Resolution has me confused

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So I finally have WC3 classic working, now I’m immediately confused by the resolution. I have a screen with the recommended resolution of 1920x1080 but in game I have to stick to 1024x768 or the hud looks seriously deformed.
Why does the hud look so hideously stretched out on higher 1920x1080? And is there a fix to it?

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your not giving us any information for us to know how to help you, like you could start by telling us what version your game is?

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Make sure your WCIII is completely updated to current, set your resolution to 1920x1080 / 16:9, close the game. Now right click the icon and click “Run as Administrator.” The menu UI will show the original 4:3 aspect ratio, but when you load into a game, you will get your 16:9.

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1.31.1.12164
So pretty much the latest version since I just installed it today.
I’d show you a pic to explain better but for some reason it says I can’t post links, and I don’t know how else to put an image in a reply.

Edit:
Basically I was a bit shook by the look of the hud on 1920x1080 but this became next to not a problem at all within minutes. It’s not that hard for me to get used to a hud that has a little extra space on the sides, it turns out.

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Imgur: The magic of the Internet

http://i.imgur.com/s1DNoQM.jpg

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h-ttps://imgur.com/a/tFrtI5g
This is what it looks like in the menus/mission select. Notice the black lines to the sides? I don’t like those.
h-ttps://imgur.com/a/fOqYZOq
Notice those parts to the left and the right of the hud that are just BRICK? I really didn’t like those at first, but I could live with them on seccond thought.

It still won’t let me post links. Maybe it’s because I don’t have the necessary amount of posts yet (this will be my 42nd post). Anyway just remove the - in from the https.

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you said it looked stretched, those bricks are not blank spaces thats how its supposed to look with proper widescreen

dont worry reforged will have improved UI

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Really? By stretched I meant there’s space that could have been used to make the map or the inventory bigger that was just left blank. On seccond thought I did a poor job of explaining it.
So that’s how it’s supposed to look huh. When I played it as a kid I didn’t have this patch so best I had was 1024x768. Glad to know there’s nothing actually wrong with it though. Thanks for the help! :heart:

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Heh, that indeed is not the stretched version. If you force a 4:3 ratio on a widescreen, then you will get the stretched version. You know, the one we have been playing with for years, until recently when proper widescreen support was introduced.

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how is he supposed to know that when he said he hasnt played in years