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Offline Cajunn

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PC monitor help
« on: August 27, 2008, 01:35:50 AM »
Guys I just bought a 26" widescreen monitor and i first noticed that when i fly some of the planes I can't see the complete dash on the plane. My screen resolution is 1280x768 and the monitor won't let me go any higher, I set the view as far back as it will go and I only see part of the dash. On the F4u's I only see the top most guages, is there anything i can set to fix this? 
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Offline SD67

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Re: PC monitor help
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2008, 01:39:54 AM »
Widescreen support will be coming with the next update...
2 weeks :aok
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Re: PC monitor help
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2008, 09:08:09 AM »
You need to set your monitor to "standard aspect" or "4:3 aspect" when you play AH.

There are potentially two ways to do this: hardware and software.

The hardware method is done in the monitor itself.  Some monitors (such as the Acer P241) provide three aspect settings:  "Standard" which is 4:3 (1600x1200, 1280x960, etc), "Widescreen" which is 16:9 (1920x1200, 1700x960, etc), and "Aspect" which automatically senses the  resolution of the game you are playing and sets the aspect to either standard or widescreen accordingly.

The software method is done in your video card's device driver.  You set it just like you set up the other graphics settings (anti-aliasing, etc).  I can't give you more details than that as I don't recall (I use the hardware method).

When you play AH on a widescreen monitor, you will have "black bars" on the sides of the screen.  That is because it is not using the entire width of the display.

As stated earlier though, HT will be supporting widescreen soon anyway so this is a temporary arrangement.

Hope that helps.
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Offline kilz

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Re: PC monitor help
« Reply #3 on: August 28, 2008, 12:48:27 PM »
cajunn just hang in there. aces high does not support widescreen right now. but as some have said it will be in the next update
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