As far as I can tell, It only affects games that cant go into wide-screen, which is good. As I'm typing this, Firefox has a reasonable amount of screen around it, skype is still in its corner and windowed games still come up in windows. So is it only the game that undergoes scaling, or the whole screen for all applications?I would need to check this but I believe that only 'major' applications are affected by this setting. The game is being made with Steamworks in. But because the settings affect the screen, it constricts the game to the area and so hence all of your hardware like the mouse, is constricted to the area. Age of Empires 4 has been a long time in the making, but its finally ready to be unveiled. Age of Empires 2 HD Edition is set to launch on April 9 through Steam and includes both the Age of Kings original campaigns and the Conquerers expansion. For example, if I edited the executable (which is illegal) and got AoE to run in windowed mode, the mouse would still have free roam of the screen which would make side-scrolling a problem. Would there be issues with side-scrolling with the mouse too.Because the settings affect the screen and not the game, all the changes that take place will affect the other hardware as well.

Some people might have know this while others might not.īut I do think that this is the best (and most legal) solution for aspect/wide-screen problems. Note: 'Maintain aspect ratio' will still blow AoE up to full screen but will not take it out of proportion like making it wide-screen, when it defiantly shouldn't be.

With CCC you have 3 options under 'Enable GPU scaling' they are:īasically either 'Maintain aspect ratio' or 'Use centred timings' will force the AoE application not to blow up to full screen but instead they will make AoE the resolution it was intended to be 12 years ago. This tells the computer how it wants to display the application/program on the monitor (screen). However, such releases are missing the Red Book audio. It contains: Age of Empires Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings Age of Empires II: The Conquerors In later DVD-ROM releases, it includes the latest patches and is DRM-free for all titles. n VIDIA video cards would also have a similar program where the settings can be accessed.īasically, under the screen preferences there is a setting/option to 'enable GPU scaling'. Age of Empires: Collector's Edition was first released in 2000.

I have an ATI video card so hence I use the associated ATI software which is known as ' Catalyst Control Centre' ( CCC). YAY!!!! I found a solution that allows AoE to not take up the entire screen!!! Which is good because now it isn't stretched over my entire screen.Ī friend told me the solution a while back but I only recently remembered.

Age of empires 2 change resolution