Custom resolution like 1440/900

[The Tempted Man]

Can res's like this one be used in this game? From what I can tell if I use this one in my settings file, I can't see about 10% of the screen. I am using nvidia's GPU, so I tried to ovveride scaling by games and programs in control panel but to no avail.

I have never even heard of this developer prior to seeing this game and now I know why. Not having basic functionality like custom resolution in 2017 is beyond pathetic.

[Sugoi]

Black bars are only enforced on aspect ratios with less width than 16:9. Ultrawide resolutions are supported without them.

I have never even heard of this developer prior to seeing this game and now I know why.

Can't decide if you're trolling or just determined to miss out on great experiences, but either way: your loss. To not even know of Falcom beggars belief; Ys and Xanadu were two of the most influential RPG series in the early 80s... they've been around forever.

[devSin]

The game doesn't support 16:10 resolutions. You'll need to select the nearest 16:9 resolution (which your display will either scale or letterbox).

I share your bewilderment.

[The Tempted Man]

Originally posted by Sugoi:

Can't decide if you're trolling or just determined to miss out on great experiences, but either way: your loss. To not even know of Falcom beggars belief; Ys and Xanadu were two of the most influential RPG series in the early 80s... they've been around forever.

I am not trolling. I merely show an aspect that makes this game a bad and unfishied port.

Originally posted by devSin:

The game doesn't support 16:10 resolutions. You'll need to select the nearest 16:9 resolution (which your display will either scale or letterbox).

I share your bewilderment.

I figure this out too, not worth the money they want for the game. I refunded it.

[Sugoi]

Originally posted by ϟMangekyō Sharinganϟ:

I am not trolling. I merely show an aspect that makes this game a bad and unfishied port.

Very few games are fully aspect ratio agnostic. UI elements often are designed with specific ratios in mind and will not scale properly; either important details would be occluded by cropping, or distorted if stretched.

While I completely agree with you that all aspect ratios should be supported, the reality is that most games do not, and instead only support the most common ones. A port is not "bad" because the reasonable decision was made to allocate resources elsewhere, rather than fully redesigning the UI to support arbitrary aspect ratios.

[devSin]

Originally posted by Sugoi:

While I completely agree with you that all aspect ratios should be supported, the reality is that most games do not, and instead only support the most common ones.

It's called letterboxing.

Most games that don't fully support 16:10 still allow you to select 16:10 resolutions (source: I can't think of a single game in my library that doesn't support 1920x1200, except for games so old they don't even support widescreen, and Trails of Cold Steel).

[The Tempted Man]

Originally posted by Sugoi:

While I completely agree with you that all aspect ratios should be supported, the reality is that most games do not, and instead only support the most common ones. A port is not "bad" because the reasonable decision was made to allocate resources elsewhere, rather than fully redesigning the UI to support arbitrary aspect ratios.

I have played hundreds of games, and i have never encountered an issue like this before. Don't defend garbage.

[Sugoi]

If you consider this port to be "garbage", I can scarcely imagine how you react to so many other games on steam. Again, your loss.

Originally posted by devSin:

It's called letterboxing.

The game is perfectly happy to run at arbitrary resolutions and aspect ratios with letterboxing, precisely as you requested. Just edit the resolution in settings.xml (c:\users\<username>\appdata\local\TrailsofColdSteel1\settings.xml). Easy.

[The Tempted Man]

Originally posted by Sugoi:

If you consider this port to be "garbage", I can scarcely imagine how you react to so many other games on steam. Again, your loss.

I dont defend unfinished games any other way, I assure you.

[devSin]

Originally posted by Sugoi:

The game is perfectly happy to run at arbitrary resolutions and aspect ratios with letterboxing, precisely as you requested. Just edit the resolution in settings.xml (c:\users\<username>\appdata\local\TrailsofColdSteel1\settings.xml). Easy.

Unless it changed in a patch, that's not the way it works (it looks like it just picks the next highest 16:9 resolution, and then you end up with parts of the screen cut off).

The game doesn't support 16:10 resolutions, and can't be made to do so.