As you have already noticed the Powerbook G4 can only display its native resolution of 1440x960.

So games running at a much lower resolution would end up appearing as a small box on the screen.
Now i found a way to play Freespace 2 in a higher resolution of 1024x768.

1. Download unshield from aminet and copy it to c:

http://aminet.net/util/arc/unshield05-mos.lha

2. Put your Freespace 2 CD1 into your cd drive.

3. Open up a shell and cd to the desired destination drawer and type in

Code:

4. Now you will have to copy the file "sparky_hi_fs2.vp" to your Freespace2/data directory.

5. At last you will have to edit freespace2.ini file in the main directory and replace videocard=OpenGL (640x480) with videocard=OpenGL (1024x768)

Now Freespace2 should start at a higher resolution. Have Fun!

[ Edited by Cego 12.08.2013 - 14:09 ]

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[ Edited by Cego 12.08.2013 - 13:43 ]

> 4. Now you will have to copy the file "sparky_hi_fs2.vp" to your Freespace2/data directory.
> 5. At last you will have to edit freespace2.ini file in the main directory and replace
> videocard=OpenGL (640x480) with videocard=OpenGL (1024x768)

Just for the record, this part has also been covered 7 years ago by the news item and comments to be found there:

https://morph.zone/modules/news/article_storyid_1107.html

yeah, but the point here is the actual description of how to do that :)

that news item gave me the idea to figure that out and make this how to.

> the point here is the actual description of how to do that :) that news
> item gave me the idea to figure that out and make this how to.

In one of the comments, kiero said he would upload a script that was able to extract the high resolution data. I guess this never happened then.

yeah, i couldnt find that script anywhere, so i had to do it on my own and share it with the community. i think a few people, who'd also love to play freespace 2 on their PB G4 might benefit from it.

Just a heads up, as it's already 5 years old.
It still works.



Manfred

Now you can set a custom resolution on a powerbook too.