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Beyond Good and EvilHow do I fix widescreen stretching?(4 posts)solved(4 posts)solved
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Posted August 24, 2012
Aside from massive FPS drops in crowded locales (even with AA turned OFF), I'm having trouble correcting the stretching that occurs with widescreen resolutions. My monitor's native resolution is selectable in the settings, but choosing it doesn't seem to do anything but letterbox the game.

The Catalyst Control Panel allows me to Enable GPU Scaling in the Digital Flat-Panel Properties menu, but I can't select any of the radio buttons underneath the Enable GPU Scaling tick-box. 'Scale image to full panel size' seems to be the default setting, but I want to choose 'Maintain aspect ratio' instead.
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Posted August 25, 2012
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predcon: Aside from massive FPS drops in crowded locales (even with AA turned OFF), I'm having trouble correcting the stretching that occurs with widescreen resolutions. My monitor's native resolution is selectable in the settings, but choosing it doesn't seem to do anything but letterbox the game.

The Catalyst Control Panel allows me to Enable GPU Scaling in the Digital Flat-Panel Properties menu, but I can't select any of the radio buttons underneath the Enable GPU Scaling tick-box. 'Scale image to full panel size' seems to be the default setting, but I want to choose 'Maintain aspect ratio' instead.
To solve the Catalyst issue, try setting your resolution to lower‐than‐native. The options should no longer be greyed‐out. “Apply” the desired setting, then restore to native resolution.
Posted August 25, 2012
Ok, so that allowed me to switch to 'Maintain Aspect Ratio', which prevents widescreen stretching and places the vertical black bars on the side, but only by choosing a 4:3 resolution from within the game's settings. I'm still getting the horizontal 'letterboxing' bars. Are those supposed to be there across all resolutions?
Posted August 25, 2012
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predcon: I'm still getting the horizontal 'letterboxing' bars. Are those supposed to be there across all resolutions?
Yeah, those are hard-coded in the game. I'm not aware of a hack or something to remove them, but I've heard of a workaround. It involves setting the game's resolution to something where the vertical pixels are more than your monitor's vertical (like setting the game to 1600x1200 on a 1680x1050 monitor) and then centering the image so the game's letterboxing isn't as visible.
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