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play WC3 on Mac without stretching?

RUNN1NGMANRUNN1NGMAN Registered User regular
edited July 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
Simple question--is it possible to play Warcraft III on a Mac with a widescreen display, and have the game display in 4:3?

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    JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    You will find it in your monitor settings... possibly in your apple preferences.

    Most widescreen monitors have scaling settings that will respect aspect ratio... yours is not set to that setting.

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    RUNN1NGMANRUNN1NGMAN Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Jasconius wrote: »
    You will find it in your monitor settings... possibly in your apple preferences.

    Most widescreen monitors have scaling settings that will respect aspect ratio... yours is not set to that setting.

    That doesn't work for an iMac.

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    gneGnegneGne Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    so what happens if you play windowed (cmd+m in warcraft) and have a 4:3 aspect resolution?

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    Funguy McAidsFunguy McAids Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    You don't want to play in windowed because when you move the mouse to the edge to scroll it stops moving when you mouse out of the window. Unplayable really.

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    RUNN1NGMANRUNN1NGMAN Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Funguy McAids wrote: »
    You don't want to play in windowed because when you move the mouse to the edge to scroll it stops moving when you mouse out of the window. Unplayable really.

    Also, windowed mode is teeny-tiny. I'm starting to think there's no fix for it, at least not for Macs. I think for Windows you can change the display depending on what video card you have. It's not too big a deal in any case, just mildly annoying.

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