[BigDontCry]

Is there a way I can detect a clients in-game screen resolution?

[Wilson [29th ID]]

Pretty sure there's a client CVAR for it. If you figure out what it is I'll tell you how to check it.

[_Master_]

I'm pretty sure there isn't.
HL uses a [0,1] interval to handle screen coordinates. This makes it independent from the actual resolution. Exposing this info to anything other than the core would break the very purpose of this system.

[Wilson [29th ID]]

I'm pretty sure there is a command for it that you can put in the launch options.

For some reason I associated that with there being a client CVAR for it.
Yeah other than that, I can't imagine a way other than client metamod.

[BigDontCry]

Originally Posted by Wilson [29th ID] I'm pretty sure there is a command for it that you can put in the launch options. For some reason I associated that with there being a client CVAR for it. Yeah other than that, I can't imagine a way other than client metamod.

There is a launch option, but nothing that you can put in your config.cfg or userconfig.cfg though...

+width 800 +height 600

It would be nice to have something that detects the clients screen resolution to align hud messages and such nicely on the screen depending on resolution...

[VEN]

Not possible. This info is sotred clientside in windows system registry.

[rx1983]

bump!.
I am looking for this same issue ....

_setvideomode 1
_vid_default_mode 1
_vid_default_mode_win 1
vid_mode 2

_setvideomode 640 x 480
_setvideomode 640x480
_setvideomode "640x 480"
_setvideomode "640x480"


_setvideomode "800x600"
_setvideomode "800 x 600"


_setvideomode 800 x 600
_setvideomode 800x600

+width 800 
+height 600

+width 640 
+height 480


vid_config_x 640
vid_config_y 480


+width 640 
+height 480


_setvideomode 1

SetVideoMode 640x480

_setvideomode 1
_vid_default_mode 1
_vid_default_mode_win 1
vid_mode 2
vid_config_x 640
vid_config_y 480
+width 640 
+height 480

I've been doing some testing and realized that the command _setvideomode 800 x 600, it works after the restart.
would have no way to use it to get the screen resolution of the client, since this plugin takes the video mode: renderer

http://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?p=752203


anyone have any other ideas besides the ven?