1680x1050 widescreen and Lock-On?

[LawnDart]

Anyone know how lockon plays or looks in 1680x1050 (or which setting is the closest avail)?

 

Looking at a great deal on one of these, but not sure...

http://viewsonic.com/products/desktopdisplays/lcddisplays/xseries/vx2025wm/

[=Pedro=]

buy it!!!

 

only what You need to know is aspect ratio

ive got acer 19 widescreen 1440x900 and ratio 1,6

looks very good You need to change acpect ratio in config file

every time when You change any setings in game options!

[NEODARK]

yup, works fine. (make sure you change the ratio as previously said)

 

have you checked the DELL LCD's?

[LawnDart]

Thanks!

 

When you change the aspect ratio in the config file does it crop the screen or does it actually display in widescreen from side-to-side with correct aspect ratio?

 

Yup, looked at Dell LCD's too. Very nice, especially the 30" screen. Too bad I haven't found as good of a deal on one of those...

 

LD

[NEODARK]

check hardforum.com (the hotdeals section) there was one not long ago fo the 24'" 1900x1200 for around $650

 

they keep constantly posting stuff (also slickdeals.net)

 

the aspect ratio is so that your planes dont look "fat" as by default the image is simply stretched to fit. this way you'll also have more visivility to your sides, so in short, you get to see more to your sides without the image being distorted. (should be great for tight formation)

[LawnDart]

So, you actually get a larger field of view in Lock-On with a widescreen display (without stretching the picture)!!! That's awesome...

 

The deal I found on the 1680x1050 ViewSonic screen was in the high $200's brand new.

 

LD

[Roman G]

Just a suggestion for ED - I think it would be better if Lockon by default automatically calculated screen aspect ratio based on screen resolution instead of widescreen users needing to meddle with config file ...

[504MrWolf]

ive got a widescreen Laptop.....1400 x something is that 1,6 ?, will test it today.

[G3]

mr wolf, unsure if your joking but incase you are not, to figure your aspect ratio its horizontal resolution divided by the vertical.

 

eg 1024x768 = aspect of 1024/768 = 1.333

 

pretty sure thats how it goes.

and yes if you go and edit the graphics afterwards you will need to do it again.

 

if you were joking then please disreguard.:music_whistling:

[Nate Dogg]

Hi,

This link is all you will need to know about lockon and WS.

http://forum.lockon.ru/showthread.php?t=13573&highlight=widescreen

 

I think with 1.12a patch it corrects the FOV automatically but i can't remember, worth checking.

Maybe it should be stickied coz there are many thread floating around like this on now.

 

cheers

[sumoscouse]

if thats how you work out the aspect ration then this means that my aspect ration (17 inch LCD) is 1:25

 

Screen res is 1280 * 1024, it wont go any higher. I run Lock On FC (1.12a) at same res with Med to High Settings and if I run F-15 Mission (SCRAMBLE) I get about 22 fps sitting on the tarmac

 

 

Cheers

 

 

Sumoscouse Out :megalol:

[LawnDart]

Just tried it out with 1680 x 1050 on a WS and it looks awesome! Thanks for all the tips with changing the aspect ratio to 1.6 etc in the graphics.cfg and the view angle for FOV in the view.lua. Next step is a projector...

 

LD