Help a nube with GZDoom?

[Zilch]

So during lockdown I started enjoying Doom via LZDoom 3.85, which worked pretty well for my old HP 4530s.  This laptop had a 2nd gen i3, so no opengl support, only software.

 

However, I recently got a nice upgrade, and as such I have decided to upgrade my Doom experience, to GZDoom 4.6.0.  I managed to set up all the controls.  But the one issue that bugs me is now it crops all the menu artwork for my 16x9 1440p monitor.  Here's a screenshot of before, and after...

 

[Biodegradable]

modern GZDoom has widescreen support for the menu now. It hasn't been cropped, but extended.

Edited May 30, 2021 by Biodegradable

[Zilch]

Intel NUC BXNUC10i7FNH, 16GB Corsair RAM dual channel DDR4-2666, WD Black SN850 1TB, Seagate BarraCuda 2TB 2.5", Logitech G231 Keyboard, Logitech G102 Mouse, Dell P2421D 24" 1440P Monitor

 

About a year's worth of savings.  It still has the iGPU, albeit a tiny bit better.

[Gez]

17 minutes ago, Zilch said:

But the one issue that bugs me is now it crops all the menu artwork for my 16x9 1440p monitor.

It does the opposite of cropping: it extends. Look better at your before and after, and notice how no part of the "before" is missing from the "after".

 

This is thanks to the work of Nash:

 

If you really want to go back to the 4:3 art, then uncheck the "widescreen" box in the startup window.

[Zilch]

5 minutes ago, Gez said:

It does the opposite of cropping: it extends. Look better at your before and after, and notice how no part of the "before" is missing from the "after".

 

This is thanks to the work of Nash:

 

If you really want to go back to the 4:3 art, then uncheck the "widescreen" box in the startup window.

 

 

Ah, thanks!

 

Feeling a bit stupid now that you pointed it out😂

[Zilch]

Upon further experimentation I also discovered that some cheats doesn't work (iddt, idclip, etc)... wonder why.

 

Even with the upgrade from 2nd gen to 10th gen, the performance isn't that great.  Although I do get to use OpenGL which is nice.

 

One thing I do like about GZDoom is the ability to render at 720p and upscale that to 1440p.  I disabled any filtering, so it's nice 'n sharp.

[DaAndroid614]

48 minutes ago, Zilch said:

Upon further experimentation I also discovered that some cheats doesn't work (iddt, idclip, etc)... wonder why.

they work fine for me, maybe try checking the box for "enable cheats from all games" under the miscellaneous options menu could fix it? i have it off so i don't think that would be the solution, but it's worth a try i suppose
you could also type "noclip" into the console for idclip, but i don't know of a console command that would replicate iddt

[Gez]

38 minutes ago, DaAndroid614 said:

i don't know of a console command that would replicate iddt 

am_cheat x, where x is 0 (off), 1 (show all lines), or 2 (also show things).