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How to play Ground Control in 2021
By kony
Describes how to run Ground Control on modern systems in high resolutions.
   
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Languages: English
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28 Sep, 2021 @ 11:15am
23 Nov, 2021 @ 11:47pm
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Custom resolution 
4k resolution 
Crash 
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Custom resolution
1. Make a fresh install of Ground Control Anthology.

2. Download Ground Control Resolution Changer 2.1:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E58QoPPcNv9O-wEJl9sE-uB6JOTAYgYf/view

3. Unpack .zip and copy gc-resolution-changer.exe to the game's folder
...\Steam\steamapps\common\Ground Control Anthology

4. Run gc-resolution-changer.exe and set up desired resolution (i.e. 1920x1200).

5. Launch the game (through steam or gc.exe) and go in the main menu to video settings and change the resolution to 800x600, apply and quit the game.

6. Launch the game again, this time your desired resolution should be set!
4k resolution
1. Follow previous instructions, but set as follows:
For 16:9 monitors: 1024x576
For 16:10/8:5 monitors: 1024x640
For 21:9 monitors: 1024x432

2. Download dgVoodoo2:
http://dege.freeweb.hu/dgVoodoo2/bin/dgVoodoo2_75_1.zip

3. Extract dgVoodoo2 to desired location.
4. Copy D3Dlmm.dll and DDraw.dll from .../dgVoodoo2_75_1.zip/MS/x86 to the game folder.
5. Navigate to the folder your extracted dgVoodooSetup.exe to, then run dgVoodooSetup.exe.
6. Click "Add" and navigate to the game's folder, then click "Select Folder".
7. Click on the DirectX tab.
10. Under Resolution, select your monitor's native 4K resolution from the dropdown list.
11. Click "Apply" then "OK".
12. Run the game

Crash
If you experience crash at startup on Windows 10 you may want to install the crash fix:
https://www.moddb.com/mods/ground-control-windows-10-crash-fix/downloads/patch25
Original thread for the fix: https://sp.zhabite.com/app/254820/discussions/0/3004430047201705310/

Note that I did not try this fix as I had no such issues on my W10.
9 Comments
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brad.yuri.kun 7 Jun @ 10:34pm 
nope. doesn't work for me. D3DXERR_INVALIDMODE for me. This game is impossible to get running on Win 11 it seems.
kongmingtwo 10 May @ 6:22am 
Doesn't seem to work for me. Using the non-4k instructions, after step 5 when I launch I get an error "DDERROR_INVALIDOBJECT"
Lunak 13 Oct, 2024 @ 5:20pm 
Download dgVoodoo2 doesnt work anymore
interrogatus 2 Aug, 2024 @ 12:10pm 
It works for me on Win 11!
Apone 2 Feb, 2024 @ 12:18am 
Does not seem to work. (Two monitors, Win 10)
@xi@g@me 18 Jan, 2022 @ 2:15pm 
No, you can't. That's hardcoded in the game program.
kony  [author] 18 Jan, 2022 @ 9:04am 
I don't think you can scale the UI, unfortnately.
Alrightythen 17 Jan, 2022 @ 4:52pm 
question I got a problem wrere the text is really small
once I increased the resolution size
@xi@g@me 23 Nov, 2021 @ 10:36am 
According to what I found when debugging the game before I wrote the crash fix, it may be related to keyboard having media keys, or extra peripherals (game controller). I unfortunately do not know what exactly was wrong. What I can assure is that it is not related to multiple monitors, as I read in some places.