World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

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WOW is the blockbuster MMO from from Blizzard, set in their Warcraft universe. I did this DR the same week Wrath of the Lich King came out, so this could be considered the WotLK client.

This DR is out of date for the current state of the game (June 2014). Please see the entry for Pandaria.

Support Summary

Widescreen
Ultra/Super‑Wide
Multi-Monitor
4K Ultra HD
Support
Method
HUD
Cutscenes
FMVs

Game Information

Game Status:Released
Release Date:
Tested Version:Version 3.0.3 (9192) Release, dated November 3, 2008
Play Styles:MMO
Setting:Fantasy
Genre:RPG

Screenshots Comparison

4:3 Screenshot
16:10 Screenshot
16:9 Screenshot
21:9 Screenshot
A monitor with a question mark on it. The text above it reads "There is currently no image uploaded for this field." There is a semi-transparent WSGF logo in the background, while the main background is white. The image aspect ratio is 21:9.
32:9 Screenshot
Eyefinity / Surround Screenshot
Solutions & Issues
Widescreen Solution & Issues:

The login, character creation and character selection screens are Vert-. After 16x9, they pillarbox the 16:9 screen. The loading and world map screens are pillarboxed. The cut-scenes are rendered in the game engine and are anamorphic up to 16x9, then they go Hor+

Eyefinity / Surround Specific Solution & Issues:

The game is halfheartedly supporting of multi-mon. They have not bothered adapting the chat bubbles or combat text to widescreen. The result is huge combat text and chat bubbles that block the view of the game. It seems to be that these issues really are not hard to fix but yet they have not.

Add-ons can fix the combat text and placing of frames in the game to practical spots.
- move anything
- tidy plates

Unfortunately I have not found a fix for chat bubbles.

4:3 Screenshot
16:10 Screenshot
16:9 Screenshot
21:9 Screenshot
A monitor with a question mark on it. The text above it reads "There is currently no image uploaded for this field." There is a semi-transparent WSGF logo in the background, while the main background is white. The image aspect ratio is 21:9.
32:9 Screenshot
Eyefinity / Surround Screenshot
4:3 FMV Cutscene
16:10 FMV Cutscene
16:9 FMV Cutscene
Eyefinity / Surround FMV Cutscene
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Resolutions
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Gameplay 5:4, 1280x1024, max dolly
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Gameplay TripleHead, 3840x1024, max dolly
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Cut scene 5:4, 1280x1024, max dolly
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Cut scene TripleHead, 3840x1024, max dolly
15:9 Resolutions:1280x768
16:9 Resolutions:
Eyefinity / Surround Resolutions:
Multi-Monitor Layouts:3x1-L