Unable to launch in fullscreen mode

After updating video card, galciv II won't start in fullscreen mode (just get a black box on my desktop that goes away when I end program)

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I recently upgraded to Nvidia GeForce 9600.  Now when I start up GalCiv II, I get a black box on my desktop (it blocks out icons, mouse cursor, all other open windows) that is the size of the resolution set for the game.  My desktop resolution is set to 1680x1050, but I don't want to run the game at that resolution.  If I set the game resolution manually (through prefs.ini) to 1024x768 and turn off fullscreen, the game opens in a window and works fine.

Next, I updated to the latest nvidia driver, and updated GalCiv II (original, then DA, then TA) to version 2 through Impulse.  Still get the very same error.

I don't want to have to change my desktop resolution manually to the game resolution just to get it to run in fullscreen (if they are the same, the game will run fullscreen even if fullscreen is turned off in prefs.ini).  Is this a known problem?

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

My desktop resolution is set to 1680x1050, but I don't want to run the game at that resolution.
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What resolution *do* you want to run it at? Some drivers don't like switching modes to fullscreen D3D mode at different resolutions/refresh rates from the desktop, so using the desktop res is the surest way to make it work.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

well maybe you could try changing your desktop resolution to the resolution you want to run galciv2 at, just before launching the game.

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