Gothic 3 and Medieval 2: Total War widescreen support?

Xtreme_Rampage · Post by **Xtreme_Rampage** » 12 Jan 2007, 01:47

I'm curious whether there's a way to modify or tweak the games so both can run as they should in widescreen resolution (mine 1280 x 768), both games show list of widescreen resolutions when you click the res button but appearantly they're only scretching the screen instead of adding to the left and right (Hor+)

Reinert · Post by **Reinert** » 12 Jan 2007, 02:49

Gothic 3 runs perfect for me, European version, at 1440x900 resolution. No stretching, and without modifying anything (Well, actually I have tweaked the INI, but for image quality/performance).

Xtreme_Rampage · Post by **Xtreme_Rampage** » 12 Jan 2007, 08:30

Are you sure it is not stretching? Can you post a screenshot or two just to be sure 8)

Reinert · Post by **Reinert** » 12 Jan 2007, 15:26

Sure, here you go:

The HUD is a little stretched, but everything else isn't.

Keelhaul · Post by **Keelhaul** » 16 Jan 2007, 03:07

Same here @ 1680x1050.

Xtreme_Rampage · Post by **Xtreme_Rampage** » 20 Jan 2007, 02:53

Thanks for the screen, Reinert. I thought Gothic 3 widescreen resolution is just a stretched version of normal resolution, I guess the HUD made me think that way. At least now I know Gothic 3 has widescreen support, maybe someone can make a widescreen report of Gothic 3? Because I haven't seen any in this forum. By the way, what about Medieval 2? I'm pretty sure this one is stretched...

@Reinert: what do you mean tweaking INI to get image quality/performance? Are you saying that you get less lag in-game? I'm interested... :D

Reinert · Post by **Reinert** » 20 Jan 2007, 16:35

Read this thread: http://forum.jowood.com/showthread.php?t=126976

There are a lot of tweaks there. Experiment with those so you can get the best performance/IQ on your system. I don't know if it's on the thread I just linked, but try decreasing the mouse smoothing levels in the game options, that helped a lot with the laggy feeling the game had.

Xtreme_Rampage · Post by **Xtreme_Rampage** » 22 Jan 2007, 02:54

I just found 2 comparison screenshots in this board, just in case any doubters think the pics above are stretched, these clearly show that Gothic 3 has native widescreen support (noted that the pic are 50% of the original size):

1600x1200

1920x1200

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@reinert: what G3 tweak settings do you use for your PC? BTW, I found this tuning utility, haven't tried it, but it looks promising :D

Reinert · Post by **Reinert** » 23 Jan 2007, 13:52

I have tweaked so much the .ini that I honestly can't remember. But when I did, I configured it for max details and 2GB Ram. Only lags a bit in big towns/cities. I also tried the Tuning utility that you mention, and it's really helpful if you don't want to mess with the .ini file.

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