APB: All Points Bulletin

APB: All Points Bulletin is a Multiplayer online video game for Microsoft Windows based in urban sprawls and featuring two sides, Enforcers and the Criminals. Players may join either the Enforcers or the Criminals, and form sub-groups in these.

Support summary

Grades:-

Widescreen: C
Multi-Monitor: C

Tested Version:

Retail Live Version 1.3.1 (55).

Screen change:

Vert-

Widescreen Method:

Native

Hud Stretch:

None

Multi-monitor Method:

Native

Multi-monitor HUD:

HUD Positioning Affects Gameplay

Rendered cut-scenes:

FMV cut-scenes:

Anamorphic

Additional WSGF Links:

Game information

Release Date:

Tuesday, 29 June, 2010

Game status:

Released

Setting:

Modern

Genre:

Action-RPG

Play styles:

MMO

Developer:

Electronic Arts

Developer feedback:

Links:

⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ Moby Games ⋅ Wikipedia ⋅

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Solutions & Anomalies

Solution

Native

Eyefinity / Surround Specific Solution

Surround is Vert-/Hor+ . It appears to be Hor+ based upon what your single screen Aspect Ratio is. However, the character selection screen is still fully Vert-, however this doesn't effect gameplay, you can still easily identify and choose your character. This is the only menu in the game that I've seen to be Vert-. As far as character creation/customization, as well as clothing customization, and vehicle customization goes - it is all properly Hor+; however cars are split between the right bezel for me at 5040x1050, as well as the character when zoomed in very far, this can be fairly annoying at times, but it isn't game breaking in my opinion.

3D Solution

Single player anomalies

This is an MMO, there is no singleplayer.

Multiplayer anomalies

Native Vert-\Hor+ support in MP.
No HUD stretch, all 2D UI elements scale correctly to the sides of the display. However, in Eyefinity it appears hud is centered, according to an Eyefinity user on the APB forums, and has a video of it centered here:

I asked him and he claims he did nothing to achieve centered hud, but it appears to have problems with bezel compensation enabled (UI hidden behind bezels). I cannot get my hud centered with the Matrox TH2Go or NVidia surround.

3D anomalies

Comparison Screenshots