BE doesn't start with 3600x1920 resolution

[lutorm]

Hi,

I'm trying to run BE with an Eyefinity setup with 3x24" monitors in portrait mode. The resolution ends up being 3600x1920. I can select the resolution in the settings.exe dialog, but when I try to start the game, it will at most flicker the screen. No error log is generated.

Is there a problem running BE at these resolutions? (It will start fine with 3x24" landscape monitors, resolution 5760x1200, but stuff is so distorted at the edges with that wide of a display that I'd like to try portrait.)

[beazil]

You are the first person I've ever heard of trying to run BGE (or any other game for that matter) in portrait mode. I doubt the devs ever had that in mind.... but there I go saying things I shouldn't....

I'd love to see a screenshot if you ever get it to work. But don't be surprised if you can't.

[lutorm]

You are the first person I've ever heard of trying to run BGE (or any other game for that matter) in portrait mode. I doubt the devs ever had that in mind.... but there I go saying things I shouldn't....

I'd love to see a screenshot if you ever get it to work. But don't be surprised if you can't.

Well, the individual displays are in portrait, but the overall resolution is still an aspect ratio of 1.87, so slightly wider than a 16:9 display. I would agree that there would likely be a problem running a display that's overall higher than it's wide, but I don't see why there should be a problem running a 1.87 aspect display when the game runs fine in anything from 4:3 (1.33 aspect) to 3 landscaped screens (4.8 aspect).

[lutorm]

It seems to have something to do with whether the display orientation is "called" portrait or landscape. In the win7 resolution setting, my display orientation is called "portrait" even though it's wider than it's high. If I switch it to "landscape", with a resolution of 1920 wide by 3600 high, the game will start. But it's completely unplayable at that aspect...

Is there a hardcoded setting that the game will not run in "portrait" mode, even if the number of pixels show that the display actually is wider than it is high? If so, maybe that test could be changed to just require a certain aspect ratio?

[GOPHUR]

Shouldn't matter to us at all but I run 3840 x 1024 in landscape.

I don't have any monitors that run in portrait. i haven't even used a rotating monitor in years BUT this is a great time for me to laugh at the great wide screen swindle that was purported on us all. Wide screen is OK for games and entertainment but the lack of real estate is a real rip off in general.

I'll ask Jeff our awesome super kick *** AMD rep about it. Did I mention how awesome AMD is? Because it is super mega awesome!

Edited October 25, 2010 by GOPHUR