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• Woodoworkery 3,498 Posts

  Sun, Mar 2 2014 4:48 AM

  I just got a new system, the problem I'm having is I can't seem to get the game in full screen,

  I have a 24" screen does anyone have an idea on why ti will not go full screen? I am using Comodo Dragon.

  Thanks

  Gary (woodo) 

• PaulTon 10,731 Posts

  Sun, Mar 2 2014 5:41 AM

  Have you tried changing the screen resolution in pc settings?

• ScottHope 10,646 Posts

  Sun, Mar 2 2014 5:43 AM

  A 24 inch screen will be widescreen, the game window is not widescreen, therefore you will have black bars (or possibly other colours) down either side unless you distort the image which is not a good idea IMO.

• Woodoworkery 3,498 Posts

  Sun, Mar 2 2014 5:56 AM

  Thanks. Thats what I have the black bars down the side. I guess 20" screen is the biggest you can go and get a true full screen 

• ScottHope 10,646 Posts

  Sun, Mar 2 2014 6:06 AM

  The size of the screen doesn't matter Gary, it's the shape that determines whether or not the entire screen will be filled with the image (at its correct aspect ratio) in the game window.

  Imagine that the 3 images below are actual monitors, the first is a 4:3 aspect ratio screen, the same as the game...

  

  ...the image will fill the entire screen.

  The next is a widescreen monitor 16:9 (or 16:10, which is what I have but they're not widely available now apparently)...

  

  ...because the screen is wider than the game image it won't fill the screen's width.

  And if they produced screens like this or you have software installed on your PC to rotate the screen image...

  

  ...then the game image would expand to fit the width but not the height.

• Woodoworkery 3,498 Posts

  Sun, Mar 2 2014 6:35 AM

  Scott do you know if you can get rid of the task bar at the bottom of the screen?

  I am not liking windows 8 ....LOL  

• ScottHope 10,646 Posts

  Sun, Mar 2 2014 7:09 AM

  Yeah, I can sympathize with the windows 8 dislike, I've had nothing but trouble ever since I've had it, but I will persevere though, I do like certain things about it.

  Anyway, if you right click on the taskbar and select properties, then in the properties window, tick the auto hide the taskbar box it'll disappear. Just move your cursor to the bottom of the screen to make it pop back up.

• lonniescott711 4,208 Posts

  Sun, Mar 2 2014 7:16 AM

  Woodoworkery:

  Scott do you know if you can get rid of the task bar at the bottom of the screen?

  I am not liking windows 8 ....LOL  

  Go to Control Panel , Task bar, and start menu . From there you can move the task bar to another position . If you move it to either side of your screen , it will disappear unless you lock it . Then you will have to hover your cursor over the area , for it to appear . Sometimes it will get in your way , when doing other things , but give it a try . You may like it , if only using 1 browser . :-)

   

• Woodoworkery 3,498 Posts

  Sun, Mar 2 2014 7:23 AM

  Thanks guys

  oh by the way Skype really is a pain with windows 8

• CanineSupervisor 1,882 Posts

  Sun, Mar 2 2014 8:22 AM

  Hey Gary,

  fn f11 ( Function F11, lower left corner of keyboard, and f11 key ) and your game client will go full screen, bud.

  fn f11 again to reduce it.

  Still gonna have black bars however.

  or ctrl f11  (mine is fn f11 anyway)

   

  Easy peezy, bro.