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Posted by: MarcAFK
« on: April 17, 2020, 08:36:31 PM »

Quote from: SevenOfCarina on April 17, 2020, 08:25:45 PM
This feels slightly petty.  ::)

-snip-
Option 3 is rather petty, but the rest is useful suggestions.
Posted by: SevenOfCarina
« on: April 17, 2020, 08:25:45 PM »

This feels slightly petty.  ::)

Option 5
Swap to Linux for unlimited screen rescaling and shenanigans.

Opton 6
Run Aurora in a virtual machine allowing for unlimited screen resizing and scroll bars.

Option 5.5
Do what I do - run Aurora using Wine in a Linux virtual machine with a perfectly functional Win 7 host computer.
Posted by: MarcAFK
« on: April 17, 2020, 08:19:53 PM »

Option 4, plug in another monitor , most people with this issue probably have a TV with higher resolution than their laptop.
Posted by: Agm-114
« on: April 17, 2020, 08:03:10 PM »

Option 1
Step 1:
Download http://ynea.futureware.at/cgi-bin/infinite_screen.pl
Standalone not installer
Step 2: Launch it, then aurora
Step 3:
Go to oversize
Hit reload
[pic of an example window]

Select this and set the res to 1920x1080 (I'd adjust this number later after you get it working)
Step 5: Swap to aurora
Step 4: Pan around your newly usable aurora window by holding ctrl and moving your

Tested and functional on a computer set to 800x600

Option 2
Step 1:
Google
running aurora on small screens
Step 2:
Browse the many solutions provided by reddit and the fourms

Option 3

Get steve to rebuild the game so it can run on your IBM 5150