JC2 not fully full screen

[Shierke]

I set it to the max resolution, but there are always black bars at the side, and I can't see ammo or health, which is v. annoying. Other games run fine full screen. Any help?

[Sphynx cat killstreak]

Press "Alt + Enter" to switch between "Fullscreen" and "Windowed".

[Shierke]

It's not windowed, but it's 1280x720 fullscreen, though I set it to 1366x1380, there are black bars at the side and the safe zone seems too extended; I can't see ammo or health.

[Gaboon Viper]

ALWAYS, ALWAYS set your screen resolution to max (native) that your MONITOR is capable of. Your video card may support higher resolutions, but you can only set it to your monitors' highest capability. If you try going beyond those capabilities you will run into all kinds of glitches. And as "Just Crash 2" stated, ALWAYS set it to FULL screen. You can use "ALT + ENTER" or you can do it from the "OPTIONS" menu and select it from there. Hope that helps!

GBV

[Shierke]

Originally posted by Gaboon Viper:

ALWAYS, ALWAYS set your screen resolution to max (native) that your MONITOR is capable of. Your video card may support higher resolutions, but you can only set it to your monitors' highest capability. If you try going beyond those capabilities you will run into all kinds of glitches. And as "Just Crash 2" stated, ALWAYS set it to FULL screen. You can use "ALT + ENTER" or you can do it from the "OPTIONS" menu and select it from there. Hope that helps!

GBV

Thanks for the reply, but it's not windowed. It's full screen, and I set it to my monitors highest screen res. , but it shows black bars at the side and acts like its 1368x1600 i.e Only half of health bar shows, but it doesn't.

[СֳƷ]

make sure the image is unscaled for that resolution on your monitor and that the game isn't running it at an odd refresh like 50hz...

[Daf]

It's not a permanent fix, but if you change the anti-aliasing or graphics settings (to anything) it will go to being full screen. Only problem is that you have to do this each time you start the game up

[Shierke]

Originally posted by dafplant:

It's not a permanent fix, but if you change the anti-aliasing or graphics settings (to anything) it will go to being full screen. Only problem is that you have to do this each time you start the game up

Thanks alot, this helped!

[red]

Originally posted by Bill Cipher:

Originally posted by dafplant:

It's not a permanent fix, but if you change the anti-aliasing or graphics settings (to anything) it will go to being full screen. Only problem is that you have to do this each time you start the game up

Thanks alot, this helped!

Are you using an AMD card? If so, this is a permament fix that I used:

What I did was to create a custom HDTV format in Catalyst Control Center.

1. Right-click on the desktop and select the Catalyst Control Center.
2. Once in, go to My Digital Flat Panels
3. Select HDTV Support
4. On the top section, put a check next to the proper HD res and refresh for your monitor. For me, it was 1080p60 (NTSC)
5. On the bottom section, select the resolution you want to tweak. For me, it was 1080p60 standard (1920 x 1080 @ 60Hz). Click the Add button.
6. This brings up a screen which allows you to create custom resolutions. The arrows at the middle of the screen allow you to add and subtract from the standard resolution...I just clicked the vertical arrows (the ones pointing towards each other) and reduced the vertical resolution to 1076...thus losing two lines of pixles on the top and the bottom of the screen. Click Accept.
7. This brings you back to the Catalyst Control Center. You should now see your new resolution listed with the others in the bottom column. Click on the Apply button at the bottom right of the screen and then exit the Control Center.
8. Start the game up and in the Graphics options you should now see your custom resolution. Select it, and if the Gods are with you, you'll have a full screen display with no black border...

Why you should have to go through all this BS is a whole 'nother story. Suffice it to say that PC games seem to get the ***-end of the deal nowadays.

Good luck!

[Shierke]

Originally posted by iiCUBED:

Originally posted by Bill Cipher:

Thanks alot, this helped!

Are you using an AMD card? If so, this is a permament fix that I used:

What I did was to create a custom HDTV format in Catalyst Control Center.

1. Right-click on the desktop and select the Catalyst Control Center.
2. Once in, go to My Digital Flat Panels
3. Select HDTV Support
4. On the top section, put a check next to the proper HD res and refresh for your monitor. For me, it was 1080p60 (NTSC)
5. On the bottom section, select the resolution you want to tweak. For me, it was 1080p60 standard (1920 x 1080 @ 60Hz). Click the Add button.
6. This brings up a screen which allows you to create custom resolutions. The arrows at the middle of the screen allow you to add and subtract from the standard resolution...I just clicked the vertical arrows (the ones pointing towards each other) and reduced the vertical resolution to 1076...thus losing two lines of pixles on the top and the bottom of the screen. Click Accept.
7. This brings you back to the Catalyst Control Center. You should now see your new resolution listed with the others in the bottom column. Click on the Apply button at the bottom right of the screen and then exit the Control Center.
8. Start the game up and in the Graphics options you should now see your custom resolution. Select it, and if the Gods are with you, you'll have a full screen display with no black border...

Why you should have to go through all this BS is a whole 'nother story. Suffice it to say that PC games seem to get the ***-end of the deal nowadays.

Good luck!

Thanks alot man, this is a great fix. Developers really need to read through the forums and patch problems.

[Bananaful.]

:)

[xnorb]

Underscan or Overscan .... usually happens when running at wrong refresh rate (usually 50Hz)

Correct the refresh rate and you should get rid of this problem.

[Shierke]

Thank you xnorb, thank you all. I have fixed the problem, and can see my ammo and health. I will just leave this open, for others to relate to when having this problem.