Will Widescreen Aspect Ratio Work OK?

flintlock · 02-04-07, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by AJ!

I think its been stated that SH4 will have a changeable res and widescreen support

Sounds promising. Can you cite the source and/or provide a link? I've been keeping an eye out for this like a hawk, and aside from eager community speculations, I haven't seen anything about this from an official source who would actually know.

Not suggesting I don't believe, I'd just like to read this for myself.

Gizzmoe · 02-04-07, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by flintlock

Quote:

Originally Posted by AJ!

I think its been stated that SH4 will have a changeable res and widescreen support

Sounds promising. Can you cite the source and/or provide a link? I've been keeping an eye out for this like a hawk, and aside from eager community speculations, I haven't seen anything about this from an official source who would actually know.

Not suggesting I don't believe, I'd just like to read this for myself.

http://www.marinesims.de/site/silent...r-4/sh4-3.html

"The minimum resolution of this spectacle will be 1024 x 768. Players can change it according to the abilities of their graphics cards. Sadly that nobody could tell us the maximum resolution at that time. Widescreen users will have the possibility to experience SH 4 in widescreen."

flintlock · 02-04-07, 03:40 PM

Thanks for that link, Gizzmoe. Much appreciated.

I'm a little more hopeful now.

Tigrone · 02-04-07, 03:49 PM

Thank you Gizzmoe, I had not seen that preview. The summary is very encouraging. It looks like I'm going to have to spring for that new monitor afterall.

*The content of SH 4 jotted own in a few notes::*
-Animated crew members basing on „skeletons“.
-Sonar and Radar on all boats as in the real USN.
-Moving objects in the interior: if you raise the periscope you also see it in the interior.
-Menus are slideout menus now, similar to modifications of SH 3. Additionally displays are magnified if you move your mouse over them. The whole menu bar is freely adjustable.
-Nautical chart in high resolution, displaying depths and shallows (no metric values, just visual).
-Crew management with three shifts, no more „babysitting“. Experience and special abilities similar to SH 3, but improved (management screen).
-Time compression up to 4096.
-Higher amount of polygons of the water, resulting in a much more detailed and living surface (see dev-video part 2).
-Self-generating clounds, continously changing during the day and weather conditions.
-High-detailed ship models with high resolution textures, bumpmapping and new shaders.
**-Standard resolution 1024 x 768, higher resolutions are freely selectable, additionally a widescreen option has been implemented.**
-Water and waves are now much more detailed and extravagant.
-Harbors are equipped with traffic.
-The whole (!) world is navigable, even the Atlantic is available.
-In single missions there are introducing videos of the situation you are in, similar to Fighting Steel.
-Ships now have bullet holes (see screenshots). The damage model has been extended in a way that smaller ships need holes at the water line in only two sections for flooding and sinking.

flintlock · 02-04-07, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by 08x15

It looks like I'm going to have to spring for that new monitor afterall.

I can safely say that once you use a widescreen display, sitting in front of a 4:3 monitor will never be the same, trust me.

Boris · 02-05-07, 12:50 AM

Too true. I have a 22 incher, anything else looks tiny now. I'm glad SH4 will support widescreen.

Stryker412 · 02-05-07, 08:45 AM

Dual screen support would be amazing. Think about it, you can have the game on one monitor and your crew management screen and/or TDC in another.

Konovalov · 02-05-07, 09:18 AM

I consider this as motivation to get myself a TFT widescreen in 2007 to complete my new system build.

02-04-07, 03:49 PM	#4
Tigrone Commander Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Newport Beach, CA Posts: 470 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 0	"...a widescreen option has been implemented." Thank you Gizzmoe, I had not seen that preview. The summary is very encouraging. It looks like I'm going to have to spring for that new monitor afterall. The content of SH 4 jotted own in a few notes:: -Animated crew members basing on „skeletons“. -Sonar and Radar on all boats as in the real USN. -Moving objects in the interior: if you raise the periscope you also see it in the interior. -Menus are slideout menus now, similar to modifications of SH 3. Additionally displays are magnified if you move your mouse over them. The whole menu bar is freely adjustable. -Nautical chart in high resolution, displaying depths and shallows (no metric values, just visual). -Crew management with three shifts, no more „babysitting“. Experience and special abilities similar to SH 3, but improved (management screen). -Time compression up to 4096. -Higher amount of polygons of the water, resulting in a much more detailed and living surface (see dev-video part 2). -Self-generating clounds, continously changing during the day and weather conditions. -High-detailed ship models with high resolution textures, bumpmapping and new shaders. -Standard resolution 1024 x 768, higher resolutions are freely selectable, additionally a widescreen option has been implemented. -Water and waves are now much more detailed and extravagant. -Harbors are equipped with traffic. -The whole (!) world is navigable, even the Atlantic is available. -In single missions there are introducing videos of the situation you are in, similar to Fighting Steel. -Ships now have bullet holes (see screenshots). The damage model has been extended in a way that smaller ships need holes at the water line in only two sections for flooding and sinking. __________________ Commander Hiram Cassedy: "Tigrone has saved the Air Force and is now returning to Iwo Jima with 28 rescued zoomies." B-29 SNUFFY & THE SHIF'LESS SKONKS among them. I've a broom at the mast said he, for the broom is a sign for me, that wherever I go, I sweep the mighty sea.

02-05-07, 08:45 AM	#7
Stryker412 Bosun Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 61 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Dual screen support would be amazing. Think about it, you can have the game on one monitor and your crew management screen and/or TDC in another. __________________

02-05-07, 09:18 AM	#8
Konovalov Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: High Wycombe, Bucks, UK Posts: 2,811 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	I consider this as motivation to get myself a TFT widescreen in 2007 to complete my new system build. __________________ "In a Christian context, sexuality is traditionally seen as a consequence of the Fall, but for Muslims, it is an anticipation of paradise. So I can say, I think, that I was validly converted to Islam by a teenage French Jewish nudist." Sheikh Abdul-Hakim Murad (Timothy Winter)

02-04-07, 03:40 PM	#3
flintlock Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,177 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thanks for that link, Gizzmoe. Much appreciated. I'm a little more hopeful now.

02-05-07, 12:50 AM	#6
Boris Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 1,691 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 0	Too true. I have a 22 incher, anything else looks tiny now. I'm glad SH4 will support widescreen.