Resolution auto-changer [Current version 1.0.1.0]

[Aury]

Current version: 1.0.1.0

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3061400/ChangeRes1010.zip

Description:
nominally speaking, this is a command line utility; basically what it does is it takes a number of arguments specifying a display mode, and then runs some specified program, and resets the display mode once the program has finished executing.
This program is meant for people with large displays, where the UI of transcendence is uncomfortably displaced from the game window, though it will work with any program.

How to use:
Step 1: create a shortcut to this program
Step 2: edit the "target" to look something like this:
""...path/ChangeRes.exe" -h=900 -w=1600 -f=60 -g=0 -b=32 "-p=...path/transcendence.exe" "-a=/windowed /debug""

-h controls height
-w controls width
-f controls frequency
-g controls flags (basically interlaced or not interlaced)
-b controls color depth

Its not necessary to include them all, as you can normally just specify height and width, and the rest of the values will be copied over from the current display mode, but this may not work if you have an interlaced display mode by default (in which case you need to put -g=0)
Step 3: save the link, and then run the program from there. It will do the rest. (note, if nothing seems to happen, its because you had invalid args. Try copying the line of text you have in the target, going into command prompt, right-clicking, select "paste" and then run that, and see what errors come up. Adjust it as necessary. Don't worry about experimenting, as it will reject any non-valid parameters. Do note that windows doesn't like some very low-res display modes & may experience glitches)

Changelog:

1.0.1.0
- added the ability to pass arguments to the target executable

1.0.0.2
- minor cleanup, no functionality changes.

1.0.0.1
- updated with readme, licensce, and license in assembly info

1.0.0.0
- initial release

License & Disclaimer:

Copyright (c) 2012, Alexander Huitric
All rights reserved.
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[Star Weaver]

Nifty! Do you happen to be using an API fo this that allows you to set and restore the gamma, too?

[Ttech]

How come I never saw this before? And I thought it was an april fools joke?

[Amariithynar]

It works just fine for me!

[Star Weaver]

Heh, I downloaded it but it's backlogged behind a tonne of portable software downloads which got delayed by me getting pissed off at how all unarchivers worked and writing a python script which got delayed by me getting pissed of at bash and beating my rc file into a bloody mess....