Resolution Problems with fullscreen across all versions of RPG Maker (2024)

Hey everyone.

I have a problem with RPg makers that seems oddly constient between games from almost every version of RPG Maker. When ever I fullscreen a RPG maker game with F4 or Alt + Enter the resolution forces itself into 640 X 480 (My native resolution being 1360 x 768) but rather than stretching the game window the display remains tiny within the middle of the screen while the rest has a thick black border (Iv attached a picture below as an example)

Any ideas what's causing this and how I can fix it? I'm really not to fussed what resolution I play games at just so long as it actually fills the screen.
Cheers.

bgillisp said:

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Are you talking about this for games you wish to play? If so you may want to hit F1 and see if you have any options to change how it is displayed.

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Yup im only looking to play other peoples games. Tried hitting F1 But no dice none of the options had any effect on the game size. What confuses me is on a previous only very slightly smaller monitor RPG maker games when full screened would force the resolution change and then stretch the play area leaving no black borders. I don't fully understand why on my current setup the games remain in the same window size as before being fullscreened.

F3 had no effect ether i'm afraid but thanks for the suggestion.

That would be a setting then in your video or monitor drivers then if there was nothing in F1 that can help. You'll have to set it to stretch when in full screen. Right now you have it set to not which is why you are getting what you are on this monitor. Or you could try right click on the command to run the game -> properties -> Compatibility -> run in 640 x 480. That might fix it as well, or at least make it better.

However, you may still get black borders if your resolution isn't a multiple of the games set resolution, as some part of it will not fully fit. There's no fix for that short of use a different resolution (and that's true for even AAA games unless they code in an option to force your monitor to a resolution for the game, then switch it back when you exit).

This is a function of your display card / graphics driver, and is not controlled by the game or the developer. It explains why it happens to ALL RPG Maker games.

The solution is in right-clicking on the desktop and looking at your graphics settings - what version of windows you are running and the graphics card will determine where you go next. You're looking for a setting that will allow you to change what happens in full screen mode - whether it maintains the aspect ratio (leaving black borders), stretches, or does what you're seeing.

Ahhh I see. Thank you guys I enabled GPU upscaling via my graphics cards control center and now the game upscales as much as it can on my screen.

Cheers everyone for the help and this is pretty much done & dusted now.