Playing on widescreen or nornal monitor? : V

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:40 am

Which do you use? I've just changed from normal to a new widescreen and I'm finding it a bit hard to get used to. Things seem a bit stretched. People and doorways are definately wider looking.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 4:45 am

I'm on a widescreen, playing on 1360x768.

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:57 pm

I'm running a 22" 1920x1080 LED monitor.

Which do you use? I've just changed from normal to a new widescreen and I'm finding it a bit hard to get used to. Things seem a bit stretched. People and doorways are definately wider looking.

Things certainly shouldn't be looking more stretched out. Did you change your resolution in the in-game settings once you got your new monitor? If you're still running your old resolution on a new, wider moniter, this will cause the image to look all weird and stretched out.

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 11:28 pm

19" widescreen PC monitor (1440x900). I have seen some topics about Field Of View (FOV) but I haven't messed with mine yet.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 2:41 am

Make sure you didn't change the ratio (should be 16:10).

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 11:31 pm

1920x1080 and no.

I think your not used to the FOV setting, it will feel more natural soon. They do this to make up for the fact you have no peripheral vision while looking at a flat screen. Without it there would be a tunnel vision feel.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 5:13 am

I play mine on an imax cinema screen.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 7:45 am

Eh, I wish I had a widescreen. Unfortunately my monitor is a bit of an antique.

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:43 pm

Eh, I wish I had a widescreen. Unfortunately my monitor is a bit of an antique.

Still pushing protons through a vacuum to hit a phosphorous screen? That svcks.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 4:27 am

Still pushing protons through a vacuum to hit a phosphorous screen? That svcks.

Yeah, it's probably pushing 15 years old and it's a bit of a beast. A new monitor is at the top of my list for upgrades, though.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 8:18 am

*cough* I'm uh, using a slightly more exotic one myself

/or I would, if Beth would stop wrecking the 3rd party patches that fix their bastard of a new GUI vs what used to work with all their other games *shakes tiny fist*
//or if they'd just fix it so that the GUI is remotely aware that 3x horizontal does not automatically equal 3x the vertical that'd be even more swell, you know like how it works with all their other games

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:48 am

Yeah, it's probably pushing 15 years old and it's a bit of a beast. A new monitor is at the top of my list for upgrades, though.

I remember when I got a 19" CRT and thought that was so sweet.

Ah, 1998. :cool:

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:17 pm

I remember when I got a 19" CRT and thought that was so sweet.

Ah, 1998. :cool:

Well, when I built my first computer, I grabbed a spare that was around the house. Then I had a laptop, so I didn't need a seperate monitor. Then I built my current rig and just grabbed my old monitor. It still works beautifully. It's just not a widescreen like my laptop was.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 12:56 am

Neither.
I just have a keyboard in front of me, coupled with my imagination.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 10:52 am

Neither.
I just have a keyboard in front of me, coupled with my imagination.

That's hardcoe RPGing!

Maybe I should make a pillow fort and pretend it's Solitude.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 1:42 am

Thanks. I changed the settings and it looks better now.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 12:33 am

Thanks. I changed the settings and it looks better now.

What worked?

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 12:36 pm

Maybe I should make a pillow fort and pretend it's Solitude.

Oh! Can I be Windhelm? We can have a war!

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 7:15 am

Widescreen here, 1280 x 720. I could up the resolution more but it cuts my framerate too much for my liking.

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:25 pm

42" wide screen, suround sound with mega bass.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 2:29 am

I use a widescreen monitor when I'm gaming and I can't imagine going back to a "normal" monitor.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 12:59 pm

Right now it's Xbox and a 42" 720 plasma.

In 4 weeks it will be an i7/GTX 570 on a 47" 1080p LCD 120hz

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:56 pm

Widescreen monitor. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236091

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 4:53 am

What do you consider normal? Widesrcreen is normal, isn't it?

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:05 pm

I now play it on my 19" widescreen PC monitor (hooked up to 360) i originally started the game on a 42" LCD HDTV.