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Article #544091Re: D2 game resolution?
From: Marshall
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 04:39
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 04:39
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On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:01:26 -0400, "Someone" <someone@somewhere.com>
wrote:
>
>"Marshall" wrote...
>> Howdy, been almost 8 years since I've played D2, was just wondering if
>> they'd done anything in the patches or mods since 2003, to improve the
>> screen resolution maximum up from the unbearable old 800x600? I don't
>> play anything in less than 1600x1200 anymore, and preferrably up to
>> 1920x1200, on my 24" widescreen piece of heaven.
>>
>> I remember the last time I saw the game, in 800x600 mode... long after
>> that pixelicious rez had been completely obsolete, and said "never
>> again". Please tell me they've unsuckifyed D2's maximum rez somehow
>> since then? Thanks :-)
>
>They have not changed the game resolution. That would have required
>generating tens or even hundreds of thousands of new sprites and bitmaps.
>They have introduced a new feature to windowed mode that lets the screen
>stretch to the maximum resolution using the correct apsect ratio, but the
>pixels remain unchanged.
>
>Here's more information about the video changes:
>http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=25026566009
Thanks, I kinda knew it was a vain hope from the start. Oh well, must
be patient for D3, I guess.
-Marshall
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