Spectator screen size

[Hartsblade}12th VR{]

I've been playing around with some screen shots lately and I've noticed something odd about the viewable screen size (resolution?) while in Spectate Mode vs. Player (ingame) Mode.

While in Spectate the game does not scale to my screen size (1280 x 1024), there are black bars at the top and bottom of the screen, but once I join a team ands spawn as a player the screen scales properly and files the screen.

Is this something that can be changed?  It would help when taking screen shots in Spectator and not have to edit the bars out each time.

See screens below.

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[Spooky]

It doesn't "scale", the game simply adds black bars in spectator mode, simply to remind you in a "fancy" way, that you're in spectator mode. But i'd also like to know, if the black bars can be removed.

[CGB [CoffiNail]]

cl_hud 0

[Hartsblade}12th VR{]

cl_hud 0

I wish it were that easy...but the picture above taken is spectator mode was taken using cl_hud 0 

[CGB [CoffiNail]]

odd... i have never noticed this on my shots...


*edit*
Yeah, so mine does...

[KorJax]

When taking good quality screenshots, always do it via the e_screenshot 1 command.

This command uses the engine to generate a screenshot with a custom resolution defined by the user. It is how WAY back when we made the old Panorama shots, and the old interactive 3D interor shot of the Mechhanger back when we first revealed what it looked like.

Don't have the info on how exactly to use it, but google should provide plenty of results. You can get pictures to look extra sexy by setting the resolution of them to be really high then downscaling them in photoshop

[Hartsblade}12th VR{]

When taking good quality screenshots, always do it via the e_screenshot 1 command.

This command uses the engine to generate a screenshot with a custom resolution defined by the user. It is how WAY back when we made the old Panorama shots, and the old interactive 3D interor shot of the Mechhanger back when we first revealed what it looked like.

Don't have the info on how exactly to use it, but google should provide plenty of results. You can get pictures to look extra sexy by setting the resolution of them to be really high then downscaling them in photoshop

Awesome information, thank toy.  I'll player around with setting a button.

[Hartsblade}12th VR{]

When taking good quality screenshots, always do it via the e_screenshot 1 command.

This command uses the engine to generate a screenshot with a custom resolution defined by the user. It is how WAY back when we made the old Panorama shots, and the old interactive 3D interor shot of the Mechhanger back when we first revealed what it looked like.

Don't have the info on how exactly to use it, but google should provide plenty of results. You can get pictures to look extra sexy by setting the resolution of them to be really high then downscaling them in photoshop

Can e_screenshot be used ingame or is this only an editor related setting?

[KorJax]

It should work in game. You need to unlock your console first before doing console commands with "con_restricted 0"

[BlueT]

The real problem is the fov...
we use to be able to change it to 80 etc.
But some dev decided that was some cheat or something..
even though we are down to what 30 players a night maybe?
so those of us with only one screen get a crap view while others with multi get premium view.

and one more thing while I am at it.
Put some more armor on the legs....
serious that is just crap to sit there legged and just wait for someone to come along and then clean you off or BA out in the middle of nowhere...

[~SJ~ Xarg Talasko]

The real problem is the fov...
we use to be able to change it to 80 etc.
But some dev decided that was some cheat or something..

You came to this conclusion how?

even though we are down to what 30 players a night maybe?

I don't see the connection.

so those of us with only one screen get a crap view while others with multi get premium view.

Are you really whining about this? Really?

and one more thing while I am at it.
Put some more armor on the legs....
serious that is just crap to sit there legged and just wait for someone to come along and then clean you off or BA out in the middle of nowhere...

Are you really whining about this again? Really? I already explained to you why legs won't get more armour in the last thread you complained about it in, but you seem to have ignored it, and come here to restate it.

[BlueT]

Oh I am sorry....really.
I must have hurt your feelings somehow?
Xarg?

The screen shots would be at 80 instead of 60 unless I am missing somethere there....
Have you ever tried 80 in game?

You must be a legger to not notice that problem.

and with all the millions of fans playing every night I must be wrong...
What is a Xarg anyway?

[Deathbane]

Legging is going to be in forever, as is people with better hardware and more money getting more display options.

Thats how the world works, im afraid.

FOV was probably capped for numerous reasons - i remember bugs with crysis when in wider aspects, like what was highlighted with BinFishes thread.

[~SJ~ Xarg Talasko]

No you're not.... really.
You amused me somewhat, but also made me facepalm.
BlueT?

Making a mountain out of a molehill?
I run triple monitor.

You must be an idiot making unsubstantiated claims ( <- this claim is not unsubstantiated)

What does fov have to do with people not playing? You're wrong, just not for the reasons you're sarcastically implying.
Why is BlueT so mad?

[Leeko]

BlueT's spacing: weird.
It made me want to write this
(it is a haiku).