Any way to make the HUD scale to resolution?

[rulzmaker]

Hey guys,

Is there any mod that would allow us to scale the HUD better? As in, if playing at 1440p it doesn't get that small?

I've tried the DDraw menu (Shift+F11) but I can't find anything about that there, or I don't know which option it is.

I just want to make the building menu a little bigger without having to lower the resolution.

[EvilReFlex]

Its a 2D game, UI Scales with resolution.

[Icy]

CNCnet does this pretty well if you feel like modding the game.

[Perahoky]

Originally posted by EvilReFlex:

Its a 2D game, UI Scales with resolution.

no it doesnt. the ingame resolution only rescales the battlefield view not the gui

[Shadowfox]

yeah i play most games at 1440 but not this one its a little dated visually and the highest i go is 1080. Anything higher is too small

[Ethan / Yin]

Set DDrawCompat.ini like this:

ColorKeyMethod = auto
CpuAffinity = 1
DesktopResolution = desktop
DisplayAspectRatio = app
DisplayFilter = bilinear(0)
DisplayResolution = desktop
DpiAwareness = permonitor
FpsLimiter = msgloop(120)
FullscreenMode = borderless
RenderColorDepth = app
SupportedDepthFormats = 16
SupportedResolutions = native
VSync = off
WinVersionLie = 98

and change video section in RA2.INI and RA2MD.INI to:

[Video]
AllowHiResModes=yes
VideoBackBuffer=no
ScreenWidth=1366
ScreenHeight=768
StretchMovies=no

after that you can chenge resolution in-game for different size, it will not change your actual desktop resolution. It will be set to 1366x768 at first, which is the lowest widescreen resoluion that does not have broken main menu graphics.

[Zef]

Originally posted by Shadowfox:

yeah i play most games at 1440 but not this one its a little dated visually and the highest i go is 1080. Anything higher is too small

1080P is the sweet spot for RA2.

Even on a 4K monitor.

Everything else is either to small or to zoomed in.

[ScottNBNP]

Any way to get the videos to play full screen at 1080p and not in a small box?

[Zef]

Originally posted by ScottNBNP:

Any way to get the videos to play full screen at 1080p and not in a small box?

try StretchMovies=yes

although i wouldn't recommend it, the FMV's look horrible while stretched out.

at 1080P they still look decent, although yeah in a small box.

can't win them all

if the video files can easily be replaced we could use a video AI upscaler to get them to 1080P or 4K

[ScottNBNP]

Originally posted by Zef:

Originally posted by ScottNBNP:

Any way to get the videos to play full screen at 1080p and not in a small box?

try StretchMovies=yes

although i wouldn't recommend it, the FMV's look horrible while stretched out.

at 1080P they still look decent, although yeah in a small box.

can't win them all

if the video files can easily be replaced we could use a video AI upscaler to get them to 1080P or 4K

Ok noted, i tried stretchmovies yes, but didn't work, however YR seems to work well, the menu and videos seem to be 640 and then game 1080, but RA2 loads up in a box, videos play in a box then the game is fullscreen and 1080p. Its weird.

Can't win them all so i'll stick with what's working, thanks man

EDIT:

https://www.nexusmods.com/commandandconquerredalert2/mods/137?tab=description

1080p videos <3

[[+ENS+ Arrow8D]]

Originally posted by ScottNBNP:

Originally posted by Zef:

try StretchMovies=yes

although i wouldn't recommend it, the FMV's look horrible while stretched out.

at 1080P they still look decent, although yeah in a small box.

can't win them all

if the video files can easily be replaced we could use a video AI upscaler to get them to 1080P or 4K

Ok noted, i tried stretchmovies yes, but didn't work, however YR seems to work well, the menu and videos seem to be 640 and then game 1080, but RA2 loads up in a box, videos play in a box then the game is fullscreen and 1080p. Its weird.

Can't win them all so i'll stick with what's working, thanks man

EDIT:

https://www.nexusmods.com/commandandconquerredalert2/mods/137?tab=description

1080p videos <3

why is the file over 1GB to streach the movies?

[Nyerguds]

Originally posted by +ENS+ Arrow8D:

why is the file over 1GB to streach the movies?

Because it probably contains 1080p versions of all the videos? Honestly 1GB is really small for that.

Originally posted by rulzmaker:

Hey guys,

Is there any mod that would allow us to scale the HUD better? As in, if playing at 1440p it doesn't get that small?

I've tried the DDraw menu (Shift+F11) but I can't find anything about that there, or I don't know which option it is.

I just want to make the building menu a little bigger without having to lower the resolution.

Nope. The sidebar menus are fixed size in pixels. They don't scale separately from the gameplay. The only way to get them bigger is to lower your resolution.

[Daimon]

Originally posted by Zef:

Originally posted by Shadowfox:

yeah i play most games at 1440 but not this one its a little dated visually and the highest i go is 1080. Anything higher is too small

1080P is the sweet spot for RA2.

Even on a 4K monitor.

Everything else is either to small or to zoomed in.

Except if you're playing on 65" inch screen ;D