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 Post subject: The Shield Game
PostPosted: 03 Feb 2018, 15:19 
The game is from 2007 and it should support widescreen but it's not. In the options are available only 4:3 resolutions.
It is interesting that 16:9 can be selected in the options but the result is as below on the screenshot. It would be great if it could be improved.


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 Post subject: Re: The Shield Game
PostPosted: 03 Feb 2018, 15:21 
This is option 16:9 in the menu.


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 Post subject: Re: The Shield Game
PostPosted: 02 Mar 2018, 07:42 
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Very odd that a game would have an option for 16:9 aspect ratio but not 16:9 resolutions..

There's a config.ini in Documents/Aspyr/The Shield that contains these following lines:
#### , SCREEN_WIDTH
#### , SCREEN_HEIGHT
Changing them to a non-4:3 resolution just launches it at 640x480. "FULLSCREEN" doesn't do anything either.
I can't find any resolutions (http://www.wsgf.org/article/common-hex-values) in Shield.exe so they're not hardcoded.
There doesn't seem to be any launch parameters either.

I did manage to force the resolution with Cheat Engine. However, the menus are cut off and the 3D+FMVs are biased to the left of the screen still at 4:3.
I think a proper hex edit/hack could be made from my cheat table but that's beyond my capability so I'll attach it for anyone who wants to.
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 Post subject: Re: The Shield Game
PostPosted: 14 Jul 2018, 14:56 
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I added this game to the database. Maybe in the future can be possible get widescreen resolutions

http://www.wsgf.org/dr/shield/en


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 Post subject: Re: The Shield Game
PostPosted: 26 Jan 2019, 23:31 
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vekio wrote:
I added this game to the database. Maybe in the future can be possible get widescreen resolutions

http://www.wsgf.org/dr/shield/en

dgVoodoo's WIP DX9 support can force the game to run at any resolution: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=727093#p727093


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