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Most monitors sold today are widescreen; if you launch an old game, like Heroes 4, on such a "long" screen without prior configuration, the image will be heavily stretched horizontally.
Of course, you can set the game to windowed mode, but the resulting window size is too small and cannot be changed—so if you want a larger window, you're out of luck)
The method that allows playing Heroes in a "non-stretched" view is related to graphics card settings. In my case, it's nVidea; I don't know how things stand with the settings of other manufacturers' cards.
Open "Control Panel\Hardware and Sound".
Click on "NVIDIA Control Panel".
A window opens (see screenshot).
Select the item "Adjust desktop size and position".
In "Perform scaling on:", set the mysterious letters "GPU" instead of "Display". Check the box for "Override the scaling mode". Select the resolution 1024x768. On the image, which was initially filled with gray "checkers", black "bars" appear—meaning we are compressing the visible game field in width to normal dimensions.
Play on, forgetting that you have a widescreen monitor)
Of course, you can set the game to windowed mode, but the resulting window size is too small and cannot be changed—so if you want a larger window, you're out of luck)
The method that allows playing Heroes in a "non-stretched" view is related to graphics card settings. In my case, it's nVidea; I don't know how things stand with the settings of other manufacturers' cards.
Open "Control Panel\Hardware and Sound".
Click on "NVIDIA Control Panel".
A window opens (see screenshot).
Select the item "Adjust desktop size and position".
In "Perform scaling on:", set the mysterious letters "GPU" instead of "Display". Check the box for "Override the scaling mode". Select the resolution 1024x768. On the image, which was initially filled with gray "checkers", black "bars" appear—meaning we are compressing the visible game field in width to normal dimensions.
Play on, forgetting that you have a widescreen monitor)
