borders - anyway to remove them?

[Cat Daddy]

ok so i got this game last night and loaded it up

is it meant to have these huge-arsed-black borders at the top and bottom of the sreen?

i feel as if ive gone back to 2001 when uk playstation games from some companies had these borders at the top and bottom of the screen and there excuse was that PAL format couldnt run at 60hz (which was a lie)

its kinda ruining the experience for me. the resolution is set to auto and is 1280x720 60hz

i havent had this in any other game before....is this just another screw up by sega? or do i have to change something manually?

ive noticed in SOME screenshots people have these borders while others do not. its bad enough you got that crappy white border around the game itself. its annoying as hell to have that AND these black border at the top and bottom of the screen

[SaberVS7]

1. Is your monitor 16:9 or another aspect ratio? The game is forced to 16:9 rendering.

2. Do you have anything pertaining to underscan/overscan set in your GPU settings? This was a common issue for me when I still ran AMD cards, so it's likely this is happening to you as well. Go into your GPU settings and look for anything that sounds like that.

[Cat Daddy]

yes my monitor is 16:9 ratio I think

i am not sure what you mean by your second comment :(. do you mean something in the video experience?

[ZippyVtuber]

me too it happens, not only for this game, but for far cry 4 also. wonder if there's a fix for both games...

[Cat Daddy]

so is there ANYWAYS to remove these borders because its making the game crap for me. its really ruining the experience. its like having sex for the first time but with your dad watching you in a corner of the room

i dont like feeling as if im playing some crappy port from 1999 because sega are too lazy to sort the border issue out. there has to be a way to remove them

[Gekkibi]

As far as I know black borders appear only when using non-16:9 resolution.

[ZippyVtuber]

ummmm..anybody know how to force the game to go fullscreen without 16:9 resolution? (if you even can)

[Gryph]

Originally posted by raphaelroberge:

ummmm..anybody know how to force the game to go fullscreen without 16:9 resolution? (if you even can)

Try using an injector such as GeDoSaTo.[blog.metaclassofnil.com]

BTW, 16:9 is an "aspect ratio" (proportional relationship of an image's width and its height) and not a resolution.

Generally speaking, the black bars are the empty space that's left when a video frame is kept in its original aspect ratio to prevent distortion, but reduced in size to fit the aspect ratio of the display.

[ZippyVtuber]

Originally posted by gryph721:

Originally posted by raphaelroberge:

ummmm..anybody know how to force the game to go fullscreen without 16:9 resolution? (if you even can)

Try using an injector such as GeDoSaTo.[blog.metaclassofnil.com]

BTW, 16:9 is an "aspect ratio" (proportional relationship of an image's width and its height) and not a resolution.

Generally speaking, the black bars are the empty space that's left when a video frame is kept in its original aspect ratio to prevent distortion, but reduced in size to fit the aspect ratio of the display.

uhhh..could you provide a step-bystep guide on how to use it and make valkyria chronicles go truly fullscreen?

[Gryph]

Originally posted by raphaelroberge:

uhhh..could you provide a step-bystep guide on how to use it and make valkyria chronicles go truly fullscreen?

I'm not experiencing any problems with black bars or visible window borders. I can't write up a detailed solution if I can't replicate the problem.

Anyone experiencing those problems will have to simply have to download GeDoSaTo and find out which configuration settings works for them.

The installation instructions are in the GeDoSaTo readme file. GeDoSaTo's configuration file is well commented so it's easy to figure out what you need to change.

I found Valkyria Chronicle's PS Hash using GeDoSaTo. From what I've been able to tell, I believe this hash is universal so it should work for other people:

injectPSHash e5c4c013

However, if this hash doesn't work for other people, then this PCGamer article also includes directions about how to find a game's PS hash.

[Cat Daddy]

this might well of all been written in chinese coz i didnt understand 1 bit of it....

i find it hard to belive your not getting borders when all the screenshots in the screenshots area have them. i think theres like 3-4 that DONT have them and im assuming there using a work-around to get by this problem

[Gryph]

Originally posted by Cat Daddy:

i find it hard to belive your not getting borders when all the screenshots in the screenshots area have them. i think theres like 3-4 that DONT have them and im assuming there using a work-around to get by this problem

I don't know what to tell you. I simply don't get black bars or borders, and I didn't have them before using GeDoSaTo either.

Here's a screenshot from Valkyria Chronicles playing on my PC at 1920x1080:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=392065296

Here's another Valkyria Chronicles playing on my PC at 1280x720:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=392077852

I've played Valkyria Chronicles using GeDoSaTo to implement both full screen mode and windowed full screen mode and I get no black bars or frame borders in either display mode.

[Cat Daddy]

hmmm i see

this might be down to my old monitor as i had the resolution set to 1440x900

i have a new monitor now which can do the whole 1080 thing

however i cannot use it at present as my sodding psu has crapped out on me and i have had to buy a new one. currently im using my wifes pc

so prey for me that my new corsair psu arrives tomorrow (which i doubt) so i can install it all ok

[Gryph]

Originally posted by Cat Daddy:

this might be down to my old monitor as i had the resolution set to 1440x900

Yes, that explains it. 1440x900 is a 1.6:1 (aka 16:10) aspect ratio while Valkyria Chronicles is locked to an aspect ratio of 1.78:1 (aka 16:9).

If you try to fit a 16:10 video frame on a 16:9 display without stretching, you'll get the black bars.

If you launch the Valkyria Chronicles configuration launcher, (I.e. Steam Library -> Play button -> Configure Valkyria Chronicles) and click on the Resolution button, is 1440 x 900 offered as a resolution option?

[halun03]

I don't know if someone still is searching a sollution to that black border problem, but in my case it was scalling settings of my drivers. In nvidia control panel it is in second tab from bottom.

Here is the trick: no scalling at all will result in getting borders from all sides, but picture will be sharper; setting it to full screen gets rid of borders, but picture quality suffers.

Sorry if there are grammar/language mistakes: english is not my native :)