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How do I set the graphics mode in XDE (editLCA) for DOS?


Record #1370

Problem Title:
How do I set the graphics mode in XDE (editLCA) for DOS?


Problem Description:
The default mode for XDE is VGA4 (4-Color VGA 640 x 480) but there are several r
esolutions and color pallets availible for the DOS-based XDE.  How do I set one
as default?


Solution 1:

In order to set the default graphics mode for XDE, the following line needs to b
e added to your autoexec.bat :

SET GRMODE=<graphics_mode>

A list of graphics modes are shown below.

It is suggested that before setting this environment variable to execute XDE wit
h the desired graphics mode from the commandline to be sure there are no conflic
ts with your video card.  To do so, type the following from a DOS prompt :

XDE -G <graphics_mode>

These are the acceptable graphics_mode entries:

VGA4	     (4-Color VGA 640 x 480)
VGA8	     (8-Color VGA 640 x 480)
VGA16	     (16-Color VGA 640 x 480)
VGAP4	     (4-Color VGA 800 x 600)
VGAP8	     (8-Color VGA 800 x 600)
VGAP16	     (16-Color VGA 800 x 600)
VESA16	     (16-Color VGA 800 x 600)



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