Someone Test StarCraft 2 5760 x 1080 Support and Post Here!

[indebanvdhamer]

Also doesn't work for me :(
Would be great if an update would come :D

[HaYDeN]

I'm working on a all encompasing app rather than many single version trainer like builds... you'll have to wait till it is ready :(

[EvilEngineer]

Has anyone tested a larger 16x9 compliant resolution like 5760 x 3240 on a 3x3 monitor setup?

Just curious if this would work.

[HaYDeN]

yes it would work.

[EvilEngineer]

yes it would work.

lol. so they will ban you for a 3x1 setup... but go for a 3x3 and it's all fair.
Sigh, blizzard is retarded.

[Hydralisk_X]

[quote]yes it would work.

lol. so they will ban you for a 3x1 setup... but go for a 3x3 and it's all fair.
Sigh, blizzard is retarded.

Why is that retarded? A 3x3 setup has the same aspect as a single monitor so you'd see the same amount as a single monitor as opposed to 3x1.

[EvilEngineer]

[quote][quote]yes it would work.

lol. so they will ban you for a 3x1 setup... but go for a 3x3 and it's all fair.
Sigh, blizzard is retarded.

Why is that retarded? A 3x3 setup has the same aspect as a single monitor so you'd see the same amount as a single monitor as opposed to 3x1.

It's retarded because they are dumb enough to lock the visibility based on an aspect ratio. 3 screens of visibility is an "unfair advantage", but 9 screens... that is working as intended.

5760 x 3240 is a crazy amount of visibility. You could probably see the entire map at that res.

"Will there be any multi monitor support? - SC2Pod

StarCraft II will support widescreen but not multi-monitor. Widescreen is definitely becoming more of an industry standard, but multi-monitor support for StarCraft II may be too great of a tactical advantage over other players without more than one monitor."

src: http://planetstarcraft.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Articles.Detail&id=72

[indebanvdhamer]

Would be nice though if they did something like a big minimap on the left screen, the centre screen remains the same, and then on the right screen things like apm, resource collection rate, probe count, army value, etc.
They have it in a keyboard, so why not on an extra screen? :)

[Hydralisk_X]

It's retarded because they are dumb enough to lock the visibility based on an aspect ratio. 3 screens of visibility is an "unfair advantage", but 9 screens... that is working as intended.

5760 x 3240 is a crazy amount of visibility. You could probably see the entire map at that res.

I don't understand why their design decision was retarded. I don't see why seeing more based on total pixels is a good thing. There's a reason they did it based on aspect considering everyone runs on different resolutions and for such a competitive game that'd be ridiculous to balance around. Also, if you've ever used the editor and its camera zoom functions, performance rapidly degrades the further out you zoom. 9 screens is working as intended because it's the same aspect as a single monitor... so I don't see what the problem is.

[indebanvdhamer]

By the way, I made a thread on the SC2 community forum to ask for eyefinity support, so maybe if more people would also react on that one, Blizzard might do something.

But of course, knowing Blizzard, that's just a vague hope :P
Link: http://eu.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/1622863438#1/


Eric

[EvilEngineer]

By the way, I made a thread on the SC2 community forum to ask for eyefinity support, so maybe if more people would also react on that one, Blizzard might do something.

But of course, knowing Blizzard, that's just a vague hope :P
Link: http://eu.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/1622863438#1/


Eric

Sadly the SC2 community is vapidly against the multi-monitor support. They think it's cheating.

I think the only way to show them they are stupid for the way they setup the resolution lock is to post lots of 3x3 monitor matrix shots of the game showing them how dumb locking the game at 16x9 aspect ratio is.

[Hydralisk_X]

Sadly the SC2 community is vapidly against the multi-monitor support. They think it's cheating.

I think the only way to show them they are stupid for the way they setup the resolution lock is to post lots of 3x3 monitor matrix shots of the game showing them how dumb locking the game at 16x9 aspect ratio is.

The game isn't locked at 16x9.

I don't see how posting 3x3 shots will convince anyone of anything. In fact I have eyefinity and I still don't get why you keep going on and on about this 3x3 setup.

[EvilEngineer]

The game isn't locked at 16x9.

I don't see how posting 3x3 shots will convince anyone of anything. In fact I have eyefinity and I still don't get why you keep going on and on about this 3x3 setup.

:doh
16x9 is the largest aspect ratio the game supports. 48x9 isn't supported for a 3x1 setup (which a lot of us have). 3x3 would preserve the 16x9 aspect ratio which would supposedly work without any modification in sc2.

With 9 monitors you'd have a visible area of 5760x3240 vs 1 monitor of 1920x1080.
18,662,400 pixels vs 2,073,600 pixels.

The fact that they don't support, and in fact ban for trying to make the game work with 3 monitors... yet 9 would work fine... is the issue.

If it can be proved that multi-monitor setups work despite the lack of support as long as it conforms with the 16x9 aspect ratio it would put a hole in their argument against 3x1 setups at 48x9 aspect ratios. By showing the whiners in the sc2 community that there is something beyond their fear of a 3x1 setup in terms of game balance that works natively with sc2.

[ViciousXUSMC]

5760 x 3240 is a crazy amount of visibility. You could probably see the entire map at that res.

No 3x3 screens shows the same thing 1 screen does, the aspect ratio would be the same and that is what determines how much you see, not the number of screens.

You would not see more, it would probably be worse honestly as it would be so large, possibly have slowdown and you would have bezels in your way. No competitive SC2 player would choose 3x3 over just 1 good monitor.

16:9 is the "largest" aspect ratio & best, if you use a 16:10 screen your losing a bit of view compared to a 16:9 player.

[Hydralisk_X]

:doh
16x9 is the largest aspect ratio the game supports. 48x9 isn't supported for a 3x1 setup (which a lot of us have). 3x3 would preserve the 16x9 aspect ratio which would supposedly work without any modification in sc2.

With 9 monitors you'd have a visible area of 5760x3240 vs 1 monitor of 1920x1080.
18,662,400 pixels vs 2,073,600 pixels.

The fact that they don't support, and in fact ban for trying to make the game work with 3 monitors... yet 9 would work fine... is the issue.

If it can be proved that multi-monitor setups work despite the lack of support as long as it conforms with the 16x9 aspect ratio it would put a hole in their argument against 3x1 setups at 48x9 aspect ratios. By showing the whiners in the sc2 community that there is something beyond their fear of a 3x1 setup in terms of game balance that works natively with sc2.

A 3x3 setup doesn't give the player an advantage since viewing area is based on aspect and not pixels, so I seriously miss the argument here. There is no contradiction and no issue basically. It's like showing them 2560x1600 vs. 1280x800 and somehow claiming 5040x1080 should be supported as well. It just makes no sense.

You seem to be very confused here. This is their stance:

1) We don't want to support 3x1 landscape (or what they want to personally define as extreme aspect ratios - note that this has nothing to do with what you or I think is a reasonable aspect ratio). Clearly they've determined that they will indeed live with widescreen monitors (16:9 / 16:10) being able to see more than 4:3 or 5:4, but that's where they draw the line.

2) Currently to get 3x1 to work, you have to use a 3rd party hack and/or modify core game files not originally intended to be modified in that fashion. This is against TOS and they have every right to ban for it regardless of what you were trying to do in the first place.

I play SC2 a lot. I have a 3x1 landscape setup. Even I don't care whether or not it's supported. Fact of the matter is that I would probably never play in landscape. Regardless of 'cheating' or anything else, games like SC2 just don't work that well in landscape unless you're a habitual keyboard scroller.

[cloud226]

it seems the hack doesnt work with new patch any more. (i've installed .net 4)

HaYDeN, could you please update it?

thanks!!

[fatlazyhomer]

Read the thread, or at least the last few pages. It's not happening.

[cloud226]

Read the thread, or at least the last few pages. It's not happening.

because of the so-called advantage?? i'm pretty sure many ppl would be happy to just try starcraft on eyefinity on single mode, not everyone has time to battle online

[fatlazyhomer]

You speak with rational logic. Blizzard don't care.

[cloud226]

You speak with rational logic. Blizzard don't care.

:)

i understand blizzard's position, but the hackers shouldn't stop trying because of all the noises, "break the jail" is the goal, isnt it lol