==Game Information==



Fallout 3


Fallout 3 was developed by Bethesda Game Studios.


I don't want to set the world on fire.


Fallout 3 gets another lease on life under the ground in Washington DC.



==Version==



Retail 1.0 US version.



==Method==



Native support for 1280x720, 1280x800, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1080, and 1920x1200.


For 1280x768 go to "Documents and Settings\*User Name*\My Documents\My Games\Fallout3" and open "FalloutPrefs.ini" with a text editor.


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iSize W=****
iSize H=****



Change "****" to your desired widescreen resolution.


To change the Vert - overlays go to "Documents and Settings\*User Name*\My Documents\My Games\Fallout3" and open "FALLOUT.INI" with a text editor. The game needs to be run once for this file to appear.


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fDefaultFOV=75.0000



You will need to change this fov value based on your aspect ratio. These values use the 5:4 aspect ratio as a baseline fov.



4:3 - 79.9000
16:9 - 105.3000
15:9 - 99.0000
16:10 - 95.2000



Please note that this game has some unexpected behavior when selecting resolutions. Picking a wider aspect ratio then that of your desktop will result in anamorphic behavior.



1280x720 with a 1280x768 desktop.




==Screen change==



The game is Hor + in widescreen resolutions.



4:3




16:9




16:10




==Supported resolutions==



List of widescreen resolutions the game successfully ran at:


1280x720, 1280x768, 1280x800, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1080, 1920x1200.



List of widescreen resolutions that were not tested:


None.



==Singleplayer anomalies==



The character portrait is misaligned when changing the fDefaultFOV value.



5:4




4:3




16:9




15:9




16:10




==Multiplayer support==



There is no multiplayer in this game.



==Aspect ratio support==



4:3, 16:9, 15:9, and 16:10 are supported.



4:3




16:9




15:9




16:10




==HUD stretch==



The HUD and all two-dimensional objects do not stretch in widescreen resolutions.



4:3




16:9




16:10




4:3




16:9




16:10




4:3




16:9




16:10




Two-dimensional screens are Hor + in widescreen resolutions.



4:3




16:9




16:10




Overlays are Hor + in widescreen resolutions.



4:3




16:9




16:10




==Cut-scenes==



Rendered cut-scenes are Hor + in widescreen resolutions.



4:3




16:9




16:10




Pre-rendered cut-scenes are anamorphic.



4:3




16:9




16:10




==Grading==



B



Major unresolved issues:


None.



Minor unresolved issues:


None.



Summary of widescreen-related flaws:


Character portrait is misaligned.



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Rendered cut-scenes - View has some random placement but the pics are close enough to see the horizontal change.


There are some listed resolutions that are always anamorphic on my system but it is my belief that you should be able to get any display-native resolution fullscreen.

This is 1600x1000. The game bumps it up to 1600x1200 for my display and letterboxes. What happens when your display does not support a resolution higher than 1600x1000? My guess is fullscreen but if someone would confirm that would be great.



I also believe that this is a letterboxed 16:10 image.

Thanks Tanuki, i love it when games that you can get lost in forever and ever and ever have perfect widescreen support. Awesome. Look forward to playing this in a few weeks when uni's over.

Edit: argh! slight faults in minigames.... posted ^^ too soon to be true.

Maybe usefull if someone is looking for TH2G information

Can you check this info out, and see if it fixes the vert - problem? And if it does, we should make this fix part of our "official" solution, in which case, could you update the DR accordingly?

I love that it has options to play in any aspect ratio you want, regardless of your monitor. I can't seem to make up my mind between 1680x1050 with the sides cut off, or 16:9 letterbox... I keep switching between them when I play it, but I'm leaning towards letterbox as that was the original intended view.

I have tested this and every other view seems to be unchanged with the exception of the one listed flaw.

I used 5:4 as the baseline because that was the only aspect ratio that did not crop the character creation portrait.







Hopefully these issues are addressed in a game update.

By that, do you mean
A: The character portrait is the only screen that would normally be vert -, but increasing the FOV fixes that at the cost of making it misaligned
B: There are multiple screens that would normally be vert -, and increasing the FOV fixes only the character portrait screen at the cost of making it misaligned
C: There are multiple screens that would normally be vert -, and increasing the FOV fixes all of them, but at the cost of making the character portrait screen misaligned
D: Something else

Sounds good to me.

-Character Creation Screen
-Special Book
-Lockpicking
-Computer Terminals

The last two are present throughout the game. The overlay pics in the HUD section are Vert - without the fov changes.

Then the grade is B. The .ini solution and the character misalignment screen are blemishes.

The game was designed for 16:9, so the incorrect menus in 4:3 would be Vert+.

Vert- compared to 4:3
Vert+ compared to 16:9 what ever all that matter is that its not done the correct way.

Of course the end result is that it's not done correctly.

My case in pointing it out is that if you use 4:3 as a default, then you are implying that 16:9 is wrong, when it's actually the correct one.

So, yes, the game must still be fixed, but if a third-party fixes it, they should fix it so 4:3 behaves like the 16:9 version, not the other way around.

I used 5:4. Please look at the posts and pics I made explaining why.

Bethesda Game Studios has shown here and in the past that they do not change the vertical fov. I believe that this was an oversight on their part.

I assumed 5:4 because it makes more sense to create graphics that will be seen. Which would not happen if I used the 16:9 as the baseline.

I do not care which one is correct, I was using what seemed the most logical choice.

Hopefully Bethesda will answer this for us.

Well, you have to consider that when they are creating these objects, they are not looking at them in the game specifically. They are looking at them in a modeler or editor and applying textures as necessary. Once they get the asset into the game, they position it and adjust it from there.