Wide Screen

[AttuWatcher]

It's not a deal breaker for me.
I'm glad Matrix took it upon themselves to update a great classic game in today's world of high style, low substance gaming.

[Talon_XBMCX]

Hmmm ... to me this is sort of like expecting a Model-T car engine that has been dropped into a Formula-1 chassis to perform like a standard Formula-1 racecar. Sure, the outside is a Formula-1 racer, but under the hood it's still a Model-T. There is only so much you can do to that Model-T engine to make it faster. You are limited by the technology of the original. Depending on how software is architected, designed and coded, the limitations can be very much the same.

As long as Matrix continues to put out quality games I will continue to support them as I do many other game developers. I run 1920x1080 ... the game is usually windowed ... and I find it does not disrupt my gameplay. Your mileage may vary. I often run other applications to help manage these larger strategic games. Now I can run them side by side rather than alt-tabing or having to keep paper notes </shudders>.

I guess if I were Matrix I would be smiling over complaints like these. When people are complaining about cosmetic look and feel, you know you have the content right. Presentation is important ... don't get me wrong ... but when you have the content right the rest is just icing on the cake.

[Kung Sune]

The game looks beautiful on my 1920x1080 40 inch LCD-TV without any ugly black bars. I didn't even notice that the picture is slightly distorted until I read the comments here. Very satisfied so far with the game!

[cdcool]

ORIGINAL: Kung Sune

The game looks beautiful on my 1920x1080 40 inch LCD-TV without any ugly black bars. I didn't even notice that the picture is slightly distorted until I read the comments here. Very satisfied so far with the game!

If the game only supports 1024x768, there is no way it will take up the entire screen on 1920 X 1080 resolution. I have a 37 inch 1080p monitor.

You can run it in a window, which is considerably smaller than the viewing area of the monitor or deal with the black spacing on the left and right in full screen, it won't stretch to take up the entire monitor.

[Reg]

ORIGINAL: cdcool

ORIGINAL: Kung Sune

The game looks beautiful on my 1920x1080 40 inch LCD-TV without any ugly black bars. I didn't even notice that the picture is slightly distorted until I read the comments here. Very satisfied so far with the game!

If the game only supports 1024x768, there is no way it will take up the entire screen on 1920 X 1080 resolution. I have a 37 inch 1080p monitor.

You can run it in a window, which is considerably smaller than the viewing area of the monitor or deal with the black spacing on the left and right in full screen, it won't stretch to take up the entire monitor.

You really should check your facts before trolling so aggressively. You don't think that others have already thought about these things. [:-]

Link: BTR on a Big Monitor (Note the dates)

Invoking the Green Button....

[NavalNewZ]

I have a 24" with native 1920x1080, 9600GT card, WinXP, and this game runs on full screen.

[cdcool]

ORIGINAL: Reg

ORIGINAL: cdcool

ORIGINAL: Kung Sune

The game looks beautiful on my 1920x1080 40 inch LCD-TV without any ugly black bars. I didn't even notice that the picture is slightly distorted until I read the comments here. Very satisfied so far with the game!

If the game only supports 1024x768, there is no way it will take up the entire screen on 1920 X 1080 resolution. I have a 37 inch 1080p monitor.

You can run it in a window, which is considerably smaller than the viewing area of the monitor or deal with the black spacing on the left and right in full screen, it won't stretch to take up the entire monitor.

You really should check your facts before trolling so aggressively. You don't think that others have already thought about these things. [:-]

Link: BTR on a Big Monitor (Note the dates)

Invoking the Green Button....

I know lots of people have thought about the wide screen issue, I had no idea that by changing the Aspect Ratio of the monitor solves the issue., it stretches the game to take up the entire screen. I oviously missed that post.

so Thank you.

[cdcool]

ORIGINAL: Kung Sune

The game looks beautiful on my 1920x1080 40 inch LCD-TV without any ugly black bars. I didn't even notice that the picture is slightly distorted until I read the comments here. Very satisfied so far with the game!

My apologies..I adjusted my monitor Aspect Ratio.

[Erik Rutins]

ORIGINAL: cdcool
If the game only supports 1024x768, there is no way it will take up the entire screen on 1920 X 1080 resolution. I have a 37 inch 1080p monitor.

Yes, it will - it all depends on your driver and monitor settings, though to me it would look stretched and I'd prefer the black bars on the sides.

Regards,

- Erik

[cdcool]

ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins

ORIGINAL: cdcool
If the game only supports 1024x768, there is no way it will take up the entire screen on 1920 X 1080 resolution. I have a 37 inch 1080p monitor.

Yes, it will - it all depends on your driver and monitor settings, though to me it would look stretched and I'd prefer the black bars on the sides.

Regards,

- Erik

After adjusting the monitor Aspect Ratio, it does stretch the the game to the entire monitor size the game looks good, ..only one problem after doing this, I'm now getting the graphical glinch that has been described in the technical forum in full screen.

[V22 Osprey]

Woah, how do you adjust the aspect Ratio?

[cdcool]

Better yet, go into your driver settings and use the Video card scaling..I have Nvidia., and change it to "USE Nvidia scaling".

Hope you have the opitions, I have a new nvidia card (295)., if you don't, go into your monior settings with the monior remote and change the Aspect Ratio "Fill" This will of course also depend on you hardware.

Good Luck! I guess this was posted all along, but I didnt see it, and no one explained it to me in this way.

[V22 Osprey]

But this is my laptop, which has an ATI Mobility X700.

[cdcool]

ORIGINAL: V22 Osprey

But this is my laptop, which has an ATI Mobility X700.

Go into the ATI Catalyst Control Center and see if you see anything refernece to scaling.

[V22 Osprey]

Got it.Stretches a bit, but definitely better than those ugly black bars.

[cdcool]

ORIGINAL: V22 Osprey

Got it.Stretches a bit, but definitely better than those ugly black bars.

Yep. This also works with WitP Admirals Ediition.

Let me know if you are getting any graphical gliches with Eagle Day when moving the mouse around.

Thanks

[V22 Osprey]

I am using Admiral's Edition to work with it.[:D]

I don't have Eagle day yet, I'm going to wait a bit.

Oh, and in actual gameplay, it's wayyy to stretched.The menus aren't bad, but in-game looks bad.Argh.Oh well, back to ugly bars.I'm begging Gary Garisby to give us more resolutions.I'll even fly out there and kiss his shoe for just one widescreen resolution.[&o]

[cdcool]

ORIGINAL: V22 Osprey

I am using Admiral's Edition to work with it.[:D]

I don't have Eagle day yet, I'm going to wait a bit.

Oh, and in actual gameplay, it's wayyy to stretched.The menus aren't bad, but in-game looks bad.Argh.Oh well, back to ugly bars.I'm begging Gary Garisby to give us more resolutions.I'll even fly out there and kiss his shoe for just one widescreen resolution.[&o]

Havent tried it on my 17 inch laptop yet..but on my 37 inch desktop monitor it looks real good..no distortion...very clear and not too stretched when takuing up the enire screen.