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urta Oct 19, 2019 @ 8:03pm
My screenshots are ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up?
I used to have a really square monitor, and I bought a 24 inch monitor like 2 months ago. I realised that the screenshots i take in-game are still the same dimensions as on the square monitor. How can I fix this?

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Originally posted by Komrade:
You can't. The screenshots match the pixels on the monitor it is taken on.
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Komrade Oct 19, 2019 @ 8:05pm 
You can't. The screenshots match the pixels on the monitor it is taken on.
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J4MESOX4D Oct 19, 2019 @ 8:05pm 
Change your in-game resolution that fits the monitor you are using.
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urta Oct 19, 2019 @ 8:46pm 
Originally posted by J4MESOX4D:
Change your in-game resolution that fits the monitor you are using.
We'll it fits man. But it's still square. I don't get it.
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Komrade Oct 19, 2019 @ 8:47pm 
Originally posted by ♥♥♥ Lasagna:
Originally posted by J4MESOX4D:
Change your in-game resolution that fits the monitor you are using.
We'll it fits man. But it's still square. I don't get it.


Originally posted by notkennyS:
You can't. The screenshots match the pixels on the monitor it is taken on.
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J4MESOX4D Oct 20, 2019 @ 8:30am 
Originally posted by ♥♥♥ Lasagna:
Originally posted by J4MESOX4D:
Change your in-game resolution that fits the monitor you are using.
We'll it fits man. But it's still square. I don't get it.
Screenshots are generated by the amount of pixels and not the shape of the monitor. Make sure your in-game and PC settings match that of the native aspect of the monitor.

Let's say I have a 1920x1080 monitor but my in-game settings are 1280x1024 - even though the screen will be filled when I'm playing the game because the image is stretched to fit into the screenspace of the monitor; the screenshot when taken will only capture the amount of pixels rather than the full ratio. So a) find out the native aspect of the monitor and then b) make sure your settings match this then your screenshots will fill the screen of the monitor you are using.
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Dr.Shadowds 🐉 Oct 20, 2019 @ 9:02am 
Originally posted by notkennyS:
You can't. The screenshots match the pixels on the monitor it is taken on.
^This.

If your in game screen resolution is 1280 x 960 which is a 4:3 aspect ratio, then it will continue to take screenshots like that.

If your monitor native screen resolution is 1920 x 1080 which is a 16:9 aspect ratio, then I suggest you change your in game screen resolution to match your monitor native screen resolution 1920 x 1080, then when you take a screenshot it will be in a 1920x1080 resolution instead of your 1280 x 960.

Does that make sense to you? In short we're telling you to use your monitor native screen resolution in game, not whatever screen resolution you had last with your "Square monitor".
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