Wrong resolution

Denmark Ufomekaniker
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Wrong resolution

Post by Ufomekaniker »

Hey :smile:

I have successfully been playing AOE3 on my iMac 5k for a few hours. Then i decided to set the in-game resolution to 4k instead of the lowest resolution available. But it doesn't work. Instead it magnifies the 4k resolution so much that it goes beyond the bezels of my iMac. If the "Help and Tools" button where a physical button it would be hovering in the air under my monitor (if you know what i mean) :grin:

How do i change the resolution when i no longer can access the "Help and Tools" button?

Is there a shortcut for changing the resolution in the game?

I would like the game to scale the 4k resolution to 5k correctly. Can you help me, please? :?:
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India rsy
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Re: Wrong resolution

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I'm not an expert at all but u could try using the windows mode to see the help and tools button. I think alt+enter puts u into windowed mode on windows don't know if something like that exists for macs
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It's not gonna scale well in size on 4k. I've played in 1440p and it looked okayish but I doubt you'll be able to make it scale correctly in 4k no matter what you do
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I have this problem on my MacBook Pro Retina. It's a 4k Screen but I play it at 1050p. It doesn't really scale beyond the default resolutions of the era it came out. It pretty much stops at 1080p.
It doesn't really look better anyway so I wouldn't worry about it for now. Perhaps this could be a job for the Unhardcode team?
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Re: Wrong resolution

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This game was released before 720p was a thing. I doubt you'll ever be able to make 4k look correctly :(
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Re: Wrong resolution

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Thanks my friend. the Alt+Enter did the trick for me. Thank you for your help :smile:
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Re: Wrong resolution

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Ufomekaniker wrote:Thanks my friend. the Alt+Enter did the trick for me. Thank you for your help :smile:

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