radio5 Posted May 27, 2019 Posted May 27, 2019 (edited) Hey, guys. Not sure if this has always been the case, and I just never noticed, but recently I've seen a couple of things in BigBox (default theme) that aren't aligned properly. In these photos, you can see how the box art images for "favorites" and "recents" is cut off at the bottom. This is the case, regardless of platform. I've also listed a few other instances below. If I had to guess, I'd say it's some kind of scaling issue. I poked around in the settings, but didn't see anything that would help. I tried refreshing all images, but that didn't fix it. Any ideas what could be going on, or is this just the way it is? I should mention that BigBox is being displayed on a 4k TV. Thanks Edited May 27, 2019 by radio5 clarification and to add more information Quote
radio5 Posted May 27, 2019 Author Posted May 27, 2019 In addition to this, I also noticed that the game descriptions are cut off on the right-hand side. Quote
radio5 Posted May 27, 2019 Author Posted May 27, 2019 In this photo, I'm using the search function in BigBox. You'll notice the characters are not aligned with the buttons of the onscreen keyboard and the word "mario" is displayed too low to be legible. Quote
Retro808 Posted May 27, 2019 Posted May 27, 2019 What is your scaling set to? 1 hour ago, radio5 said: ... If I had to guess, I'd say it's some kind of scaling issue. I poked around in the settings, but didn't see anything that would help. I tried refreshing all images, but that didn't fix it. Any ideas what could be going on, or is this just the way it is? I should mention that BigBox is being displayed on a 4k TV. BigBox will not have any settings to adjust scaling you would have to do this in your pc's display settings. I know we have a bunch of forum members and mods who run 4k without this issue. Quote
radio5 Posted May 27, 2019 Author Posted May 27, 2019 (edited) It's currently set to what Windows recommends, 3840x2160. There's one option higher for 4096x2160. I'll try switching to that real quick and see if it changes anything. So you believe it is a scaling issue, and that the problem is most likely with Windows? Edited May 27, 2019 by radio5 clarification Quote
Retro808 Posted May 27, 2019 Posted May 27, 2019 1 minute ago, radio5 said: So you believe it is a scaling issue, and that the problem is most likely with Windows? That would be my best guess. I have not had my 4K monitor or TV connected to my launchbox setups in a while, but they all displayed correctly the default and many other themes. Change the scaling in your display setting and see. Easy to change back if it doesn't affect it. Quote
radio5 Posted May 27, 2019 Author Posted May 27, 2019 I tried changing the resolution to the full 4096x2160, and it corrected the game summaries/descriptions, but nothing else. Then I went back into Windows' display settings and set my TV as my main display. Everything is displaying properly now, but unfortunately, leaving my TV as the main display is not practical. Oh, well. Thanks for your help. 1 Quote
neil9000 Posted May 27, 2019 Posted May 27, 2019 16 minutes ago, radio5 said: I tried changing the resolution to the full 4096x2160, and it corrected the game summaries/descriptions, but nothing else. Then I went back into Windows' display settings and set my TV as my main display. Everything is displaying properly now, but unfortunately, leaving my TV as the main display is not practical. Oh, well. Thanks for your help. That is clearly a windows scaling issue. Quote
neil9000 Posted May 27, 2019 Posted May 27, 2019 17 minutes ago, radio5 said: I tried changing the resolution to the full 4096x2160, and it corrected the game summaries/descriptions, but nothing else. Then I went back into Windows' display settings and set my TV as my main display. Everything is displaying properly now, but unfortunately, leaving my TV as the main display is not practical. Oh, well. Thanks for your help. 4096x2160 is the maximum that can be provided over a HDMI2.0 cable. and sounds wrong to start with. Quote
radio5 Posted May 27, 2019 Author Posted May 27, 2019 21 minutes ago, neil9000 said: You are probably wanting 3840x2160. Thank you, but if my cable supports it, why would I want 3840 over 4096? Quote
Retro808 Posted May 27, 2019 Posted May 27, 2019 I would try the 3840 and see what it does. Also, did you try adjusting the scaling and not just the resolution? 1 Quote
radio5 Posted May 27, 2019 Author Posted May 27, 2019 That's it! I went ahead and changed my resolution back to 3840 (because of this and it seems to make more sense from a scaling perspective, i.e. 1920 x 2 = 3840). But what really solved the problem was how my TV was being scaled. Windows recommended 300%, but when I lowered it to 250%, all my issues mentioned above went away. Thanks @Retro808 !!! 1 Quote
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