How can I fix old games being run in portrait mode on my Windows tablet?
I have a tablet with Windows 10 on it. It has an Intel Cherry Trail processor with integrated graphic card. I installed several games on it (Warcraft 3, C&C: Generals, NFS: Most Wanted, UT2004, DOOM 3, Flat Out 2, Counter Strike 1.6). While some of the games (Flat Out 2, NFS: Most Wanted, DOOM 3, Counter Strike 1.6) run fine, the rest of the games is trying to display in portrait mode:
I have not been able to find out how to fix this. Only option is Windowed mode with Warcraft 3, but the tablet can't handle 2048x1536 resolution fluently, so I would have to change my desktop resolution anytime I want to play it. Also you can not really move around the map in the game by touching the side with mouse, as it is in windowed mode.
Funny think also is, that it displays rotated, but the controls (or touch input) reacts as it is displayed correctly. From my investigation it seems to be DirectX 8 related problem and that games that runs on higher DirectX are ok.
I also tried compatibility mode, disable scaling, different resolutions but without any success. Since I did not found the solution I decided to create this question.
EDIT: My girlfriend bought this netbook recently. It has the same processor as my Onda, so I tried some game on her tablet. I actually only tried Warcraft 3, but there was no problem with screen rotation. So it might be an error specific only to my ONDA tablet, or maybe I have some bad GPU drivers or something like that. Still no sollution though :(
Examples:
Warcraft 3 can run in portrait mode:
Best Answer
With an external keyboard you could try:
? + Alt + ? or ?
to rotate the screen
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Why are my games in portrait mode?
For Android users:Swipe your finger down from the top of the screen to bring up your quick settings toolbar. You will have an option for rotation that can be tapped to turn off the rotation lock. Please do not hesitate to reach out to our Customer Support team if you'd like more assistance!How do I fix windows portrait mode?
CTRL + ALT + Right Arrow for portrait. CTRL + ALT + Down Arrow for reverse-landscape. CTRL + ALT + Left Arrow for reverse-portrait.How do you play a game in landscape mode?
For Android devices: Open your device's Settings app....How do I play in Landscape orientation?How do I get my screen back to landscape?
Rotate the screen with a keyboard shortcut Hit CTRL+ALT+Up Arrow and your Windows desktop should return to landscape mode. You can rotate the screen to portrait or upside-down landscape by hitting CTRL+ALT+Left Arrow, Right Arrow or Down arrow.make your old game run in windowed mode
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Answer 2
Unfortunately, no. These games are either not detecting the change of orientation or are not made to run in that orientation
Answer 3
Try a wrapper, I know they are for setting window mode, but they are a modern implementation. So maybe running old games through one will scale and rotate properly. http://www.ghacks.net/2014/05/04/force-fullscreen-games-play-windowed-mode/ Might help...
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