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Yous may have noticed, maybe frustratedly and so, that there is no option for adjusting game resolution in Age of Empires two HD settings. If you have a minor screen, yous may still be able to go a good feel playing this much-lauded HD version of the game, just given the generally larger screens that well-nigh gamers utilize today, the lack of a resolution setting is a existent hurdle. There are, withal, a few tricks that one can employ to solve the trouble.

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    Open up Control Panel. The game'southward resolution is directly mapped to the resolution yous're using for your Windows desktop, significant that irresolute your Windows resolution likewise changes the game'south resolution. To begin, access your reckoner's Control Panel.

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    Open the Screen Resolution settings page. Under "Appearance and Personalization," click "Adjust Screen Resolution." On the Resolution drop-downward card, click the resolution you want. This is the resolution both your AoE2HD game and Windows desktop will run in. The best resolution depends on the size of your screen. Here are a few popular screen sizes with their recommended resolutions:

    • fourteen CRT (aspect ratio 4:3): 1024x768
    • xiv Notebook / fifteen.6 Laptop / 18.5 monitor (aspect ratio sixteen:9): 1366x768
    • nineteen monitor (aspect ratio 5:4): 1280x1024
    • 21.5 monitor / 23 monitor / 1080p Goggle box (aspect ratio 16:9): 1920x1080

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    Employ the changes. When you lot've selected the screen resolution you lot prefer, simply click the "Utilize" button at the lesser of the screen to accept the new resolution.

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    Start the game. The usual way to do this is to double-click the game'southward icon on the desktop. The game will display in the resolution you lot fix.

    • You tin too change the resolution settings in the Control Console while playing the game. Only striking the Windows cardinal on your keyboard to minimize the game and open up the Beginning menu. Open the Control Panel, and change the resolution through the Screen Resolution settings page, and and so render to the game past clicking the game'due south icon on the Taskbar.

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    Launch AoE2HD. Exercise this past clicking the game'southward icon on the Dock (an awarding launching toolbar running on i of the sides of your Mac desktop) or on the Launchpad.

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    Open the Apple tree Carte. Exercise this by pressing the iii-key combo CTRL+FN+F2 on your keyboard. This will minimize the game and open the Apple Menu.

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    Access the Organisation Preferences. Notice "Organization Preferences" in the Apple Carte and select information technology to open its settings.

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    View the Display settings. On the Organization Preferences page, click "Displays." In this Displays carte du jour will be another selection titled "Display"; click it too. This will open a listing of available resolution options.

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    Select your preferred resolution. You screen will automatically change to the resolution you click. If you are unsure of the best resolution to apply, continue clicking the bachelor resolutions till you notice a suitable one.

    • To switch to the game to see how a resolution you selected affects information technology, printing the combination Command+Tab till the game's icon is highlighted and and then release. To go back to the Brandish settings page, press the same combination over again until the icon for Display settings is highlighted.
    • Go along at it till you detect the resolution that works all-time.

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    Commencement the game. You tin alter the resolution of your AoE2HD by playing information technology in windowed mode and and so adjusting the size of the window using the mouse. So begin past starting the game (by following this First menu sequence: Showtime push >> All Programs >> Microsoft Games >> Age of Empires II HD or by double-clicking the game'due south icon on the desktop).

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    Go to the game Settings. Printing the hotkey F10 to produce the in-game carte, and click "Options."

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    Disable Full Screen mode. On the Options page, untick the Full Screen box near the centre of the page. This will display the game in a window.

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    Adjust the resolution manually using the mouse. Once the game is in window mode, utilise the mouse to merely drag the summit and side edges of the game window till it is the satisfactory size.

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    What if my maximum screen resolution is 1366768? Is information technology possible to change that?

    Community Answer

    Yes. In a Windows system, type 'change screen resolution' in 'beginning,' and you tin change them. In most cases, merely changing resolution to a lower value is possible.

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