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Not really sure. However we can check this out. Ship me your new monitor and i'll play on it a bit and get back to you with my findings.

I play a wide resolution on my 20 inch LCD and i have not noticed any problems with movement. we are also using the same joystick. could it be an optical illusion? have you tried recalibrating your joystick? off the top of my head that's all I can think of.

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KiwiKnutten wrote:

Hi there, just got a new computer with a 23" widescreen LCD monitor.

Anyone having problems flying on widescreen monitor?

Im using a 23" widescreen LCD and a saiktek cyborg evo as a joystick, My joystick has become really light in up and down movement but still normal in side to side movement, might this have anything to do with the fact that im on a widescreen monitor?

Im using the resolution 1600x900.

On ground its absolutly great with the mouse and all, but when i launch into space and try to dogfight stuff i cant hit much.

Do i have to go back to a 4:3 resolution or something or am i doomed ot use the mouse *horrible thought*? Its a damn shame cause i tell ya, JTL on a wider this big is quite something, i get the shivers everytime i flyby a spacestation or ISD.

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Do you have astigmatism? Perhaps the screen is too large, and you being so close to it creates a sense of vertigo that tosses off your on-screen "balance."

I bought a 17 inch widescreen monitor (with a TV tuner) for my second pc, I used it for awhile on my main system, I didn't experience any problems. But I didn't use it very long, a widescreen 17 is like playing on a 15 with an inch or so on each side. So, it went back to my second pc. But, the problem you might have, is that you see more horizonal than you do vertigal. It might just take you awhile to get used to it.

Kirsha

I have a widescreen laptop and I've been playing at 1600x1200 (4:3) the whole time. Do we really have widescreen resoultions!? What's the highest one available? I'll go test it out tonight and see if I have any similiar problems.

I have an apple 20" widescreen, I run the game at 1600x900 w/o any problems flying or on ground. I run the game windowed because if I run it full screen, it scretches stuff or leaves big black areas on the top and bottom as the default resolution is 1680x1050, which SWG does not support. I actually enjoy windowed better, I can alt+tab faster. I dont know how ATI cards work but NVidia cards have options in the display setup to keep the aspect ratio or fill the screen, I use the first.

I have gotten so use to running widescreen, when I play on non-widescreen, I feel like I cant see enough of the world and the HUD is too cluttered.

SWG supports any true 16:9 aspect ratio I think.

Message Edited by Weirdo801 on 06-20-2005 10:33 AM

Ok, off topic, but I'm looking at these resolutions, and thinking wow, either you all suffer from poor frame rates, or have really fast systems. I have an Athlon 64 3000 and a 6800gt and galaxies is "ok" at 1280 x 1024. Again off topic, but, I'm curious.

Kirsha - Kettemoor

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KiwiKnutten wrote:

Yeah SWG supports real 16:9 (1600x900) duh .The optimal res on this baby is 1920x1200 however, might this be a problem?

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Where do you even see a 1600x1200 resolution? I didn't get that option in my game's menu. I just set it to 1280x800 which is wide screen, but I could go higher, that's pretty pixalated. Does it support a higher 16:10 res, like 1920x1200?

You might want to check your device drivers too. Every couple of weeks my Logitech joystick goes whackadoodle. The twist axis turns left, but it only turns half as far to the right. I have to reinstall the device drivers to fix it.