So... How classic do you want it?

[Shrubwise]

Originally Posted by Danth [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Anyone who understands how Titanium handles widescreen is already playing in narrower aspect ratio (like 4:3, which I use) anyway. To that end, let folks use "wide screen" because it's hamstringing the people using it and most of 'em don't even realize it.

Danth

What resolution do you play in?

[Danth]

Originally Posted by Shrubwise [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

What resolution do you play in?

Don't remember what it's set to right now, offhand. I've changed settings over the years ranging from 1024x768 up to 1600x1200 4:3 as well as experimenting with several wide-screen aspect ratios depending on the various monitors I've used over the course of the past decade. I forget the native resolution of my current monitor but it's a 16:9 screen so I accept the side-letterboxing in the name of being able to see more stuff in-game.

There are threads on the board detailing Titanium's wierdness with widescreen resolutions and I can create screenshots if needed, but suffice it to say that when you switch to a wide-screen resolution in-game, it isn't actually giving you more viewable space to the sides like you'd expect in any other piece of software. Instead it makes the game fit your screen by basically chopping off the top and bottom and reduces what you can really see. If you're playing in widescreen mode you're in effect looking at the game through a viewslit. If you already know all this, then consider this post to be directed at other readers whom might not be aware of the above.

EDIT: I'll link Jimjam's recent thread here. It should suffice as an illustration: https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...d.php?t=331665

Danth

[Vizax_Xaziv]

Originally Posted by Danth [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Don't remember what it's set to right now, offhand. I've changed settings over the years ranging from 1024x768 up to 1600x1200 4:3 as well as experimenting with several wide-screen aspect ratios depending on the various monitors I've used over the course of the past decade. I forget the native resolution of my current monitor but it's a 16:9 screen so I accept the side-letterboxing in the name of being able to see more stuff in-game.

There are threads on the board detailing Titanium's wierdness with widescreen resolutions and I can create screenshots if needed, but suffice it to say that when you switch to a wide-screen resolution in-game, it isn't actually giving you more viewable space to the sides like you'd expect in any other piece of software. Instead it makes the game fit your screen by basically chopping off the top and bottom and reduces what you can really see. If you're playing in widescreen mode you're in effect looking at the game through a viewslit. If you already know all this, then consider this post to be directed at other readers whom might not be aware of the above.

EDIT: I'll link Jimjam's recent thread here. It should suffice as an illustration: https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...d.php?t=331665

Danth

So effectively it's reducing the players Field of View? I'd never noticed this playing @ 2560x1440 (and I did tests of various resolutions to check for any cropping....perhaps my eyes didn't notice the horizontal cropping as I was mainly looking to the sides of the monitor)

Playing at high refresh rate is DEFINITELY an all-around improvement and forced 60Hz would kill me!

[Jimjam]

p1999: Check out my ultra widescreen set up!

Also p1999: why can I only see raid mobs toes?

[BlackBellamy]

I play in the super popular 1792x1344 resolution.

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I was using widescreen until I discovered how much game I was cutting off.

[BlackBellamy]

Here is same shot widescreen, half the gate is missing.

Edit: notice you're not seeing any extra content on the sides.

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[Vizax_Xaziv]

Also forcing aspect ratios is a horseshit idea. For Anyone not playing on a screen that's native ratio of 4:3 it's gonna cause stretching artifacts and make the game look nauseating

My $300 Best Buy bargain bin laptop falls into this category. I mainly play on my PC but it's nice to be able to play on my lappy when I go away to visit the family or something

[Danth]

I've seen a couple other people say that Vizax. Are there some widescreen displays that do not simply put a 4:3 picture in screen centre/letterboxed? That's how my monitor works, at least. I could set it to stretch mode too, but I see no reason to do so. Genuine question.

Danth

[Verityn]

I'm so glad I saw this part of the thread. I changed to 4:3 and it's seems to have fixed something I didn't even notice was wrong. As a gnome moving relatively fast it made it hard to navigate with everything being so close up to my face.

[Mblake81]

Originally Posted by BlackBellamy [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I play in the super popular 1792x1344 resolution.

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I was using widescreen until I discovered how much game I was cutting off.

Originally Posted by BlackBellamy [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Here is same shot widescreen, half the gate is missing.

Edit: notice you're not seeing any extra content on the sides.

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Nice comparison. Prefer the 4:3 image.