Myth starts up in 1280x1024 screen resolution. but I'm 1440

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princepawn-gru
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Myth starts up in 1280x1024 screen resolution. but I'm 1440

Post by princepawn-gru »

I dont know why this just started happening, but Myth starts up with the screen looking wider with bigger fonts... like a Kiddie Myth or something.

The startup log seems to try 1440, but the actual resolution of the Mariusnet lobbies is 1280 or something.

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2008-07-03 03:23:07  
Myth II Classic Build 290 running under Modern Windows 5.010000 ----------------------------------------------
Scanning for software devices...
	Found 1 to use
Scanning for Direct3D devices...
	Found 1 to use
Scanning for 3Dfx devices...
	Found 0 to use
Scanning for OpenGL devices...
	Found 1 to use
Using GDI for Input
Mouse appears to have 3 buttons and 3 axes.
Initialized for DirectSound3D using COM
Loading Patch Files...
  Patch 1.2
  Patch MariusNet
  Patch 1.3
  Patch 1.4
  Mazzarin's Demise Interface
  Patch 1.5
Loading Patch Files Succeeded
Switching to Default Interface...
Interface switch complete.
Establishing connection with metaserver at myth.mariusnet.com:6321...
  Connected.
Disconnecting from metaserver.
Establishing connection with metaserver at myth.mariusnet.com:6321...
  Connected.
Running Direct3D (ATI MOBILITY RADEON X600) at 1440 x 900, 16 bit
Starting mesh "Gimble Challenge!!!" with 1 plugin...
  Gimble Challenge 10 !!!
Quitting networked game...
Disconnecting from metaserver.
Closing Myth.
princepawn-gru
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Post by princepawn-gru »

maybe i'm hallucinating... anyway, actual games play at my desired resolution. it's just the startup screen and lobby look unusually wide and big.. but not by much...
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Post by Eddaweaver »

The startup screen and lobby screen are 640x480. They appear stretched because your monitor has a widescreen aspect ratio. Some monitors give settings to use the correct aspect ratio when emulating resolutions, so look at your display settings - they may have reset.
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Post by vinylrake »

Eddaweaver wrote:The startup screen and lobby screen are 640x480. They appear stretched because your monitor has a widescreen aspect ratio. Some monitors give settings to use the correct aspect ratio when emulation resolutions, so look at your display settings - they may have reset.
Yeah I was thinking the same thing. If the monitor resolution is 1440 x 900, then for the height, if you try to double the 480px image then 960px isn't going to fit (only 900 pixels available) so that results in the image looking a bit squashed vertically, but that probably just adds to the horizontal stretching effect because doubling the 640px width only gives you 1280 so to make that myth interface image expand up to fill 1440px worth of screen space it's stretching those lobby/pre-game displays out a LOT horizontally (by 160 pixels).
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