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m3deman
Profile Joined May 2010
United States68 Posts
November 30 2011 02:49 GMT
#1
Started starcraft 2 today and for some reason my POV is way too zoomed in. It isn't the mouse scroll either. Resolution is fine, graphics look fine just everything is way too big. Is there some kind of setting that I am unaware of or a key that may have gotten pressed?
Flamingo777
Profile Joined October 2010
United States1190 Posts
November 30 2011 03:07 GMT
#2
Page up and page dn both have an effect upon the pov zoom when you press them. I don't know if it will solve your problem, but experiment.
CptObnoxious
Profile Joined June 2011
Australia24 Posts
November 30 2011 03:19 GMT
#3
Could you have changed your resolution by accident? Check the graphics options and see if it's set how it normally is; you might have turned it down and now your game's being stretched a little.
m3deman
Profile Joined May 2010
United States68 Posts
November 30 2011 03:43 GMT
#4
Resolution is fine. Tried page up and page down. I'm very confused because normally the main menu screen leaves some space on the edges but now it doesn't, so it's obviously something with resolution but my monitor resolution matches the in game resolution.
FinBenton
Profile Joined March 2011
Finland870 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-30 04:03:55
November 30 2011 04:03 GMT
#5
Take screenshots so we se how it looks like?
m3deman
Profile Joined May 2010
United States68 Posts
November 30 2011 04:14 GMT
#6
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m3deman
Profile Joined May 2010
United States68 Posts
November 30 2011 04:19 GMT
#7
Its interesting that when I open those screens they dont load as 1400x1050.
FrooK
Profile Joined February 2011
Sweden28 Posts
November 30 2011 04:20 GMT
#8
You sure you can't up the resolution to 1680x1050 instead of 1400?
najo
Profile Joined August 2011
United States75 Posts
November 30 2011 04:20 GMT
#9
Its way to zoomed in because you're playing on a 4:3 aspect ratio..
najo
Profile Joined August 2011
United States75 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-30 04:27:43
November 30 2011 04:21 GMT
#10
If you want the greatest view possible in SC2 you have to play on a resolution that has the greatest aspect ratio, which is 16;9. Try 1366x768, it should give you the best view possible but the picture is going to be fuzzy if your native is 1400x1050.
FrooK
Profile Joined February 2011
Sweden28 Posts
November 30 2011 04:26 GMT
#11
On November 30 2011 13:21 najo wrote:
If you want the greatest view possible in SC2 you have to use a 16;9 resolution.


I want one

Trying to stream trough FMLE with a 16:10 resolution sucks, either distorted or empty black spaces around the video. Sorry for off-topic
m3deman
Profile Joined May 2010
United States68 Posts
November 30 2011 04:29 GMT
#12
Won't let me increase the resolution any further.
najo
Profile Joined August 2011
United States75 Posts
November 30 2011 04:30 GMT
#13
Lower the resolution to 1366x768.
m3deman
Profile Joined May 2010
United States68 Posts
November 30 2011 04:36 GMT
#14
It won't let me choose anything but 1280x1024, 1344x1008 and the 1400 one.
najo
Profile Joined August 2011
United States75 Posts
November 30 2011 04:38 GMT
#15
Okay, try going to documents/starcraft 2 and find variables.txt. Set the width = 1366 and the height = 768. Let me know if that works.
andrea20
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada441 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-30 04:51:59
November 30 2011 04:51 GMT
#16
Starcraft 2 doesn't render aspect ratios other than 16 : 9 well at all.

http://www.gamespot.com/features/starcraft-ii-beta-performance-and-image-preview-6251839/

It's rather pathetic that 1920x1200 has less viewing area than 1920x1080. I'm forced to run SC2 with black bars as a result.
najo
Profile Joined August 2011
United States75 Posts
November 30 2011 04:55 GMT
#17
On November 30 2011 13:51 andrea20 wrote:
Starcraft 2 doesn't render aspect ratios other than 16 : 9 well at all.

http://www.gamespot.com/features/starcraft-ii-beta-performance-and-image-preview-6251839/

It's rather pathetic that 1920x1200 has less viewing area than 1920x1080. I'm forced to run SC2 with black bars as a result.


Same here :/
Medrea
Profile Joined May 2011
10003 Posts
November 30 2011 05:36 GMT
#18
If number of pixels conferred an advantage we would have all pro players playing with 3 screen eyefinity, which would be silly for an esport.

Standards are standards, you may not break them.
twitch.tv/medrea
Speake
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States494 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-30 06:26:55
November 30 2011 06:26 GMT
#19
OMFG, i was playing in 16:10 this whole time until i read this thread. Changed sc2 settings to 16: 9, wowowowow, thank you guys so much
tQ.Speake
Sundy
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia6 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-09 03:31:54
December 09 2011 03:29 GMT
#20
I have this exact same problem m3deman... Has anyone found out how to fix it?

I play on a 30inch monitor at home, 2560x1600 resolution, I played just before I left to a friends house, and everything was perfect, the game looked normal.

I installed SC2 at my mates house and it also worked fine, though his monitor is a 24inch. I played the game for a couple of days there.

Upon returning home and launching the game, everything is way too zoomed in, the screen looks exactly like the screenshots posted even though I have 2560x1600 selected.

I've tried everything, reinstalled drivers, checked the variables.txt, running in windowed mode, changing the resolution, zooming out, even running in compatability mode, googled my heart out trying to find out what the hell went wrong but I can't find a thing.

It's dumbfounding because I didn't change a thing, I wasn't even at home, and suddenly my game is ridiculously zoomed in, when I actually do zoom in, I'm practically a first person drone.

If anyone could help it would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers
taht's halo.
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