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The problem is that your vertical screen size is 4 pixels short of the minimum required to run MSTS Editors.

It appears that you have two choices: take the TV back to the store and exchange it for something with a higher screen resolution or do your editing on the laptop display.

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Yuri, webmaster
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steam4me wrote:The problem is that your vertical screen size is 4 pixels short of the minimum required to run MSTS Editors.

It appears that you have two choices: take the TV back to the store and exchange it for something with a higher screen resolution or do your editing on the laptop display.

Regards

Yuri, webmaster
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Yuri,

Thanks for the reply - it looks like I have cracked it. If I close the laptop the TV monitor adopts the resolution that I described above, however, if I keep the laptop lid open, it seems to emulate the laptop resolution and I can run the editors.

Dave

If I close the laptop the TV monitor adopts the resolution that I described above, however, if I keep the laptop lid open, it seems to emulate the laptop resolution and I can run the editors.
Dave

Thanks for the feedback - I might use that tip in a short tutorial on widescreen issues.

Regards

Yuri, webmaster
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GaryG wrote:Hi

In your video settings you need to unselect "Scale image" (for an ATI card) to stop the stretching. For nVidia there's probably an equivalent setting.

GaryG

Am I doing something wrong, my settings are shown below but Train Sim still stretches:

Have just remembered, I am using a DVI connection, could this be why it is not creating black bands for MSTS?

Train sim only understands 4:3 resolutions. Therefor it will do 1024x768 with rectangular pixels and things stretch. If it supported 14:9 and 16:9 resolutions it would just render a wider scene, but the aspect would be correct....no squishing.

Yeah I understand. I am wanting my screen to show it within the 4:3 ratio with black bands down the side.

I now have another monitor, the settings are shown below yet Train Sim still stretches!

Can someone just confirm whether black bands can be created with using a DVI connection.

phat2003uk wrote:Can someone just confirm whether black bands can be created with using a DVI connection.

Yes

Yes, the definitely should be available on DVI if they are on VGA.
As far as I am aware the DVI/HDMI/VGA output is all dealt with on an electrical basis rather than by the GPU as a matter of logic. Therefor as far as the GPU is concerned, you can hang your display anywhere.

To be honest, your eyes adjust to the stretch really quickly, but maybe that's cos my monitor is 14:9 not 16:9. For me, I'd rather have the stretch than the bands.
My GF's monitor is the worst of all worlds, it stretches the desktop on a 4:3 res, and then does all games with bands, even those that should support WS resolutions. This is even after installing drivers for it. Windows eh? who'd have it

Maybe the next bin patch can add WS resolutions, but that will require messing around with MSTSs viewport (it'll have to provide a 16:9 scene).

Perhaps I have been lucky. I purchased an emachines 19" widescreen monitor from Tesco for less than £200.00. It works perfectly.

Initially it stretched Trainsim cabs and I disliked it so intensely that I deleted Trainsim.

A post above mentioned that downloading new drivers for my graphics card which I did. The result was that Trainsim runs in widescreen but with no stretching. It is perfectly proportioned.