Author Topic: Hor+ widescreen? (Read 22081 times)

Leopardi · « **on:** Thursday, January 19, 2012, 06:12:08 AM »

Because honestly, the widescreen users are suffering in this game:

Spanky · Quote from: ELiZ on Monday, February 16, 2015, 09:57:26 AM

Sorry, I'm not understanding, what's your point?

Leopardi · « **Reply #2 on:** Thursday, January 19, 2012, 06:32:14 AM »

Quote from: Spanky on Thursday, January 19, 2012, 06:18:00 AM

Sorry, I'm not understanding, what's your point?

Is it possible to add widescreen support that doesn't cut out half of the view?

Go_Cat75 · « **Reply #3 on:** Thursday, January 19, 2012, 08:17:58 AM »

Quote from: Leopardi on Thursday, January 19, 2012, 06:32:14 AM

Is it possible to add widescreen support that doesn't cut out half of the view?

He meas he can see more in 4:3 than he can in 16:9. This limit is on the screen width so by its own design ratio you can't fit a 4:3 screen in 16:9 without chopping off the top and bottom.

Koden · « **Reply #4 on:** Thursday, January 19, 2012, 08:28:26 AM »

Have you ever tried playing windowed guys? You can reshape the window as much as you like, so i don't think it is an issue. You can create a 4:3 window, you'll probably have unused space, but who cares.

[Nifty]-mister · « **Reply #5 on:** Thursday, January 19, 2012, 10:37:24 AM »

Missus can play on 16:9 with no problems, no chopping etc.

Spanky · Quote from: ELiZ on Monday, February 16, 2015, 09:57:26 AM

If you're playing 1280x1024, then you likely have a 17" monitor which is NOT widescreen. Wanting to play 16:9 or 16:10 on a 4:3 monitor will make black bars appear. You have to have a widescreen monitor to play widescreen

Now, if you do have a widescreen monitor and the highest you can go is 1280x1024, maybe you need driver updates.

Leopardi · « **Reply #7 on:** Thursday, January 19, 2012, 15:03:11 PM »

Quote from: Spanky on Thursday, January 19, 2012, 13:50:14 PM

If you're playing 1280x1024, then you likely have a 17" monitor which is NOT widescreen. Wanting to play 16:9 or 16:10 on a 4:3 monitor will make black bars appear. You have to have a widescreen monitor to play widescreen

Now, if you do have a widescreen monitor and the highest you can go is 1280x1024, maybe you need driver updates.

Noo, the pictures I posted are 16:9 and 5:4. 16:9 widescreen is like watching through a scope all the time, to a point it's not even playable.

Spanky · Quote from: ELiZ on Monday, February 16, 2015, 09:57:26 AM

Sorry, I'm not good with aspect ratios. Anyway, what monitor do you have? It's always best to use your monitor's native resolution.

BlueBlaster · « **Reply #9 on:** Thursday, January 19, 2012, 17:17:50 PM »

1280x1024 is 5:4

1024x768 is 4:3

My monitor at home is a 17" with 1280x1024 native resolution, so everything looks best on resolutions of 5:4
If I use a widescreen resolution in games, the view gets cut.

Leopardi · « **Reply #10 on:** Thursday, January 19, 2012, 22:03:57 PM »

Quote from: Spanky on Thursday, January 19, 2012, 15:20:13 PM

Sorry, I'm not good with aspect ratios. Anyway, what monitor do you have? It's always best to use your monitor's native resolution.

Dell U2312HM which is 1920x1080 (16:9)... but I can't use it, absolute tunnel vision. Instead I use 1280x960 (4:3) stretched, which is ugly but at least playing doesn't feel like watching through a scope all the time.

Spanky · Quote from: ELiZ on Monday, February 16, 2015, 09:57:26 AM

How can't you use it? Can you provide a screenshot at that resolution? I'm at 1680x1050 and have absolutely no problem. I know Skrewy has a 1920x1080 monitor, maybe he'll report some findings.

Spanky · Quote from: ELiZ on Monday, February 16, 2015, 09:57:26 AM

You know, I was thinking about this and I think I know what you're talking about:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/GameShots/ArmyOps%202010-08-09%2012-14-19-82.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/GameShots/ArmyOps%202010-08-09%2012-12-42-56.jpg

Stretched at the outside edge, looks like things get smaller in the center? The screenshots above are from when I had a 3-monitor setup so it's super stretched from side to side. The problem is FOV. Each game and each engine handles it differently. This effect is usually not too noticeable on widescreen monitors but if you look for it, it's there. You can't change your FOV without getting kicked via PunkBuster for hacking. I can suggest 3 options:

Play fullscreen at native resolution and just deal with it.
Play windowed at 1280x1024.
Get a 1920x1200 monitor.

If you could change your FOV in-game, it would look more like this:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/GameShots/ArmyOps%202010-08-09%2012-15-45-63.jpg

Jared · « **Reply #13 on:** Thursday, January 19, 2012, 23:56:28 PM »

this guys wack, i play on my 19" wide screen just fine for years. No issues, with seeing or bad reg. The game should always match your desktop res.

Spanky · Quote from: ELiZ on Monday, February 16, 2015, 09:57:26 AM

Quote from: Jared on Thursday, January 19, 2012, 23:56:28 PM

this guys wack, i play on my 19" wide screen just fine for years. No issues, with seeing or bad reg. The game should always match your desktop res.

What resolution? I'd guess 1440x900 which is 16:10, not 16:9 like his.

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