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    Help! Widescreen Warcraft 3

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by MP5, Jul 9, 2007.

  1. MP5

    MP5 Notebook Consultant

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    Hi guys, I am trying to play wc3 on my Vaio. but it got stretched to the whole screen. how to put black bar as to maintain the ratio?

    Thanks.
     
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    Normally it's an option of the display. I am not sure if there are software options that can control that.
     
    CodeMonkeyX, Jul 9, 2007
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    Gophn, Jul 9, 2007
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  4. MP5

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    thanks dude. but i think that link is suggesting on how to make it stretched - widescreen
     
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    not really stretched, its the edit to force the game to use your widescreen native resolution over using a 4:3 resolution that gets more stretched.

    WC3 never had fully support for widescreen, but the reg edit helps it a lot.
     
    Gophn, Jul 10, 2007
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    in your nvidia control panel go to display settings and check the "maintain aspect ratio" box.
     
    osso002, Jul 10, 2007
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    argh somehow the option is greyed out (locked)
     
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    ok for those interested, i found a fix. set the native to any non native resolution, 1280x768 is recommended. then the option won't be greyed out.
     
    MP5, Jul 16, 2007
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