1920x800 Borderles window: Make this dream come true?

[Dan Denying Damnation]

1920x800 cuts down 280 lines-worth of performance, as demonstrated by a youtube channel; Widens things to the awe-inspiring 2.40:1 aspect ratio, feels like watching the movie Gravity, and had me dreaming.

In a Samsung 16:9 TV, which is all so many like me who go without representation have (or will ever have) for a monitor, a borderless window is the only one who gives us such pleasures in Half-Life 2, and Chivalry, both through simple launch options text. But not the beloved Elite: Dangerous.

In-game menus won't show us the secretive 21:9 resolutions open-handed (but neither did Chivalry's or Half-Life's for that matter). Steam's launch options or XML edits will go ignored. The user-made software ShiftWindow will at least kindly shape Elite D.'s window to every borderless format I desire, but who said the aspect ratio adjusts itself to 21:9, its comprehensible cousin? It won't: here's a squished 16:9, my brothers.

In honesty, we don't need your help if you tell us to give up. But if you're willing to think outside the box...

To cellebrate the creativity of our communities, looking at everything we've made possible before, unstoppable since the dawn of PC gaming...

Through mods, unrelenting boldness and encouraging communication between our unsung heroes who share their hundreds of man-hours for free, then you will comment on my supplication.

I rebuke and chasten as many as I love. Doesn't the very Lord Jesus say same thing, now crowned with power in the book of Revelations, chapter 3, being Himself an example to us all?

When I play Elite:D. at a borderless 1920x800 window, I won't allow myself to let your thanks go unsung.

[dave46563]

What?

[Dan Denying Damnation]

(I'm reading Moby ♥♥♥♥, guess I got a bit inspired with the language)

[Laurreth]

Can't you just get some gaffer tape and tape off the parts of your monitor you don't want to see?

[Super Arthritis ⁧⁧ ⁧⁧Man]

Originally posted by Dan Denying Damnation:

(I'm reading Moby ♥♥♥♥, guess I got a bit inspired with the language)

HAHAHA!

[Dan Denying Damnation]

Originally posted by Shadowdancer:

Can't you just get some gaffer tape and tape off the parts of your monitor you don't want to see?

Man, I'm all for it LoL But, truly, a 21:9 screen *adds* information to the left and to the right of your character, then resizes it to fit.

Check his video and you'll see what happens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvcWLm9TS1w

But it's super nomal to have that misconception in Cinema. Movies have no black bars. Never had. The black bars originate with VHS tapes, when we take wide images from Cinema and put them on TV screens, resizing them to fit, without losing the extra information to the left and to the right (while black fills the empty areas).

Cable TV kills 2.35:1 movies. They freakin' crop the borders to 16:9. You're left with Iron Man's nose on one side talking to Peter Quill's right hand on the other.

[Dolphin Bottlenose]

Originally posted by Dan Denying Damnation:

(I'm reading Moby ♥♥♥♥, guess I got a bit inspired with the language)

That's a good reading. But not when you are exploring the darkness for a few months. "Pequod & Space Madness" is an explosive solution for your mind. ;)

[Laurreth]

Originally posted by Dan Denying Damnation:

Man, I'm all for it LoL But, truly, a 21:9 screen *adds* information to the left and to the right of your character, then resizes it to fit.

Not really, compared to 1920x1080 you are losing 25% information.

[Dan Denying Damnation]

Originally posted by Shadowdancer:

Not really, compared to 1920x1080 you are losing 25% information.

What the video shows!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvcWLm9TS1w

There is a workaround for this on Elite:Dangerous too. We just don't know it yet... Let's wait, in hope.

[Dan Denying Damnation]

Originally posted by Dolphin Bottlenose:

That's a good reading. But not when you are exploring the darkness for a few months. "Pequod & Space Madness" is an explosive solution for your mind. ;)

Yo, thanks, man. Jokes aside, I recommend the book of Revelations too. It's actually comforting when you get to the end.

[Dolphin Bottlenose]

Originally posted by Shadowdancer:

Not really, compared to 1920x1080 you are losing 25% information.

In pixels' density. While it gives him more visual information on the sides. If he is ok with the lower resolution of a picture, just to get that extra information on the sides - why not? Although, what is so important in those sides, to lose the picture quality for the sake of it?

[Dan Denying Damnation]

Originally posted by Dolphin Bottlenose:

But you can guess on whose side of the battle I was. ;)

Holy, that's awesome! Haha!
Ok, well...

Originally posted by Dolphin Bottlenose:

Although, what is so important in those sides, to lose the picture quality for the sake of it?

I am an aspiring filmmaker. From within my bedroom, hehe. I study and love filmmaking non-stop since 2009. I was 14. I got MSI afterburner just to cap games at 24fps. It's an experiment, sure, but I love the experimentation nonetheless. How differently do both medias make us feel, think and escape.
Now that I'm 25, the prospect of someone walking by my desktop while I play games and think it's a film (or, at least, a very awesome Pixar-animation)... Has become very attractive.
More so than 60fps game characters, which convey more the sensation of playing with dolls inside a 16:9 aquarium.

I've also just recently put R$700 (BRL) together and bought a fine workstation graphics card, Radeon PRO WX 2100. Sure, I do edit videos, and I won't be able to afford anything better for a years-long while.

The added performance from 25% less pixels is a hope, that I can still play good games.