The great tallscreen screenshot project thread!

Post by **The_cranky_hermit** » 02 Jul 2007, 03:27

Note: This is just for fun. I have no intention of transforming WSGF into TSGF , or creating a sister site, or making an addendum to the MGL, or even getting a new tallscreen-themed board added to the forum. If this becomes very popular, maybe the project will become something bigger, but I'm not counting on it.

Here's how you can contribute to this project. You'll need the following:

1: A widescreen monitor. Pivot is nice, but not necessary.
2: A graphics card and driver that supports rotation.
3: A game that is listed as "Vert -" on the MGL.
4: A screenshot tool such as FRAPS, though Alt+PrintScrn should work if you really want to use it.

First, make sure the game is listed as "Vert -" on the MGL. You can also use 2D games that are listed as "Hor +" or 3D games that require FOV editing in order to become hor +. But don't bother with 3D games that are natively hor + or anything that stretches - those will inevitably prove a waste of time.

Next, if the game has a non-native solution, you may want to apply it now. Whatever your monitor's resolution is, set the display to use the inverse of it. For example, if your native res is 1400x900, set it to 900x1400.

If the game has a native solution, run it, and set it to 640x480. If this is not offered, use the lowest possible. You do not want the horizontal resolution to exceed your monitor's vertical resolution.

Open up your driver's control panel, and set your display to portrait mode. If your monitor has pivot, you may want to use it now.

Run the game. If you didn't set the tallscreen resolution manually, the game should be running in landscape mode. Go into the video options menu and see if the max resolution available is your tallscreen res. If so, set it. If not, see if you can find a way to enable it manually.

Once you have the game running in tallscreen, find a good place to take a picture, take one, and quicksave. Then quit, set your monitor back to landscape, run the game at a 4:3 resolution, quickload, and take another picture.

Check the pictures to make sure they're from the same spot, then resize them, upload them somewhere (I use imageshack), and post them here.

Post by **The_cranky_hermit** » 02 Jul 2007, 03:30

American McGee's Alice:

1600x1200

1200x1920

Twig · Post by **Twig** » 03 Jul 2007, 21:54

LOL that looks cool as hell. Now we just need DSGF(Diagonal).
Make everything... well diagonal.

P-Storm · Post by **P-Storm** » 04 Jul 2007, 09:08

I did some research on worms armageddon, it was just native but it stutters the gameplay.

I do know Hitman could do it :wink:

Apple · Post by **Apple** » 04 Jul 2007, 10:14

Hitman: Blood Money Demo.

4:3 1024x768

10:16 800x1280

Apple · Post by **Apple** » 04 Jul 2007, 10:51

Guild Wars.

The FOV isn't right in tallscreen, some Hor-.

Had to logout and in about 5 times to get the pictures almost the same. Guild Wars just randomly starts you in a certain spot in a city/town and I couldn't change the resolution to a tallscreen one while playing and vice versa. This was the closet I got, but you get the idea.

4:3 1600x1200

10:16 1200x1920

Apple · Post by **Apple** » 04 Jul 2007, 11:33

Far Cry.

This game had some clipping issues in Tallscreen, also the FOV is a little off.

4:3 1600x1200

10:16 1200x1920

P-Storm · Post by **P-Storm** » 04 Jul 2007, 15:14

Lol, hor- never thought i would hear that here :lol: .

I will look if i can find some games :wink:

P-Storm · Post by **P-Storm** » 04 Jul 2007, 15:31

Normal

tallscreen

widescreen

all clickable

PS tallscreen is hard to make a good shot...

Post by **MobsterOO7** » 04 Jul 2007, 15:51

Here's how you can contribute to this project. You'll need the following:
1: Blah blah blah
2: Blah blah blah
3: A game that is listed as "Vert -" on the MGL.
4: Blah blah blah

P-Storm and Apple tallscreen isn't applicable with CSS because that game is Hor+ which means the FOV is decreased by a lot when you do tallscreen, which makes for ugly screenies.

Not chewing you out just a friendly reminder. :lol:

P-Storm · Post by **P-Storm** » 04 Jul 2007, 15:54

I thought maybe does CSS native even with tallscreen, because it was listed bu the 16:10 (every landscape resolution)

Apple · Post by **Apple** » 04 Jul 2007, 17:20

Here's how you can contribute to this project. You'll need the following:
1: Blah blah blah
2: Blah blah blah
3: A game that is listed as "Vert -" on the MGL.
4: Blah blah blah

P-Storm and Apple tallscreen isn't applicable with CSS because that game is Hor+ which means the FOV is decreased by a lot when you do tallscreen, which makes for ugly screenies.

Not chewing you out just a friendly reminder. :lol:

All the games I did were Vert-, so I don't know why you have mentioned my name there.

Post by **The_cranky_hermit** » 04 Jul 2007, 18:03

The FOV isn't right in tallscreen, some Hor-.

Also, those two shots aren't from the same place. For example, in the 4:3 shot, the fountain is to the right of the rightmost arch, but in the tallscreen shot, it's directly in front of it.

Apple · Post by **Apple** » 05 Jul 2007, 06:09

Yeah, its the best I could get. I'll edit the post and explain why.

P-Storm · Post by **P-Storm** » 16 Jul 2007, 10:50

Okay you guys, saw some crazy thing from paddy

Yeah this is Triplehead Tallscreen gaming (damn wath a name :lol: )

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 16 Jul 2007, 10:58

I got Blazing Angels aswell, it's one totally fun game. :)

Apple · Post by **Apple** » 16 Jul 2007, 14:46

Yeah I saw that pic, very crazy.

Post by **The_cranky_hermit** » 26 Aug 2007, 17:26

Mafia

1024x768

1200x1920

mito · Post by **mito** » 30 Aug 2007, 23:03

noob question:

what's the point of Tallscreen gaming? Thx.....

Dem Pyros · Post by **Dem Pyros** » 30 Aug 2007, 23:08

noob question:

what's the point of Tallscreen gaming? Thx.....

It's ub3r 1337 h4x0r.....

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