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Game Information

By: Sierra, Auran
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action
Release Date: October 24, 1997
Players: 1-16
Version: Retail v1.0

The game is a budget, download and retail, Xbox 360 and PC Action game. It has a single player 10 mission campaign, multiplayer combat in 3 modes and Instant Action which is a offline bot match.

Widescreen Support

Method

This game has native support for widescreen, except for 1280x768. Though an .ini edit, the game allows independent setting of physical screen ratio and screen resolution. The display options are easily set from the main menu. The in game settings are adequate but still limited. The configuration file may be edited to create custom modes in fullscreen or windows.

The widescreen view is Hor+ with fixed vertical Field Of View and variable horizontal FOV while maintaining correct aspect ratio.

To manually change the display settings or create custom modes, the configuration file can be found in:

MyDocuments\MyGames\Battlestar Galactica\cvarsArchive.gm

The following variables may be configured to set almost any fullscreen or windowed display mode:

cvar.displayPhysicalScreenRatio = 1.33333;
cvar.fullscreenSizeX = 1024;
cvar.fullscreenSizeY = 768;

For windowed mode these variables:
cvar.windowPosX = 50;
cvar.windowPosY = 50;
cvar.windowSizeX = 1280;
cvar.windowSizeY = 720;
cvar.displayFullScreenFlag = 0;

Screen change

Hor+

1024x768

1680x1050

Surround Gaming support

Method

Available through custom res/aspect solution above.

Known Issues

None.

Condensed detailed report

WSGF links

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14086

External links

http://www.battlestargalacticagame.com/