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erkanasu
Mar 19, 2006, 07:52 PM
On my macbook pro, the game windows doesnt strech out fully. The sides of the screen are black, is there any way to force with to run at the mbp resolution?


Patmian212
Mar 19, 2006, 08:08 PM
On my macbook pro, the game windows doesnt strech out fully. The sides of the screen are black, is there any way to force with to run at the mbp resolution?
I dont think so becasue the MBP is wide screen and I believe starcraft wont run at wide screen reolutions.
Eidorian
Mar 19, 2006, 08:26 PM
I dont think so becasue the MBP is wide screen and I believe starcraft wont run at wide screen reolutions.I think it does run stretched in Windows but I haven't been able to get it to work like that on Mac.
steelfist
Mar 20, 2006, 01:31 AM
there's black borders? it's great!

having it stretched and distorted makes it less playable. i would suggest keeping it that way.
erkanasu
Mar 20, 2006, 03:28 AM
haha if u put it that way, now im happy
ReanimationLP
Mar 20, 2006, 03:57 AM
Trust me, you dont wanna stretch a 640x480 image to 1440x900.

Its like having MPEG-1 video at 320x240 stretched to 1600x1200. In other words, really nasty looking.
Eidorian
Mar 20, 2006, 01:17 PM
Trust me, you dont wanna stretch a 640x480 image to 1440x900.

Its like having MPEG-1 video at 320x240 stretched to 1600x1200. In other words, really nasty looking.It's stretched to 1024 x 768 on my iMac G5. :rolleyes:
erkanasu
Mar 20, 2006, 02:55 PM
It's stretched to 1024 x 768 on my iMac G5. :rolleyes:

how did u do it? how do you even see what resolution its runnin at anyways?

ALSO, coming from a windows machine, i was able to exit games from full screen and go back to my desktop( while its still running) how do I do this( like in starcraft)?
ReanimationLP
Mar 20, 2006, 03:17 PM
It's stretched to 1024 x 768 on my iMac G5. :rolleyes:

*shrugs*

Thats why I love my 19" CRT.

I run it at 1920x1440, but when its time to play Starcraft, it goes into 640x480.
Eric5h5
Mar 21, 2006, 01:02 PM
*shrugs*

Thats why I love my 19" CRT.

I run it at 1920x1440, but when its time to play Starcraft, it goes into 640x480.

Yep. Unless you only play games from the last few years that are fully resolution-independent, a CRT is pretty much the only way to go for gaming.

--Eric
Eidorian
Mar 21, 2006, 01:23 PM
how did u do it? how do you even see what resolution its runnin at anyways?

ALSO, coming from a windows machine, i was able to exit games from full screen and go back to my desktop( while its still running) how do I do this( like in starcraft)?From what I can tell now it's a 640 x 480 square stretched onto the center of my 1440 x 900 screen.
Counterfit
Mar 21, 2006, 01:25 PM
ALSO, coming from a windows machine, i was able to exit games from full screen and go back to my desktop( while its still running) how do I do this( like in starcraft)?
It varies from game to game. I'm not sure about SC, but in the Medal of Honor games, it's cmd-h.
TDM21
Mar 21, 2006, 01:55 PM
It varies from game to game. I'm not sure about SC, but in the Medal of Honor games, it's cmd-h.

If that doesn't work, try CMD+M. That is the command used by WoW so maybe it will work.