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9641916 No.9641916 [Reply] [Original]

What do you guys think about Aspect Ratios? And which do you prefer?

Personally, the widescreen bullshit always looked odd to me, though I can see its merits.

>> No.9641927

That feel when your video card stretches your visual novels when you go fullscreen

>> No.9641934

I dont care as long as its readable

>> No.9641935

>>9641927
It might be your screen. Either way, check the driver/settings.

>> No.9642031

>>9641935
Sadly, some graphic cards force that onto you. Which is really a shame.

Anyway, I'm all 4:3

>> No.9642070

16:9

>> No.9642140

Eventually everything is going to be wide screen.

>> No.9642169

eeeh? What does 4:3 have over 16:9?

>> No.9642175

I prefer 4:3, but it doesn't matter in the end.

>> No.9642178

>>9642169
It's just a matter of being used to it, I suppose. Widescreen is superior, realistically speaking

>> No.9642188

I love how some Jap games are still 800x600 and run on Windows 95/98. Weren't they all upset because Windows Me's support was retired a few years ago?

Technologically superior, ladies and gentlemen!

>> No.9642200

>>9642188
For all the cool things they make, I cannot fucking stand how afraid japs are when it comes to computers. It's like they think making games for high end PCs anger the gods or something.

>> No.9642208

>>9642188
and how do you think NEETs are going to afford a good compture, eh?

>> No.9642230

>>9642188
>>9642200
Nothing wrong with preferring the simplicity of 2D games over resource gobbling 3D ones.

>> No.9642237

>>9642230
But they make those too.

>> No.9642298

>>9642237
Pics or didn't happen.

>> No.9642354

>>9641916
Name of top VN?

>>9641935
Nvidia you can change fullscreen scale settings in NVCP, you can even turn it off. not sure about shit amd though.

>> No.9642369

>>9642230
Efficient 2D games are great. But you can make it 2D and pretty looking. Japs do not do this. The console releases of VNs always have better graphics that could have easily been run on a PC.

>> No.9642383

>>9642354
Phenomeno. A quite decent, if short, read.

>> No.9642396

4:3 for eroge, 16:9 for plot

>> No.9642401

>>9641916
Name of bot VN?

>> No.9642419

>>9642401
Abyss Homicide Club.
Quite impressive for such a small team.

>> No.9642452

>>9642419
Wasn't expecting a serious answer,
thanks for restoring my faith in /jp/, I'll give it a try it looks interesting.

>> No.9642481

>>9642452
Glad to be of some help. You should give it a try if it catched your eye. I personally was quite satisfied with it.

>> No.9642814
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>>9641916

So looking "odd" is reason enough for you to avoid picking the obviously better choice? I guess some people enjoy having the ends of their screens cut off, but it makes no sense to me. I can't see how anyone would willingly choose a narrower field of view.

>> No.9642846

>>9642814
Though I like widescreen but there are title where they show the character way too close to the screen covering most of game screen majority of the time or character still popping in and out while talking when there space for 4-6 character standing that annoying me to no end.

>> No.9642859

I don't mind 4:3, but it's pretty nice when a VN is widescreen. Especially for VNs with great artwork. If it includes scenery porn, it'd be a waste not to use widescreen.

>> No.9642904
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9642904

The aspect ratio fullscreen mode in rUGP 5.8+ makes me hard.

Although fairly speaking in the only actual 5.8 game I have installed (Chronicles 01's window says 5.8 but the About says 5.9) it looks like shit like the zoom settings always have.

>>9642814
You know as much as (military) FPS should be one of the genres that benefits from widescreen, since it became obligatory it's mostly just meant cut down vertical field of view, especially with consolization.

For fighting games it's honestly a bit of a pain in the ass that hurt games up until now and I don't see a lot of value in it for racing games or some other genres.

>> No.9642998

>>9642814
Then you're lacking empathy, my friend.

>> No.9643002

>>9642904
Chronicles have never looked good in fullscreen.

>> No.9643066

>>9642998
>empathy
Don't think this is the word you mean man

>> No.9643075

>>9643066
Obviously, this is a matter of feelings. Herp a derp.

>> No.9643154

>>9643075
>Herp a derp.
But yeah I guess you're right. I should make it clear im not >>9642814

>> No.9643195

I usually play windowed mode at whatever the default resolution/aspect ratio is.

That goes for almost every game I play because ADD. I like being able to do many things at once, although when I'm reading a VN or watching anime my attention is on that particular thing for the time I'm engaging with it.

I used to experiment with full screen and VNs looked like such shit that way. Newer games obviously don't suffer from this as much, but I'm too used to windowed mode to try anything else.

>> No.9643208

>>9643195
In my case, the reason 4:3 looks more natural is exactly the same. I keep it windowed most of the time and I like it when it uses up less space.

>> No.9643242

>>9643208
I even tried full screen on Auto so I could lie in my bed and read but I took it too easy and fell asleep.

I did that a few times.

>> No.9643297

>>9643242
It's funny how the brain just shuts off when it doesn't need to engage actively.
Oh well, the bright side is that you invented a cure for insomnia.

>> No.9643343

I always prefer 16:9. No exceptions.

>> No.9643355

>>9643343
What if it got like ultra shitty art. Imagine a 16:9 Umineko.

>> No.9643370

>ぐあー、うまい！
it's like I'm really reading some anime script.

>> No.9643373

>>9643355
Shitty art in 16:9 would still be better than shitty art in 4:3. That's just the kind of person I am.

>> No.9643417

>>9643373
"That's just the kind of person I am." <---- This sounds like it should become a catchphrase.
But I guess your right,

>> No.9643465

16:10 golden ratio master race

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>>9642814
>I guess some people enjoy having the ends of their screens cut off
That's not how it works. Rather than having the left and right edge cut off, the top and bottom edges are cut off. See picture for example. Keep in mind that, for example, the 'widescreen' version of 1280x960 is 1280x720, and the 'widescreen' version of 1600x1200 is 1600x900. You're not 'expanding the screen horizontally', you're 'shrinking the screen vertically'.

Myself, I'm a real 4:3 guy, and I don't like the whole 'widescreen' trend. A 4:3 screen is much easier to focus on (whereas with the 16:9 the edges of your screen are out of focus), and, from my experience, is also much easier to design for (making game interfaces and the like; due to the relative sizes of things, 4:3 allows for more room to put elements in, and in 4:3 the player will easily see everything without having to focus on a specific spot). I make games myself, and even to this day, they are always 4:3.

>> No.9643661

4:3
Easier for reading, don't have to move my eyes as much, can take it easy peasy

>> No.9643672

>>9643465
But nothing supports that. It's like calling 5:4 a superior ratio to 4:3

>> No.9643686

I recall a rumor saying that the reason widescreen became such a thing was because the lcd screens were cheaper to make for whatever reason. Seems CAPITALISM enough to me.

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>>9642298
>>9642298

>> No.9643715

>>9643686
To clarify, I mean the 16:9 lcd screens were cheaper to make than the 4:3 lcds therefor there was a push for major media makers to switch. Allegedly.

>> No.9643772

Widescreen obviously.

>> No.9643803

>>9643686
They are. It has to do with how the glass is cut and the defect rates.

>> No.9643812

depends on whether or not the material was made before or during the widescreen age.

>> No.9643888

4:3.

Widescreen is ok, but with a window manager that can tile windows into left part and right part. At least for reading or typing. There's a limit on how wide a normal human eye can focus on.

>> No.9643908

16:10 makes my coding life a lot easier.

>> No.9644023

Square picture stretched to widescreen. This is how i roll.

>> No.9644760

>>9643908
How does that even make sense?

>> No.9644768

>>9644760
Rotate the monitor.

>> No.9644783

4:3

Widescreen is good for scenic shots, but too wide for reading.

>> No.9645024

>>9644783
I'll have to admit that both of the widescreen NVL VNs I've played worked really well and were surprisingly readable.
(Mahoutsukai and Phenomeno)

>> No.9645038

Condense your shit to the VN thread.

>> No.9645142

>>9645038
Condense your shit to the Touhou thread. VNs are one of the main board subjects, live with it.

>> No.9646430

>>9643297
That's so true. It kind of made me wonder if I was truly enjoying the game I was playing and when I tried it again upright I had no trouble staying awake.

I tend to let my mind drift when playing on Auto, too. I definitely read less actively. It's kinda nice to sit back and let the game turn the pages for you, but if I can't remember what I just read then it sorta defeats the purpose.

>> No.9646473

>>9641927
>go fullscreen
>VNs
madotsuki
Enjoy your jaggies.

>> No.9646516

>>9646473

If the video card does the scaling, it usually looks okay. It's only when you have a shitty engine that forces the use of its terrible scaler. I'm looking at you, RUGP.

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9646532

Vertical DS master race

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