reported earlier Blurry HUD’s using ultra wide monitor

[MadKreator]

Using a Samsung crg9 5120x1440 49” ultra wide monitor. Game looks fantastic, everything is great, except the HUD’s. The lines and letters are fat and blurry. Its not a brightness thing. I’ve had to modify the .lua files in each of my planes ( and make ovgme mods so I don’t have to keep redoing them) to get the HUD lines and letters to be crisp and clear, like when using a non-ultra wide monitor. The rest of the graphics in game are great. I’ve seen people mention having similar issues on ultra-wides in the past, just thought I’d bring it up again, maybe ED can add to the list to figure out better native support for ultra-wides Oddly enough its not as bad in the F-18 as it is in the AV8B, F-16, and A-10. The harrier is the worst as it also affects the mfd’s as well.  A-10 I have not adjusted* couldn’t fine the correct file/ lines to edit.

Edited September 2, 2022 by MadKreator

[silverdevil]

14 hours ago, MadKreator said:

Using a Samsung crg9 5120x1440 49” ultra wide monitor. Game looks fantastic, everything is great, except the HUD’s. The lines and letters are fat and blurry. Its not a brightness thing. I’ve had to modify the .lua files in each of my planes ( and make ovgme mods so I don’t have to keep redoing them) to get the HUD lines and letters to be crisp and clear, like when using a non-ultra wide monitor. The rest of the graphics in game are great. I’ve seen people mention having similar issues on ultra-wides in the past, just thought I’d bring it up again, maybe ED can add to the list to figure out better native support for ultra-wides Oddly enough its not as bad in the F-18 as it is in the AV8B, F-16, and A-10. The harrier is the worst as it also affects the mfd’s as well.  A-10 I have not adjusted* couldn’t fine the correct file/ lines to edit.

 

wondering. did you change anything in DCS config after putting monitor in place? i have a 3440x1440 ["aspect"] = 2.3888888888889. yours would be 3.555555555555556. perhaps rename your OPTIONS.LUA and restart DCS to see if it is fixed. i do not have any of these issues.

[MadKreator]

2 hours ago, silverdevil said:

wondering. did you change anything in DCS config after putting monitor in place? i have a 3440x1440 ["aspect"] = 2.3888888888889. yours would be 3.555555555555556. perhaps rename your OPTIONS.LUA and restart DCS to see if it is fixed. i do not have any of these issues.

So I have external mfd’s setup now, but problem was there before I did that as well. The aspect auto configured when I manually entered the total screen size.   Before this monitor I had an msi 3440x1440 widescreen and don’t remember ever having to  mess with it until i got the 5120x1440.. possibly just a weird quirk with the ultra-wide. Maybe I will hook the 3440x1440 back up one of these days and see if there is a difference. I don’t mind having to edit it to be right, especially since I figured out how to use ovgme to just turn it on and off. I’ve been using the 49” monitor for 2 years now, so It doesn’t bother me. Every other graphic in the game is crisp and clear, just the HUD’s look like they’re from 1999 if I don’t modify them lol  I’ll bet its just an issue with 32:9 aspect, since its not a very common size for people to run.

on another note: if anyone reads this and is having the same issue, I’m happy to share my .lua settings for the 18,16 and av8b

Edited September 3, 2022 by MadKreator

[ThorBrasil]

On 9/2/2022 at 5:05 PM, MadKreator said:

Usando um monitor ultra amplo Samsung crg9 5120x1440 49”. O jogo parece fantástico, tudo é ótimo, exceto os HUD's. As linhas e letras são grossas e borradas. Não é uma coisa de brilho. Eu tive que modificar os arquivos .lua em cada um dos meus aviões (e fazer mods ovgme para não ter que ficar refazendo-os) para que as linhas e letras do HUD fossem nítidas e claras, como quando usando um não- monitor ultra-amplo. O resto dos gráficos do jogo são ótimos. Eu vi pessoas mencionarem problemas semelhantes em ultra-wides no passado, apenas pensei em trazê-lo à tona novamente, talvez ED possa adicionar à lista para descobrir melhor suporte nativo para ultra-widesCuriosamente, não é tão ruim no F-18 quanto no AV8B, F-16 e A-10. O harrier é o pior, pois também afeta os mfds. A-10 Não ajustei* não consegui corrigir o arquivo/linhas para editar.

 

This is a known bug and has never been resolved. There are several threads on this subject here on the forum. 

 

Edited September 4, 2022 by ThorBrasil

[Vakarian]

Bumping for visibility.

Is there a chance this gets another look as the issue is still present? 

[Flappie]

I've just bumped the internal report.

[MadKreator]

Easy fix adjusting a couple Lua files manually (IC breakers of course) .. maybe not so easy to incorporate into the game. A slider would be nice. But it also affects exported displays as well. Whole lot to think about. Probably goes hand in hand with spotting dots and external mfd brightness. UI layer revamp which BN mentioned is not such an easy task with so many things tied to it. Hopefully it at least gets considered

[Tobur]

Hi, I also used Hud fixes via lua files for my 49" monitor and was able to join servers previously. With the 2.9 update I break IC without changes on my side or the server's (i checked with them). Is this intentional? Any work around for the widescreen blurry-ness instead?