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Title: AH and widescreen
Post by: Jochen on April 14, 2006, 12:43:23 PM

Is there widescreen resolution support in AH? I can only see 4:3 mode resolutions on setup...

Title: AH and widescreen
Post by: Skuzzy on April 14, 2006, 04:04:08 PM

Edit the "video8.cfg" file with Notepad or Wordpad (default location C:\Program Files\HTC\Aces High II\settings\video8.cfg) and change it to support the resolution you want.

Be sure your video card and monitor supports the resolution.

Title: AH and widescreen
Post by: Jochen on April 15, 2006, 05:13:22 AM

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Originally posted by Skuzzy
Edit the "video8.cfg" file with Notepad or Wordpad (default location C:\Program Files\HTC\Aces High II\settings\video8.cfg) and change it to support the resolution you want.

Be sure your video card and monitor supports the resolution.

Thanks! Now it runs nicely on 1680 x 1050 :D

Title: AH and widescreen
Post by: PapaFox on April 17, 2006, 03:02:58 AM

You will notice that in widescreen view, you don't get a wider angle view to the left are right. Instead, you get the same angle view, but LESS of a viewable angle up and down. Since view up and down is critical in dogfighting, widescreen view is a handicap compared to standard 4x3. I have a 1920 x 1200 res monitor but I run it in 1600 x 1200 res to remain competitive in the game. I hope one day that HITECH changes his philosophy and gives the widescreen guys the same view up and down as the standard aspect monitor pilots. Until then, I fly with 2" of black on each side of my visual image.

Title: AH and widescreen
Post by: Jochen on April 17, 2006, 03:33:12 AM

Oh crap, I did not notice that :confused:

Title: AH and widescreen
Post by: DAVENRINO on April 17, 2006, 09:50:10 AM

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Originally posted by PapaFox
You will notice that in widescreen view, you don't get a wider angle view to the left are right. Instead, you get the same angle view, but LESS of a viewable angle up and down. Since view up and down is critical in dogfighting, widescreen view is a handicap compared to standard 4x3. I have a 1920 x 1200 res monitor but I run it in 1600 x 1200 res to remain competitive in the game. I hope one day that HITECH changes his philosophy and gives the widescreen guys the same view up and down as the standard aspect monitor pilots. Until then, I fly with 2" of black on each side of my visual image.

Yup,
1280x1024 here with black bars,