SH3 in 1680:1050 format

abel29a · 07-06-07, 01:56 PM

I'm thinking of forking out for a 22" Samsung LCD screen, with a native resolution of 1680:1050. My previous screen is a 17" LCD with a 4:3 ratio, and I was wondering wheter anybody here was running SH3 in 16:9 format, and how this actually looks?

Sh3 will be one of the few titles I can see myself playing for a long time to come, and it would be disappointing if it would look bad on my shiny new monitor

IrischKapitan · 07-06-07, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by abel29a

I'm thinking of forking out for a 22" Samsung LCD screen, with a native resolution of 1680:1050. My previous screen is a 17" LCD with a 4:3 ratio, and I was wondering wheter anybody here was running SH3 in 16:9 format, and how this actually looks?

Sh3 will be one of the few titles I can see myself playing for a long time to come, and it would be disappointing if it would look bad on my shiny new monitor

Hey check out this link http://www.mysh3.info/shiii/index.ph...lay_Resolution
I dunno about 16:9 aspect or would it work though, but I'm sure some hepful person will be along soon......

Hitman · 07-06-07, 02:55 PM

Any resolution will work will the d3d9 tweak files, but since SH3 does not support natively other resolutions than 4:3, you will get STRETCHED images

I recently changed my LCD and went to a -nowadays rare- 20 inch piece that still has 4:3 as aspect ratio. Not nearly as nice as a widescreen to play SH4, but really good for enjoyable SH3 gaming:hmm:

Konovalov · 07-06-07, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by abel29a

I'm thinking of forking out for a 22" Samsung LCD screen, with a native resolution of 1680:1050. My previous screen is a 17" LCD with a 4:3 ratio, and I was wondering wheter anybody here was running SH3 in 16:9 format, and how this actually looks?

Sh3 will be one of the few titles I can see myself playing for a long time to come, and it would be disappointing if it would look bad on my shiny new monitor

I am faced by exactly the same issue. In fact it sounds like we have purchased the same monitor if you are talking about the Samsung SM226BW. I bought mine from Dabs UK for £221 including shipping but I still have to wait another few weeks before it arrives. Haven't been able to play SHIII or SHIV for over 2 months now because my old 19" CRT has had it with all the colours messed up.

But the Samsung looks fantastic from all the reviews I have read. Just have to be patient I guess.

Canovaro · 07-06-07, 04:26 PM

16:9 looks streched but you'll get used to it and soon not even notice it

I myself have a 19" widescreen lcd monitor, picked it up for 165 euro at my local shop.

kiwi_2005 · 07-06-07, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by abel29a

I'm thinking of forking out for a 22" Samsung LCD screen, with a native resolution of 1680:1050. My previous screen is a 17" LCD with a 4:3 ratio, and I was wondering wheter anybody here was running SH3 in 16:9 format, and how this actually looks?

Sh3 will be one of the few titles I can see myself playing for a long time to come, and it would be disappointing if it would look bad on my shiny new monitor

Hey when you get that resolution working can you put up a screenshot. playing on a LCD 17inch, but would love to play SH3 & 4 on a huge screen.

TteFAboB · 07-06-07, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Canovaro

16:9 looks streched but you'll get used to it and soon not even notice it

I never did. I switch back to 19" when playing SH3.

The 3D image looks great on a huge 22" screen but the 2D stuff is far too annoying for me to bear. I just can't get myself used to an oval periscope and distorted gauges.

johnno74 · 07-06-07, 06:23 PM

I have a laptop (Dell latitude D820) with a screen that runs at this resolution.

I've increased the res of SH3 to the screen's native res via the replacement D3D dll, and it looked a little funny to start off but I soon got used to it and I don't notice it at all

abel29a · 07-06-07, 06:34 PM

Cheers for the replies.

I'm actually on the fence on wheter to go for the 225BW or 226BW Samsung, but from the answers here I better get that dll fix working then

But if the image stretch isnt all bad I can live with it I guess - or plug the 17" back in for my SH3 sessions....

And if I get it to work I'm gonna take som purdy pictures and put up for all to see

With my new system soon arriving I should be able to do patrols with AA and AF crancked to the max. It'll be a treat.

JScones · 07-06-07, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by abel29a

I'm thinking of forking out for a 22" Samsung LCD screen, with a native resolution of 1680:1050. My previous screen is a 17" LCD with a 4:3 ratio, and I was wondering wheter anybody here was running SH3 in 16:9 format, and how this actually looks?

Sh3 will be one of the few titles I can see myself playing for a long time to come, and it would be disappointing if it would look bad on my shiny new monitor

I have a Samsung 226BW (22" 1680:1050 res). With an nvidia video card I run in perfect 4:3 ratio.

The trick is, and this only seems to work with nVidia cards, to change your nVidia driver's flat panel scaling setting to be "Use NVIDIA scaling with fixed aspect ratio". Easy. And works with all games (16:9 games stay 16:9, 4:3 games stay 4:3).

You do NOT need the resolution fix if doing this (a useless overhead IMHO).

07-07-07, 05:05 AM

I was playing in 1024 stretched but some day I figured out I use native resolution to have a sharper view in my scope. Can't imagine playing in 4:3 ratio now (I can display on my 20" a scaled up but with 4:3 aspect image and an unscaled window in native resolution like 1024. Both ways it looks awful!) 1680:1050 is the path to follow. Some screenies:

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Originally Posted by JScones

The trick is, and this only seems to work with nVidia cards, to change your nVidia driver's flat panel scaling setting to be "Use NVIDIA scaling with fixed aspect ratio". Easy. And works with all games (16:9 games stay 16:9, 4:3 games stay 4:3).

You do NOT need the resolution fix if doing this (a useless overhead IMHO).

That depends on your screen. It has to allow scaling, NV only lets you to click your mouse instead of button on your screen. Don't know but probably most of widescreens allow this now or this is still a "fancy firework"?

abel29a · 07-07-07, 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by JScones

Quote:

Originally Posted by abel29a

I'm thinking of forking out for a 22" Samsung LCD screen, with a native resolution of 1680:1050. My previous screen is a 17" LCD with a 4:3 ratio, and I was wondering wheter anybody here was running SH3 in 16:9 format, and how this actually looks?

Sh3 will be one of the few titles I can see myself playing for a long time to come, and it would be disappointing if it would look bad on my shiny new monitor

I have a Samsung 226BW (22" 1680:1050 res). With an nvidia video card I run in perfect 4:3 ratio.

The trick is, and this only seems to work with nVidia cards, to change your nVidia driver's flat panel scaling setting to be "Use NVIDIA scaling with fixed aspect ratio". Easy. And works with all games (16:9 games stay 16:9, 4:3 games stay 4:3).

You do NOT need the resolution fix if doing this (a useless overhead IMHO).

Sounds very good - my new system will have a Nvidia 8800 gts so this should work for me as well. Good stuff.

Konovalov · 07-07-07, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by JScones

Quote:

Originally Posted by abel29a

I'm thinking of forking out for a 22" Samsung LCD screen, with a native resolution of 1680:1050. My previous screen is a 17" LCD with a 4:3 ratio, and I was wondering wheter anybody here was running SH3 in 16:9 format, and how this actually looks?

Sh3 will be one of the few titles I can see myself playing for a long time to come, and it would be disappointing if it would look bad on my shiny new monitor

I have a Samsung 226BW (22" 1680:1050 res). With an nvidia video card I run in perfect 4:3 ratio.

The trick is, and this only seems to work with nVidia cards, to change your nVidia driver's flat panel scaling setting to be "Use NVIDIA scaling with fixed aspect ratio". Easy. And works with all games (16:9 games stay 16:9, 4:3 games stay 4:3).

You do NOT need the resolution fix if doing this (a useless overhead IMHO).

I will certainly try this when my shiny new monitor arrives. From what some here have said I don't think I would be able to put up with oval dials and an oval periscope either.

Bonfleck · 01-24-08, 11:41 PM

Despite my best efforts I can't locate or find a way to open the "change display (flat panel) scaling" page anywhere in my nvidia control panel. Any advice? I'd love to be able to stretch my screen!

JScones · 01-24-08, 11:55 PM

Open the nVidia control panel (web based, not classic). Click on "Display", then click on "Change flat panel scrolling". Should be straight forward from there.

These instructions work with the older driver interface (wow, I'm still running 91.47), but I can't imagine the interface being that different with the newer drivers.

07-06-07, 01:56 PM	#1
abel29a Helmsman Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Trondheim, Norway Posts: 101 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	SH3 in 1680:1050 format I'm thinking of forking out for a 22" Samsung LCD screen, with a native resolution of 1680:1050. My previous screen is a 17" LCD with a 4:3 ratio, and I was wondering wheter anybody here was running SH3 in 16:9 format, and how this actually looks? Sh3 will be one of the few titles I can see myself playing for a long time to come, and it would be disappointing if it would look bad on my shiny new monitor __________________ "Sieben Tankern schlug die letze Stund, die U-Falle sank träger. Zwei Frachter liegen mit auf Grund, Versenkt vom Paukenschläger." - Reinhard Hardegen, U-123 GWX 1.03 and loving it....

07-06-07, 02:55 PM	#3
Hitman Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Spain Posts: 6,109 Downloads: 109 Uploads: 2	Any resolution will work will the d3d9 tweak files, but since SH3 does not support natively other resolutions than 4:3, you will get STRETCHED images I recently changed my LCD and went to a -nowadays rare- 20 inch piece that still has 4:3 as aspect ratio. Not nearly as nice as a widescreen to play SH4, but really good for enjoyable SH3 gaming:hmm: __________________ One day I will return to sea ...

07-06-07, 06:34 PM	#9
abel29a Helmsman Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Trondheim, Norway Posts: 101 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Cheers for the replies. I'm actually on the fence on wheter to go for the 225BW or 226BW Samsung, but from the answers here I better get that dll fix working then But if the image stretch isnt all bad I can live with it I guess - or plug the 17" back in for my SH3 sessions.... And if I get it to work I'm gonna take som purdy pictures and put up for all to see With my new system soon arriving I should be able to do patrols with AA and AF crancked to the max. It'll be a treat. __________________ "Sieben Tankern schlug die letze Stund, die U-Falle sank träger. Zwei Frachter liegen mit auf Grund, Versenkt vom Paukenschläger." - Reinhard Hardegen, U-123 GWX 1.03 and loving it....

01-24-08, 11:41 PM	#14
Bonfleck Torpedoman Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 113 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	nvidia scaling Despite my best efforts I can't locate or find a way to open the "change display (flat panel) scaling" page anywhere in my nvidia control panel. Any advice? I'd love to be able to stretch my screen!

07-06-07, 04:26 PM	#5
Canovaro Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,062 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	16:9 looks streched but you'll get used to it and soon not even notice it I myself have a 19" widescreen lcd monitor, picked it up for 165 euro at my local shop.

07-06-07, 06:23 PM	#8
johnno74 Planesman Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 197 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I have a laptop (Dell latitude D820) with a screen that runs at this resolution. I've increased the res of SH3 to the screen's native res via the replacement D3D dll, and it looked a little funny to start off but I soon got used to it and I don't notice it at all

01-24-08, 11:55 PM	#15
JScones Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 5,501 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Open the nVidia control panel (web based, not classic). Click on "Display", then click on "Change flat panel scrolling". Should be straight forward from there. These instructions work with the older driver interface (wow, I'm still running 91.47), but I can't imagine the interface being that different with the newer drivers.