sgran 0 Posted September 4, 2009 I've recently had to reinstall CFS 3 and then off, have patched it up to date, and reconfigured everything to the way it was. Now I'm not much on the technical side of things, but now every time I go on a mission, the simulation always seems to be on the right hand side of the screen, and seems to be compresses. How can I get it back to wide screen settings? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sitting_duck 3 Posted September 4, 2009 not sure if this will solve the problem,,, but in workshop,,on the left,,there is settings for "aspect:widescreen" 4:3 (crt) and 16:9(widescreen) I would also go into cfs3config and see what your screen resolution is set to,,,, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sgran 0 Posted September 5, 2009 It is in widescreen, but it doesnt seem to help. The resolution is on 1024 / 768. isa this a good resolution? any suggestions on what i could use? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Von Paulus 8 Posted September 5, 2009 1024 x 768 it's not a 16:9 resolution. What's the size of your screen? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sgran 0 Posted September 6, 2009 Well, I suffer from an awful old 13 inch acer screen that is nearly as old as the aircraft that i fly with it. I tried setting the solution back to 4:3, and it makes absolutely no difference. 1 inch of the left hand side of the screen is as good as useless, and the rest of the screen is ridiculously compressed. Also, the frame rates are awful, despite being under the same settings as before, which actually had some good results. Im sure that getting rid of that problem will also get rid of my bad frame rates. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sgran 0 Posted September 6, 2009 Another thing to note, is that I have recently downloaded a new driver for my tired old graphics card. Its a NVIDIA 7800GT if that makes a difference at all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sgran 0 Posted September 6, 2009 (edited) Sorry, that was a typo, its actually a 7600 GS. My desktop is on 1152 by 864, and i just set OFF to 1280 by 1024, and did a flight. The bad frame rates are greatly diminished, but the compressed screen is still there. Once i can find a way to get rid of it, then ill be fine. by the way, how do you put in a picture? i just uploaded one on the combataceforum, but it wont let me put it in the post. Edited September 6, 2009 by sgran Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sgran 0 Posted September 6, 2009 (edited) Yes. It works. This is exactly what my screen looks like at the moment when playing OFF. It's a screen shot of before the reinstallation, but i've edited it to give you an idea of what I'm up against. Edited September 6, 2009 by sgran Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sitting_duck 3 Posted September 6, 2009 (edited) try 1280 by 960... when you do what unclelal said,,,with the properites thing,,you should get a pic of a monitor,,and it will show the size of the screen as you adjust the slider for the settings....you can see the screen get a little bigger as you go from 1280 by 1024 to 1280 by 960. And if that still doesnt work,,,go to a another resolution that gives you a screen size in the properties windows that will fill your monitor.... And remeber,,its not what you have your desktop resolution set to that matters,,its what you have your resolution set to in cfs3config. And damn man,,stop flying into stuff!! Look at what your doing to that beautiful plane! Edited September 6, 2009 by sitting_duck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sgran 0 Posted September 6, 2009 I wasn't flying the Fokker. He was my victim. . Anyway, I've tried just about every resolution I can. Nothing works. Even the frame rates are dropping again. Then again, I'm flying St Mihiel in an SE5a and that is really busy, so that probably has something to do with it. 3 More missions and I get the Viper variant. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herr Prop-Wasche 7 Posted September 6, 2009 Your screen is not compressed, it's shifted over to the right. Does you monitor have a set of controls for adjusting the on-screen display? You should be able to find a control to control the horizontal size and position. Start BHaH and shift the screen to the left and stretch it, if needed. If you have an nVidia card, start BHaH, press the Start key on you keyboard and select "All Programs." You should see an entry for "nVidia Corporation." Highlight this with you mouse and a menu to nVidia control panel should open up. Click on this to open the control panel while BhaH is running. Under the section marked Display, look for the setting to adjust desktop size and position. This should allow you to adjust the screen to your liking while still within the game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sgran 0 Posted September 6, 2009 hey, thianks guys. Herr prop wasche i'll try that next time. hope it works. being such an ancient computer, it usually crashes when I try to press start while playing OFF. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sgran 0 Posted September 7, 2009 i think i'll be able to access the control panel in flight (If its a good day for my computer), but this leaves just one thing. How to stretch the game screen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Polovski 424 Posted September 10, 2009 Install a proper driver for your monitor. Check the manufacturer's website. Also check the refresh rate you are using at that mode, that used to be very important on older monitors (and wrong or generic monitor drivers will often cause issues). Otherwise maybe the new video driver isn't great... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
