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dan96kid

Sep 30, 2017 @ 11:47am

Support for 1600x900 resolution?

New player here. I noticed the highest resolution setting in the game is 1366x768. I have a monitor with a resolution of 1600x900. Is it possible to have this game support 1600x900 resolution?

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Gwyll

Sep 30, 2017 @ 12:04pm

I am playing on 1920x1080, so it is possible. It might be something with your specific system that limits it.

fickó

Sep 30, 2017 @ 5:29pm

I believe the game was originally hardcoded for 4:3 resolutions, and they just patched in some common 16:9 ones (1366x768, a.k.a "HD Ready" back in the early days of HDTV's and 1920x1080) for this re-release. Less common resolutions would probably have to be added manually by the developers.
If they go about add more, I'd also suggest putting in 1280x720 for those of us who play on the TV but think the UI gets too small in 1080p.

Last edited by fickó; Sep 30, 2017 @ 5:31pm

VAN1SH1NG

Sep 30, 2017 @ 5:58pm

I'm not familiar with how resolution changing was implemented. In the long history of Allegiance it is newer feature. Yes, when originally released I'm not sure there was any way in game to change from 800x600. If there was there definitely wasn't any way to widescreen in-game until the community added that feature.

However, for as long as I can remember you have been able to change the resolution to anything your graphics card supports via Windows registry, where Allegiance stores some settings. If you are familiar with the registry check out http://www.freeallegiance.org/FAW/index.php/How_do_I_play_Allegiance_on_a_widescreen_monitor%3F (skip to the part about the registry, some of the article is a bit dated). If not, I can provide a registry file to import the custom resolution. I would just need to know if you are running a 64 bit version of windows or 32 bit.

Personally I much prefer playing Allegiance with a lower resolution such as 1366x768. To me and some others, flight seems a lot more responsive and accurate. Resolutions were very low back when the game was made so while it is possible to use high resolution, the game was really built with lower resolutions in mind. Of course it doesn't look quite as nice and not everyone feels this way. Can always try a higher resolution and go back if find you prefer lower.

Last edited by VAN1SH1NG; Sep 30, 2017 @ 6:51pm