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 Forum: Request/Discuss Game Solutions   Topic: Warcraft 3 with black bars in 4:3 aspect ratio. How?

Posted: 02 Nov 2009, 14:49 

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Ok, here is the solution how to force Warcraft 3 to start with 4:3 aspect ratio: (drumroll please) open the registry and go to "HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareBlizzard EntertainmentWarcraft IIIVideo" set the key "refresh rate" from 75 to 60. Now the scaling set in the video card driver works correct. (I s...

 Forum: Request/Discuss Game Solutions   Topic: Warcraft 3 with black bars in 4:3 aspect ratio. How?

Posted: 31 Oct 2009, 21:10 

Replies: 8
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is the game it'self scaling to your max res?


I'm not sure what you mean by this.

WC3 is the only game that behaves strangely. All others work fine, like Diablo.

 Forum: Request/Discuss Game Solutions   Topic: Warcraft 3 with black bars in 4:3 aspect ratio. How?

Posted: 31 Oct 2009, 19:05 

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Here are some screenshots: Diablo with "use NVIDA scaling with fixed-aspect ratio": Diablo with "do not scale: WC3 with "use NVIDA scaling with fixed-aspect ratio": WC3 with "do not scale: (hard to see on the picture, but it's still streched) WC3 with 4:3 set in the OSD: (this is what I want, but wi...

 Forum: Request/Discuss Game Solutions   Topic: Warcraft 3 with black bars in 4:3 aspect ratio. How?

Posted: 31 Oct 2009, 18:47 

Replies: 8
Views: 8645


I get a streched picture with black bars on the top and bottom of the screen. In any other game i get an (almost) 1:1 picture with black bars left and right.

 Forum: Request/Discuss Game Solutions   Topic: Warcraft 3 with black bars in 4:3 aspect ratio. How?

Posted: 31 Oct 2009, 18:04 

Replies: 8
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Hi, I'm trying to play some Warcraft 3 in 1280*1024 with black bars all around (not stretched). I got a Dell 2209wa and a 8800GTS. My Video card driver is set to "do not scale". The "wide-mode" settin on the Monitor is set to "fill". If i start any other game with this settings i will get the resolu...
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