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Yarideki · 02-21-2019, 08:19 PM

blaster,
If you connect your laptop to an external screen (such as the tv that you mentioned) you should be able to play the game at a higher resolution. However, I personally wouldn't go too much above what your current laptop resolution is as I doubt the graphics card/chip could keep up with suddenly having a 4k screen when it's used to having a smaller one like what you mentioned, I would also switch to "second screen only" using the Windows+P keys. I have had success running OOTP 19 in a 1366x768 resolution in full screen mode on my older laptop before I recently upgraded to a desktop. That laptop was indeed connected to a TV via HDMI so that I could play OOTP from the couch. I think I used 1600x900 for the TV resolution just to help preserve my laptop a bit more. I do know that the game will warn me if I start in too low of a resolution that it needed to start in full screen mode. I hope this information helps.

02-21-2019, 08:19 PM	#2
Yarideki Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 162	Re: External Screen blaster, If you connect your laptop to an external screen (such as the tv that you mentioned) you should be able to play the game at a higher resolution. However, I personally wouldn't go too much above what your current laptop resolution is as I doubt the graphics card/chip could keep up with suddenly having a 4k screen when it's used to having a smaller one like what you mentioned, I would also switch to "second screen only" using the Windows+P keys. I have had success running OOTP 19 in a 1366x768 resolution in full screen mode on my older laptop before I recently upgraded to a desktop. That laptop was indeed connected to a TV via HDMI so that I could play OOTP from the couch. I think I used 1600x900 for the TV resolution just to help preserve my laptop a bit more. I do know that the game will warn me if I start in too low of a resolution that it needed to start in full screen mode. I hope this information helps.