Warcraft in 4k?

[oger-lord]

Hi,
is it possible to run Wc3 in Ultra HD?
I think it could be a nice smoothing for edges and wc3 does not need much graphic performance so it should be possible to run it in 4k.
Any ideas?

 

[BurnInHell]

Wouldn't there be a problem with UI because it doesn't support that large resolution? I think it would be pixelated or grainy or both.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Wouldn't there be a problem with UI because it doesn't support that large resolution? I think it would be pixelated or grainy or both.

The UI scales like it does with all resolutions. The problems could be any of the following.
1. D3D8 might not support it. WC3 was written with an API that is now well over 10 years old.
2. The UI will blur as it is a bitmap that is being filtered.
3. The aspect ratio will be incorrect, like it is with any wide screen resolution.

 

[~Void~]

One question: WHY?

 

[Kala]

Why settle for 4k when you can have 5k?

 

[Dr Super Good]

One question: WHY?

Sharper visuals? If you have the display it certainly looks better than not playing at native resolution.

Why settle for 4k when you can have 5k?

Why settle for 4k when you could have... 4M? *Raises pinky and laughs evilly*

 

[oger-lord]

I am just thinking about the future when everyone will have a 4k display.
At the time wc3 was created no one though that in the future it would be normal to play on HD screens.

 

[Crigges]

I never saw this thread. I got a uhd screen and wc3 runs perfectly under 4k.
Due to the lack of antialasing in wc3 downsampling from 4k looks very pretty aswell. Maybe i will post some screens where you can see the differnce.

 

[Tauer]

I can (kinda) confirm that WC3 supports 4K. I'm currently running it on 4K resolution, although on a regular HD display through the use of DSR. It simulates 4K resolution on lower resolution monitors.
Anyway, I can choose 4K resolution in the game and the game runs perfectly. Looks very good as well since it gets rid of all aliasing as Crigges pointed out.

 

[Dr Super Good]

I can (kinda) confirm that WC3 supports 4K. I'm currently running it on 4K resolution, although on a regular HD display through the use of DSR. It simulates 4K resolution on lower resolution monitors.
Anyway, I can choose 4K resolution in the game and the game runs perfectly. Looks very good as well since it gets rid of all aliasing as Crigges pointed out.

Until you hit the "Print Screen" button and the game crashes.

 

[Tauer]

Until you hit the "Print Screen" button and the game crashes.

Hehe, must admit I didn't know that. I don't usually take that many screenshots.