Widescreen Gaming Forum

Hello ...
The game has some Widescreen support ...
Widescreen resolutions are available in the display setup but depending on the options you choose you will get different views and non of them have a perfect Field of View for Widescreens.

Check out the comparison screenshots towards the bottom of this thread here ...
http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/node/

The solution is to use the Camera Hack here ... http://www.tocaedit.com/forum/dload.php?action=file&file_id=26 ... mentioned by Elod in the first post above ... :D
Dave at ToCA Edit is a real star and has made many Camera Hacks for all sorts of games ... his site is well worth checking out.
If you have any problems with his hacks just post on his forums .. he usually responds and does his best to fix things.

Thanks Dave !

Using the Camera Hack you can vary the FOV and the aspect ratio to your preference but the HUD remains stretched on widescreens whatever you do.
Here is a screenshot with the camera hack enabled ...

Click the thumbnail to enlarge.

I have scaled down the size of the screenshot ... so even when enlarged it is not at the true resolution.

Hello Ender17 ...
I can't remember ... I stoped using it when Kunaak posted this ...

There is a MUCH EASIER way to do this, then messing with the camera with programs and hacks :wink:


just press "V" to change the camera out.
then the game is in a nice wide view :)

I found it much easier and I wasn't too interested in the other features of Dave's camera hack.

Check out the readme file that comes with the Camera Hack ...

Default HotKeys are;
Numpad * = Enable
Numpad / = Disable

Left Bracket '[' = Increase FOV
Right Bracket ']' = Decrease FOV
Semicolon ; = Increase Aspect Ratio
Apostrophe ' = Decrease Aspect Ratio
P = Default FOV and Aspect Ratio

Run the Camera Hack ...enter the game ... press the Numpad * key to start the Camera Hack.
Then use the other keys to alter the view ...
Hope this helps ... :)

I tried that, but I'm not sure which one is the right one, looks like are 3 different views when using the V button.
All look about the same to me.

Also, nice system, what video settings are you using for this game?

Hello Ender17 ...
I have everything at Max ... 1920x1200x32 ... Fraps reports an average frame rate of 62 ...

When I press the v key I get 2 quite different views from the default view ...

This is the default view ...


This is the view when I press v the fist time ...


I use this view which I get when I press v for the second time ...


If I press it a third time I get the default view again.

In the Nvidia Profile.
AA is set to Application Controlled.
AF is set at 16x

In the game...
Draw distance is at it's maximum
Frame Limiter is Off
Widescreen is On
Visual FX Quality is at Very High
Mip Mapping is On
AA is set at 3

The only problem I get is the bottom half of the screen in the game is corrupt unless I start the game at a lower rez like 1280x1024 and then once it is going I change it to 1920x1200 and all is OK.
It must be some sort of SLI bug as I think it is rendering the top half with one card and the bottom with the other card ... but I don't really know ... :?

Thank you for the tips. I've got a ways to go before I get all of the lingo used on the site so I'll add this info into the OP. I tried racer's tool. It works well but I'm not sure what would be a good FOV setting. I liked how with the GTA III and VC version you could set the FOV by number and go from there. This one is more open, which is nice, but I prefer a way to lock in a solid FOV number and leave it at that. I run the game at 1920x1080 and use the 16:10 settings. I didn't noticed a huge loss horizontally but I did gain back the chopped off areas so my vertical view is much better. I didn't use this method though when I did the DR since that would be misleading.

I was able to select 1280x900 from the list of resolutions. To my surprise my monitor didn't give me a no signal issue so I listed it as working. Same goes for the other resolutions as well. I picked the resolutions but was given border since I do not use GPU scaling.

I tried this hack with the Steam version. Got many "unknown code found" errors with the option to "continue without this function" eventually the game will start with no additional resolutions to choose from.

_________________
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC ACX 2.0 3.5GB | 3 X LG Flatron 24EA53VQ in Nvidia Surround | Optoma HD20

All I know is this:

"The game needs to be copied somewhere else before replacing the two game EXEs with the v1 single exe or steam will "fix" it or otherwise complain" - GTA forums
Buy -> download -> Copy SA folder somewhere else -> in copied folder away from steam, delete 3.0 exe and test app exe -> replace with v1.0 exe, enjoy." - Steam Forums

Basically this:

1.) Move the GTA directory out of the Steam directory (steamappscommon)
2.) Download 1.0 no-cd (sorry but you'll have to Google this)
3.) Remove the two .EXE (v3.0 and testapp) files and only run the game with the 1.0 no-cd
4.) Run the game without Steam

You might be able to add the game to your Steam list via the third party support list if you want all your games in one place. I do this with the retail version of SA and it seem to work fine.

The Pictures of 1600x1200 and 1920x1200

1600x1200



1920x1200

_________________
146001026

Thanks. Screenshots were not needed - a simple "I've tested 1920x1200 and it works" will do. :)