Screen+Resolution-CrashinJack

=Screen Resolution=
 * by Crashin'Jack**
 * addition by Wudpecker**

=Changing the resolution directly is handled through the "eaw.ini" file. This can be changed yourself, or by using one of the programs that change this .ini file setting. See below.=

To edit the eaw.ini file yourself, you will find it in the same directory as EAW.exe. Just click to open it, and go to the end of the section. Find the entries for "" and "" and type in whatever you want. If you don't see such entries, add them. Then save the changes **as an .ini file, not "txt"**, and you should be set. My own .ini file looks like this:

The next way to change resolution setting is with a program that does it for you. Alan White's "//EAW Control 2000//" and Mr. Jelly's "//OAW//" ("Omni Air War"). A third way is to use Zackenstak's "Glide Wrapper."


 * EAW Control 2000** is a program link on your desktop good for MANY EAW things, and is a great utility to have. Change screen resolution, HUD colors, extra squads, edit the .ini file, etc. and start the game with a click. Presently it can be found at Alessandro Borges' Aces Over Gyn. or at Sandbagger's.....click on "Downloads" in the navbar at the left, and scroll down to the very bottom of the page. Click on "EAWControl2000" to start the download.

OAW can be used offline or online for competitive play. OAW can be found at Sandbagger's OAW Basic Page. It allows you to double your screen resolution with no loss of size or readability on text and icons. It allows you to keep the standard screen with double resolution, and adds horizon fog for most video cards. Go back one page to find info on the Glide Wrapper.
 * OAW** is a file manager for EAW add-ons which most people swear by. In addition to swapping files in and out of EAW, OAW also allows for several changes to the .ini file.
 * GLIDE WRAPPER** screen utility highly recommended by our tech expert, Sydbod.

Note that running in higher resolutions than 640x480 has some side effects. First, the 2D fixed cockpit view is no longer available **except in Glide Wrapper**, so only the virtual cockpit will show up. The Glide Wrapper allows you to double the standard 640x480 screen resolution without losing 2D cockpits. (in 640x480, the 2D view is what you get when you press F1 . The "virtual cockpit" in 3D is what you see when you press F8. ).

In addition, using different resolutions causes changes in the field of view. In general, 1280x1024 seems to be the closest to the default FoV (field of view). 1024x768 usually results in a narrower FoV (you seem closer to the cockpit frame), while 800x600 and 1600x1200 give a wider FoV than the default standard.

Finally, the higher the resolution, the smaller the onscreen text will get--again, Glide Wrapper keeps larger text. At very high resolutions, the text may be almost unreadable without Glide Wrapper (although the EAW community has developed downloadable fixes if you find the text too small).

Brian "Crashin' Jack" Baker