Boot Camp, 17" MBP and non-widescreen games?

[majordude]

I just installed BC 1.4 and have some older games I like to play. They are standard (non-widescreen).

While booted into Windows, is there a way to have it center and put black bars on the sides instead of stretching the images and distorting them?

 

[mainomega]

my independent LCDs stretch only specific resolutions (ie. 1280x1024) and display other ones untouched (ei. 1440x900). I would play around and see if it does that

 

[Tracer]

Your best chance is to play the game in a Windowed Mode.

Any older games in full-screen WILL stretch the picture.

Tracer

 

[aaronw1986]

Sometimes you can change settings. Do a search for the game. For example, you can modify the shortcut in battlefield 2/2142 to get widescreen support.

 

[majordude]

Your best chance is to play the game in a Windowed Mode. Any older games in full-screen WILL stretch the picture.

It must have to do with video drivers. I had an XP that it had the option to center and black bar standard mode screens. That was an nVidia I think.

By the way, Madden 2008 (which supports wide screen modes now... 1680 x 1050 x 32) looks FREAKING AWESOME on my 17" MBP!!! 😀