Custom Resolutions - Widescreen?

[Bubblehead Nuke]

Originally Posted by goldorak

DW does not support widescreen resolution.
If you want to play on a widescreen display without the visual distortion then you have to use your video card driver ability to scale the game to a 4:3 resolution (800x600, 1024x768, 1600x1200) putting black bars on the left and right side of the screen.

Ok, time to learn something new.

I have an Nvidia 7600GS. How do I accomplish this?

[goldorak]

Originally Posted by Bubblehead Nuke

Ok, time to learn something new.

I have an Nvidia 7600GS. How do I accomplish this?

You have to go into the nvidia forceware control panel, and find an option called scaling. You can choose different kinds of scaling, what you are after is the 4:3 fullscreen aspect ratio scaling.
By setting this the game is automatically scaled in fullscreen keeping the 4:3 aspect ratio correct (this means that in dw options panel you have to choose a 4:3 resolution, so 800x600, 1024x768 or 1600x1200 bit not 1280x1024).

[Dr.Sid]

But otherwise .. does it run on EEE with no problems ?

[Bubblehead Nuke]

Originally Posted by goldorakdo

You have to go into the nvidia forceware control panel, and find an option called scaling. You can choose different kinds of scaling, what you are after is the 4:3 fullscreen aspect ratio scaling.
By setting this the game is automatically scaled in fullscreen keeping the 4:3 aspect ratio correct (this means that in dw options panel you have to choose a 4:3 resolution, so 800x600, 1024x768 or 1600x1200 bit not 1280x1024).

Thank you. I take it you are talking the scaling command in the custom resolutions tab? advanced settings on the very bottom?

I could not make it work. I will play with it and see what I can figure out.

Here is an in INTERESTING note. This option exists in Window XP but NOT in the Vista drivers. I have two machines at my desk with a KVM to share the monitors and such.

Main machine is running Vista 32 bit SP1 with a Nvidia 7600gs 512 meg ram card in it.

Backup is a Dell 4550 running XP Pro SP3 with a Nvidia 6200 128 Meg card in it.

Both have latest Nvdia WHQL drivers installed on them.

Very interesting...... but then again, that is why I have two seperate machines in the first place.

I just fired an e-mail off to Nvidia asking why this option is not included in the Vista drivers. Lets see if they ever answer me

[goldorak]

Bubblehead Nuke,

Unfortunately Nvidia is screwing around with the options since several months. They take out options without reason from the Vista version, and then put them back in some time later. The point being is that the two versions (xp and vista) are not feature equivalent.

Edit : here is thread that discusses the problem : http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?t=33920187
you can also visiti : http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?act=idx

[BakaNi]

Originally Posted by Bubblehead Nuke

Here is an in INTERESTING note. This option exists in Window XP but NOT in the Vista drivers. I have two machines at my desk with a KVM to share the monitors and such.

I've had the nvidia scaling option for over a year now, what version of drivers are you using?

[Steel_Tomb]

I'm quite likely buying a new widescreen monitor soon, I'm guessing there are no cfg files hidden away that allows you to muck around with the aspect ratio?

[goldorak]

Originally Posted by Steel_Tomb

I'm quite likely buying a new widescreen monitor soon, I'm guessing there are no cfg files hidden away that allows you to muck around with the aspect ratio?

None whatsoever.
Every other resolution that is not 4:3 just distorts the images more or less.
The only viable solution is for the graphics card or the monitor to enforce 4:3 even though that means that a part of your screen will display only black bars.

[Bubblehead Nuke]

Originally Posted by BakaNi

I've had the nvidia scaling option for over a year now, what version of drivers are you using?

I just updated to the beta version of the Nvidia drivers for 32bit Vista. Version 7.15.11.7512. Scaling is not in this one either.

Am I looking at the right place in the Nvidia Control Panel?

[Steel_Tomb]

Its strange for a simulation to have such limited resolutions. DW is only a few years old, and widescreen monitors were very much on the increase. Seems a shame to leave something so simple, yet so important out.

[goldorak]

Originally Posted by Steel_Tomb

Its strange for a simulation to have such limited resolutions. DW is only a few years old, and widescreen monitors were very much on the increase. Seems a shame to leave something so simple, yet so important out.

DW is a pretty new game but build on old tech.
Thats why many obvious settings are missing from an otherwise excellent simulation.

[BakaNi]

Originally Posted by Bubblehead Nuke

I just updated to the beta version of the Nvidia drivers for 32bit Vista. Version 7.15.11.7512. Scaling is not in this one either.

Am I looking at the right place in the Nvidia Control Panel?

Should be in 'Change flat planel scaling', which is under the 'Display' tree on the left side of the nvidia control panel.

You're not, for some reason, still using the old nvidia control panel, are you?

Pic below for a screenshot of the control panel.

http://img32.picoodle.com/img/img32/...gm_853c148.jpg

[Bubblehead Nuke]

Ok, my control panel looks like that. I am lacking the 'Change Flat Screen Resolutions', but I have a 'Move CRT position' & 'Manage Custom Resoutons'

I have a question, actually, TWO questions.

1) Are you connected to your monitor via DVI (digital) or VGA (analog) connector? Might this be the source of the discrepancy we are seeing?

2) What version are you using? I will download it and try it.