Issues with resolution

[Thumpasorus]

Can't manage to have the game full screen with the appropriate resolution, resulting in a highly pixelated game that is unpleasant to watch. Are there any solutions for this?

[Tiojion]

What resolution do you use?

[Thumpasorus]

1920x1080, standard stuff. Just to be clear, I have no resolution issues when the game is on the "small" setting, I get some pixelation when on "large", and on fullscreen it gets too blurry to play comfortably.

[Tiojion]

That is strange. I was expecting you to say you were using an odd resolution. I don't have those issues on 1920x1080 fullscreen. I'll play around with it and get back to you if I find something. Hopefully someone else has something helpful for you.

Do you use two monitors or something unique in some other way?

[Tiojion]

When you first open up the game try switching it AWAY from full screen then back to it again. It's not ideal but seems to work for others that have your same issue (and there seem to be quite a few).

[Thumpasorus]

I do use two monitors, one on my GPU and another on my CPU haven't had any issues like this with any other game though. I also have played around and switched back and forth between settings but it doesn't solve the issue. I'll try reinstalling or verifying files or something

[Thumpasorus]

tried reinstalling, verifying files, and playing with just one monitor and nothing worked. Still too blurry to play on fullscreen.

[Tiojion]

Is you monitor's native resolution something besides 1920x1080? Do you run your desktop for your OS in something other than 1920x1080? All the other people having resoltion issues seem to have one of those things not 1920x1080 and the game takes that native setting rather than forcing a change. There is a game file (text file I think) that some people have altered to fix that issue if it applies to you.

[Thumpasorus]

No, everything on my PC is 1920x1080 and runs on it. This is the first time I've had any issue of this kind. That said, wouldn't hurt to try; do you know which file it is and what I have to do?

I really appreciate the help by the way.

[Tiojion]

Checking for the info. While I'm doing so, have you updated your drivers? That can be a common problem.

[Thumpasorus]

yeah I did, it's something I sometimes have problems with so it's my first stop for any technical issue

[Tiojion]

2am SECOND EDIT: Reading what you posted up top it sounds like you are able to stretch the game to cover your whole screen with full screen but the resolution is actually staying in a non 1920x1080 mode. That DOES sound fixable but only to someone either knowledable or determined enough to tweak the mkxp.config file. I've listed some info from the Dev. I also listed where to go to find the file (further down in this post after the edits). The bottom half of the original post has some places in that file that could potentially be involved (particularly the fixedAspectRatio=true or smoothScaling=true. Sorry for the mess that is this post but to the degree you decide you are determined I'll try to help. Read on....


1am EDIT:
This isn't territory for everyone. There is no one problem and no one path. I can't list the change needed because I don't have the issue on my computer to work with BUT this is what I found from the Dev:
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We are working on integrating more resolution options into the game.

For now, please find the file called mkxp.conf in your install file. Try winResizable=true among other settings. Some folks also like integerScaling.lastMileScaling = false
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also
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Find mkxp.conf in your install directory, and change winResizable=true to false. Play around with sizes and other settings to see if anything is to your liking.
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also
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Try several things

Press F5
Change window size
Press Alt-enter
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That's it for Dev input on the subject but there's a lot more that can be poked in the mkxp.config file. Below I've listed some other parts that could be tweaked depending on your exact issue. There are more besides what I have listed but before going deeper it would be worth poking what's here first.
END EDIT.....


ORIGINAL POST
I have found the file. It's a text file that can be opened with Notepad. It's found at what ever drive you keep your Steam folder on (C drive by default). Then:
Steam> Steamapps> common> Sow1 Project.
Once you've clicked on that SoW1 Project folder click on the mkxp.config file. You will be prompted for what app you want to use to open it. Notepad works.

There are a lot of settings that can be tweaked here. I didn't have time to run down someone else's exact fix and it might not have applied to you anyway. You can mess with these settings without being a programmer. Just remember or copy what is there in case you need to switch it all back. (I'd just make a copy of that file and put it in a temp folder so you could replace it without having to verify files if something gets borked).

I am rushed atm so I couldn't look through the whole file.

Scroll down and find the text that says this (near the top):
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# Specify the RGSS version to run under.
# Possible values are 0, 1, 2, 3. If set to 0,
# mkxp will try to guess the required version
# based on the game files found in gameFolder.
# If this fails, the version defaults to 1.
# (default: 0)
#
# rgssVersion=1

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You might try changing this setting between 0-3 but remember what was originally listed
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Also scroll further down and look for these:
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# Preserve game screen aspect ratio,
# as opposed to stretch-to-fill
# (default: enabled)
#
fixedAspectRatio=true


# Apply linear interpolation when game screen
# is upscaled
# (default: enabled)
#
smoothScaling=true

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I am wondering about the above settings. Might be worth seeing what happens if you adjust them. Also the settings below but since your issue is blurriness I don't think the issue is resolution window sizing so much as one of the settings above. Forcing different screen size at these settings below combined with tweaking the above settings would be another, more complicated tweak. We are hoping one of the earlier places to tweak would get it done.
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# Specify the window width on startup. If set to 0,
# it will default to the default resolution width
# specific to the RGSS version (640 in RGSS1, 544
# in RGSS2 or higher).
# (default: 0)
#
defScreenW=640


# Specify the window height on startup. If set to 0,
# it will default to the default resolution height
# specific to the RGSS version (480 in RGSS1, 416
# in RGSS2 or higher).
# (default: 0)
#
defScreenH=480

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There are a lot more commands further down. I'll look for any that might be applicable

--EDIT if you determinedly got this far and tried some things and are still no joy let me know and I'll look at the rest of the file but this post is so disorganized and backwards I won't make it worse unless necessary--

Let me know if you make any progress and I'll go from there.

[LeftPaw]

I am having the same problem. It's sad because I love the game but it looks awful, pixelated graphics and blurry text. God knows what's causing it to happen to some of us and not others, probably something really simple but I would really, really like to find out what it is.

I have been through the config file and tried changing a load of stuff but nothing seems to make any difference. This get's me thinking that it's something to do with our actual computers. Some setup, some app running in the background, some setting some of us have. Finding that is going to take a small miracle especially if the dev's can't reproduce the problem.

[LeftPaw]

I have found a improvement just by turning the sharpness down on my monitor. It helps with the blurry text making it sharper.
Funny that. Turn the sharpness DOWN for a sharper picture.

[Tiojion]

@Leftpaw I have been concerned that it may be something hardware or another app related but didn't bring it up because of how hard such things are to find.

For anyone having issues I would suggest exhausting the possibilities in the mkxp.config first as well as posting your dxdiag specs and the problem to the Devs in case they can find something.

[Thumpasorus]

Well, I've messed with all settings listed above and nothing worked. I think I'll have to uninstall and wait for a patch that provides more resolution options. Thank you for all your help though.