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Gothic 3 and Medieval 2: Total War widescreen support?
Posted: 12 Jan 2007, 01:47
by Xtreme_Rampage
I'm curious whether there's a way to modify or tweak the games so both can run as they should in widescreen resolution (mine 1280 x 768), both games show list of widescreen resolutions when you click the res button but appearantly they're only scretching the screen instead of adding to the left and right (Hor+)
Gothic 3 and Medieval 2: Total War widescreen support?
Posted: 12 Jan 2007, 02:49
by Reinert
Gothic 3 runs perfect for me, European version, at 1440x900 resolution. No stretching, and without modifying anything (Well, actually I have tweaked the INI, but for image quality/performance).
Gothic 3 and Medieval 2: Total War widescreen support?
Posted: 12 Jan 2007, 08:30
by Xtreme_Rampage
Are you sure it is not stretching? Can you post a screenshot or two just to be sure 8)
Gothic 3 and Medieval 2: Total War widescreen support?
Posted: 12 Jan 2007, 15:26
by Reinert
Sure, here you go:
The HUD is a little stretched, but everything else isn't.
Gothic 3 and Medieval 2: Total War widescreen support?
Posted: 16 Jan 2007, 03:07
by Keelhaul
Same here @ 1680x1050.
Gothic 3 and Medieval 2: Total War widescreen support?
Posted: 20 Jan 2007, 02:53
by Xtreme_Rampage
Thanks for the screen, Reinert. I thought Gothic 3 widescreen resolution is just a stretched version of normal resolution, I guess the HUD made me think that way. At least now I know Gothic 3 has widescreen support, maybe someone can make a widescreen report of Gothic 3? Because I haven't seen any in this forum. By the way, what about Medieval 2? I'm pretty sure this one is stretched...
@Reinert: what do you mean tweaking INI to get image quality/performance? Are you saying that you get less lag in-game? I'm interested... :D
Gothic 3 and Medieval 2: Total War widescreen support?
Posted: 20 Jan 2007, 16:35
by Reinert
Read this thread:
http://forum.jowood.com/showthread.php?t=126976
There are a lot of tweaks there. Experiment with those so you can get the best performance/IQ on your system. I don't know if it's on the thread I just linked, but try decreasing the mouse smoothing levels in the game options, that helped a lot with the laggy feeling the game had.
Gothic 3 and Medieval 2: Total War widescreen support?
Posted: 22 Jan 2007, 02:54
by Xtreme_Rampage
I just found 2 comparison screenshots in this board, just in case any doubters think the pics above are stretched, these clearly show that Gothic 3 has native widescreen support (noted that the pic are
50% of the original size):
1600x1200
1920x1200
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@reinert: what G3 tweak settings do you use for your PC? BTW, I found this
tuning utility, haven't tried it, but it looks promising :D
Gothic 3 and Medieval 2: Total War widescreen support?
Posted: 23 Jan 2007, 13:52
by Reinert
I have tweaked so much the .ini that I honestly can't remember. But when I did, I configured it for max details and 2GB Ram. Only lags a bit in big towns/cities. I also tried the Tuning utility that you mention, and it's really helpful if you don't want to mess with the .ini file.