Cant load Apex at 1280x720 fullscreeen

Since the new update now every time I open the game I keep getting there's a new version of origin please exit etc but I know there isn't and to fix it I need to verify game files EVERYTIME I open the game.

Not only this but now I can't change my res anymore. I tried everything, verify game files, messed with the video settings text file, getting rid of the text file completely and repair the game, restarted origin, uninstalled and reinstalled apex, restart my PC, all my drivers are up to date, messed with the game properties. I'm still stuck at init failed 1280 x 720. I want to play at this res even tho my monitor is 1920 x 1080.

If it helps I just recently switched from win7 to win10 because earlier I had a problem where the game will randomly crash and I heard only win7 and win8 had this problem, however, win10 players didn't.

The_Tibber
7 years ago
Right click your desktop and open Nvidia control panel.
Go to adjust desktop size and positioning.
Tick the Override the scaling mocde in games and programs.
Select perform scaling on: Display
Tick full screen.
Apply
Next
Go to Change resolution.
Click customise.
Tick enable resolutions not exposed by the display.
Click Create custom resolution.
Set the horizontal pixels to 1280.
and vertical lines to 720.
Click test
Confirm and apply everything till you reach the control panel again.
select your custom resolution:
Apply then go into game and check the resolution is correct.
Once done come out of the game and back to the control panel and set it back to the native resolution.
then jump back in game and check your settings.
Now, if the problem is still there the only way to run the game in 720 is to set the display to 720 which would reduce the resolution for all other programs or games.
Other than that we have pretty much scraped the barrel at this point, so you may have to post a bug report about your issue and forward this post to show what has been done so far.

16 Replies

Konform103
7 years ago
have you tried editing video config file to 1024x768 and fullscreen "0"? you can try and rightclick on apex.exe and disable windows fullscreen optimization see if that works (if it doesnt restore it)
SoulTiger7777
7 years ago
Yes also to add in-game every setting I can change except Aspect ratio and res. I can change windowed, fullscreen, and windowed borderless but all they do is make the window smaller.
The_Tibber
7 years ago
ohhh did you update your motherboard drivers when you upgraded from 7 to 10?
The win 7 drivers on a win 10 can be flakey.
If not follow my guide here and look at the core windows maintenence section:
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/In-Depth-Trouble-shooting-Guide/m-p/7472105#M165
That should resolve any driver conflict when you upgraded your OS. (A lot of people thought win10 was unstable when it first came out but it was actually the drivers)
If you want you can follow through to issues relating to origins and apex legends.
if your sure that fixing apex wont help, the guide will remove files that are left behind and can cause issues.
The last thing to try is to nudge the game to communicate with the core GPU settings.
Follow this, number 2: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/Can-t-change-native-resolution/m-p/7484326/highlight/true#M16672
SoulTiger7777
7 years ago
To think about no I did not. Thank you, I will download these and head to my class ill update you when I get back.
Edit: it's weird because every solution I check everyone said to update your GPU drivers or its a GPU problem.
The_Tibber
7 years ago
Chipset drivers are the core drivers for any PC, the only thing more hardware critical is the BIOS.
Low level fixes can be GPU drivers, but if the driver of the devices the GPU connects to are outdated. . .
Well you can guess the rest :P
SoulTiger7777
7 years ago
Ok so I downloaded everything and updated my bios first next was the VGA but apparently I don't meet the system requirements...... wut.
https://www.asus.com/me-en/Motherboards/Z170-A/HelpDesk_Download/
Win10 64-bit. I don't know how my system doesn't meet the requirements lmao. I'm looking at the box I have on my wall and it says Z170-A am I missing something lol.
The_Tibber
7 years ago
That is a wierd error i see a lot of the time when doing motherboard drivers.
For now just skip it as the vga is for internal graphics.
SoulTiger7777
7 years ago
Updated everything however VGA couldn't install so ignored that and I restarted. Once i booted up I tried VGA just one more time but still didn't work. Went back into the game and the Res and aspect ratio are still locked. Went and repaired the game just for extra measure and I still have that Origin Update issue and same with the res and aspect ratio.
The_Tibber
7 years ago
Hmm just to eliminate whats left.
Follow the section of the guide which mentions issues relating to origin and apex.
In that guide is a deep uninstall that will redo Apex legends and origin.
The last thing is to make a new resolution that the game can detect but id rather address any possible issue that it was a corrupt file.
Ill write down how to do that in the next post.
The_Tibber
7 years ago
Right click your desktop and open Nvidia control panel.
Go to adjust desktop size and positioning.
Tick the Override the scaling mocde in games and programs.
Select perform scaling on: Display
Tick full screen.
Apply
Next
Go to Change resolution.
Click customise.
Tick enable resolutions not exposed by the display.
Click Create custom resolution.
Set the horizontal pixels to 1280.
and vertical lines to 720.
Click test
Confirm and apply everything till you reach the control panel again.
select your custom resolution:
Apply then go into game and check the resolution is correct.
Once done come out of the game and back to the control panel and set it back to the native resolution.
then jump back in game and check your settings.
Now, if the problem is still there the only way to run the game in 720 is to set the display to 720 which would reduce the resolution for all other programs or games.
Other than that we have pretty much scraped the barrel at this point, so you may have to post a bug report about your issue and forward this post to show what has been done so far.