21:9 support for Season 3?
Will TWD S3 be finally the game that supports 21:9? I doubt it, but hope so.
Will it have "cinematic" black bars like Batman, which will then make the game unplayable on a 21:9 screen (because this means black bars on all 4 sides of the image)? An official answer would be greatly appreciated. Though, my experience tells me that won't happen.
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The trailer points to black bars.
You're right. I don't why they think it's a good idea. Does anyone really like this? I could live with a full 16:9 image, even if that is already so frustrating on a 21:9 display (while most other developers nowadays support 21:9 out of the box). But a cropped 16:9 image, which results in double-letterboxing? No thanks. I love the Telltale games, but it makes me really sad to see how they ignore a growing part of their playerbase (which ironically has the most "cinematic" displays, so there are few games that are as suitable for those displays as the TT games).
Is anyone from TT active on the forum at all? Like a community manager or something? I guess they are simply choosing to ignore the issue completely.
telltale's game have a real issue with 16:9 and higher. that tends to be when the game lags the most.
TWD:ANF will have cinematic black bars but only during cutscenes, when the game gives you the option to pick a dialogue, it goes away.
Well, the game is probably 60% cutscenes. ^^ not really what i was hoping for. if they just made the black bars optional, i would probably keep my copy. even without 21:9 support. but not like this. this will most likely be a refund tomorrow. as sad as that makes me...
They [the black bars] seldomly appear, you wouldn't even notice them.
believe me, on a 21:9 display the TT games are small enough. i absolutely will notice whenever the image gets even smaller.
The only option I can see is to submit a request to the Support team to hopefully have a patch to support 21:9 display. It's a shot in the dark - I know - but you won't know unless you try.
someone already asked that, the answer was this:
Hi,
Unfortunately, we do not support 21:9 ratios for any of our games. I apologize I could not assist you further with your request. We recommend a maximum width of 16:9 for our games.
Regards,
so they don't seem to be willing to do anything about it.
The bars are literally in just the opening. They are gone forever after that
Hm, if that's true i might consider keeping the game. You already finished both episodes? Can anyone else confirm that (no offense, freelancepolicefan)?
I finished both episodes, but I understand if you don't trust me. maybe it was the resolution i was playing at, but they were just in the the little intro (like 5 minutes tops).
no, i believe you. i just wanted a second opinion to be extra sure. but it doesn't like i will get one, at least not until now.
but honestly, even if i keep it - it's still so annoying that they ignore us 21:9 users completely. if you ask their support, they "recommend" to use 16:9. as if i buy a new monitor just for their games. they should just arrive in 2016 (finally, only a few days left ^^) and do what everyone else does, which is of course to support different aspect ratios including 21:9. that's really not too much to ask.
your engine is very capable of supporting different aspect ratios like 21:9. a simple memory hack produced this:
http://i.imgur.com/8rDRIK9.jpg
all you need to do is invest a day or two and fix the obvious issues. i really don't feel like this is too much to ask. the game is glorious in 21:9. just buy a 21:9 monitor for a few hundred bucks, put it in your office and show it to the team. i bet many will be impressed by how cinematic it looks on such a screen.
Came from the steam thread, I would definitely purchase the game if the game supported 21:9 by default.
The same goes with the Batman series. I appreciate that you didn't try the whole 21:9 in 16:9 mess that Batman had again (creating 4 black bars with a small viewing area in the middle of the screen), which is a plus, though native support would go a much longer way to convincing us to buy.
Supporting 21:9 would also make sense if Telltale wanted to continue the 21:9 cinematic look from the Batman series for your other games.
Otherwise, i'm more interested in watching a playthrough rather than purchasing the game for myself, and i'm sure many others feel the same.
i fully agree. thanks for the support!
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