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Xbox 360ing on a 5:4 monitor.
LewieP
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I just recently got an Xbox 360.
Yay!
I am playing it on my monitor at 1280 x 1024 via VGA.
Seemingly the vast majority of games run in what looks like 16:9 widescreen letterboxed mode. Am I missing some option to change this, or does it vary on a game by game basis? Is there a list of which games are 5:4 compatible, or I guess 4:3 compatible too (with letterboxing, but much less of it)
Also, I tried the demo of Hitman Blood Money, and it wouldn't run, because that game is 50hz only, and aparently my monitor won't go to 50hz. Is there a setting to force 60hz or something, or is that just exclusive to the demo? If there are a significant number of 50Hz only games, again, is there a list for them? Mercanaries for the oxbox won't run for the same reason. Any solution there?
I am having some issues setting up networking via my PC, but that's another thread I think.
Cheers.
Yay!
I am playing it on my monitor at 1280 x 1024 via VGA.
Seemingly the vast majority of games run in what looks like 16:9 widescreen letterboxed mode. Am I missing some option to change this, or does it vary on a game by game basis? Is there a list of which games are 5:4 compatible, or I guess 4:3 compatible too (with letterboxing, but much less of it)
Also, I tried the demo of Hitman Blood Money, and it wouldn't run, because that game is 50hz only, and aparently my monitor won't go to 50hz. Is there a setting to force 60hz or something, or is that just exclusive to the demo? If there are a significant number of 50Hz only games, again, is there a list for them? Mercanaries for the oxbox won't run for the same reason. Any solution there?
I am having some issues setting up networking via my PC, but that's another thread I think.
Cheers.
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then sign up for xbox live, go to the xbox live blade, go to friends, hit A, select "add friend" and type in "The Perfect K" without quotes and hit send.
PGR3 is not widescreen only.
Perfect Dark Zero, Stunman Ignition, Tony Hawk American Wastland (OMG how the hell did they get away with calling that an Xbox 360 game, it looks like a PS2 game with next gen effects added), Kameo and Blue Dragon are all Widescreen only.
Edit: As I said, issues connecting to Live atm, I don't understand DNS and every tutorial google sends me to doesn't work, but you can add "Savygamer" in the meantime ;D
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
They're OpenDNS's servers.
Nope, still nothing...
It really, really sucks, honestly.
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edit: didn't pick up that "OxBox" meant original xbox
Luckily for me, the two games I wanted to work already do, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, which I love to replay, and Ninja Gaiden, which I picked up but never got around to playing, work great. It's just a shame Mercenaries doesn't.
I should test more of my games now.
Afaik all 360 games do.
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You'll want to make sure dhcp is on on your router and open these ports
UDP 88
UDP 3074
TCP 3074
Then you'll want to make sure that no other program is using these ports...I had a terrible time with this at first where my MSN on my laptop was fucking me over...
In short, enjoy the letterboxing, either way, your games will look good.
Yeah, they all still look great, I was just wondering if I was maybe missing something. It's really annoying when FPSs, of all games, don't support non-widescreen resolutions, it would take like 5 minutes to throw together a different viewing angle.
It's ironic too. I went from having a Gamecube on a widescreen telly and hating Nintendo for not forcing devs to support 16:9, and now it's the other way round with my 360.
So, is there a list anywhere that shows which games are which? I would like to know before I buy, as it would probably have some bearing on purchase decisions.
Not sure how familiar you are with computers but if you log onto your router you can check how things are running. Most likely your computer is setup as a bridge to handle the xbox and it's not passing a long the DNS information usually it does but it may be some weird combination things that have caused it to not do this like that particular Belkin model along with the fact that your hooking up a Xbox, now you should be able to manually assign an IP and DNS for your 360 which would fix this problem.
To logon on to your router you need to open up a browser window like Internet explorer and type in the address bar 192.168.2.1 This is the defualt gateway it called of the router. You may know how to do this but just making sure as I'm at work and can't post as often as I would want so I'm getting it all in now.
If that number doesn't bring up any page, you'll have to open a command prompt window which is done by going to the start menu, then to 'Run' and typing 'cmd' in the window. This brings up a small black dos like window and in here type 'ipconfig' this lists your ip address as well as the DNS and default gateway. Now there dns numbers you can try typing in manully into your xbox but I doubt this will work, what you can do instead is take that default gateway number and type that in your internet browser page and that should bring up the belkin page, now only do this if the number I already posted doesn't work.
I'm just leaving work now so i'll post the rest when i get home :P
Oddly enough, my internet access on my PC breaks whenever I turn the 360 on...
But I'm pretty sure your going have to setup some static IP and set a DNS in the router for the xbox specifically, just because of how you have it setup, I don't think DNS goes over to well on something being used as a bridge, especially since its a xbox
you guys amaze me:
a) what you know, and
b) your willingness to help each other out.
Its beautiful.
So, Lewie, you bought the 360? And you can't get the aspect ratio right cos you're a noob? Shame, but I bet the games have mint cell shading.
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Vga unless you have an Xbox with a HDMI port then u can convert HDMI to DVI and that will be (slightly) better).
Lewie, are your bridging your connection from your PC to the Xbox? I presume the PC is running XP? If you loose the internet on the PC when the Xbox is on your issue is probably with the connection sharing on the PC.
edit: After thinking more, this is definitely the issue if you're trying to use a standard patch cable.
Ok, so then I'll have to get a 360 VGA cable to get the best picture. Great, thanks.
She's basically my favorite poster.
Basically.
Essentially.
I should build her a cake.
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"The power of the weirdness compels me."
Dang, she plays DnD. I'm not even that hardcore.
Guess I'll get to that cake now.