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 Post subject: Startopia
PostPosted: 13 Oct 2008, 12:34 
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The Game itself supports my needed Resolution of 1920x1080 resulting in a streched screen.

Haven't found out how to set a FOV for it. Anyone has a solution?


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 Post subject: Startopia
PostPosted: 13 Oct 2008, 22:56 
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I'll fetch the demo and see if I can pick out anything, wouldn't get my hopes up though.


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PostPosted: 06 Sep 2012, 10:14 
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I realize this topic is 4 years old, but the game has just been re-released on www.gog.com (http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/startopia/) and I thought it was better than starting a new thread.

There seems to be mixed reports as to whether or not the picture is stretched in widescreen modes. It seems to support any resolution reported by the GPU which is great, but on my system it's stretched at 1080p. Anyone have any thoughts or solutions?

Windows 7 64-bit
GTX670 2GB
GOG version of Startopia

1920x1080 (16:9 ratio):


1440x1080 (4:3 ratio):


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 Post subject: You could try getting in
PostPosted: 06 Sep 2012, 19:16 
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You could try getting in contact with Tom who's done a bit of updating for the game since Muckyfoot went belly up. He might have some insights as to whether it stretches, when and possible ways to get around this.

http://home.comcast.net/~tom_forsyth/startopia/startopia.html


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PostPosted: 07 Sep 2012, 05:59 
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That is clearly a case of Hor stretching, which usually means the game has limited aspect ratio support. *Sometimes* these are easy fixes. Does the game have any other display issues, or is it just the stretching?

I don't have the game, but if you want to PM me a download link to the gog executable (not the full game) I'll have a look to see if it can be patched. Can't make any guarantees.

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PostPosted: 07 Sep 2012, 06:53 
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PM sent, thanks for taking a look.

Weirdly some people at GOG are reporting no stretching, others say it does.

See my thread here:
http://www.gog.com/en/forum/startopia/nonstretched_widescreen


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PostPosted: 07 Sep 2012, 07:17 
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I can second the stretching at 1920x1200 - It's never something I've noticed until now though.

The yellow crates are ~ 150px wide compared to a height of 110px in a test screenshot I took.


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PostPosted: 07 Sep 2012, 14:28 
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Works like a charm - only a slight graphical glitch in the main menu as a side effect, which doesn't affect the buttons in the slightest as far as I can tell.

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PostPosted: 07 Sep 2012, 21:48 
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I read this as StarTropics lol.


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PostPosted: 07 Sep 2012, 23:44 
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Awesome, thanks very much jackfuste.


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