Back in the days for me only one lua file be enough to make Camera Zoom mod worked.
There is widescreen in patches for DoWWA. With same issue as in newer initially support widescreen issue with camera fov.
Also minimap broken.
Mini map broken in such mods too for DOWWA.
Im sure i did play some version (retail on some patch, latest, steam on some patch before or after sega+steampipe maybe current version) and i get more proper widescreen. I cant say how it is now in current steam version and how in gog (lazy to check steam lazy to find a way to buy gog version from russia). As i get it, usual game widescreen mechanic is just resolution with interactive (mouse movable on that sides) black bars. During gameplay too. Im sure i saw version with black bars in main menu but wide gameplay parts including broken minimap issue.
I faced broken minimap issue and im never install widescreen mods (only camera zoom). So there is version without black bars, right?
Technically there is widescreen resolutions in all 3 game. Native 16:10 support for DC and SS and native 4:3 for WA with 16:10 resolutions added in patces in game (not available in ConfigOptions.exe).
No buildin or mod way fix minimap. Minimap is core RTS element. Im agreed for widescreen fix mod buildin only if there is no issues limitations with it. If someone did find a way to fix minimap.
If there is still no proper widescreen mod - it SHOULDNT be pre-installed. GOG are repackers, but official. Mods supposed to be optional. You can install mod to offline drmfree games you bought, but you cant uninstall preinstalled ones.
So sometimes resolution not mean screen size and aspect (and not mean quality). Like Framesrate not always related to Refreshrate.
Post edited May 26, 2023 by QWEEDDYZ