Reset video in Portal?

[MrPr3f3ct]

OK, does anyone know how to reset the video to default settings in Portal? It cannot be done In-Game because the resolution is currently set too high. The monitor won't support it. Therefore, there is no menu to adjust the current resolution. Any ideas? Is there a file I can edit? I have tried the " -autoconfig" string added to the command line, no dice there. I'm at a loss... Attempting to reinstall HL2, EP1 and Portal to see if that resets it.

 

[AphexDreamer]

THat Hapend to me with Empire Earth, I had set the resolution to one that my moniter did not support so I ended up uninstalling it and deleting all files and folders and then reinstalling.

 

[Mussels]

most games have a config file somewhere, you might try looking in the steamapps folder under your user name, or maybe its got the files in your my docs folder.

 

[ktr]

The autoconfig should have worked. Add this line instead "-width 1024 -height 768".

After you run the game with those switches, reconfigure the game to your desire res, and remove them...or set your desire res right then.

 

[wazzledoozle]

Right click portal>properties> set launch options>

add this:
-width 1024 -height 768

or whatever dimensions you want.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

you can also use -w 1280 -d 1024,i nvr knew you could type the whole words wazzle.i found out how to do it from the steam forum.

 

[MrPr3f3ct]

Also tried the strings mentioned above (-w 1024) still not displaying. Monitor continues to display "Frequency Out Of Range".

[edit] Apparently I didn't put a space in between the "-w" and "1024" the first time. It's working now... Thanx tigger69...

 

[ktr]

you can also use -w 1280 -d 1024,i nvr knew you could type the whole words wazzle.i found out how to do it from the steam forum.

yea, you can put whole words.