Jax64 on 16/1/2016 at 02:49
I recently started playing Thief at 1600x900 resolution (the resolution of my monitor, and the highest it will go) and it looks infinitely better. I understand NewDark makes the menus and actual game res the same, avoiding that annoying switching when you hit pause or viewed a scroll in the original game. But the menus on 1600x900 do not fit my screen (there are black borders on either side), and the game itself does. Both the menus and game fit my screen when I used 1280x960, but that looks significantly worse than 1600x900. I assume it is keeping the aspect ratio of the menus, as they were not originally the same res as it was in-game. But is there a way to stretch the menus, so they fit my screen properly at the 1600x900 res? Any feedback is appreciated.
ZylonBane on 16/1/2016 at 03:45
Quote Posted by Jax64
But is there a way to stretch the menus, so they fit my screen properly at the 1600x900 res? Any feedback is appreciated.
You're not going to like the feedback you're about to get. And you'll deserve every word of it.
Jax64 on 16/1/2016 at 04:16
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You're not going to like the feedback you're about to get. And you'll deserve every word of it.
Why would I deserve negative feedback? I was merely asking a question out of curiosity.
Yandros on 16/1/2016 at 06:05
That's his way of saying, no, there is no way to stretch the menus. They're still hardcoded at 640x480 and so if your resolution is widescreen, you get black bars on the sides.
ZylonBane on 16/1/2016 at 13:14
Quote Posted by Yandros
That's his way of saying, no, there is no way to stretch the menus.
Well, more like it was my way of saying that people with no respect for proper aspect ratio are just the worst. "But I don't like black bars!" Wah wah wah.
Jax64 on 16/1/2016 at 14:35
Quote Posted by Yandros
That's his way of saying, no, there is no way to stretch the menus. They're still hardcoded at 640x480 and so if your resolution is widescreen, you get black bars on the sides.
Thank you for the explanation. I just asked because I was curious, I knew if it was possible it would distort my game. I just had another Thief fan ask me, and I didn't know. I will get along with my game perfectly fine the way it is.
Kristijonas on 16/1/2016 at 14:53
I had to open the game to make sure I have black bars, too :D Never noticed them.
1920x1080 here.
Jax64 on 17/1/2016 at 16:45
I never said it was.
