Help With Sideways Screen

Psychotronic · 05-13-2010, 01:03 PM

Attempting to play TF2 on my work laptop (which means that I am unable to upgrade the vid card, so don't suggest that as a fix, please), which is:

Dell Latitude E4300
XP Pro SP3
P9600 @ 2.53 GHz
2 GB RAM
onboard Intel video GMA 4500 1 GHZ
run at 1280 x 800

So, yeah -- I know it won't be great at it, but I'll get to play on my lunch hour occasionally, right?

The game loads SIDEWAYS -- i.e.: what should be the TOP is on the left side. The Windows fix (ctr-alt-arrow) just flips it 180 degrees, so it's never right side up. Other Steam games (admittedly, older ones such as CS) that I've tried work fine.

Any ideas on how to fix this problem???? I looked but could not find a solution. Thanks!

Psychotronic · 05-15-2010, 10:31 AM

28 views and no ideas, eh? Hmmm...

TheMG · 05-15-2010, 10:41 AM

Can you grab a screenshot of that? I'm not 100% sure what you're trying to describe. Never heard of any problem like it before.

05-15-2010, 11:21 AM

Have you tried playing in windowed mode?
You can do this one fo two ways, one would be to start Team Fortress 2 and go into options, video, then on the right hand side(or bottom in your case) you should see an option that says "fullscreen", try changing that to "Play in a window".(It may also be a good idea to lower TF2's resolution aswell, but that's your choice.)

Amander · 05-15-2010, 11:48 AM

Did you play around in the Intel GPU utulities? AFAIK they can set such stuff on a per-app-base.

Psychotronic · 05-16-2010, 07:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheMG

Can you grab a screenshot of that? I'm not 100% sure what you're trying to describe. Never heard of any problem like it before.

Don't know how to do that, sorry. Also, the mouse goes sideways as well. Down is right, Up is left, etc...but only in TF2.

Basically, the whole thing (screen and mouse function) is 45 degrees counter-clockwise.

Psychotronic · 05-16-2010, 07:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sgt_Hawk

Have you tried playing in windowed mode?
You can do this one fo two ways, one would be to start Team Fortress 2 and go into options, video, then on the right hand side(or bottom in your case) you should see an option that says "fullscreen", try changing that to "Play in a window".(It may also be a good idea to lower TF2's resolution aswell, but that's your choice.)

I will try that now, thanks!

jor · 05-16-2010, 07:33 AM

Try ctrl+alt+arrow keys.
On an Intel GPU these shortcuts will orient the display in the given direction, might work.

Psychotronic · 05-16-2010, 08:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jor

Try ctrl+alt+arrow keys.
On an Intel GPU these shortcuts will orient the display in the given direction, might work.

That was the first thing I tried, it didn't work. Well, it sort of worked -- it flipped it 180 degrees, but never right-side-up. Weird.

jor · 05-16-2010, 08:18 AM

You did try the up arrow as well? Pretty weird the orientation is screwed up in the first place, but it should support all four directions.

joemtnbike · 05-16-2010, 08:31 AM

ctrl + alt + up arrow.
I also think there is a way to disable the reorienting of the screen altogether i just can't recall it at the moment.

Petchyy · 05-16-2010, 08:58 AM

What a weird problem, it's nothing to do with any auto rotate feature on your monitor is it?

Psychotronic · 05-16-2010, 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Petchyy

What a weird problem, it's nothing to do with any auto rotate feature on your monitor is it?

Dunno, I'm on a laptop.

06-03-2010, 10:26 AM

I've actually got exactly the same problem:

Going to a conference, and I thought I'd install TF2 on my work laptop, and it came up sideways. None of the display settings had any effect.

Mine is a Latitude E6500.

I was able to solve it though by following the configuration suggestions here:
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/te...413&pid=437678

I'm not sure exactly why that would make it not sideways, but it did. I hope this helps!

Tenkari · 06-03-2010, 10:37 AM

well, i know with windows 7, there are options to change the orientation of the screen, and theres an option for all four directions.

there may be a way to do it in game settings as well if it happened to you.

05-13-2010, 01:03 PM	#1
Psychotronic Join Date: Sep 2007 Reputation: 0 Posts: 18	Help With Sideways Screen Attempting to play TF2 on my work laptop (which means that I am unable to upgrade the vid card, so don't suggest that as a fix, please), which is: Dell Latitude E4300 XP Pro SP3 P9600 @ 2.53 GHz 2 GB RAM onboard Intel video GMA 4500 1 GHZ run at 1280 x 800 So, yeah -- I know it won't be great at it, but I'll get to play on my lunch hour occasionally, right? The game loads SIDEWAYS -- i.e.: what should be the TOP is on the left side. The Windows fix (ctr-alt-arrow) just flips it 180 degrees, so it's never right side up. Other Steam games (admittedly, older ones such as CS) that I've tried work fine. Any ideas on how to fix this problem???? I looked but could not find a solution. Thanks!

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05-15-2010, 10:31 AM	#2
Psychotronic Join Date: Sep 2007 Reputation: 0 Posts: 18	28 views and no ideas, eh? Hmmm...

05-15-2010, 10:41 AM	#3
TheMG Volunteer Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Reputation: 1722 Posts: 10,255	Can you grab a screenshot of that? I'm not 100% sure what you're trying to describe. Never heard of any problem like it before.

05-15-2010, 11:21 AM	#4
Sgt_Hawk Guest Posts: n/a	Have you tried playing in windowed mode? You can do this one fo two ways, one would be to start Team Fortress 2 and go into options, video, then on the right hand side(or bottom in your case) you should see an option that says "fullscreen", try changing that to "Play in a window".(It may also be a good idea to lower TF2's resolution aswell, but that's your choice.)

05-15-2010, 11:48 AM	#5
Amander Join Date: Feb 2010 Reputation: 561 Posts: 8,143	Did you play around in the Intel GPU utulities? AFAIK they can set such stuff on a per-app-base.

05-16-2010, 07:33 AM	#8
jor Join Date: Feb 2007 Reputation: 63 Posts: 1,461	Try ctrl+alt+arrow keys. On an Intel GPU these shortcuts will orient the display in the given direction, might work.

05-16-2010, 08:18 AM	#10
jor Join Date: Feb 2007 Reputation: 63 Posts: 1,461	You did try the up arrow as well? Pretty weird the orientation is screwed up in the first place, but it should support all four directions.

05-16-2010, 08:31 AM	#11
joemtnbike Join Date: Apr 2009 Reputation: 1062 Posts: 2,410	ctrl + alt + up arrow. I also think there is a way to disable the reorienting of the screen altogether i just can't recall it at the moment.

05-16-2010, 08:58 AM	#12
Petchyy Join Date: Mar 2009 Reputation: 606 Posts: 1,856	What a weird problem, it's nothing to do with any auto rotate feature on your monitor is it?

06-03-2010, 10:26 AM	#14
zip_0000 Guest Posts: n/a	I've actually got exactly the same problem: Going to a conference, and I thought I'd install TF2 on my work laptop, and it came up sideways. None of the display settings had any effect. Mine is a Latitude E6500. I was able to solve it though by following the configuration suggestions here: http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/te...413&pid=437678 I'm not sure exactly why that would make it not sideways, but it did. I hope this helps!

06-03-2010, 10:37 AM	#15
Tenkari Join Date: May 2010 Reputation: 10 Posts: 602	well, i know with windows 7, there are options to change the orientation of the screen, and theres an option for all four directions. there may be a way to do it in game settings as well if it happened to you.