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rovaira2 Feb 27 @ 8:22pm
Setting up 4k?
I just got a new 4k monitor today, but not sure what settings to get this game to display correctly on my screen. The moinitor is a Pixio PX27U Wave I believe. Any ideas?
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Originally posted by Hypertext Eye:
Originally posted by rovaira2:
Originally posted by Hypertext Eye:
just set the resolution in the game settings (start the launcher, click options) and you're good to go.

The 4k one made it so I could only see part of the screen. I ended up selecting the next best one. I don't know, maybe I can play around with it more next time.
You have Windows set up to do scaling. You can disable that or you can tell Skyrim to ignore it.
If you want to keep it but have Skyrim ignore it, find your Skyrim.exe (Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition), right click, properties
on the window that pops up, click compatibility tab, change high DPI settings
in the new window, tick Override high DPI scaling behavior, and in the dropdown box choose Application.
click OK. click OK.

Or if you want to disable Windows scaling entirely (instructions for Windows 10), open Windows settings, System, Display. Where it says Scale and layout, in the dropdown box select 100%, and set your Display resolution to 4K.
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Hypertext Eye Feb 27 @ 8:24pm 
just set the resolution in the game settings (start the launcher, click options) and you're good to go.
Last edited by Hypertext Eye; Feb 27 @ 8:25pm
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rovaira2 Feb 27 @ 8:56pm 
Originally posted by Hypertext Eye:
just set the resolution in the game settings (start the launcher, click options) and you're good to go.

The 4k one made it so I could only see part of the screen. I ended up selecting the next best one. I don't know, maybe I can play around with it more next time.
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Hypertext Eye Feb 27 @ 9:20pm 
Originally posted by rovaira2:
Originally posted by Hypertext Eye:
just set the resolution in the game settings (start the launcher, click options) and you're good to go.

The 4k one made it so I could only see part of the screen. I ended up selecting the next best one. I don't know, maybe I can play around with it more next time.
You have Windows set up to do scaling. You can disable that or you can tell Skyrim to ignore it.
If you want to keep it but have Skyrim ignore it, find your Skyrim.exe (Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition), right click, properties
on the window that pops up, click compatibility tab, change high DPI settings
in the new window, tick Override high DPI scaling behavior, and in the dropdown box choose Application.
click OK. click OK.

Or if you want to disable Windows scaling entirely (instructions for Windows 10), open Windows settings, System, Display. Where it says Scale and layout, in the dropdown box select 100%, and set your Display resolution to 4K.
Last edited by Hypertext Eye; Feb 27 @ 9:24pm
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Jawsofwar Feb 28 @ 12:05am 
What Hypertext said, I had to do the same for my 4k display.
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rovaira2 Feb 28 @ 7:00pm 
Originally posted by Hypertext Eye:
Originally posted by rovaira2:

The 4k one made it so I could only see part of the screen. I ended up selecting the next best one. I don't know, maybe I can play around with it more next time.
You have Windows set up to do scaling. You can disable that or you can tell Skyrim to ignore it.
If you want to keep it but have Skyrim ignore it, find your Skyrim.exe (Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition), right click, properties
on the window that pops up, click compatibility tab, change high DPI settings
in the new window, tick Override high DPI scaling behavior, and in the dropdown box choose Application.
click OK. click OK.

Or if you want to disable Windows scaling entirely (instructions for Windows 10), open Windows settings, System, Display. Where it says Scale and layout, in the dropdown box select 100%, and set your Display resolution to 4K.

Thanks that worked. :)
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