Widescreen Gaming Forum

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Dipping bags at Mach1.9

Thanks for the report! My comments:

==Singleplayer anomalies==

Actually, I wouldn't necessarily call this an anomaly. When you're using a scoped rifle, additional peripheral vision isn't particularly important. In this situation, it's arguably more desirable to have a larger scoped view at the expense of losing hor +.

Does the game have any other things you would call anomalies?


==Cut-scenes==

Your shot labeled 1280x1024 is actually 1920x1200, and your shot labeled 1680x1050 is actually 1280x1024. Also, these are not anamorphic. Anamorphic means that the widescreen shot has thinner black bars, which isn't the case here. This is vert -. You can tell because the 5:4 shot has vegetation visible on the bottom of the viewable area that gets cropped off in the widescreen shot.

Also, are you sure these are FMVs? They look to me like they are rendered with the game's engine, plus vert - is very uncommon in FMVs.


== Grading ==

Calculated grade: C+
Potential grade: B

Major unresolved issues:
Is 1280x720 or 1920x1080 supported?

Minor unresolved issues:
Are 1280x800 and 1440x900 supported?
Are there any singleplayer anomalies?

Summary of widescreen-related flaws:
Stretched HUD
Vert - cut-scenes

Cranky's coverage estimate: 87%

1280x720 and 1920x1080 work fine.

1280x720 and 1920x1080 work fine.

Report edited, cheers
M1.9P :D

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Dipping bags at Mach1.9

== Grading ==

Calculated grade: B

Major unresolved issues: None
Minor unresolved issues: None

Summary of widescreen-related flaws:
Stretched HUD
Vert - cut-scenes

Cranky's coverage estimate: 100%

Here's some long overdue party-pooping...

As was tirelessly demonstrated by Paddy back in the day, GRAW2 was originally a Vert- game that ultimately became Hor+/Vert+. It's hard to spot on Mach's screenshots, but the comparison screenshot DB makes it all too obvious:
4:3 (color) over 16:10 (grey)


The AR can be set in-game to 4:3, 5:4, 16:10 or 16:9. It can also be edited manually:
But no value will make the game strictly Hor+ and "0" ("auto AR" in GRAW1) only results in broken graphics in GRAW2.

==Surround Gaming Support==
Partial solution, .ini edit required.
Checking "show all resolutions" from the in-game options menu will let you select any multi-mon res, but the AR has to be edited manually, see above.
However since this is NOT a strictly Hor+ game, AR values above ~3.5 will result in increasingly broken graphics (missing objects, upside-down scene... although the Vert- scope sight and strategic map always work ok!).

So...
Multi-monitor gameplay will be slightly stretched, even in 15:4.
'Faux' Surround up to 3:1 (e.g 1920x640) works ok, but the vertical FOV increase clearly becomes overwhelming.

1024x768 (in-game AR 4:3)


1920x640 ("aspect_ratio" value="3.0")

Multi-monitor gameplay will be slightly stretched, even in 15:4.

Yes, unfortunately it looks awful.

Vert + flaw noted and recorded as blemish.

Should we consider this game's surround support "flawed" (and remember - this is the grading equivalent of no surround support at all)?

Ah this game doesnt support surround, no way. :wink:

Definitely flawed. The game looks like crap at any regular Surround res.