Any way to launch the game "centererd" on an ultrawide screen?

[IamNic]

The game is always opening on the left half of my screen instead of centered. While I know there are fixes to get 32:9 aspect ratio working properly, I would be ok with having the 16:9 game in the center of my screen.

[Bandy]

Going to have to install something, otherwise no fun...
I have 21:9 or 3440x1440 and use https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/46098?tab=description
but your mileage will vary, You'll need to edit the mod ini files for your res is even more uncommon ratio.

[IamNic]

Originally posted by Bandy:

Going to have to install something, otherwise no fun...
I have 21:9 or 3440x1440 and use https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/46098?tab=description
but your mileage will vary, You'll need to edit the mod ini files for your res is even more uncommon ratio.

Thanks, I already assumed there this mod is a must
Sad that the game gets a 10 year anniversary update but no widescreen fix

[Bandy]

Yeah, you'd think screen res would be updated, but whatever, Todd had a circle jerk to get back to...

[WaywardPooch]

The mod above is cool, but it doesn't do what the OP asked for; that's just for main menu customization.

You're going to need to set your game to open in fullscreen mode, not borderless or windowed mode, to force 16:9 with bars on the left and right sides of the screen. No mods required.

Also, I noticed a bug on my setup where fullscreen mode, when the resolution doesn't match your native res, will make the game slightly blurry/fuzzy. As a workaround, I change my display resolution to 1920x1080p and refresh rate to 60Hz manually outside of the game, then I launch Skyrim and the bug goes away. When I'm done, I switch it back. You might not have this bug though, if you're lucky.

I tried Widescreen Fixes from Nexus a few days ago, but it seems like it's broken, because it removes the "Mods" option from the Main Menu, which means I can't turn on Widescreen Fixes from in-game (still can do it manually by editing the plugins file, but it's annoying).

[IamNic]

Originally posted by WaywardPooch:

You're going to need to set your game to open in fullscreen mode, not borderless or windowed mode, to force 16:9 with bars on the left and right sides of the screen. No mods required.

That doesn't work - it will simply set the resolution (software side) to 16:9 and stretch the game over the whole screen

[WaywardPooch]

Originally posted by IamNic:

Originally posted by WaywardPooch:

You're going to need to set your game to open in fullscreen mode, not borderless or windowed mode, to force 16:9 with bars on the left and right sides of the screen. No mods required.

That doesn't work - it will simply set the resolution (software side) to 16:9 and stretch the game over the whole screen

Not true for all setups; I do this personally, and have been playing this game all weekend.

Look at your monitor settings (via actual hardware buttons, not in your PC settings), and set it so it displays content in its native resolution. I've set my monitor to have aspect ratio of "original" for this to work; if I use "Full Wide", it does what you said.

For my monitor, it's under "input" settings (brand is LG -- don't know exact model number). Probably will be different depending on what you have, but worth changing the setting, even for other stuff not necessarily for gaming.

[IamNic]

Originally posted by WaywardPooch:

Look at your monitor settings (via actual hardware buttons, not in your PC settings), and set it so it displays content in its native resolution. I've set my monitor to have aspect ratio of "original" for this to work; if I use "Full Wide", it does what you said.

I suppose you just have one screen - right?

The settings are correct, yet I use a vertical 1080x1920 screen next to my 5120x1440 32:9 ultrawide, which might be the reason that the game behaves the way when I don't launch it in "windowed" mode.