non-square pixel resolutions (and widescreen)

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Dock (Posted 2005) [#1]

Is there any easy way to adjust the dimensions of the screen, so that the pixels aren't treated as squares? There's a couple of reasons I want to do this: Firstly: Widescreen output. Purely selfishly... I like to output my laptop to my widescreen TV, but my laptop doesn't have any widescreen resolutions. Secondly: 1280x1024. This is a weird resolution, yet popular on LCD displays. I don't want my game to look a bit squished on these monitors (as this isn't a 4:3 ratio resolution). Whilst most of the time I'd like to stick to the usual video output options, it would be nice if I could have an optional '4:3' or '16:9' or '16:10' ratio choice. Is this possible?

octothorpe (Posted 2005) [#2]

I may be talking out of my posterior, but I believe you can ScaleEntity a camera to change its aspect ratio.

Dock (Posted 2005) [#3]

Wow, excellent - you're right, that does the job. Thanks a lot! I added the line: ScaleEntity cam,1.3875,1,1 ...and it forced 16:9 mode on a 4:3 resolution. Very easy. Thanks!

octothorpe (Posted 2005) [#4]

No probalo, glad that helped! :)

Finjogi (Posted 2005) [#5]

Nice one, so simple yet so efective.