Posted May 02, 2019
Game allows for 1920x1080 resolution, which works perfectly fine for the in-game UI, but all 3D objects appear squashed and chunky. If anybody has a fix for this, let me know.
WisdomOtter: Okay, I've figured most of this out.
The game automatically features a widescreen fix that allows for high-resolution, 16:9 monitors with a correctly scaled user interface (UI). All in-game menus will work just fine without stretching, with the main menu being an exception. Once you load into Instant Action, Galactic Conquest, Campaign, etc. you'll find that the UI looks just fine.
As far as 3D rendering goes, the game attempts to stretch itself to fit fullscreen no matter what resolution you specify. There is no way to letterbox the game as far as I can tell. While the UI looks fine in-game, your character model as well as the environment will look squashed. The only fix I have found so far is to run the game with the /win command line argument. You can set this in the GOG Galaxy launcher. Navigate to Star Wars Battlefront (2004, Classic) and press More->Settings. In the Custom Settings section, check the "Add command line arguments" box and type in /win in the text field just below. When you launch the game you'll notice that the main menu appears to be in a tiny window (Sorry those with 4K monitors). Go into Options->Video Options and adjust the resolution to any resolution that is 4:3 (you can test this by dividing the width by the height, should have a ratio of 1.33). When you launch any gamemode you'll notice that the window has now resized to the resolution you just chose, even though the main menu is ridiculously small. Characters will no longer appear squashed. Remember to enable v-sync to prevent wonky vehicle physics.
The downsides: No fullscreen support at a 4:3 ratio, and the main menu is very small no matter what you do.
The upsides: Nothing appears to be stretched in-game, the UI works just fine
Hope this helps.
The game automatically features a widescreen fix that allows for high-resolution, 16:9 monitors with a correctly scaled user interface (UI). All in-game menus will work just fine without stretching, with the main menu being an exception. Once you load into Instant Action, Galactic Conquest, Campaign, etc. you'll find that the UI looks just fine.
As far as 3D rendering goes, the game attempts to stretch itself to fit fullscreen no matter what resolution you specify. There is no way to letterbox the game as far as I can tell. While the UI looks fine in-game, your character model as well as the environment will look squashed. The only fix I have found so far is to run the game with the /win command line argument. You can set this in the GOG Galaxy launcher. Navigate to Star Wars Battlefront (2004, Classic) and press More->Settings. In the Custom Settings section, check the "Add command line arguments" box and type in /win in the text field just below. When you launch the game you'll notice that the main menu appears to be in a tiny window (Sorry those with 4K monitors). Go into Options->Video Options and adjust the resolution to any resolution that is 4:3 (you can test this by dividing the width by the height, should have a ratio of 1.33). When you launch any gamemode you'll notice that the window has now resized to the resolution you just chose, even though the main menu is ridiculously small. Characters will no longer appear squashed. Remember to enable v-sync to prevent wonky vehicle physics.
The downsides: No fullscreen support at a 4:3 ratio, and the main menu is very small no matter what you do.
The upsides: Nothing appears to be stretched in-game, the UI works just fine
Hope this helps.
Post edited May 02, 2019 by WisdomOtter
This question / problem has been solved by spacekiltro
