Force widescreen beyond 16:9

[jpringle1]

The widescreen hack can be used to force a game to run in 16:9 aspect ratio without being stretched. Is there a way to change the aspect ratio to something other than the preset?

I want to set it to 32:9. I'm aware this is completely impractical and will cause major issues, but i want to do it for experimentation purposes more than actual gameplay.

Is there a config file i can edit to force this? When i select "stretch to window" it just stretches, it doesn't actually render the extra space.

[MayImilae]

The widescreen hack is not actually limited to 16:9, or 18:9 or 32:9 or anything else. The widescreen hack allows any aspect ratio! Turn on the widescreen hack and set it to stretch to window and boom, it should fill out your 32:9 display! There are some limitations of course. The widescreen hack does not prevent culling (that is totally per game while the widescreen hack is meant to work with everything) so games may just fill in the extra space with nothingness. Also hud elements and stuff may stretch as well.

[jpringle1]

(01-14-2022, 03:01 PM)MayImilae Wrote: The widescreen hack is not actually limited to 16:9, or 18:9 or 32:9 or anything else. The widescreen hack allows any aspect ratio! Turn on the widescreen hack and set it to stretch to window and boom, it should fill out your 32:9 display! There are some limitations of course. The widescreen hack does not prevent culling (that is totally per game while the widescreen hack is meant to work with everything) so games may just fill in the extra space with nothingness. Also hud elements and stuff may stretch as well.

This is great to hear! In that case, i must be applying the widescreen hack wrong, which is unsurprising since the documentation seems to be out of date. Could you take a look at my settings and advise me?

   
   

As you can see, i've set the graphics settings to stretch to my display, and entered "wideScreenHack = True" in the game's RSHP69.ini file. However, booting up the game like this results in the same stretching i get without enabling the widescreen hack. Any idea what i'm doing wrong?

[JosJuice]

You need to use [Video_Settings] instead of [Video_Hacks].

[jpringle1]

(01-15-2022, 03:24 AM)JosJuice Wrote: You need to use [Video_Settings] instead of [Video_Hacks].

Worked, thank you!!