Manchinarium on Mini Laptop/ notebook

[Ottis]

I just got a new Acer Aspire One, Win XP Home, Intel Atom, 1GB ram 160gb HDD.

I think the problem is with the screen resolution, kind of odd, 1024x 600.
The game runs fine, as far as I've played it, but I can't access the menu at the bottom of the screen, and the only way I can end a game is to "ctl + alt + del" and End Task.

If I could get it out of Full Screen maybe it would show up, is there some way to change this without being able to get to the bottom of the screen??

BTW, love the game!!

[Sandy Trunks]

I did a forum search for "Acer" and found this:  http://machinarium.net/forum/index.php/topic,952.msg4505.html#msg4505
Your solution has something to do with right clicking on the game's desktop icon and fiddling with the settings in order to play at 80% because you can't play at 100% on your specific netbook.  sorry to bear bad news. 

[Ottis]

Hmmmm. Thanks for the reply, but none of the tips helped. I tried changing the screen res to 800 x 600 and running it, also tried running in different compatibility modes, no luck.
I'm going to try playing with the Windows registry settings, and see if it can be changed to 80% by an edit.
I've done registry editing  before, and don't recommend it for the novice, done wrong it can screw your PC up good.
I'll let you know if I find anything that works.    

[ABoretz]

As you've already read, "You can view the game only in 100% mode (1250x790) or 80% mode (1000x632)".
But what happened when you tried: right-click on desktop icon > Compatibility > run at 640 X 480 resolution... Could you see the menu bar then?
Or howzabout you check out popsUlfr's "Display Changer" solution: http://machinarium.net/forum/index.php/topic,499.msg2432.html#msg2432?!

[Ottis]

My screen only works at 1024x600, 0r 800x600, either way I can't see the bottom of the game screen. I tried the "Compatibility > run at 640 X 480", and tried running it with a screen res set at 800x600, the screen was still coped (@100%).

I haven't found the registry entry for display settings (80/ 100%) yet.   

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The Acer Aspire One Video card (on board) only supports 1024x600 or 800x600, so I think I'll skip trying that.
No biggie, I can still play it on my desktop and my full size laptop, or just play it on my Acer without the use of the menu...

Still love the game!

[jst65]

I can still play it on my desktop and my full size laptop

Then try this:
- on your desktop, start game, set it to 80% / Fullscreen Off, close the game
- on your netbook, rename the savegame/settings file "machinarium.sol" as "machinarium.sol.bak"
- copy machinarium.sol from your desktop to your notebook
- run game on netbook, should be windowed@80% now

To find machinarium.sol file see sticky post "Where are my savegames", http://machinarium.net/forum/index.php/topic,463.0.html.

I tried this on my PC, now I have a .sol file that starts a windowed@80% game and another one that starts it fullscreen@100%

Let us know!

[Ottis]

I'll give it a try!

[Ottis]

Didn't work.
I saved at 80% on my full size laptop (Dell inspiron 6000, XP home) transferred the .sol file tomy Acer and opened the game. It took up where I had left off on my full size Dell, but still displayed at 100%.
I guess there's just something about the Acers display that wont let it work at 80%.
I also tried updating the video drivers without results.

I don't believe this is any kind of problem with the game, it's a hardware or driver  problem with the Acer laptop.

thanks for the help! Still love the game!!

[jst65]

Mumble. Have you set Full scren Off on Dell?

[Ottis]

Mumble. Have you set Full scren Off on Dell?

If you mean set to 80%, yes.
I didn't see a way to reduce the window size. (?)

[jst65]

Mumble. Have you set Full scren Off on Dell?

If you mean set to 80%, yes.
I didn't see a way to reduce the window size. (?)

No I mean FULL SCREEN: ON/OFF
Its right near WINDOWS SIZE: 100%/80%

[Ottis]

**Big loud forehead slap!**

AAARRRGGGgggggghhhhh.....

How did I miss that??....................

[jst65]

lol, well does it help?

[Ottis]

I don't have my full size laptop with me right now, I'll get it back Monday.  I'll try it and let you know.

[Ottis]

Sorry for the delay, but I finally got to try the fix.
I still can't access the menu options at the bottom of the screen. I did save the game on my full size laptop with the full screen off and it opened on my acer the same way, with full screen off. However... The "scale" of the game doesn't change with the window size. Even with the taskbar moved to the side of the screen, moving the cursor around the bottom of the screen/ game window does nothing.
As I said, it seems that the scale of the game doesn't change with window size, so the options at the bottom of the screen are always "just out of reach".
The game still plays fine, and the top of the screen is normal so I can access my items and hints etc.

Mini laptops are becoming very popular, so this might be something to look into in future games or (dare I hope) a future Patch...

Love the game!