[BUG] Windows scaling enlarges game resolution

[Defendor]

When I have a laptop with Windows 10 and 2560x1440 native resolution. I use the display and settings "Scale and layout" on 150% to be able to see what I write and read on the screen. This changes resolution to 150% in this game for anything above 1366x768. So If I use my native resolution, The game window only shows a zoomed in part of the game. I can click on the rest of the menu and such, but it's outside what is visible on my laptop monitor. I can workaround this problem by changing "Scale and layout" to 100% but that makes rest of windows almost unusable because text is so small in the native resolution.

[Calmly Frenetic]

Display scaling can be disabled for a specific game by setting a compatibility property of the game's executable file:

From your Steam Games Library list, right-click on Aquaria, select Properties.
Click on the Local Files tab, then Browse Local Files...
Your file browser should open at this folder: ...\Steam\steamapps\common\Aquaria\

Right-click on the file Aquaria.exe (the ".exe" may not appear if extensions are hidden),
select Properties, click the Compatibility tab, click "Change high DPI settings",
tick "Override high DPI scaling behaviour", with "Scaling performed by:" set to "Application",
and click OK.

[Nogardtist]

Originally posted by Calmly Frenetic:

Display scaling can be disabled for a specific game by setting a compatibility property of the game's executable file:

From your Steam Games Library list, right-click on Aquaria, select Properties.
Click on the Local Files tab, then Browse Local Files...
Your file browser should open at this folder: ...\Steam\steamapps\common\Aquaria\

Right-click on the file Aquaria.exe (the ".exe" may not appear if extensions are hidden),
select Properties, click the Compatibility tab, click "Change high DPI settings",
tick "Override high DPI scaling behaviour", with "Scaling performed by:" set to "Application",
and click OK.

tried every resolution but i dont want to play on 800x600 phone screen on a 15 .6inch monitor cause its very tunnel vision and uncomfortable
worked for my 2017 craptop

[Đeath’ş Aļļ | Horst Fuchs]

Originally posted by Calmly Frenetic:

Display scaling can be disabled for a specific game by setting a compatibility property of the game's executable file:

From your Steam Games Library list, right-click on Aquaria, select Properties.
Click on the Local Files tab, then Browse Local Files...
Your file browser should open at this folder: ...\Steam\steamapps\common\Aquaria\

Right-click on the file Aquaria.exe (the ".exe" may not appear if extensions are hidden),
select Properties, click the Compatibility tab, click "Change high DPI settings",
tick "Override high DPI scaling behaviour", with "Scaling performed by:" set to "Application",
and click OK.

Thanks. I had no idea this can be solved by windows settings.

[RavenX]

I know it's been over 4 years, but you are my hero. I haven't played Aquaria in years, and I was struggling to find a resolution that made some kind of sense with aspect ratio and not cutting off parts of the screen.