Zephyr Net

How can I run FA on a widescreen monitor? I just tried it and it stretched it out a lot.

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Let your anger be like the monkey which hides inside the piniata.

If your monitor has a mode such as "Aspect" or "1:1" you can put it in that and the game will not be stretched.

Also, if you have an Nvidia card, there are some options in the Nvidia Control Panel. Display --> Change Flat Panel Scaling ... "Do not scale." I selected this option on my widescreen monitor and reduced to a 5:4 resolution, Windows became a box in the middle of the monitor with black bars on four sides. I loaded FA and it remained a box in the middle, with correct aspect ratio.

Going to check ATI settings on my other machine and will post results....

Update:

The option should be in ATI Catalyst Control Center (advanced mode) under Panel Properties---> Attributes. There are then a few options for Image Scaling.

This option only shows up on LCD panels connected using DVI. My monitor is connected with 15 pin D-Sub and the option is not even there.

Hope this helps.

Zephyr

No joy so far. I even tried running it at just 1024x768 with the same panavision-like results.

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Fighting for justice with brains of steel

Let your anger be like the monkey which hides inside the piniata.

What brand of video card are you using?

It was ordered on the Gateway at purchase, it's an OEM ATI RADEON 600

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Fighting for justice with brains of steel

Let your anger be like the monkey which hides inside the piniata.

Do you have Catalyst Control Center installed, and is Image Scaling an option in the Panel Properties menu?

Didn't come with CCC but I installed it last night.
It has the "maintain aspect ratio" option but it doesn't "take" when I check it, just reverts to "full panel", "centered timings" will stay selected but doesnt seem to do anything.

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Fighting for justice with brains of steel

Let your anger be like the monkey which hides inside the piniata.

WOOO HOOOOO!
It was in the OSD oddly enough. I had it set to "Full Screen" during set-up, tonight I was in there poking around again and changed it to "aspect" and VIOLA all is well in FA again
Thanks for helpin out Zeph

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Fighting for justice with brains of steel

Let your anger be like the monkey which hides inside the piniata.

Good to hear you got it working.