game resolution

[Oberkommando]

I am concerned about the game having the 1024 x 768 res as HoI2, though it is not bad i would like to have a better view when in game, since i use 1280x800 i can not play hoi2 on a greter resolution and the game is a bit blurry.
Lets hope we have at least this resolutuion aviable.
See you around guys.

 

[Lazy_Boy]

I'm guessing since they're moving to 3D units it's going to be totally customizable like most other games. Only reason HOI was so limited was the .bmp 2D graphics.

 

[unmerged(37697)]

Yeah, I dare say HoI3 will be like EU3 & Rome in so far as you can simply change the resolution to anything you like in a settings.txt file.

 

[gossamer]

or if it's like EU3 (which it is using the same engine right?) then it'll let you pick from a variety of resolutions in the options. Yay widescreen support!

 

[unmerged(64390)]

I am pretty sure Johan already confirmed the resolution will behave exactly like EU III.

 

[Battlecry]

I believe Johan's words were "All resolutions supported by DirectX will be supported" or something similar. For myself, I'm hoping for the level of support that is becoming standard for PC games - i.e. everything up to 1920x1080, both 4:3 and 16:9 (standard and widescreen). At the very least 1680x1050, for all of us who have 22-26" monitors now.

 

[jdrou]

I expect that like EU3 it will support any resolution that your video card+driver+monitor support at least from 1024x768 up to 1920x1200. I think someone reported 2048x1536 working too but 2560x1600 does not from several reports; hopefully they'll be able to fix that.

 

[unmerged(110676)]

Anyone who buys a 2560x1600 monitor is asking for trouble.

 

[mathers]

Will dual monitor supported? On one screen the map, on other the production for example?

 

[unmerged(44315)]

Will dual monitor supported? On one screen the map, on other the production for example?

I would totally change my entire set-up to dual monitor if they made that possible!

 

[Alexander Seil]

While awesome, I doubt many Paradox fans have the luxury of having two monitors.

On that note, however, it would be useful if you could have different portions of the map on different screens. Say, Normandy on one and New Guinea on the other.

 

[potski]

While awesome, I doubt many Paradox fans have the luxury of having two monitors.

On that note, however, it would be useful if you could have different portions of the map on different screens. Say, Normandy on one and New Guinea on the other.

I have a 2400 x 1600 desktop at work - two 21" monitors rotated 90 degrees arranged side by side.

This is a function of the NVidia graphics card, and any program should run on it.

But it makes no difference how big the screen area is, if the program is designed for parts of the UI to always overlay each other. FE for the Production screen to alway open on top of the map. Unless Paradox design the interface where each part opens in a separate window that you can drag to another part of the screen, then you are stuck with the map being covered.

But the bigger the area you have, the more map area you can see at any one time, up to the limitations of the program. The only benefit of a really massive screen area is if you run HOI3 in a window instead of full screen (if possible, never tried this with EUIII) and then you can also have your other apps available on screen at the same time.

 

[unmerged(21911)]

While awesome, I doubt many Paradox fans have the luxury of having two monitors.

On that note, however, it would be useful if you could have different portions of the map on different screens. Say, Normandy on one and New Guinea on the other.

This would be incredible.

Being able to focus in on two separate areas of the world would make those multi-front campaigns a lot easier to manage.

 

[unmerged(45464)]

I have 1920x1200 I don't really see the point in going over that unless you need it for work (those photoshop or CAD dudes tend to need lots of space). There is no video standard running at over 1920x1080 today and games running at 2560x1600 requires insane amounts of graphics power.

I think 1680x1050 is the most common resolution in new monitors sold these days. I would have gotten that too if it wasn't because I want to watch 1080p movies and not have them cropped to fit the screen.

the strange thing about HoI2 is that it only supports 1024x768 when the older game Victoria supports 1280x1024, but I don't notice any stretching out of the picture or much degradation at all even though it has to stretch 1024x768 to fit 1920x1200, but maybe I'm just so used to it I don't see it.

In any case it will be nice that HoI3 supports all directx resolutions.

 

[chridder]

Will dual monitor supported? On one screen the map, on other the production for example?

Dual monitor support would be very cool... especialy when you can use it to view to different map areas...

beside that.. I would like to be able to zoom out a little bit more, lets say to where I can see at least complete europe ... I hate it, that games force me to stay near by my units.. I like the complete overview like in Supreme Commander (it also allows dual monitor usage)

 

[nigo]

Id like to see widescreen support

 

[vertinox]

I would totally change my entire set-up to dual monitor if they made that possible!

Same here. A dual monitor support would make me a bit happy.

 

[jdrou]

Id like to see widescreen support

As has been said repeatedly, it's expected to support any resolution from 1024x768 through 1920x1200 just as EU3 does.
The only 'questionable' resolutions are 720 vertical resolution (for HDTV monitors) and very high res like 2560x1600.

 

[Hptm. Jaadoo]

i hope they do it better than in eu3. because with my old 19" it looked great but with my new 22" it's looking cheap. and all other games i play, look bette with the new monitor, except those which don't support widescreen...