Howto adjust Mafia 2 Resolution before opening the game? (PS I hate windows 10)

[DragonBorn1511]

So My system used to run Windows 8.1 (which is sh*t), and Mafia 2 ran fine on my weird TV (Max resolution being 16:10 1680 x 1050). I then upgraded to Windows 10 (which is just as, if not more sh*t than windows 8.1). I uninstalled and reinstalled Mafia 2. Now whenever I open Mafia 2, it runs it, in what I imagine is higher than 1680 x 1050 because my TV drops the signal and just says optimum mode is 1680 x 1050, it also means I can't do anything at all, ca 't open task manager, can't alt + tab, can't alt + enter to exit fullscreen, Is there anyway to adjust the resolution without running the game? In something like a launcher like Fallout / TES games have.

Cheers,

DragonBorn1511

 

[Mind Games]

Set the steam launch option parameters for Mafia 2 as: -h 1050 -w 1680 etc.

 

[getochkn]

Do you have a monitor as well to try to get it booted up first and then switch?

Also, upgrades from any windows version usually suck, a fresh install is always better. Windows 10 is honestly pretty damn good. The fact that one game doesn't work on your weird TV isn't a reason to trash the whole OS.

It probably stores the resolution in a ini file that if you could find and edit, you could probably fix it with notepad but I don't own the game so can't really look.

 

[DragonBorn1511]

Set the steam launch option parameters for Mafia 2 as: -h 1050 -w 1680 etc.

Didn't think of this, thanks a lot.

Do you have a monitor as well to try to get it booted up first and then switch?

Also, upgrades from any windows version usually suck, a fresh install is always better. Windows 10 is honestly pretty damn good. The fact that one game doesn't work on your weird TV isn't a reason to trash the whole OS.

It probably stores the resolution in a ini file that if you could find and edit, you could probably fix it with notepad but I don't own the game so can't really look.

I've used Windows 10 on my gaming Laptop, and my primary Gaming PC ever since it came out. This particular PC just hasn't been used in a while. I can safely say from my experience, which exceeds much much much further than this one game, that Windows 10 is extremely overrated, and just a pain in the arse. I've generally had less issues with 8.1 compared to 10. and 8.1 is absolute trash compared to Windows 7. To put that in perspective.

 

[DragonBorn1511]

Set the steam launch option parameters for Mafia 2 as: -h 1050 -w 1680 etc.

hey mate, I can't figure out how to do this. Is there a text file I can edit in the game files?

 

[Mind Games]

Set the steam launch option parameters for Mafia 2 as: -h 1050 -w 1680 etc.

hey mate, I can't figure out how to do this. Is there a text file I can edit in the game files?

Follow this link.

All the best.