Why does the moon change size when you snipe it in GTA?

Re:Why does the moon change size when you snipe it in GTA? by Geee on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @07:22PM (#38372707)

But why it's an ellipse? Surely that should be fixed first, rather than the size.

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Re:Why does the moon change size when you snipe it in GTA? by aap_ on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @07:24PM (#38372725)

Widescreen support in ps2-era gta leaves things to be desired.

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Re:Why does the moon change size when you snipe it in GTA? by iforgotpassword on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @02:31AM (#38376079)

But... I don't remember it like that in SA on the PC at least. Weird. And I'm very sure III even had an option in the graphics settings to enable widescreen support, which was pretty odd. Why not just assume square pixels and figure it out from there...

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Re:Why does the moon change size when you snipe it in GTA? by bowsamic on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @04:13AM (#38376883)

SA on the PC and SA on the PS2 are very different beasts

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Re:Why does the moon change size when you snipe it in GTA? by aap_ on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @06:00AM (#38377643)

The widescreen setting in the menu adjusts 3d rendering (and not even in the best way imaginable), a lot of other things are unaffected by it.

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Re:Why does the moon change size when you snipe it in GTA? by Narishma on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @08:21PM (#38373314)

The video is in the wrong aspect ratio.

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Re:Why does the moon change size when you snipe it in GTA? by agbrrw on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @08:09PM (#38373219)

It was round in 4:3. The game doesn't adapt that well to being played in 16:9

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Re:Why does the moon change size when you snipe it in GTA? by doubled112 on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @08:32PM (#38373414)

I don't think it adapted at all to 16:9. It is just stretched.

Even PS2 games that had the option for widescreen sometimes left out things like menus and the HUD. It was pretty hacky, but I played PS2 on a 4:3 screen for years before I had anything else. Never seemed like a big deal.

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Re:Why does the moon change size when you snipe it in GTA? by extraduder_ire on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @11:56PM (#38374894)

I'm kind of annoyed they didn't standardise options for it on that console. Some games set it in the menu, others had a (bespoke) button combo you had to hold down while you started the game. Having a PAL system, it was interesting how hit or miss switching to 60hz mode was on various TVs, when EA racing games would prompt me about it.

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Re:Why does the moon change size when you snipe it in GTA? by LeoPanthera on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @09:31PM (#38373908)

It stretched the textures, but not the models. The models were the correct aspect ratio even in widescreen.

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Re:Why does the moon change size when you snipe it in GTA? by Geee on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @11:42PM (#38374807)

It seems that the scope is almost round in the video. It's slightly wider than it should be.

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Re:Why does the moon change size when you snipe it in GTA? by LeoPanthera on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @12:17AM (#38375004)

This particular video has been stretched, annoyingly.

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