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Heroes of Might and Magic seriesHoMM3 - Getting black bars.(8 posts)(8 posts)
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Posted April 08, 2015
I have this problem with HoMM3, as well as Might & Magic 6 and 7, that i only get a small box in the center of my screen with the actual game in it. Everything else is black bars, as if the resolution won't stretch to fit my monitor. I use a 27" ASUS monitor with a Radeon R9 270X GPU. Halp :(
Posted April 08, 2015
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Ohnedich: I have this problem with HoMM3, as well as Might & Magic 6 and 7, that i only get a small box in the center of my screen with the actual game in it. Everything else is black bars, as if the resolution won't stretch to fit my monitor. I use a 27" ASUS monitor with a Radeon R9 270X GPU. Halp :(
You have to change your GPU settings.
In your AMD Catalyst Control Center, go to My Digital Flat Panels, then Enable GPU scaling and select "Maintain Aspect Ratio" which will stretch the image but keep the height x width ratio (or try the other settings if you want a fully stretched image).
Posted April 08, 2015
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Ohnedich: I have this problem with HoMM3, as well as Might & Magic 6 and 7, that i only get a small box in the center of my screen with the actual game in it. Everything else is black bars, as if the resolution won't stretch to fit my monitor. I use a 27" ASUS monitor with a Radeon R9 270X GPU. Halp :(
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ZFR: You have to change your GPU settings.
In your AMD Catalyst Control Center, go to My Digital Flat Panels, then Enable GPU scaling and select "Maintain Aspect Ratio" which will stretch the image but keep the height x width ratio (or try the other settings if you want a fully stretched image).
Didn't work. It stretched a bit but i still have massive black bars.
Post edited April 08, 2015 by Ohnedich
Posted April 08, 2015
For HoMM3, there is a widescreen mod that might solve your issue.
https://sites.google.com/site/heroes3hd/

But you should be able to solve it through GPU settings for all games. Sorry I have an Nvidia card, so can't help you more.
Posted April 10, 2015
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ZFR: You have to change your GPU settings.
In your AMD Catalyst Control Center, go to My Digital Flat Panels, then Enable GPU scaling and select "Maintain Aspect Ratio" which will stretch the image but keep the height x width ratio (or try the other settings if you want a fully stretched image).
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Ohnedich: Didn't work. It stretched a bit but i still have massive black bars.
Check your overscan settings? The game is 4:3 so there should be bars on the sides.
Posted April 10, 2015
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Ohnedich: Didn't work. It stretched a bit but i still have massive black bars.
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Gydion: Check your overscan settings? The game is 4:3 so there should be bars on the sides.
Oh yes, Ohnedich if you mean bars on side only, than it's normal since it's still maintaing the correct ratio on your widescreen monitor.
You can select "Scale image to full panel size" to remove the bars, but this will stretch and distort the image so that it can fill the whole screen.
Posted May 07, 2015
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Gydion: Check your overscan settings? The game is 4:3 so there should be bars on the sides.
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ZFR: Oh yes, Ohnedich if you mean bars on side only, than it's normal since it's still maintaing the correct ratio on your widescreen monitor.
You can select "Scale image to full panel size" to remove the bars, but this will stretch and distort the image so that it can fill the whole screen.
I have a black square encasing the game, not just on the sides :)
Posted May 07, 2015
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Ohnedich: I have a black square encasing the game, not just on the sides :)
OK, I discovered something in NVidia control panel. I have an option "Perform scaling on" and I can choose either GPU or Display. If I choose display, scaling doesn't work for me for any game, I have to choose GPU.

Maybe there is a similar option for AMD?
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