21:9 Aspect Ratio PC Games info

Lords Of The Fallen- Ingame native 21:9. Menus & Cutscenes are 16:9 format though. Stunning looking game :D but needs serious GPU power :eek: and avoid as its highly unstable I got a refund from Steam & would advise against buying this game or supporting the developer!
 
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Lara Croft & The Guardian Of Light - Edit the registry as follows at your own risk be very careful you do not delete or change the wrong setting: Also make a note of the old settings before changing these.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Crystal Dynamics\Lara Croft: GoL\Graphics\AspectRatio=23703 (Decimal)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Crystal Dynamics\Lara Croft: GoL\Graphics\FullScreenModeID=3c438A00 (Hex)

The formula is:
AspectRatio (decimal) = Width Divided by Height x 10000
FullScreenModeID (hexadecimal) = a complex key that includes refresh rate, height and width

Example: 2560x1080 (21:9), 60 Hz
Dec >>> Hex
60 >>> 3C
1080 >>> 438
2560 >>> A00
So the registry values would be:
AspectRatio 23703 (2560 divided by 1080=2.37037037037037 x 10000= 23703
FullScreenModeID 3c438A00

Formula came from this webpage here:
http://www.wsgf.org/dr/lara-croft-and-guardian-light

Aspect Ratio still looks slightly wrong to me ingame & many elements are 16:9 stretched/squashed so this older title only has partial 21:9 support IMO & the sequel is out next week using the same game engine lets see if that is any better as Tomb Raider 2013 had native 21:9 support.
 
Disney's Tron Evolution (2011)

Edit Grid Engine.ini resolution to:
ResX=2560
ResY=1080

Then the game displays @ 21:9. Cutscenes & menus are still 16:9 but ingame is almost perfect @ 21:9 there is a small area top of the screen which is partially offscreen you need to find the ini setting to disable that or use a slightly lower resolution than 2560x1080.
 
The Crew plays in 21:9 with the cutscenes in 16:9

also for me the police lights flashing overlay is on the screen in 16:9 during chases rather than at the edges which looks naff.
 
World of Tanks works perfectly, but you need to edit the "preferences.xml" file in "\Users\<id>\AppData\Roaming\wargaming.net\WorldOfTanks" as follows - set:

<aspectRatio> 2.370370 </aspectRatio>

Then in settings choose Aspect Ratio "2.37:1" and I'd advise setting FoV to "120 degrees"


Elite Dangerous seems to work fine too with no changes - mighty impressive it is too!
 
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Lara Croft & The Temple Of Osiris - forced 16:9 aspect ratio only regardless of resolution even though Guardian of Light supported 21:9 via a registry change the developers have removed that option from Temple Of Osiris :rolleyes:
 
21:9 native but some minor hud elements are stretched 16:9 only its barely noticeable though ;)

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Call of Duty Advanced Warfare - needs Widescreen Fixer plugin for 21:9. Otherwise the game is stretched 16:9 & looks horrendous!
 
Has support for flawless widescreen stopped?

Been ages now since new games have been added and they are extremely popular ones too i.e. COD, FC 4

Getting very fed up with the lack of 21.9 support for games now, tempted to just get a 27" 16.9 2560x1440 screen...
 
Nexus18 said:
Has support for flawless widescreen stopped?

Been ages now since new games have been added and they are extremely popular ones too i.e. COD, FC 4

Getting very fed up with the lack of 21.9 support for games now, tempted to just get a 27" 16.9 2560x1440 screen...
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Who knows he is very quiet right now. Just shows you just how dependant 21:9 is on 2 modders when games do not support it natively :rolleyes:

I am also considering selling mine as so many new games are ignoring anything except 16:9 aspect ratio :(

The problem is there are few decent alternatives the other screen techs have issues you just cannot get a perfect large screen. The 32" & 40" 16:9 models have banding & random PWM white flickering issues so for me to upgrade from my 34" I am stuck I would have to downgrade as I have seen some issues on other models which I would not want to have.

I would estimate based on what I have seen you only have about a 30% chance of new PC games supporting 21:9 natively.
 
Oh I don't know. Of the latest games that I bought (last two months) -

Endless Legend (native)
Lords of the Fallen (native)
Far Cry 4 (native)
Civilisation: Beyond Earth (native)
Borderlands: The Pre-sequel (native)
Dragon Age: Inquisition (native)
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (fix)
Assassins Creed: Unity (native)
Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor (native)
Alien: Isolation (native)

Have all been fine either natively or with a mod. It's sad that Hayden hasn't updated Flawless Widescreen in a while and I suppose it does highlight how dependent one can become on a modder to fix the aspect ratio for a game.

It also suggests to me that developers ARE taking notice of ultra widescreen ratios (what with positive reviews from the mainstream media like PC Gamer and YouTube personalities like Linus) and are starting to implement it into their games.
Certain developers like Activision (incredibly lazy console ports) or Blizzard (who see the wider aspect ratio as cheating) may take a while to wake up though.
 
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I know that far cry 4 got 21.9 support in the last patch but it definetly doesn't look right, at least nowhere as good as far cry 3 with flawless widescreen fix.

AWPC said:
I would estimate based on what I have seen you only have about a 30% chance of new PC games supporting 21:9 natively.
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Pretty much what I am thinking!

Most of the older games have 21.9 support but these newer games don't :(

Hopefully, we will see 27" freesync 2560x1440 VA/IPS with great motion clarity next year...
 
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I know that far cry 4 got 21.9 support in the last patch but it definetly doesn't look right, at least nowhere as good as far cry 3 with flawless widescreen fix.
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Yeah the Field of View isn't right with that game with that aspect ratio. Just one of the many fixes Ubisoft still have to implement on another of their crappy ports. Lol!.

And apart from some UI issues in Dragon Age: Inquisition, all the other games have been fine. Personally I remain hopeful that most developers will take notice and add 21:9 support in most of their games, as that's what I seem to be seeing (small indie games aside) and if not the worst I'm getting is still a 27" 2560x1440 gaming experience.
 
Yup and knowing ubisoft, it will probably never be fixed :(

I am just praying that GTA 5 will have true 21.9 support...


Aside from gaming, watching blu ray films in 21.9 format is absolutely amazing, just such an enjoyable experience compared to 16.9
 
Lara Croft & The Temple Of Osiris
http://www.wsgf.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=27765

Someone uploaded a modded file for 21:9 but it shows the missing artwork which was not created for anything other than 16:9 aspect ratio many of the levels contain blank spaces with the 21:9 extra width. Also the camera has now moved back a long way making the characters tiny so its a very poor fix shame on the developers for removing the native 21:9 registry support on this game engine :rolleyes:
 
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Not had my monitor long, but few games I've tried so far..

Grid Autosport - Native 21:9 support if you leave the aspect ratio as "AUTO". There is no specific 21:9 setting.

Borderlands 2 + pre sequel. Native in game support but some issues with menus and title screen. The "Press any key" prompt on title page is off the bottom of the screen for instance. Had major issues with character selection menu etc being only partially on screen with eyefinity setup, but only just effected with 21:9 screen. Think the 1440p res helps.

Gauntlet (new version) - was ok once I selected the res and saved settings.

Minecraft is fine too - :D

Yet to try out the various scaling options on both the monitor and amd driver though.
 
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