Tenderfoot Thahd travesty Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 For some reason, the new Nethergate refuses to change the screen resolution on my laptop. Avernums 1-4 all do it properly. I can change manually to 800x600 before I start playing, but it's kind of annoying to have to do that. Whether I have it preset to change resolutions, or have it ask on startup, it always just centers the game in my standard resolution (1280x800). Any suggestions? It's a Dell XPS M1210 laptop running Windows XP Professional Version 2002 with Service Pack 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Spidweb Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 This is by design. In widescreen monitors, if it switches to 800x600, it scretches out the game area and makes it look weird. This way, the game looks for the resolution on your monitor that makes the game area have the intended aspect ratio. The resolution you're getting is the closest option. - Jeff Vogel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenderfoot Thahd travesty Posted August 10, 2007 Author Share Posted August 10, 2007 But I actually prefer it at 800x600! If I want it to stay at 1280x800, I can just tell it not to switch. As it is, both options (switch or don't switch) are the same. Well, I can just do it manually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenderfoot Thahd travesty Posted August 11, 2007 Author Share Posted August 11, 2007 Oh, and although I don't know how typical this behavior is, when my monitor is in 800x600 mode, it doesn't distort things; rather, it has two black bars on the left and right of the screen to have a standard 4:3 ratio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fledgling Fyora gis Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 hmm my problem is related to this subject also: windows xp, widescreen 15,4" so my computer is a laptop, and the picture streches so much that only about one eigth of the picture is visible in the screen and no options have been enabled wether or not to change resolution. i cannot possibly choose any further options since cannot see even menu items. if anyone knows a way outta this i would appreciate it. ++ gis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 I know this doesn't really help anyone, but I'm really starting to wonder when Jeff is going to stop using the 4:3 ratio for all his games. I mean, 40% of his sales are to Mac users. There isn't a single Mac that has a 4:3 screen on the market today, and there hasn't been for quite some time. A healthy number of PCs are 16:10 now too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Quote: Originally written by Tyranicus:A healthy number of PCs are 16:10 now too. Why's it called 16:10 and not 8:5, anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Micawber Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Quote: Why's it called 16:10 and not 8:5, anyway? I guess because a lot more people have 19" monitors than 9" ones. Though that line of thought raises the question of why the tv ratio is called 4:3 rather than say, 12:9. Edit: Double D'oh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Lattan Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Quote: Originally written by Thuryl: Quote: Originally written by Tyranicus:A healthy number of PCs are 16:10 now too. Why's it called 16:10 and not 8:5, anyway? My assumption is that it's easier to compare to 16:9 and people like tens. gis, can you give us a better description of what's going on? Which way is the picture stretched? Have you ever run the game successfully before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fledgling Fyora Mr Pras Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 I have the same problem in XP SP2 Not in Vista - works fine also 4:3 because it's the smallest possible numbers to describe the ratio The reason we use 16:10 and not 8:5 is to conform to 16:9, at least I think so.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Quote: Originally written by Mr Pras:also 4:3 because it's the smallest possible numbers to describe the ratio The reason we use 16:10 and not 8:5 is to conform to 16:9, at least I think so.. Why not 16:12 for 4:3 then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Schrodinger Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 A quick work-around for those of us with widescreen laptop windows XP is to manually change the resolution of your screen to 800x600, then click on "don't change" when the box comes up on starting Nethergate. It'll result in a nice, large playing area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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