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I am trying to play Command & Conquer: Generals on a laptop with a native resolution of 1600x900 but the game doesn't appear to support any custom or widescreen resolutions. All of the resolutions in game appear to have an aspect ratio of 4:3, leaving large black bars down either side of the screen.

How do you run Command & Conquer: Generals in a custom widescreen resolution?

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In order to set a custom resolution, simply perform the following steps;

  • Start the game for the first time
  • Change the resolution from the default 800x600
  • Exit the game
  • Inside your My Documents folder, you will find a Command and Conquer Generals Data folder
  • Inside this folder you will find a file called Options.ini, edit this file
  • Find the line that says Resolution = and change the value from whatever it is to whatever you want

For example, for a resolution of 1600x900, you will want to set the Resolution = line to Resolution = 1600 900.

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You can also change the view height in that file, which is very nice. Also note that if use the ingame settings to change anything after doing this, it will reset to 800x600. – SaintWacko Dec 26 '12 at 14:48
what setting(s) do I have to change to adjust the view height? – kalina Dec 26 '12 at 15:36
The setting is called maxcameraheight. I think I normally set it to 800. Too high, and you'll be able to see the edges of the loaded map area. – SaintWacko Dec 26 '12 at 16:19

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