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starcraft doesnt fit my whole screen

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Joyconnizant
Profile Joined July 2020
7 Posts
July 22 2020 01:16 GMT
#1
so i am using starcraft brood war version 1.16.1 with iccup launcher, i actually did use MCA64 when i first started playing, but when i got back into brood war i could not find the right version, so i just stuck with iccup launcher, and when playing starcraft it does not fill my entire screen, can anyone help?[image loading]
razorsuKe
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Canada2036 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-07-22 01:39:13
July 22 2020 01:36 GMT
#2
LOL that's comically small

Anyways the answer is in your video card settings, you either want to preserve aspect ratio, or go full screen.

Depends what video card you have, it should be under Scaling Mode or if you're old school it could look something like this:

[image loading]



EDIT:

Forgot to add that remastered is free, you can download and play online. But if you want the HD graphics and/or play ladder, then you have to play.
You won't have that problem with remastered, but I also don't know what you're trying to do. Like you can't play on iccup if you run RM, and you can't do bw AI stuff either.
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BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19359 Posts
July 22 2020 02:26 GMT
#3
Buy a smaller monitor. 12x10 inch is the preferred pro size.
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sntct
Profile Joined February 2018
100 Posts
July 22 2020 03:53 GMT
#4
On July 22 2020 11:26 BisuDagger wrote:
Buy a smaller monitor. 12x10 inch is the preferred pro size.


Yea, great advice, every time he plays a game that requires a different size, he should just buy another monitor.
Anc13nt
Profile Blog Joined October 2017
1557 Posts
July 22 2020 04:19 GMT
#5
On July 22 2020 12:53 sntct wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 22 2020 11:26 BisuDagger wrote:
Buy a smaller monitor. 12x10 inch is the preferred pro size.


Yea, great advice, every time he plays a game that requires a different size, he should just buy another monitor.


i'm surprised no one has banned you yet.
sntct
Profile Joined February 2018
100 Posts
July 22 2020 04:24 GMT
#6
On July 22 2020 13:19 Anc13nt wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 22 2020 12:53 sntct wrote:
On July 22 2020 11:26 BisuDagger wrote:
Buy a smaller monitor. 12x10 inch is the preferred pro size.


Yea, great advice, every time he plays a game that requires a different size, he should just buy another monitor.


i'm surprised no one has banned you yet.


Judging by the nonsensical comment you just posted, it's evident that there's a lot that surprises you.
Karis Vas Ryaar
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States4396 Posts
July 22 2020 05:06 GMT
#7
are you trying to speedrun it like superman 64? cause that's how they do that for lag reasons.

in seriousness one thing you could try is just continually lowering your monitors resolution until it looks good. I've done that before. but trying to find the setting is prob the best way to do it.
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LUCKY_NOOB
Profile Blog Joined June 2013
Bulgaria1544 Posts
July 22 2020 07:06 GMT
#8
What a brag! ; D Also why 1.16.1? /o\
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dM-White
Profile Joined February 2007
Chile341 Posts
July 22 2020 07:14 GMT
#9
Dude just download starcraft from battlenet its free.
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Joyconnizant
Profile Joined July 2020
7 Posts
July 22 2020 10:54 GMT
#10
On July 22 2020 16:06 LUCKY_NOOB wrote:
What a brag! ; D Also why 1.16.1? /o\

Its because my pc sucks and only has 20 gb of space, so i only have 2 gb and so i needed to find a version under 6 gb.
Joyconnizant
Profile Joined July 2020
7 Posts
July 22 2020 10:59 GMT
#11
On July 22 2020 10:36 razorsuKe wrote:
LOL that's comically small

Anyways the answer is in your video card settings, you either want to preserve aspect ratio, or go full screen.

Depends what video card you have, it should be under Scaling Mode or if you're old school it could look something like this:

[image loading]



EDIT:

Forgot to add that remastered is free, you can download and play online. But if you want the HD graphics and/or play ladder, then you have to play.
You won't have that problem with remastered, but I also don't know what you're trying to do. Like you can't play on iccup if you run RM, and you can't do bw AI stuff either.

i actually tried to get RM but it said on the blizzard website that it is 14$ US, and i actually got SCBW because i use to play it in 2017 and i wanted to try it out again
Joyconnizant
Profile Joined July 2020
7 Posts
July 22 2020 11:05 GMT
#12
On July 22 2020 16:14 dM-White wrote:
Dude just download starcraft from battlenet its free.

Are you talking about RM? because i tried to get rm and it costs 15$ USD and SCBW is what i played back in the day.
Joyconnizant
Profile Joined July 2020
7 Posts
July 22 2020 11:07 GMT
#13
On July 22 2020 11:26 BisuDagger wrote:
Buy a smaller monitor. 12x10 inch is the preferred pro size.

nah i prefer a 3x2 inch monitor.
Highgamer
Profile Joined October 2015
1470 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-07-22 14:35:15
July 22 2020 11:58 GMT
#14
On July 22 2020 20:05 Joyconnizant wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 22 2020 16:14 dM-White wrote:
Dude just download starcraft from battlenet its free.

Are you talking about RM? because i tried to get rm and it costs 15$ USD and SCBW is what i played back in the day.


Starcraft:Remastered plays exactly like the old SC:BW, it just comes with HD graphics (which you can turn off if you like the old graphics), quality-of-life-changes (video- and other settings, personal hotkeys, zoom and info when watching replays, etc) and functional Bnet-ladder.

He meant that the original SCBW is free to download and play nowadays (I guess like here, the SC Anthology I assume), but he said that with this one you cannot play with the new HD-graphics (obviously) or on the new ladder (but you can play online, see Razorsuke's post below). It should come with some of the improvements of RM though, like Fullscreen Mode, from what I've read just now.
I can't actually test what you can do with the free SCBW because I have RM installed on my launcher, but it shouldn't be that big, like 1-2 GB (so I read in a 2017 article, might be wrong), so you can try it out yourself even with your potato.

Btw: Just toss in the 15 bucks for RM man, it's a classic and worth every dollar. Mb your 15 $ are what it takes to make them add 2v2 ladder, lel.
Dangermousecatdog
Profile Joined December 2010
United Kingdom7084 Posts
July 22 2020 14:06 GMT
#15
1.18+ looks worse than 1.16. It's not accurate to say that it plays exactly like SC:BW.

It's also 7+ GB no matter whether you brought remastered or not. I didn't buy remastered because I was disgusted that they made it look worse for "free" players.
razorsuKe
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Canada2036 Posts
July 22 2020 14:27 GMT
#16
On July 22 2020 19:59 Joyconnizant wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 22 2020 10:36 razorsuKe wrote:
LOL that's comically small

Anyways the answer is in your video card settings, you either want to preserve aspect ratio, or go full screen.

Depends what video card you have, it should be under Scaling Mode or if you're old school it could look something like this:

[image loading]



EDIT:

Forgot to add that remastered is free, you can download and play online. But if you want the HD graphics and/or play ladder, then you have to play.
You won't have that problem with remastered, but I also don't know what you're trying to do. Like you can't play on iccup if you run RM, and you can't do bw AI stuff either.

i actually tried to get RM but it said on the blizzard website that it is 14$ US, and i actually got SCBW because i use to play it in 2017 and i wanted to try it out again



Should be free, although they might have changed it recently? However I just checked the official site, there is still a link to download RM for free, just scroll down to "Features"

[image loading]

Like I said before, you'll be able to play on battle.net, but you won't be able to play ranked and you won't have remastered HD graphics.
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Joyconnizant
Profile Joined July 2020
7 Posts
July 22 2020 14:30 GMT
#17
On July 22 2020 23:27 razorsuKe wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 22 2020 19:59 Joyconnizant wrote:
On July 22 2020 10:36 razorsuKe wrote:
LOL that's comically small

Anyways the answer is in your video card settings, you either want to preserve aspect ratio, or go full screen.

Depends what video card you have, it should be under Scaling Mode or if you're old school it could look something like this:

[image loading]



EDIT:

Forgot to add that remastered is free, you can download and play online. But if you want the HD graphics and/or play ladder, then you have to play.
You won't have that problem with remastered, but I also don't know what you're trying to do. Like you can't play on iccup if you run RM, and you can't do bw AI stuff either.

i actually tried to get RM but it said on the blizzard website that it is 14$ US, and i actually got SCBW because i use to play it in 2017 and i wanted to try it out again



Should be free, although they might have changed it recently? However I just checked the official site, there is still a link to download RM for free, just scroll down to "Features"

[image loading]

Like I said before, you'll be able to play on battle.net, but you won't be able to play ranked and you won't have remastered HD graphics.
Okay, i will try it out!
Highgamer
Profile Joined October 2015
1470 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-07-22 14:38:03
July 22 2020 14:31 GMT
#18
On July 22 2020 23:06 Dangermousecatdog wrote:
1.18+ looks worse than 1.16. It's not accurate to say that it plays exactly like SC:BW.

It's also 7+ GB no matter whether you brought remastered or not. I didn't buy remastered because I was disgusted that they made it look worse for "free" players.


Didn't know that it had that much disk-space, I read in an old article that it only took 1-2 GB, might've been wrong info at the time.

With the right settings it looks almost identical. Not 100% as sharp, but hardly noticeable, at least acceptable to most people I know who play RM with old graphics (like myself). I definitelly wouldn't go around telling people that it looks "worse" without going into detail, and that you couldn't do s.th. about it, that would give them the wrong impression.

Don't want to split hairs about this actually, but if it just looks (a little bit) different, is it wrong to say that it plays exactly like SC:BW?
Joyconnizant
Profile Joined July 2020
7 Posts
July 22 2020 14:47 GMT
#19
On July 22 2020 23:06 Dangermousecatdog wrote:
1.18+ looks worse than 1.16. It's not accurate to say that it plays exactly like SC:BW.

It's also 7+ GB no matter whether you brought remastered or not. I didn't buy remastered because I was disgusted that they made it look worse for "free" players.

yeah that is the problem for me, i only have 2GB of free memory because when only 5 is available for me to use, (thanks windows)
fLyiNgDroNe
Profile Joined September 2005
Belgium4099 Posts
July 22 2020 14:53 GMT
#20
On July 22 2020 20:58 Highgamer wrote:
Mb your 15 $ are what it takes to make them add 2v2 ladder, lel.


You sir are a genius! That got me cracking holy smokes. Its wouldn't be so funny if it wasn't so true :D
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