Widescreen and Ultrawidescreen Monitor Fixes & Build

[mhardisty]

A number of issues have been flagged when using Widescreen and Ultrawidescreen Monitors.
This included important menu buttons being ‘off screen’, that stopped progression through the game.
This also included a crash when starting the game with an Ultrawidescreen Monitor.

Due to the issues with Widescreen and Ultrawidescreen Monitors, a new build of the game was released to the Open Beta Branch.
This has fixed the Ultrawidescreen Monitor crash.

To access the Open Beta build, go through the following steps:

Right click on Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance in your Steam Library
- Click on Properties
- Click on Betas
- Click on drop-down menu and select "Beta - Open Beta"
Then Steam should automatically update the game and download the Beta.

And if you have a Widescreen Monitor, when using this Open Beta build update:
- A player with a widescreen monitor, on launching the game, the resolution is set by default - 1920x1080
- Go to the Settings Screen, on Video, choose 2K resolution (if supported) and Turn Off Full Screen, thus choosing windowed mode.
- A 2K resolution in windowed mode is much better than FullHd in windowed mode. This should be done for both Widescreen Monitors and UltraWidescreen Monitors

There is also an option to alter some resolution data in your settings file which allows you to play the game on Widescreen without buttons being off screen. This is required if the game doesn't automatically default to 1920x1080. From another player:

C:\Users\YOUR_USERNAME\Documents\My Games\Terminator Dark Fate\profiles\<profilename>\gameoptions.xml

And then in the file:
<render.mode.width>1600</render.mode.width>
<render.mode.height>900</render.mode.height>
<render.mode.windowed>true</render.mode.windowed>

This should set your window so the game is viewable on your monitor.


There is also a new update coming to the Open Beta branch on Monday or Tuesday that will have further fixes for Widescreen Monitors.

We apologize for this inconvenience, but we are doing our best to get a fully supported Widescreen update released as soon as possible. Our estimate is that this will be available in a couple of weeks.

[mhardisty]

Just to add, with the above information, a number of players have reported that this allows the game to be played on Widescreen monitors, in windowed mode.
However, some players have reported that they still have issues, but we are trying to determine whether this is due to not using the Open Beta branch version.
(and again, apologies for this issue occurring).

[WΛRMΩNGΞR]

Oh yeah. I used the open beta. It didnt help. The issue remains the same on 3440 x 1440, whether in windowed mode or fullscreen. And actually, windowed mode was worse due the game now being in an application window box, with the bottom portion of the window hidden behind the windows taskbar, permanently.

[DeathNightReaper]

The 5120 x 1440 Fix worked to a degree the game starts but also brakes the game
the UI is broken to a point of unplayable cant change settings or play skirmish
and when i start single player the mini map fills 25 % of the screen the unit info 10 %
my whole left side of screen is blinded and off center i use a neo odyssey g9
hope this info is some help

[mhardisty]

Originally posted by DeathNightReaper:

The 5120 x 1440 Fix worked to a degree the game starts but also brakes the game
the UI is broken to a point of unplayable cant change settings or play skirmish
and when i start single player the mini map fills 25 % of the screen the unit info 10 %
my whole left side of screen is blinded and off center i use a neo odyssey g9
hope this info is some help

This info is useful. Thank you for it...
There is a new update coming in the next 2- 3 days with further WS fixes. But the main FULL SUPPORT update is likely 1 - 2 weeks away....

[Jodirte]

Same issue with 3440 x 1440, I am aware you all are working on it. Same issue as above posts.

[Mateo]

Same issue for me on 5120 x 1440, the top and bottom part of the screen are somehow cut and there is no way to click on UI buttons in these portions of the screen.

[Switch]

Same issue for 2560 x 1080 top and bottom is cut, but the game looks amazing even stretch. looking forward to the fix