i have made a game, and the objects all come out funny (using the gridlayout) when not in 1024x768 how would i change it to that resolution when the user opens the game?

 

 

If u r using swing then u can use the following

JFrame.setSize(new Dimension(d.width,d.height));

I guess this might help!!

 

 

i replaced d.width,d.height with 1024, 768 and it didn't do anything

anyone else got an idea

 

 

That statement will set the Frame's size to 1024 x 768. If you want to change the screen-resolution of your monitor, the only option I see is to use JNI.

 

 

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No need for jni here!

And yes you can change to any ( supported ) resolution.

This is a simple demo:
It read the current resolution and opens a new frame (fullscreen) in 1024 x 768.
And later change the resolution back to old one.

import java.awt.Window;
import java.awt.GraphicsDevice;
import java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment;
import java.awt.DisplayMode;
import java.awt.Frame;
 
public class DisplayModeTest0
{
 
    public DisplayModeTest0()
    {
        GraphicsDevice myDevice = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment().getDefaultScreenDevice();
 
        Frame frame = new Frame();
        Window w = new Window( frame );
        w.setSize(500,500);
        w.setVisible(true);
 
        DisplayMode oldDisplayMode = myDevice.getDisplayMode();
        DisplayMode newDisplayMode = new DisplayMode( 1024,768, 32, 85 );
 
        try
        {
            myDevice.setFullScreenWindow(w);
            myDevice.setDisplayMode(newDisplayMode);
            Thread.sleep(5000);
        }
        catch( Exception e )
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        finally
        {
            myDevice.setDisplayMode(oldDisplayMode);
            myDevice.setFullScreenWindow(null);
        }
        System.exit(0);
    }
 
 
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        DisplayModeTest0 displayModeTest = new DisplayModeTest0();
    }
}

Need more information start read the fullscreen guid:
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/extra/fullscreen/index.html

good luck!