I have a new monitor, and the characters in "Morrowind" are now fat..

[TygrBright]

...that is, they are all stretched out.

I've tried downloading and running stuff like the FPS, the graphics extender, and the resolution tweaker, but I have an ominous feeling that they were all written pre-Vista because they will not load or run properly on my Vista 64-bit system.

Anyone got any ideas on what to do to get the aspect ratio back to where it should be? I can live with fat characters and funny-looking buildings but it would be nice to lose the distortion.

The monitor is a 1920 x 1080, 50-60 Hz Dell, with Morrowing GOTY edition running on the above noted Vista OS.

hopefully,
Bright

[canetoad]

1. Do you have a button

on your monitor, or a setting that lets you change to 4:3 ratio?

[TygrBright]

3. No, the "Display Settings" menu on the monitor doesn't include aspect ratio.

Just horizontal and vertical position, sharpness, pixel clock, and phase.

And the control panel adjustments include 1920 x 1080 (which I enabled,) but no aspect ratio adjustment.

Thanks for the suggestion, though!

gratefully,
Bright

[canetoad]

7. This might work

I have used this in the past, it may be what you are looking for.

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Miscellaneous/Res-O-Matic.shtml

Res-O-Matic is a small, no install program that allows you to nominate the resolution at which you wish to run various programs. You configure the program .exe file and link it to a preferred resolution. It then creates a shortcut for that configuration. If you ran Morrowind at say 1280x1024 it might slim down the fat characters.

I've never tried Morrowind, is it an oldish game? I play Thief 2 (2001) constantly and have the same problem with fat taffers. Luckily the 3:4 button on my monitor is a quick fix.

[Jazzgirl]

2. Did you install the driver for your monitor?

I know Windows generic monitor driver should work but I usually install the driver for the OS and monitor. Make sure the monitor is set to run at it's native resolution. What monitor do you have?

[TygrBright]

4. Well, I ran the DVD that came with it.

But all it seemed to have on it was links to the online documentation files.

When I tried to update the drivers, Vista told me it already has the "optimal driver for my equipment."

Sigh.

I guess I'll have to get used to fat Vvardenfellows.

Thanks so much for the suggestions!

appreciatively,
Bright

[Why Syzygy]

5. I play Morrowind!

Elder Scrolls :thumbsup:

Check to see if Bethesda has an update or patch and/or poke around their forum.

[charlie]

6. If you have an nVidia chipset/card

you might want to check if you're using a VGA connection instead of DVI. Apparently, the driver's control panel options will change accordingly. Also, there are some issues with monitor detection in recent driver releases:

http://74.125.93.104/search?q=cache:i2P5ZnExLOsJ:www.hardforum.com/showthread.php%3Fp%3D1032897461+nvidia+ati+%22control+panel%22+%22flat+screen%22+aspect&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us">Link (Sorry, it's a Google cache page, the site is currently down)

Here's a guy whose aspect troubles were fixed by switching cables:

http://en.community.dell.com/forums/t/19260378.aspx?c=us&l=en&cs=&s=gen