Fov/resolution Problems : Steam For Mac
Download and extract the archive to the game directory, where the exe is located. Download and install Widescreen HOR+ by Wesser (required). Check the ini file for available features.
Fov/resolution Problems : Steam For Mac Download
I have put together a small list of games that support widescreen games, and how to enable the features, should it be a tad difficult. I have also mentioned the games that DO not support widescreens, as to prevent later dissapointsments. (I link to my blog, so I wont have to update two places) I cant get my hand on every single game made for mac (hey its just me and my friends) So, if anyone has a few tricks (or dissapointments) from their games, let me know, ill be only too happy to update the list!
C&C:G info is incorrect. You can set it to use widescreen resolutions without 'stretching'. The default modes of 800x600,1024x768 stretch the graphics to fit the screen (never any black bars on widescreen displays), but this tends to look a little odd. However, you can manually edit the configuration file to use any resolution your display supports, even low resolutions such as 640x480,700x480 (if it's too low the location subtitles will render off-screen though, although the speed-boost can be worth it for slow macines). On my PB, the default resolution of 800x600 makes the graphics and interface text stretched, but switching to 896x600 corrects this by packing in more pixels horizontally and removing the 'stretch'. Edit: clarification.
1) Rob Harris (or was it Rod? Sorry ) mentioned in the old forums that widescreen support in WarCraft III is a no no due to the advantage of having a view of more of the battlefield then that of the 4x3 screens. 2) I will not add 'streched games' to that list.
Games that 'strech' do not support widescreen, they just look like that till you take the beer goggles off. 3) I have no details I can give about Jedi Knight II / Academy, All I know is that after changing the setting through the console, and the reload of the graphics, the game freezes. Crash logs do not give any details. 2) I will not add 'streched games' to that list. Games that 'strech' do not support widescreen, they just look like that till you take the beer goggles off.
If this is your intent, I'd like to suggest you clarify your description a bit. Some people simply want to eliminate those 'annoying black bands' and don't care about correct aspect ratio.
As it stands now, it's not clear to me in reading your description that you are only counting correct aspect ratios as being 'widescreen'. Also, a number of the Q3 games (all of them?) keep the same field of vision (fov) when you use a widescreen setting, opting instead to crop off the top and bottom of the image.
If this is your intent, I'd like to suggest you clarify your description a bit. Some people simply want to eliminate those 'annoying black bands' and don't care about correct aspect ratio. As it stands now, it's not clear to me in reading your description that you are only counting correct aspect ratios as being 'widescreen'.
Also, a number of the Q3 games (all of them?) keep the same field of vision (fov) when you use a widescreen setting, opting instead to crop off the top and bottom of the image. They do if you e-mail them to me along with your OS version, the type of graphics card you've got and the resolution you're trying to use.
Good idea, Ill add the aspect ratio comment to the blog. However, the games that I have tested well, (Alice and Call Of Duty) have propper aspect ratio, the iron sight in Call of Duty appears round, and so do the truck wheels.
It would be very embaresing if I was wrong Also the crash logs do not give ANY information The game freezes, and the crash log is empty (or non existant if after I remove and reinstall the game) W. Well, let's start with the basics then: what OS version are you using and what monitor settings are you trying to use when you get the lockup? Does the game quit back to the Finder without any warning or message? Allright Im on a Powermac G5 (2.0Ghz rev.A) graphics card is a Radeon 9800Pro, Mac OS is 10.3.7 Jedi Knight is 1.0.3 b and Jedi Academy is 1.0.1c My prossedure is such: after setting up the settings possible in the menu system (all stuff on highest, 1600x1200 res) I go into console and type one by one: seta rsystemheight 1200 seta rsystemwidth 1920 seta rmode -1 and after I type vidrestart (and enter) The game reloads the level, and after reloading freezes. I have to hit command-option-esc twice to exit finder. If I try to start the game(s) up again after this, I get no further then a white screen. I have to throw away the game config files before launching again.
EDIT: I am now running Jedi Knight 1.0.3b and it works! Sorry for the mixup W. I've got Postal 2 running in widescreen. Open: Library/Application Support/Postal 2/System/Postal2.ini in a text editor (save a backup copy first!), scroll down and edit as follows: SDLDrv.SDLClient WindowedViewportX=800 WindowedViewportY=600 FullscreenViewportX=1440.
C&C:G info is incorrect. You can set it to use widescreen resolutions without 'stretching'.
The default modes of 800x600,1024x768 stretch the graphics to fit the screen (never any black bars on widescreen displays), but this tends to look a little odd. However, you can manually edit the configuration file to use any resolution your display supports, even low resolutions such as 640x480,700x480 (if it's too low the location subtitles will render off-screen though, although the speed-boost can be worth it for slow macines).
Fov/resolution Problems : Steam For Mac Pro
On my PB, the default resolution of 800x600 makes the graphics and interface text stretched, but switching to 896x600 corrects this by packing in more pixels horizontally and removing the 'stretch'. Edit: clarification. I would like to run C&C:Generals in the 1024x768 resolution. I do not mind the black bars on the widescreen display. Does anybody know the specifics of manually editing the config file to run C&C:Generals (in 1024x768) on a Titanium Powerbook G4, 15 in.?!?!
I'm also running it on a PB 15in, and while I don't know a way to play in 1024x768 with the black bars, you should probably run it in 1152x768 instead, this will fill the screen and prevent stretching. You can change the resolution in the 'Options.ini' file in the 'User Data' folder. Didn't see a reference to Rise of Nations Gold on the list. From RoN's Read Me PDF: 'If you wish to play the game at a resolution that’s not available by default, open the file /Users/your user name/Documents/Rise of Nations/Rise2.ini and set AllowAllResolutions to 1.
Save the file, and then start Rise of Nations. Go to the Options screen and click the Graphics tab. You should now be able to choose a wider variety of screen sizes. Please note that setting AllowAllResolutions to 1 is unsupported, and may cause Rise of Nations to behave unpredictably.' I play RoN at 2560x1600 and it runs like a dream.
Issues with some games and multi-monitor displays can often be resolved manually by editing the games’ configuration files, and sites such as exist to guide users through this process. For users who don’t want to dive into the configuration files manually, there’s, a free utility that handles the modifications needed to run unsupported games via and technologies. Flawless Widescreen does not support every game, but its current list of supported titles includes many popular options, such as Call of Duty: Black Ops, Diablo III, and StarCraft II. In addition to providing multi-monitor support for older games, the utility also optimizes the user experience for games that already technically support multiple displays. For example, Flawless Widescreen automatically adjusts the menus and HUD for Mass Effect 3 to display better when used with NVIDIA surround. The app itself is fairly straightforward and easy to use and understand.
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In our testing of the original Mass Effect at 5760×1080, the menus displayed properly, the cinematic cutscenes filled the screen instead of being focused on the center display, and the field of view was improved significantly. All of these fixes could have been accomplished manually by editing configuration files, but launching Flawless Widescreen and activating the Mass Effect plugin was significantly easier and allowed us to focus on saving the galaxy rather than messing with aspect ratio settings. Flawless Widescreen is for free.
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