Diablo III

Diablo III is the long awaited installment in the Diablo series from Blizzard. The gameplay is a genre-defining "action RPG" that is known for it's one click per attack, and extensive "loot" system which offers near limitless upgrades to weapons, items and armor.
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Support summary

Grades:-

Widescreen: A
Multi-Monitor: B

Screen change:

Hor+

Widescreen Method:

Native

Hud Stretch:

None

Multi-monitor Method:

.ini edit

Multi-monitor HUD:

Optimized

Ultra-Widescreen Method:

Ultra-Widescreen HUD:

4k UHD Method:

4k UHD HUD:

Rendered cut-scenes:

Anamorphic

FMV cut-scenes:

Hor+

Game information

Game status:

Released, Lobbying

Release Date:

Tuesday, 15 May, 2012

Tested Version:

1.0.1.9558

Setting:

Fantasy

Genre:

Action-RPG

Play styles:

Single player, Co-Op

Developer:

Blizzard Entertainment

Links:

Website ⋅ Support ⋅ Facebook ⋅ Twitter ⋅ Wikipedia ⋅ PC Gaming Wiki ⋅ Metacritic ⋅ Moby Games

Additional WSGF Links: Lack of Eyefinity/Surround Discussion

Developer feedback:

Bashiok (Blizzard CSR) responded to a post on the official Diablo 3 forums asking if the game would support a 3-monitor setup:

"It's a single-monitor only game, and that's because the game literally only pulls info from the servers for a specific distance away from the character for bandwidth reasons. The game is also built with those limitations in-mind: edges of maps don't extend way out.

Also, being able to see way out to the left or right of your character really wouldn't help that much. Triple monitor is cool for first/third person where you're getting a larger peripheral view, but in a fixed isometric camera it doesn't make a whole lot of sense."

Here's the link: http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=27822632495&sid=3000

Forum Thread:

Comparison Screenshots

4:3 Screenshot
16:10 Screenshot
16:9 Screenshot
Eyefinity / Surround Screenshot

Solutions & Issues

Baseline (Widescreen) Solution & Issues

The game natively supports widescreen resolutions under the "Fullscreen" display option. Eyefinity and Surround is supported by using the "Fullscreen Windowed" option.

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Ultra-Widescreen (21:9) Specific Solution & Issues

Eyefinity / Surround Specific Solution & Issues

For Eyefinity/Surround to work you must set the game to run in "Fullscreen Windowed." If you are having difficulty in the game to change your video options, here is how to change the setting outside of the game:

C:\Users\(user name)\Documents\Diablo III\D3Prefs.txt

DisplayModeWindowMode "2"
DisplayModeWidth "5760"
DisplayModeHeight "1080"

Bezel Correction resolutions are supported but, this has to be set to your desktop resolution or it will not work. This will enable the Fullscreen Windowed solution all ready found in the Beta. Note, windowed mode means no CrossFire or SLI support.

Helifax Solution for 3D Vision Surround users :

- Download Widescreen fixer
- Download this PLUGINand put it inside the Plugins folder.
- Start WSF & select the plugin
- Press the Cog (gear) to configure the plugin
- Start the game!
- Inside the game select Fullscreen and the resolution of your 1 screen (ex: 1680x1050 if you want to play at 3x1680 = 5040 x 1050)
- After that, at main menu enable the fix (default *)
- Alt+tab out of the game and back to it
- It will be rendered on 3 Screens now. (Fully compatible with 3D Vision Surround).