Feature Request: 5:4 aspect ratio support

[Frost]

[...] It's kinda funny how people always say "buy new" as a solution to problems, instead of actually coming with suggestions on how to fix it with currently available hardware.

He's not asking for "suggestions on how to fix it with currently available hardware".

He is proposing legacy support for a dead or dying standard. It would be akin to asking NetFlix to carry all their titles in VHS... Sure, it never hurts to ask.

But why is it "funny"? Sometimes that advice is warranted. Particularly when it comes to tech.
Do you use Black & White TVs? Green-Screen monitors? Cassette tapes? A rotary phone?
Technology gets better, and cheaper.

It's less than 100 bucks to solve his problem, and that solution would benefit him in ways other than FFXI. I just offered an option that was cost effective for all parties, and mutually beneficial.

[NightDagger]

He's not asking for "suggestions on how to fix it with currently available hardware".

He is proposing legacy support for a dead or dying standard. It would be akin to asking NetFlix to carry all their titles in VHS... Sure, it never hurts to ask.

But why is it "funny"? Sometimes that advice is warranted. Particularly when it comes to tech.
Do you use Black & White TVs? Green-Screen monitors? Cassette tapes? A rotary phone?
Technology gets better, and cheaper.

It's less than 100 bucks to solve his problem, and that solution would benefit him in ways other than FFXI. I just offered an option that was cost effective for all parties, and mutually beneficial.

I am sure if he could buy a new monitor he would. Telling someone to no be cheap and go buy something is just wrong. No different then everyone telling people with PS2's to go buy a 360 or play on PC. That is not a solution to anything.

5:4 is no a bad idea, but 4:3 should work just as well. I am sure a lot of people are playing with older rigs & have never thought to ask if SE will support there hardware.

Good question & I hope you get a response.

[Mirage]

He's not asking for "suggestions on how to fix it with currently available hardware".

He is proposing legacy support for a dead or dying standard. It would be akin to asking NetFlix to carry all their titles in VHS... Sure, it never hurts to ask.

But why is it "funny"? Sometimes that advice is warranted. Particularly when it comes to tech.
Do you use Black & White TVs? Green-Screen monitors? Cassette tapes? A rotary phone?
Technology gets better, and cheaper.

It's less than 100 bucks to solve his problem, and that solution would benefit him in ways other than FFXI. I just offered an option that was cost effective for all parties, and mutually beneficial.

That's a pretty poor analogy. The amount of work required for netflix to offer VHS copies of every movie they've got is no where near the amount of work that would be required to add a 5:4 display option. Also, the old 19" monitor i bought in 2005 had a better image quality than most of the cheap-ass 22"-24" monitors these days (and if you're gonna pay 100 bucks like you suggested, cheap-ass is exactly what you'll get). I was really sad when the backlight on it died a few months ago .

Besides, he also asked if it would be a huge challenge for the dev team to do it. If it is, i'm sure he would understand why they didn't add it. I would, at least. If it however would take one coder half an hour to do it, I don't see why not .

A second option could of course be to find a workaround for it that didn't require SEs involvement. I don't know of one, but maybe someone else in here does.


Oh, 4:3 on a 5:4 displays annoys the hell out of me too. Not as much as 4:3 on widescreen, but it's still there. Maybe some people don't notice, but I do.