Trying to understand resolutions

[Economizer]

I actually have a 1440x900 screen.

Overlay: 720 x 576 (I think... I set it something around here, the important part is to get an aspect ratio close to 16:9.)
Background 1440x900

This will have the window take up about less then half of the screen while retaining the old macro look. You can also maximize it now without it looking like the rear end of a Galka who had a run in with a Rusty Tail Cutter.

Go to the config once you've started up and change the aspect ratio to match that over your new setup. It might not be perfect, but this setup worked for me.

The key thing behind all this is mainly to have your background resolution be larger then your overlay... it simply makes things look better.

[erevan]

All this information is quite confusing. For those of us who aren't registry competant, is there any way to just "fix" the macro line without dealing with the registry issues? Both my wife and I play, and we have the same complaint, the macros look as if we do have to read across rather than just glance at them.

[Economizer]

All this information is quite confusing. For those of us who aren't registry competant, is there any way to just "fix" the macro line without dealing with the registry issues? Both my wife and I play, and we have the same complaint, the macros look as if we do have to read across rather than just glance at them.

Just use the config tool, set your background resolution as the resolution your window will normally be sized at, and the overlay resolution at a size lower then 1000 wide that matches the aspect ratio of what it will normally be sized at. Leave your menu at the default setting of "---" or whatever it says. This is basically what I suggested in my previous comment.

Personally, I have it sized lower then 1000 for reasons other then the macro changes, but it makes the old macro style appear.