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    Why wont FLIGHT SIMULATOR X go fullscreen on my laptop?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by mikezzz2012, Jul 6, 2012.

  1. mikezzz2012

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    i7-2670QM CPU@2,20gh(8CPUs),MEMORY=16GB,OS=Windows 7 Premium bit

    On the display tab I have NVIDIA Geforce GTX 560M, DAC TYPE: Intergrated RAMDAC, Approx total memory 4047MB Current display mode 1366x768(32bit)(60HZ)


    thats what I have but the screen wont go fullscreen at all. theres a black bar on the left and rght side of the screen resulting to a square picture of the game at the middle. Any suggestions please?
     
    mikezzz2012, Jul 6, 2012
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    Are you running teamviewer?

    Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2
     
    monkeychef, Jul 6, 2012
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    Whats teamviewer?
     
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    Try pressing Alt + Enter
     
    StZu, Jul 6, 2012
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    I just tried it right now, thanks StZu! Its fulscreen now although the top portion kinda gets cut of I guess its because the picture is stretched, but thats okay, thanks again!
     
    mikezzz2012, Jul 6, 2012
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    be77solo pc's and planes

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    curious, is that the native resolution of your monitor?
     
    be77solo, Jul 6, 2012
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  7. StZu

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    No prob, enjoy the game
     
    StZu, Jul 6, 2012
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    So you prefer to see less of the game just so you don't have black bars on the sides?
     
    Qing Dao, Jul 6, 2012
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    @be77solo hi! its 1366x768

    @Qing Dao Hmm. did I say that? I dont think so, I just explained what it looked like, and I also tried this in another game and its still the same, but like I said in my last comment, ITS OKAY, if you read it lol
     
    mikezzz2012, Jul 7, 2012
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    The way you said it implied you preferred it. But I didn't know, so I asked you, yet you still didn't say it.
     
    Qing Dao, Jul 7, 2012
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    Oh Im sorry I gave you the wrong idea. Uhm sometimes I like it full screen but there are times I am forced to set it to its natural non full screen coz at least it has a complete picture and I think for this flight simulator game thats kinda important. But right now, Im most of the time using non full screen mode , prevents me from crashing haha
     
    mikezzz2012, Jul 8, 2012
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  12. Qing Dao

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    Ok. I have a friend who plays flight simulator 2004 and I don't know how he does it on 16:9. When it takes up the full screen, he barely sees anything above the instrument panel, so he is always switching views.
     
    Qing Dao, Jul 8, 2012
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    Oh I see, Im sorry I gave you the wrong idea. Well I prefer the fullscreen but most of the time Im forced to use the non fullscreen since it has a more complete picture in it
     
    mikezzz2012, Jul 8, 2012
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    Always wanted to try fsx, Is it an open world where you can fly to any airport you like? Or is it a predetermined path that you have to follow from airport a to airport b?
     
    StZu, Jul 8, 2012
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    Yeah its open world. You can freeroam all around the world and you can do nice fun missions too :)
     
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    Hmm, I bought the Gold edition,there's an additional Flight simulator ACCELERATION CD,gotta check that out too
     
    mikezzz2012, Jul 8, 2012
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