WMMA Not Fitting On My Screen - Help?

[j.ellis.hart]

I understand this is probably basic stuff for most of you, so thanks in advance for being patient. Just a few minutes ago I bought WMMA 3, and after I start & install the game it doesn't display properly; there's a big grey bar down right side of the game, when I hover over buttons the part that's supposed to be in the top middle (the yellow text displayed) which says the function of said button is off-centred, the editing suite is completely unusable, and the ad which shows up upon exiting the game has text-on-top-of-text, and the only way I could close it was by guessing where the "close" button was *supposed* to be.

I guess what I need to know is what are the basic specs for this aspect of the game, and does this sound like a problem that will be solved by using another machine (if I had access to one I could answer this myself, obviously)?

Sorry for the rambling, poorly-worded post...I'm not good at explaining this sort of thing. Any help is appreciated.

[arlesgreydog]

Right click on your Desktop -> Properties -> Settings, and alter your screen resolution to a bigger one if you can't see all the game. Alternatively, if that doesn't work, go to the same Settings menu, but click Advanced. You will see a place to set your DPI, make sure it is 96. (If you are under Windows 7/8, please see this article[www.sevenforums.com] for details on how to change your DPI settings.) If that does not work, please make sure that your text size is not set to be greater than 100%.

[j.ellis.hart]

That solved the problem, thanks!

[Chaotiс_Evil]

but the problem is that in this case font is too small so game runs in a window and my eyes hurt .. ifi could make the font bigger ...

[nasKo]

I am aware this thread is now fairly old but I found a solution to this that doesn't require you to change your display resolution or DPI settings. When looking for a solution for this issue, this thread topped the search engines but didn't provide me with an acceptable solution at the time.
I run a supersampling setup with a DPI > 100% for readability and changing this just to play WMMA is not an option.

I play WMMA4 which is not on Steam but I assume it still applies here.

The solution is to make the game tell Windows that is is not DPI aware, so it scales properly. This is not ideal in many cases but helps making it usable.

Steps:
1 Tell Windows to check for an external manifest file.
2 Create an external manifest files.

1. Backup your registry before changing anything if you are unsure. This is a simple thing and looks more intimidating and complicated than it really is.

Press Windows Button + R, type “regedit”, and then click OK.
Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > SideBySide
Right-click, select NEW > DWORD (32 bit) Value
Type "PreferExternalManifest" without the quotes, and then press ENTER.
Right-click PreferExternalManifest, and then click Modify.
Enter Value Data 1 and select Decimal.
Click OK. Close the Registry Editor.

Step 2 is even easier.
Every program you want to change the scaling on needs a manifest file in its application folder (the same where the program has its .exe).
For example, my WMMA4.exe is located at J:\Games\WMMA4 and I created a manifest file in text editor named "WMMA4.exe.manifest" inside that folder

The content of the manifest file can be found here:
http://pastebin.com/EKz46JXC

NOTE: This only works if you do NOT have "Disable display scaling on high DPI settings" set for the game .exe (right click the .exe -> Compatibility tab -> Untick "Disable display scaling on high DPI settings")

Before:
http://i.imgur.com/L6EaTIN.png

After:
http://i.imgur.com/U3yivZV.png

Hope this helps somebody out there.