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Macster (386 posts)
Feb-10-02, 01:36 PM (EST) "Changing the RE Screen Size" Is there a way to change the RE screen size. It is alot harder to use it with it's current size (640x480?)Thanks, Brian E. Bundridge
Seattle, WA USA

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Subject Author Message Date ID RE: Changing the RE Screen Size lrperkins Feb-10-02 1 RE: Changing the RE Screen Size blvdbill Feb-10-02 3 RE: Changing the RE Screen Size LawrenceKellie Feb-10-02 2 RE: Changing the RE Screen Size Southern_Railway Feb-10-02 5 RE: Changing the RE Screen Size sundevil_1997 Feb-10-02 4 RE: Changing the RE Screen Size NickF Feb-10-02 6

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lrperkins (125 posts)
Feb-10-02, 03:08 PM (EST) 1. "RE: Changing the RE Screen Size" Here you go. Took a few to track this post down.Lonnie
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blvdbill (59 posts)
Feb-10-02, 03:32 PM (EST) 3. "RE: Changing the RE Screen Size" LAST EDITED ON Feb-10-02 AT 03:33 PM (EST)>Here you go.
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>Took a few to track this
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>Lonnie Oh darn lrperkins you beat me to it .... lol
yea were right it did can i while to track it down, servers a little slow today ... Average Response Time is around 215 ms.

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LawrenceKellie (1272 posts)
Feb-10-02, 03:13 PM (EST) 2. "RE: Changing the RE Screen Size" Yes.Now would you like to know how?It requires making changes to the registry, and if you are not comfortable with that, then you shouldn't do it.The below was originally posted by Jim Steven. Any personal pronouns are referring to him. This message contains information about editing the Windows Registry. It is recommended for advanced users only. Always make a backup of the registry or at least the keys that you are modifying so you can restore them if needed. The default editor window size (646 x 524) comes from two settings in the registry. Increasing these values will increase the "Editors and Tools" window with the menu on it. A third setting determines if the Route Editor will leave the window size alone. ImportantWhen increasing the window size, don't forget those small windows that we use in the Route Editor. After you enlarge the main window, it will overlap and hide the smaller windows. You can move the big window out of the way to reposition those small ones. One more thing about performance - There IS a logical reason that the Route Editor window is sized small. Since the screen real estate is being increased, the video system has more to draw than before. You'll notice this with Carspawn objects or when you scroll your screen. Make small increases until you find the values that work best on your system. Close Train Simulator or the Route Editor if they're running. Start REGEDIT. Open the key:\HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Train Simulator\1.0\HWRenderer Locate these keysEditor main window widthEditor main window height Change the values to a preferred width / height. For a 1280x1024 Windows display, use 800x600 or 1024x768. That leaves room for the little dialog windows too. Locate the keyEditor main window max Change the value from 00 00 00 00 to 00 00 00 01(The last entry will be a one) This tells the Route Editor to maximize itself, but the Width and Height settings determine the overall size. Example: Changing a 1280x1024 capable system so the Route Editor uses 1024x768 requires these three edits.

And, yes you DO see 01 00 00 00 here and not 00 00 00 01 as it was entered in the RegEdit dialog interface. It relates to the Intel memory addressing architecture which stores things LOW BYTE then HIGH BYTE. When Windows grew up and started speaking two-byte WORD storage, Intel maintained the logic. They're stored LOW WORD then HIGH WORD. So a decimal 1 in double-words ends up looking reversed. It's still a 1. .
Lawrence
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Southern_Railway (132 posts)
Feb-10-02, 04:34 PM (EST) 5. "RE: Changing the RE Screen Size" Lawrence, I followed your proceedure and it was a huge improvement since I only have a 17 inch monitor and old eyes. Thanks! Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
sundevil_1997 (92 posts)
Feb-10-02, 03:36 PM (EST) 4. "RE: Changing the RE Screen Size" Heehee...thanks for asking, I was annoyed by it's small size..but had never hoped it could be changed, so I never asked! Figured if it could, there'd be a menu option. No more looking at my world through a peephole!! Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
NickF (723 posts)
Feb-10-02, 08:56 PM (EST) 6. "RE: Changing the RE Screen Size" As once again we old-timers forget that you new guys sometimes don't even know the questions to ask...Nick Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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