Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun

[The_cranky_hermit]

Widescreen Grade: B
Multi-monitor Grade: B

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Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun, is a sci-fi themed RTS from Westwood and EA, and a sequel to the pioneering Command & Conquer. You play as the commander of GDI or NOD, and continue to wage apocalyptic war on the other side.

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[TonViper]

Hi, just registered to mention that I've tested the game at 1440x900 and 1920x1200 respectively on two different monitors. This solution works as advertised in these resolutions, so if you get the time, you can add it to the game's page.

[maherie]

Same for 1680x1050

[Damballah]

Can anyone confirm 2560x1600?

[Lucas80 Jodokast]

1360x768 works fine and with cutscene stretch enabled it even removes the blackbars from the top and bottom of the clip (when your using a widscreen resolution that is)

this game should get some sort of extra award for being so WS friendly, considering its age

[skipclarke]

It got a Grade of B, which is good in general, and very good for a game of this age.

[Lucas80 Jodokast]

fair enough, i did forget about the menu being shrunken :oops:

[jambo]

Can run 1920x1200 on my 30" but always crashes when I try 2560x1600.

[The_cranky_hermit]

Two new things to report.

Although FMVs are anamorphic in 16:10, they are stretched in 16:9.





And, surround-resolutions are pixel-based, as expected.





Oh, and I've been able to test 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1080, and 1920x1200. They all work.


==Grading==

Calculated grade: B

.ini solution, stretched FMVs, and restrictable widescreen in multiplayer are blemishes.

[scavvenjahh]

And, surround-resolutions are pixel-based, as expected.

Which actually means partially broken gameplay.

In all Campaign missions, the map cannot span across the whole display in resolutions wider than 1920 px.

3840x800


In Skirmish mode however, the whole map is displayed and can be clicked and scrolled normally at actual multi-mon res's.
Must be sth to do with the campaign maps' intro cut-scenes, although loading a map after the cut-scene won't fix the problem.

The whole game seems to work ok at "faux Surround" resolutions up to 1920 pixels wide.

[The_cranky_hermit]

Yes, that's a good point, some maps might not be wide enough to accommodate extra-wide resolutions. Still, you can always play in faux-TH. In fact, I would, as using native resolutions makes everything tiny - the game was clearly meant to be played with large pixels.

But, what about resolutions that are wider than 1920px, but narrower than the campaign maps? Can those be used without problems?

[scavvenjahh]

:doh You're right: as long as the visible area is smaller than the map, everything's fine.

I can confirm that 2560x1600 is unsupported - basically any display height higher than 1200 will crash the game, regardless of the AR.