Screen doesnt fit?

[BakeDaddy]

I recently got a new computer and since the moniter arrived after the computer, i had it hooked up to a TV for a day and although FO4 looked stretched (as expected) and slightly green it worked fine on the TV. The next day the monitor arrived and i hooked it up only to find that the game no longer fits. Most of it looks compressed to fit the screen and when imwalking around the far right (AP) and far left (Health/Power Armor) are almost entirely gone off the screen, just wondering if there is anyway to make it fit. as mentioned even areas that do fit (like loading screens) look really compressed around the edges while the middle is fine. (desktop ASUS running windows 8 and a Dell monitor)

Also having the invisible lockpicking issue

[Fizzgig]

Change the resolution to match your monitor.

[BakeDaddy]

Originally posted by Fizzgig:

Change the resolution to match your monitor.

Ive tried all kinds of settings and I would rather not mess with the actual game files

[Fizzgig]

You dont change game files. Setting the resolution in the game options to match your native screen resolution is one of the basics of PC gaming.

[fluxtorrent]

If your native resolution is not showing on the launchers options screen hit the reset button and close the launcher. It will then redetect hardware the next time you open it. Had to do this for a new display yesterday to get the right ratio for resolutions.

[BakeDaddy]

Originally posted by fluxtorrent:

If your native resolution is not showing on the launchers options screen hit the reset button and close the launcher. It will then redetect hardware the next time you open it. Had to do this for a new display yesterday to get the right ratio for resolutions.

I am actually not given any choice of resolution in hte launcher or in game so i have been using the preset (Low, Medium, High, Ultra) settings and the launcher always says "Could not detect hardware, game set to low" or something

[Shad]

Originally posted by Ghost_Rider:

Originally posted by fluxtorrent:

If your native resolution is not showing on the launchers options screen hit the reset button and close the launcher. It will then redetect hardware the next time you open it. Had to do this for a new display yesterday to get the right ratio for resolutions.

I am actually not given any choice of resolution in hte launcher or in game so i have been using the preset (Low, Medium, High, Ultra) settings and the launcher always says "Could not detect hardware, game set to low" or something

Do you even have any drivers installed?

[Qnomei]

Originally posted by Ghost_Rider:

"Could not detect hardware, game set to low" or something

Ok, this might be the problem, and you will definitely facepalm if this is the case, but did you plug the monitor into your graphics card, or the motherboard output? Also, try opening whatever graphics card utility you have and force the game to use your dedicated card. I really hope that's all there is to it. If everything is plugged in correctly, do what Scarecrow said.

[Darth Cannabis]

I initially had an issue with this due to using 1280 x1024 resolution (which is my default for most things). Fallout 4 does not appear to support non widescreen resolutions.

Thus when playing Fallout 4, I 1st change the resolution in windows, to a compatible resolution, before launching the game. If your also used to such resolutions as 1280 x 1024, I suggest changing the resolution in windows, to 1280 x 800. This should properly widescreen and center Fallout 4 for you.

1280 x 960 may also work, but I prefer the 1280 x 800.

[BakeDaddy]

Originally posted by Qnomei:

Originally posted by Ghost_Rider:

"Could not detect hardware, game set to low" or something

Ok, this might be the problem, and you will definitely facepalm if this is the case, but did you plug the monitor into your graphics card, or the motherboard output? Also, try opening whatever graphics card utility you have and force the game to use your dedicated card. I really hope that's all there is to it. If everything is plugged in correctly, do what Scarecrow said.

Not gonna lie, I'm new to PC gaming, had my old PC for less than a year before upgrading, and I'm not entirely familiar with the hardware, but there isn't only one place I am able to plug in my monitor so....

Originally posted by Scarecrow:

Originally posted by Ghost_Rider:

I am actually not given any choice of resolution in hte launcher or in game so i have been using the preset (Low, Medium, High, Ultra) settings and the launcher always says "Could not detect hardware, game set to low" or something

Do you even have any drivers installed?

I have an issue with Battlefield 4 saying I have an outdated driver but I've since updated my driver directly from AMD twice and though that hasn't fixed the Battlefield issue my computer does say that the new driver is installed


Also whether or not I find a solution I would like to thank everyone for their time and effort, I'm sure you all have better things to do so it's very appreciated

[BakeDaddy]

I tried every resolution my computer has (not the game and nothing helped, also i launched skyrim and it successfully detected hardware (auto set it to high)

[woo0saaa]

exact same issue and it's the only game that does it

[NeuroticNicky]

Have you tried this? When the fallout 4 launcher appears it should have a list down the right hand side 'Play' 'Options', etc. Click on Options, one of the drop down menus is for screen resolution.

[woo0saaa]

my resolution wasnt one of the 3 that poped up. but odly enough when i played the game on my brothers monitor (still on my same computer) it worked then when i played it on my previous tv again it somehow fit the whole screen on that too.

[NeuroticNicky]

Make sure windowed mode is unchecked and then look at the drop down options.

[Vyvyvn]

Right click the exes for the game, Turn off dpi scaling in all of them, ESPECIALLY if your display is set to anything but 100%. If your display is an odd thing like a projector you might have to swallow your pride an run FO4 at 1280x800. I noticed in my own case the projector keeps mis-reading any other resolution as 5:4 and pushing the rest of the game off the screen unless I use exactly that res.