Using a 16:9 resolution on a 4:3 monitor

[DOCac42]

First, my 4:3 monitor's native resolution is 1280x1024.

 

I've been playing Skyrim for a long time in fullscreen, using the 16:9 aspect ratio and the 1280x720 resolution in the launcher. I personally prefer the black bars at the top and bottom of the screen, and I do this in all my other games (where I can). It was working, 100% of the time, never thought twice about it.

 

For some reason, the 1280x720 (and other 16:9 resolutions) are being stretched to fill my screen, which makes it look horrible, as if my 4:3 aspect ratio wasn't being maintained.

 

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My specs:

 

Intel Core i3 CPU (3.20GHz)

AMD Radeon HD 6670 (1GB VRAM)

4GB RAM (3.87 usable)

 

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I have 267 mods (most very small details or texture replacers), use Mod Organiser and run my game at a stable 30+ fps, average 40-50 indoors, 30-40 outdoors and in towns.

 

I have tried several things to fix it and a lot of googling to no avail:

 

- Running my game without mods.

- In CCC, lowering my resolution and ticking "Maintain aspect ratio" and then resetting it to native.

- Deleting Skyrim.ini and Skyrimprefs.ini in both My Documents and for MO and re-creating them.

- Using 16:10 resolutions.

- Updating my CCC, Monitor and GPU drivers.

 

Also, Skyrim is the only game this happens in so far (other than games it didn't work in to begin with) but it was literally running fine, and suddenly decides to stretch no matter what I try.

 

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I can 100% use 1280x720 (and other 16:9 resolutions) in BF4, BOPS2, Shadow of Mordor and Nosgoth, and they all still work fine.

 

The only thing I can link this to would be when I was attempting to use 1280x720 in SWTOR, changing the modes between fullscreen, windowed etc; but if that's the cause, I can't see why it hasn't affected other games as well.

 

Skyrim.ini:

 

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[General]

sLanguage=ENGLISH

uExterior Cell Buffer=36

[Display]

fShadowLODMaxStartFade=1000.0

fSpecularLODMaxStartFade=2000.0

fLightLODMaxStartFade=3500.0

iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=1024

bAllowScreenshot=1

[Audio]

fMusicDuckingSeconds=6.0

fMusicUnDuckingSeconds=8.0

fMenuModeFadeOutTime=3.0

fMenuModeFadeInTime=1.0

[Grass]

bShadowsOnGrass=1

bAllowCreateGrass=1

bAllowLoadGrass=0

iMaxGrassTypesPerTexure=15

iMinGrassSize=100

[GeneralWarnings]

SGeneralMasterMismatchWarning=One or more plugins could not find the correct versions of the master files they depend on. Errors may occur during load or game play. Check the "Warnings.txt" file for more information.

[Archive]

sResourceArchiveList=Skyrim - Misc.bsa, Skyrim - Shaders.bsa, Skyrim - Textures.bsa, Skyrim - Interface.bsa, Skyrim - Animations.bsa, Skyrim - Meshes.bsa, Skyrim - Sounds.bsa

sResourceArchiveList2=Skyrim - Voices.bsa, Skyrim - VoicesExtra.bsa

[Combat]

fMagnetismStrafeHeadingMult=0.0

fMagnetismLookingMult=0.0

[Papyrus]

fPostLoadUpdateTimeMS=500.0

bEnableLogging=0

bEnableTrace=0

bLoadDebugInformation=0

[Water]

bReflectLODObjects=1

bReflectLODLand=1

bReflectSky=0

bReflectLODTrees=0

 

 

 

Skyrimprefs.ini:

 

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[General]

fBrightLightColorB=1.0000

fBrightLightColorG=1.0000

fBrightLightColorR=1.0000

iStoryManagerLoggingEvent=-1

bEnableStoryManagerLogging=0

[imagespace]

bDoDepthOfField=1

iRadialBlurLevel=1

[Display]

iBlurDeferredShadowMask=3

fInteriorShadowDistance=3000.0000

fShadowDistance=4000

iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=1024

iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=1024

iShadowSplitCount=2

iMaxAnisotropy=4

fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=4600.0000

fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=3600.0000

fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=5000

fGamma=1.0000

fDecalLOD2=1500.0000

fDecalLOD1=1000.0000

fSpecularLODStartFade=600

fShadowLODStartFade=200.0000

fLightLODStartFade=2500

iTexMipMapMinimum=0

iTexMipMapSkip=1

iWaterMultiSamples=0

iMultiSample=4

iShadowMode=3

bTreesReceiveShadows=1

bDrawLandShadows=1

bFull Screen=1

iSize H=720

iSize W=1280

fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=1.2000

fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=256.0000

fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=2048.0000

fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=2844.0000

fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=3072

fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=4096

iScreenShotIndex=2

bShadowMaskZPrepass=0

bMainZPrepass=0

iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=3

iMaxDecalsPerFrame=10

bFloatPointRenderTarget=0

sD3DDevice="AMD Radeon HD 6670"

bFXAAEnabled=1

iShadowMapResolution=2048

fShadowBiasScale=0.25

iShadowMaskQuarter=4

iAdapter=0

iPresentInterval=0

[Grass]

b30GrassVS=0

fGrassStartFadeDistance=5000

fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=5000.0000

fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=0.0000

[MAIN]

bGamepadEnable=1

bCrosshairEnabled=1

fHUDOpacity=1.000

bSaveOnPause=1

bSaveOnTravel=1

bSaveOnWait=1

bSaveOnRest=1

[GamePlay]

bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=1

bShowQuestMarkers=1

iDifficulty=3

[interface]

bDialogueSubtitles=1

bGeneralSubtitles=1

[Controls]

fGamepadHeadingSensitivity=1.0000

fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.05

bAlwaysRunByDefault=1

bInvertYValues=0

bGamePadRumble=1

bMouseAcceleration=1

[Particles]

iMaxDesired=750

[saveGame]

fAutosaveEveryXMins=15.0000

[AudioMenu]

fAudioMasterVolume=1.0000

fVal7=1.0000

uID7=0

fVal6=1.0000

uID6=0

fVal5=1.0000

uID5=0

fVal4=1.0000

uID4=0

fVal3=1.0000

uID3=0

fVal2=0.4000

uID2=466532

fVal1=1.0000

uID1=554685

fVal0=0.8000

uID0=1007612

[Clouds]

fCloudLevel2Distance=262144.0000

fCloudLevel1Distance=32768.0000

fCloudLevel0Distance=16384.0000

fCloudNearFadeDistance=9000.0000

[TerrainManager]

fTreeLoadDistance=25000

fBlockMaximumDistance=100000

fBlockLevel1Distance=32768

fBlockLevel0Distance=20480

fSplitDistanceMult=0.75

bShowLODInEditor=0

[NavMesh]

fObstacleAlpha=0.5000

fCoverSideHighAlpha=0.8000

fCoverSideLowAlpha=0.6500

fEdgeFullAlpha=1.0000

fEdgeHighAlpha=0.7500

fEdgeLowAlpha=0.5000

fTriangleFullAlpha=0.7000

fTriangleHighAlpha=0.3500

fTriangleLowAlpha=0.2000

fLedgeBoxHalfHeight=25.0000

fEdgeDistFromVert=10.0000

fEdgeThickness=10.0000

fPointSize=2.5000

[Trees]

bRenderSkinnedTrees=1

uiMaxSkinnedTreesToRender=20

[Decals]

uMaxDecals=100

bDecals=1

bSkinnedDecals=1

uMaxSkinDecals=35

uMaxSkinDecalsPerActor=20

[LOD]

fLODFadeOutMultObjects=7.5

fLODFadeOutMultItems=4.5

fLODFadeOutMultActors=6

[Launcher]

bEnableFileSelection=1

bShowAllResolutions=1

uLastAspectRatio=3

[blurShaderHDR]

bDoHighDynamicRange=1

[blurShader]

bUseBlurShader=0

 

 

 

Basically, I haven't found and can't think of any way to fix it, and don't know why it's happening in the first place.

 

Halp :wallbash:

 

[Chirenn]

Hey mate, are you using OneTweak or any other Borderless window mod by any chance? If you are, try disabling it.