Forcing 1440x900 Resolution

Jimmy_Smack · 08-25-2008, 03:02 PM

Does anyone force their resolution to 1440x900 for a 19" monitor here? If so do you feel it looks the way its supposed to? Its strange going from everyone being scrunched down to everyone being normal looking and I don't even know if its right... Can you post a picture or 2 of what your game looks like with this resolution?

Makee · 08-25-2008, 04:35 PM

A lot of us are forcing widescreen resolutions in PR, via shortcut.

It looks just fine for me, way better then without forcing, although it isn't true widescreen field of view.
Proper widescreen field of view you can get with a little piece of software called widescreen fixer (download it here), which you can turn on/off while you are in game, and you can see yourself what is best for you.

[R-DEV]OkitaMakoto · 08-25-2008, 04:49 PM

Set up in your shortcut the x and y resolutions and then in addition get the widescreen fixer. Theres a slightly older version thats said to be more PunkBuster compatible, but ive heard people using the new one with no problems. Your call.

Running both resolution in shortcut and widescreen fixer together is the best, imo. Tried it once, nearly crapped myself, never played again without it :P

Jimmy_Smack · 08-25-2008, 06:32 PM

Yeah I do it using the shortcut and i'll give the widescreen fixer a try.

Would one of you mind posting a picture for me?

Jimmy_Smack · 08-25-2008, 07:09 PM

Wow, you were right. That widescreen fixer works wonders, the game looks "good" now. Thanks.

gazzthompson · 08-25-2008, 08:15 PM

i couldnt get the widescreen fixer to work, it always had " fix enabled: no"or what ever, did you need to assign a button to make it work?

edit: hmm worked, but decreases FOV

edit 2: no it increases FOV

Jimmy_Smack · 08-25-2008, 08:24 PM

the default button is ";", I don't think you can change it.

Jimmy_Smack · 08-27-2008, 02:38 PM

This is what it looks like. Although it is 1440x900 it still looks stretched.

Note the oval shape of the scope.

clueless_noob · 08-27-2008, 03:17 PM

It's your minimap on top right corner that gets stretched, not the game world.

You see, the world in PR is 3 dimensional, not a 2-D picture and your screen is only a window to that world. When you change the window dimensions (a.k.a. your screen resolution), the world and its dimensions stay the same, but you see different slice of it. Increase horizontal resolution and you see more at edes of your screen, increase vertical resolution and you see more at top and bottom of your screen. And vice versa, naturally.

Objects in the 3-D portion of the picture never stretch.

clueless_noob · 08-27-2008, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimmy_Smack

This is what it looks like. Although it is 1440x900 it still looks stretched.

Note the oval shape of the scope.

Sorry to break you theory, but your scope is perfectly round

It's diameter is 460 pixels (give or take 1 pixel) both horizontally and vertically.

08-25-2008, 03:02 PM	#1
Jimmy_Smack Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: In your basement Posts: 309	Forcing 1440x900 Resolution Does anyone force their resolution to 1440x900 for a 19" monitor here? If so do you feel it looks the way its supposed to? Its strange going from everyone being scrunched down to everyone being normal looking and I don't even know if its right... Can you post a picture or 2 of what your game looks like with this resolution?

08-25-2008, 04:35 PM	#2
Makee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Rijeka, Croatia Posts: 269	Re: Forcing 1440x900 Resolution A lot of us are forcing widescreen resolutions in PR, via shortcut. It looks just fine for me, way better then without forcing, although it isn't true widescreen field of view. Proper widescreen field of view you can get with a little piece of software called widescreen fixer (download it here), which you can turn on/off while you are in game, and you can see yourself what is best for you.
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08-25-2008, 04:49 PM	#3
[R-DEV]OkitaMakoto PR Developer Join Date: May 2006 United States of America Location: Indiana Posts: 5,706	Re: Forcing 1440x900 Resolution Set up in your shortcut the x and y resolutions and then in addition get the widescreen fixer. Theres a slightly older version thats said to be more PunkBuster compatible, but ive heard people using the new one with no problems. Your call. Running both resolution in shortcut and widescreen fixer together is the best, imo. Tried it once, nearly crapped myself, never played again without it :P
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08-25-2008, 06:32 PM	#4
Jimmy_Smack Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: In your basement Posts: 309	Re: Forcing 1440x900 Resolution Yeah I do it using the shortcut and i'll give the widescreen fixer a try. Would one of you mind posting a picture for me?

08-25-2008, 07:09 PM	#5
Jimmy_Smack Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: In your basement Posts: 309	Re: Forcing 1440x900 Resolution Wow, you were right. That widescreen fixer works wonders, the game looks "good" now. Thanks.

08-25-2008, 08:15 PM	#6
gazzthompson Join Date: Jan 2007 United Kingdom Location: norfolk Posts: 2,384	Re: Forcing 1440x900 Resolution i couldnt get the widescreen fixer to work, it always had " fix enabled: no"or what ever, did you need to assign a button to make it work? edit: hmm worked, but decreases FOV edit 2: no it increases FOV

	Last edited by gazzthompson; 08-25-2008 at 08:30 PM.

08-25-2008, 08:24 PM	#7
Jimmy_Smack Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: In your basement Posts: 309	Re: Forcing 1440x900 Resolution the default button is ";", I don't think you can change it.

08-27-2008, 02:38 PM	#8
Jimmy_Smack Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: In your basement Posts: 309	Re: Forcing 1440x900 Resolution This is what it looks like. Although it is 1440x900 it still looks stretched. Note the oval shape of the scope.

08-27-2008, 03:17 PM	#9
clueless_noob Join Date: Apr 2008 Finland Location: Helsinki Posts: 207	Re: Forcing 1440x900 Resolution It's your minimap on top right corner that gets stretched, not the game world. You see, the world in PR is 3 dimensional, not a 2-D picture and your screen is only a window to that world. When you change the window dimensions (a.k.a. your screen resolution), the world and its dimensions stay the same, but you see different slice of it. Increase horizontal resolution and you see more at edes of your screen, increase vertical resolution and you see more at top and bottom of your screen. And vice versa, naturally. Objects in the 3-D portion of the picture never stretch.

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