: n/a	Half screen? What? Little help. I'm having some trouble with this game I downloadet (someone made a remake of zelda link's awakening.) Anyway, when I start the game, it only shows the upper part of the screen. What's up with that??

01-21-2007, 04:22 AM	#5 (permalink)
aceman67 Cynical Bastard Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Calgary Alberta Posts: 413 Images: 9	I Think I might now what the problem is. Since the game uses an EXTREAMLY small screen resolution (smaller then 640x480), either your Monitor doesn't support it, or the problem might be in a Video card setting I had this problem once before with my video card only displaying half a screen while displaying small screen resolutions, and to the life of me, I can't remember the setting that caused it. (I have an ATI Card) __________________

01-21-2007, 01:15 PM	#7 (permalink)
aceman67 Cynical Bastard Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Calgary Alberta Posts: 413 Images: 9	Thats just the video that starts playing when the game starts. It shuts down once the short video ends, cant see how a video decoder would cause half screens through out the game when it primarily decodes video streams. __________________

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01-21-2007, 01:08 AM	#3 (permalink)
vincent_10_27 Special Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 879 Images: 1	I believe the problem is your resolution. If I am not mistaken, "Zelda: Link's Awakening" was released in Gameboy and Gameboy Color only. So you are most likely playing and using an emulated copy through your computer. The problem could be that your desktop resolution does not match the emulator's resolution and you end up having half of the whole display.

01-21-2007, 02:46 AM	#4 (permalink)
Aiath Guest Posts: n/a	here's the link. http://iongamemaker.net/immortal/ind...ow_game&game=1 I think this is a fan made pc game alright, cos' I have the original game on emulator.

01-21-2007, 11:31 AM	#6 (permalink)
Aiath Guest Posts: n/a	Could I do something to the screen with FFDshow? I'ts a decoder program and it starts up everytime I start the game. I'm not much of a specialist with this so if someone knows more about video codec's or if there's anything that this program can actually do, please tell.

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