Etherlords 2? Worms World Party? BG2? D2?

jztennisplaya · Post by **jztennisplaya** » 31 Mar 2005, 23:00

Can I play these on a widescreen? Either with vertical black bars or without them?

Etherlords 2
Worms World Party
Diablo 2
Baldur's Gate 2

Any suggestions would be appreciated!

JC

Post by **Paradigm Shifter** » 31 Mar 2005, 23:48

Don't know about the first two, but Diablo 2 and Baldur's Gate 2 are not capable of widescreen. You can play them in 4:3 with black bars down the sides, but filling the screen natively (without stretching)... not a chance. :(

Diablo 2 is either 640x480 for the original game, or 800x600 with the addon. BG2 will allow res's above 800x600, but only 1024x768, 1280x1024 and 1600x1200.

jztennisplaya · Post by **jztennisplaya** » 01 Apr 2005, 22:34

How do you program the laptop to play with black bars down the side?

Post by **Paradigm Shifter** » 01 Apr 2005, 23:39

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/node/5408

Instructions for ATi chipsets are early in the thread, I think the ones for nVidia run along the same lines, but are later on.

tren001 · Post by **tren001** » 23 Apr 2005, 20:20

BG2 and D2 are 2D games. Unless they are designed for widescreen gaming, there would be no way to even hack these types of games without stretching/squishing.

Tanuki · Post by **Tanuki** » 16 Sep 2007, 00:58

I am a little late to this party. :D

I can get Etherlords 1 & 2 in widescreen but they are unplayable. The HUD does not scale or stretch so the mouse is stuck in the upper left of the screen. No chance.

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