The aspect ratio is wrong, any fix (Solved)?

[YangDou]

All my sudden strike games (ss gold, ss resource war, cwc) work perfectly fine with all the sound, music and 4:3 aspect ratio (except cwc which does not have music) in Win 10 64.

But ss2 do not, ss2 seems to have "adaptive aspect ratio" function (I don't even know aspect ratio other than 4:3 was a thing in 2002). Whenever I run it the game window will be forcefully stretched from 4:3 to 16:9 to fit my 16:9 monitor, making the game unbearable to watch or play. Other than that the game runs perfectly fine without any display artifacts or any other issues.

Does the steam version have the same problem to my original CD version?

See below for the Solution

[The_prussian]

find the source file on windows 10 go to properties, I found changing it to a high dpi, corrected the game being centered in correctly. You have to play around with the .exe file properties to make it work.

[YangDou]

Sorry, can't do.

Can you choose the Compatibility mode of your ss2.exe?
the Compatibility box is greyed out for my .exe, as well as the "HIGH DPI scaling override option".

I believe it's not the game but the windows somehow recognize the .exe incorrectly and making it run in 16:9 aspect ratio instead of the normal 4:3.
16:9 aspect ratio should not even be supported by the original ss2 game.

[YangDou]

In Nvidia control panel, click left column -> Display -> Adjust desktop size and position

On the right you can see 4 basic scaling modes, the 2 that are useful here are: "Aspect ratio" and "No scaling"

If you choose "Aspect ratio" option, the game window will be stretched as much as possible without changing the aspect ratio.

If you choose "No scaling" option, the game will not be stretched and will be displayed just like how it was 20 years ago.:)

Underneath it is another setting called "Perform scaling on:"
You MUST choose "GPU" here for the scaling setting to take effect in Sudden strike games.

The "Override the scaling mode set by games and programs" option does nothing, so you don't have to worry about it.

[towerofroses]

There seem to be more problems tied to this (and solveable with your solution).
I temprary had to exchange my main Monitor from a 16:10 (native) to a 16:9 (native) display ratio one and suddenly the game speed was always super fast, although the only thing changed seemed to be the display-resolution in WIn 10.

In the Nvidia control panel the unchanged 2nd screen was in "Full Screen" option, while the changed one, where the game is running on, was in "Aspect ratio" ("Seitenverhältnis" in DE).
After changing it to "No Scaling" ("keine Skalierung" in DE) or aswell to "Full Screen" ("Vollbild" in DE), the game speed was back to it's previous normal and playable settings.

I found this quite odd :-)