HoMMV - how it is with this widescreen ?

bajtucha · Post by **bajtucha** » 29 Jul 2006, 08:25

guys I need help. I'm about to buy widescreen lcd display but my decision is conditioned with Heroes V game. If this game had a native and true widescreen support with correct aspect ratio I wouldn't hesitate but unfortunately I recieve contradictory reports about the subject.
I know that on this forum you've listed game as 'stretched' but I've asked a question on nival forum and I really don't know what to think of it ? Look at this link: http://forums.nival.com/eng/showthread.php?t=29121

Is any one of you widescreen gamers have correct aspect ratio in this game (H+) ? please let me know

thanks in advance

LuckMC11 · Post by **LuckMC11** » 29 Jul 2006, 15:18

well...i have it...and i have 2 tell u...it is great!!!...i use 1440x900 resolution

bajtucha · Post by **bajtucha** » 29 Jul 2006, 19:05

you say its great ?... I belive you but what about aspect ratio and stretching ?
can you post a screen ?

Szasza · Post by **Szasza** » 30 Jul 2006, 11:37

tell you the truth it is a native widescreen game... it runs smoothly in 1680x1050 set up in game options...

MisMatch · Post by **MisMatch** » 01 Aug 2006, 07:34

HOMMV has native WS support, if you can select the resolution in windows you can select it in game.
I run the game @ 1920x1200 smoothly and doesnt look streched or anything to me.
When i get on my homecomputer tonight i can post some 1920x1200 screenshots.

bajtucha · Post by **bajtucha** » 01 Aug 2006, 09:28

When i get on my homecomputer tonight i can post some 1920x1200 screenshots.

I will appreciate this

MisMatch · Post by **MisMatch** » 01 Aug 2006, 19:50

As promised some random screenshots
These are all @ 1920x1200 and every graphics option set to max
Just some screenshots during the opening campaign, if you want some specific screenshots let me know and maybe I can fix something :)

bajtucha · Post by **bajtucha** » 02 Aug 2006, 07:17

thank you very much MisMatch, I'am obliged.

Unfortunately your screenshots shows that game is stretched in wide resolutions. I didn't want to believe it but now I see.

in this topic you can see screenshots with correct aspect ratio:
http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/node/

thank you once again

MisMatch · Post by **MisMatch** » 02 Aug 2006, 10:32

If youÃ¢â‚¬â„¢re not satisfied with the aspect ratio you can always select a 4:3 resolution and let your videocard handle the scaling.
Personally I think 1920x1200 looks good enough to play with it

Post by **skipclarke** » 04 Aug 2006, 01:40

I was thinking of checking out this title myself.

Thanks for posting those pics. Hm. Looking at it, i'm not sure that I would be bothered by the stretching myself, but it is definitely something to consider. Are you a purist, or do you mind a little stretch? :wink:

MisMatch · Post by **MisMatch** » 04 Aug 2006, 14:53

personally i rather play at a little streched 1920x1200 resolution then on a scaled 4:3 resolution.
I played HoMMV at a 4:3 resolution with my nVidia cards handle the scaling but for me it just doesn't feel right on a 24" widescreen monitor.

doesnt matter if you play it at 4:3 or 16:10 its a great game either way :)

crom · Post by **crom** » 07 Sep 2006, 20:10

I play this game at 1920x1200 resolution too and I didn't even notice that it was streched, so it's not probably issue if you like about this game. Great game anyway and nice graphics.

Notice : I had to disable second GPU from GFX card to get rid of somekind sync problem etc. I think it's same problem like in World of Warcraft with multi-GPU systems. It's easy to solve using NVidia control panel and can be saved for application settings, so you have to set it only once.

illuminati · Post by **illuminati** » 18 Sep 2006, 12:31

It looks like only the UI is stretched, not the actual game. I played it on a 4:3 monitor and it looked just the same as those screenshots.

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 18 Sep 2006, 13:14

Unfortunately it is not just the UI that is stretched ... the whole thing is stretching ...
Check out the comparison screenshots in the solution here ... http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/node/

If anyone knows a way to get Hor+ please let us know ... 8)

illuminati · Post by **illuminati** » 18 Sep 2006, 13:19

Oh yea, I can see that now. ouch, at least it appears to be only minor stretching, its nowhere near as noticable as some games - like pre-patch Flatout 2

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