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ThirteenAG / WidescreenFixesPack

Plugins to make or improve widescreen resolutions support in games, add more features and fix bugs.
https://thirteenag.github.io/wfp
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[GTA SA] Game starts up as a square then goes full resolution #864

Open Tkgaynor opened 4 years ago

Tkgaynor commented 4 years ago

Hello, when i start GTA SA, it starts as a square, then if i skip the intro, it turns into full resolution? what's going on here?

Tkgaynor commented 3 years ago

So there is no way to fix that?

Spladenly commented 8 months ago

I had the same issue, and apparently it's the result of having both WidescreenFix and SilentPatch installed. WidescreenFix somehow interferes with the way SilentPatch disables the EAX/NVIDIA intros. So, setting "SkipIntroSplashes=0" in "SilentPatchSA.ini" fixes the "square, then full screen" issue.

After doing this, the intros stop playing correctly on Windows 10/11 (just how they do in an unmodified version of the retail Grand Theft Auto: SA 1.0 release). There seems to be no fix for this (the compatibility mode recommended online haven't worked for me), so the only solution is to patch the intros out of the "gta_sa.exe" file altogether, using tools available online. After this, the game simply skips to the loading screen right away, with no intros and improper window size issue whatsoever. Well, those intros were annoying anyways.