If the desktop resolution is 1366x768, have you tried running in fullscreen windowed?
How to set CORRECT widescreen resolution for Fallout 2
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GuYem
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I tried 1366x768 windowed from f2_res_config.exe, yes. Dialog boxes look pretty small to me (screen is 15")
Not sure if the "windowed" part work correctly though, as there is no actual window around the play area.
Not sure if the "windowed" part work correctly though, as there is no actual window around the play area.
This may be a video card setting that you can fix if you want to just play in the original resolutions with black bars on the sides.
https://www.gog.com/forum/general_archive/old_games_stretched_on_new_widescreen_monitors
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...on-in-43/1e688aa9-24a7-4db3-ad36-455db1512abb
If you want large field of view and correct aspect ratio either use exact same values of a 16:9 aspect ratio in both fields this is without the zoom in. Or use equivalent of 768×yyy for ddraw.ini and exactly half of that in f2res. If it does not want to launch use fullscreen windowed mode probably graphic mode 6 as far as i remember
GuYem
First time out of the vault
All good here, black bars on the side are ok with original resolution. Small field of view though.
Thanks for the input gustarballs1983. I tried this :
* Graphic mode 4 and 1366x768 in ddraw.ini + the same resolution in f2_res_config.exe.
* Graphic mode 4 and 960x540 in ddraw.ini + the same resolution in f2_res_config.exe.
Those are approx 16:9 aspect ratio. Things looks crisp and nice, no stretching, no interpolated pixels as I can tell. However, this is a bit too zoomed out to my (picky) taste ; dialog boxes are small and I get tired quick reading those.
Is there another "usual" 16:9 resolution I could try ?
There I must say I do not understand the "equivalent of 768×yyy" for ddraw.ini ?
Unlikely; there is no resolution smaller than 1366x768 that won't stretch some pixels on a (fixed pixel-grid) screen of that resolution. For "clean" scaling you'd have to go half your native resolution, which won't fit the UI properly if it works at all.
960x540 is already close-ish to the original 640x480 resolution. You could try 854x480 which is basically vanilla but widescreen.
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GuYem
First time out of the vault
Now you're right about that after closer examination : 1366x768 is clean, but 960x540 is more blurry which means stretched pixels.
Trying to go half my native resolution of 1366x768 would mean going 683x384. Tried that but f2_res_config does not want to register it : sets the y resolution back to 480 automatically, guess it does not allow to go less than original ?
Well, looks like my weird monitor 1366x768 is at fault here.
Since I would like to play more than to tweak settings, I'll choose a non optimal res setting, but would still appreciate any advice you could give on that matter.
You can't go lower than a vertical resolution of 480 because the game UI wouldn't fit the screen. That's a hard limit you can't circumvent. You have to either use the native resolution of your screen and have a pixel perfect picture but smaller UI or live with non-integer scaling.
GuYem
First time out of the vault
Definite good way of suming up the situation with a 1366x768 screen. I was thinking about changing that screen sometime because some pixel lines are dead, will be sure to buy a 1920x1080 one.
Also I was wondering if someone ever made a mod able to scale the dialog boxes only ?
If I were to use a 2560x1440p monitor, is leaving the hr config resolution at the game's original resolution of 640x480 your recommendation? the dialogues fill the screen and things seem like they look as the original looked, but the text isn't as clear as these screenshots. Also, what is the shader mod being used?
I can't speak for everyone, yet the in game HRP GUI does probably not support 2560x1440..
the good news is you could probably set this in the .ini configuration files..
depending on what would you want to get:
the zoomed out crispy look: a.k.a how the game played on a 15" CRT monitor back in 1998.. for this use
2560x1440 for resolution settings in ddraw.ini
and
2560x1440 for resolution settings in f2-res.ini
the zoomed in blurry & pixelated look: a.k.a how the game played on a 17"+ CRT monitors back in 1998.. for this use
2560x1440 for resolution settings in ddraw.ini
and
1280x720 for resolution settings in f2-res.ini
genrally don't touch the HRP in game GUI, it isn't ment to operate on such high resolutions..
also if your monitor natively has smaller resolution and you get 2560x1440 by means of AMD FSR or something similar.. you better stick to your monitor's native ( nonFSR) resolution, in ddraw and HRP settings.. generally neither sfall nor hrp support FSR.. they sort of do something similar already to the game engine, and the cap is set to max monitor native resolution, neither sfall nor hrp will allow for even higher pixel density than what they alredy do..
I appreciate the quick and helpful response!
I actually have a 3440x1440 monitor but don't want to make the game ultrawide, to better emulate the original experience and so the talking heads and other menus fill the whole gamescreen.
if you set the game's resolution to correct aspect ratio of your monitor you'd get better experience than setting 16:9 on an ultrawide monitor
in the end sfall just lets you see more of the map.. and if you botch your aspect ratio you'll find everything is "ultra fat"
in the end sfall just lets you see more of the map.. and if you botch your aspect ratio you'll find everything is "ultra fat"
The image in the OP is really wrong since it's snapshotted before upscaling, so of course it's very sharp. You're not going to get anything as sharp as that if you upscale.