world of warcraft in widescreen problem

binxer · Post by **binxer** » 01 Jul 2005, 20:47

Hi, ive played world of warcraft in both widescreen and normal resolutions. and though warcraft give you the option to play in widescreen ratios ive come to believe it is cutting off the top and bottom areas in order to fit the widescreen ratio. This has become an irritation because its limiting my vertical field of view.

Was wondering if there is a way or hack around this.
or at least anybody else can confirm this.

Post by **Tamlin** » 01 Jul 2005, 21:35

Have you tried adjusting the field of view? You can use the fov option through the console. Type fov and number (like: fov 100).

Post by **Paradigm Shifter** » 02 Jul 2005, 13:00

There are some 4:3 and 16:10 comparisons of WoW in the screenshots gallery. :)

binxer · Post by **binxer** » 12 Jul 2005, 07:03

:(

binxer · Post by **binxer** » 12 Jul 2005, 07:04

i took some screenies and it confirmed what i was seeing.
now about that FOV (field of view) command how would i go about doing that?

nico · Post by **nico** » 04 Aug 2005, 17:28

same problem for me.
I remember i was able to change the fov in the beta with the command

SET fov "100"

in the file "config.wtf"
but it doesn't work anymore in the final version.

Ridah · Post by **Ridah** » 10 Aug 2005, 03:45

Ok now you guys have me worried... how can I fix this problem in WoW? I never noticed I was losing vertical...

nico · Post by **nico** » 13 Aug 2005, 02:31

Talk about this problem in the official wow forum, so that blizzard add a correct support for widescreen.
I did post on europe french wow forum, but without success.

I've used this two pics to show the problem, use can use them:
- a game that support widescreen:

- wow: (original 4/3, orignal 16/10 and a fake corrected 16/10):

znn · Post by **znn** » 15 Aug 2005, 22:09

This is not a problem because if you notice when they make the screen bigger and cut the top and bottom off, it is simply zoomed in.

Notice the orc is bigger in the widescreen version. To fix, simply zoom out a little more so the orc is the same size as the first version. There you have your fix for your top and bottom being cut off.

nico · Post by **nico** » 20 Aug 2005, 21:21

this is not a fix, it doesn't work for interior where camera is limited.
zoom and FOV is not the same thing

nico · Post by **nico** » 20 Aug 2005, 21:23

corection: ;o)

zoom and fov is the same thing, but what we call a zoom in the game is not a zoom, it's only moving the camera

nico · Post by **nico** » 04 Sep 2005, 12:14

skazz · Post by **skazz** » 19 Sep 2005, 13:52

anybody have a fix for this yet?

When outside the extra zoom allows a lovely widescreen experience. In small tunnels things get annoying, though, and I would love a field of view change - it would seriously improve play in such situations.

nico · Post by **nico** » 06 Oct 2005, 21:33

We need more players to report this to blizzard.
Could someone start a topic about this on the official US wow forum ?

you can use this to explain the FOV problem:
- a game that support widescreen:
http://wowide.myftp.org/widescreen_source.jpg
- wow: (original 4/3, orignal 16/10 and a fake corrected 16/10):
http://wowide.myftp.org/widescreen.jpg

nico · Post by **nico** » 25 Nov 2005, 15:26

nightrider · Post by **nightrider** » 28 Nov 2005, 19:42

>< play in first person view if ur in a tunnel. fixed

nico · Post by **nico** » 14 Jan 2006, 16:16

>< play in first person view if ur in a tunnel. fixed

I've a better one: Switch off your monitor !

Now about real solution, did anyone get a response from blizzard ?

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 29 Mar 2006, 07:59

New patch out ... amongst other things the readme says ...

* Added support for widescreen video resolutions.

I don't have the game so I can't tell you what this means or if it gives a better FOV ... fixing the cutdown view.

Anyone want to give it a try ?

CodE-E · Post by **CodE-E** » 29 Mar 2006, 16:56

Hmm... I always thought the FoV looked just right in World of Warcraft at 1680*1050 without any config changes. I never actually tested if the widescreen resolutions give a wider field of view though. I did now, though, post-1.10 patch...

http://www.code-e.net/images/misc/WoW_1280.jpg

http://www.code-e.net/images/misc/WoW_1680.jpg

The widescreen FoV is very slightly higher, but it's not quite high enough I think.

CodE-E · Post by **CodE-E** » 29 Mar 2006, 17:03

Oh, and the FoV doesn't seem any different to me since the patch. So I'm not sure what the "widescreen video resolutions" thing in the patch notes meant. o_O

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