Resolution help? Proper aspect ratio on 3:2 screen

[Epic_Caesura]

Just bought this game today. I'm playing on a 3000x2000 screen. The game defaults to my native resolution and automatically letterboxes it properly, but my 1050 can't keep up so the resolution needs to be lower. No other in-game option is 3:2, and in full-screen mode other resolutions just stretch awkwardly to fill the screen.

So, the goal is to either have 1920x1080 letterbox properly or (if necessary) to force x2 scaling or otherwise insert a 1500x1000 resolution that will letterbox as my native resolution does.

If I set a custom resolution in the Steam launch options, the game ignores it. If I modify the .ini file, the game chooses the nearest resolution from the list instead of allowing the custom resolution.

Any suggestions on how to force letterboxing of FHD or otherwise get the game running in a standard aspect ratio at less than 3000x2000?

[Crashed]

I'm guessing 1050 means NVIDIA? Try creating a custom 1500x1000 resolution in the NVIDIA Control Panel before inserting the option in the game.

For the other video modes, go to Adjust desktop size and position in NVIDIA Control Panel and select Aspect ratio.

To get to NVIDIA Control Panel right click on an empty spot on your desktop and select it.

By the way, keep in mind that when the game updates, you will need over 30GB free space so that Steam can apply patches to the giant data file.

[Epic_Caesura]

Sorry, should have mentioned that this is a laptop with custom-ish drivers (a Surface Book), so it doesn't have the full Nvidia control panel. I could install an Nvidia standard driver instead, but I'd like to avoid that since some report issues with switching between integrated and dedicated graphics.

I've also tried letting the system scaling override the game, since my system default is 200%, but that just makes the screen show the upper-left quarter of the game.

(Most games letterbox automatically without issues. I solved this in FFXV by selecting 3000x2000 default res and then setting graphics to 50%, which gave me 1500x1000 gaming with a sharp 3000x2000 menu overlay. I'm disappointed FFXII doesn't seem to have a similar option.)

Right now my best option seems to be 1920x1200, which runs only a little stretched and is tolerable. Not ideal, though.

[Epic_Caesura]

The Nvidia control panel offers only options for setting which GPU is assigned to each program (which W10 already has an option for). It's basically useless.

Every other game just figures out to properly letterbox a 1080 setting. Not sure why FFXII doesn't do the same. It actually *does* letterbox some of the other resolutions, but at the wrong aspect ratio so even with black bars the image is distorted. Meh.

The game doesn't look terrible at 1920x1200, but it's just "off" enough to bug me.

[Casurin]

Well your resolution is just very anormal.
Also - how about just playing in borderless window mode?

[Arkhne]

Originally posted by Casurin:

Well your resolution is just very anormal.
Also - how about just playing in borderless window mode?

Oh yeah, with something like Flawless Widescreen to modifier the borderless window output? I would think somebody with such an odd resolution would use stuff like this more often.

[Epic_Caesura]

Originally posted by Warchild:

Oh yeah, with something like Flawless Widescreen to modifier the borderless window output? I would think somebody with such an odd resolution would use stuff like this more often.

That;'s an option. I've just never needed it before -- every other game has automatically letterboxed at 1080 (or whatever resolution). And FFXV *does* automatically letterbox properly, but only at my native resolution. Just seems odd to me that there's no way to get the same effect at non-native resolution.

[Crashed]

Are you aware of the adware that was injected into that product? He is also selling something that can be downloaded for free.