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sc2lime
Canada513 Posts
I just recently started playing SC:BW and my problem is that my widescreen/windows 7 laptop isn't optimized for an old game like Starcraft. I stumbled upon this video and I see that Starcraft seems to run great in this monitor. I was wondering if anybody knows what kind of monitor this is or if you can recommend me a perfect monitor for Brood War. Also, does it have to be a CRT? What's the highest resolution can Brood War support? | ||
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cafaro
Netherlands32 Posts
Set your monitor aspect ratio to 'auto' if you want to stretch your screen | ||
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Nyx
Rwanda460 Posts
I've got a 21" LCD (16:10) and it looks great, it's a bit stretched, but you wouldn't notice it. | ||
RaGe
Belgium9949 Posts
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FraCuS
United States1072 Posts
On June 30 2010 00:10 RaGe wrote: Don't know why people are recommending a stretched view. It'll screw up your mouse accuracy. Black bars is way better. Yeah black bars are wayyyy better and also my friend cannot play stretched views cause it gives him headaches. | ||
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TurbulentTurtle
Canada230 Posts
On June 30 2010 00:13 FraCuS wrote: Yeah black bars are wayyyy better and also my friend cannot play stretched views cause it gives him headaches. Your friend shouldn't go to the fun house with the mirrors and shit. | ||
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garista
Germany165 Posts
If one doesn't support it, it won't work. | ||
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TheAntZ
Israel6248 Posts
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garista
Germany165 Posts
SC has nothing to do with it. | ||
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sc2lime
Canada513 Posts
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semantics
10040 Posts
On June 30 2010 00:10 RaGe wrote: Don't know why people are recommending a stretched view. It'll screw up your mouse accuracy. Black bars is way better. 1. most ppl aren't good enough to notice a loss of accuracy caused by a changed of raito 2.if you have a fancy mouse you could try to adjust the x and y dpi according to the raito 16:10 -> 640:480-> 768:480 uhhh dam thinking hurts haha just make it 1.6x So if you put dpi of 5 for your y axis use a dpi of 8 in your x axis | ||
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Boblion
France8043 Posts
I have a Samsung P2350, 23" full HD 16 : 9 and it switches to 640x480 4:3 when i start broodwar. I don't even have to change my settings, i just have two black bars on each side because of the 4:3 ratio but i think it is great  Samsung screens are really good ( P2350, P2370, 2450, P2470 etc ... ) | ||
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semantics
10040 Posts
On June 30 2010 04:35 Boblion wrote: I think you just need a good screen. I have a Samsung P2350, 23" full HD 16 : 9 and it switches to 640x480 4:3 when i start broodwar. I don't even have to change my settings, i just have two black bars on each because of the 4:3 ratio but i think it is great Samsung screens are really good ( P2350, P2370, 2450, P2470 etc ... ) Yeah quite a few monitors have this option just need to find it in it's settings to auto switch to 4:3 or 5:4 If not usually your video card could do it. | ||
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apathy9
Norway20 Posts
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Ghostcom
Denmark4782 Posts
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Kenpachi
United States9908 Posts
On June 30 2010 06:29 apathy9 wrote: The easiest solution is getting the iCCup launcher and running it in windowed mode. Its harder to play in Window Mode. | ||
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apathy9
Norway20 Posts
How so? The only difference is that the background will be your desktop, browser or what have you. Once you get used to playing in windowed there shouldn't be any difference in your play. | ||
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Boblion
France8043 Posts
On June 30 2010 06:43 apathy9 wrote: How so? The only difference is that the background will be your desktop, browser or what have you. Once you get used to playing in windowed there shouldn't be any difference in your play. Units are smaller and you might click on the background, which is the same thing than accidentally alt-tabbing. | ||
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SichuanPanda
Canada1542 Posts
Edit: Boblion like the guy your replied to said once you get USED TO WINDOWED MODE its the same, obviously someone who is used to full-screen will have problems with clicking the desktop by accident. I raided for 2.5 years in windowed mode and clicking my desktop sporadically isn't a problem for me. So in short is it harder to play in windowed mode? No, its just frustrating if you are not normally playing in that mode. | ||
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apathy9
Norway20 Posts
On June 30 2010 06:44 Boblion wrote: Units are smaller and you might click on the background, which is the same thing than accidentally alt-tabbing. There's a button that increases the size of the window by a fair amount and you can manually make it the size you want too with a little more effort put in. It also has a button that prevents you from dragging the cursor out of the game window, basically treating it as being run in fullscreen. | ||
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Navane
Netherlands2749 Posts
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jimminy_kriket
Canada5523 Posts
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apathy9
Norway20 Posts
On June 30 2010 07:01 Navane wrote: People are giving away 15" CRT for free. Imho it's the best option to play BW. Many newer monitors can't display 640*480 properly. Since their maximum resolution is not a multitude of 640*480, they almost always interpolate pixels which makes BW look ugly and is bad for your accuracy. Downgrading to a 15" just to play BW is an awful price to pay, especially when the running it in a window practically gives the same result. | ||
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Issor
United States870 Posts
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vek
Australia936 Posts
On June 30 2010 11:29 Issorlol wrote: for anyone with a decent mouse, as in one that is quite sensitive and for people who have quick mouse movements, even the setting to keep the mouse inside the window does not work. my mouse frequently leaves the window as i go to scroll, so i get some movement of the camera, and then my mouse leaves the window. Are you sure you aren't pressing alt when this happens? I have never ever had trouble with the mouse leaving the window with mouse lock turned on. If you hold alt it is supposed to allow you to move the mouse out of the window. @OP Because my 24inch widescreen monitor at home is a cheapo TN panel it refuses to display 640x480 in its proper aspect ratio so I have to use windowed mode. I use 2x pixels and mouse lock and have no issues whatsoever. If you are having trouble getting fullscreen to look the way it should I highly recommend windowed mode | ||
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sc2lime
Canada513 Posts
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vek
Australia936 Posts
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