Please Help with Half life 2

corvette · Post by **corvette** » 25 May 2007, 17:44

Hi, this is my first post 'cause I'm a widescreen newbie since last month I changed my old 15" HP for a new 22" Dell and I have a little problem with Half Life 2. I can get it to work fine in 1680x1050 fulscreen, it gets strechted,this also occurs with the other resolutions. But if I choose "run in a window" it looks fine. Thats why I ask for your help, if there is something IÂ´m missing. Could it be that I didn't reinstalled the game after the monitor change?.
Thx in advance.

ragemaster68 · Post by **ragemaster68** » 25 May 2007, 18:46

Source games should have an 'Aspect Ratio' drop down box in the 'Video Options' menu, switching it to 16:10 should correct the stretching.

corvette · Post by **corvette** » 25 May 2007, 20:08

Thanks Rage but it doesn't fix the problem neither. I tried all choices with no results at all, I'll try reinstalling the game.

Dem Pyros · Post by **Dem Pyros** » 25 May 2007, 20:50

Does this happen with any other games?

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 26 May 2007, 10:04

What resolution are you running your desktop at? What kind of cable do you use to drive your monitor? Have you installed the drivers?

Dave-ros · Post by **Dave-ros** » 26 May 2007, 13:23

Make sure there's no resolution already specified in the game's launch options, that might override whatever you choose in the main options.

It may also be a driver problem... which graphics card and driver set are you using?

corvette · Post by **corvette** » 01 Jun 2007, 00:33

Ok my desktop resolution is 1680x1050, my card is an oldie NVIDIA GeForce FX5200 with latest drivers. The cable is a standard vga (The card doesnÂ´t come with DVI plug) and the other games run great (wahrhammer DOW, Warcraft III, PES 6,etc).
Thxs.

StingingVelvet · Post by **StingingVelvet** » 01 Jun 2007, 02:09

You really need to upgrade your card if you want to use a nice monitor like that...

Dave-ros · Post by **Dave-ros** » 12 Jun 2007, 18:07

Bump: looking at the detailed report here, apparently HL2 can be set to any widescreen resolution, but when I try, the only 16:10 resolutions I can choose are 1680x1050 and 1920x1200 (my monitor's native res), and the only 16:9 resolution available is 1600x900. No sign of 1280x800, 1440x900 etc. Is this a bug or my own screwup? (Fully updated copy of the game)

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 12 Jun 2007, 18:54

Can your monitor do those resolutions in desktop ?

Dave-ros · Post by **Dave-ros** » 15 Jun 2007, 20:59

Actually no, which is weird -- and I think you're right, on another forum I was told this was the exact issue! Could it be a problem with nVidia drivers, or does my monitor just not like those resolutions?

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 15 Jun 2007, 21:11

If you can't do it in desktop then you won't be able to do it in a game ...
There used to be a way of getting custom resolutions with the nVidia drivers but this function hasn't worked in drivers of late ... but I haven't tried recently.

Check the spec for your monitor to see if it can do the res ... google ...

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