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Posted June 16, 2018
Hey guys,

I actually have this issue on a lot of old GOG games running in DOSBox.

If I run the game in any output, and have "Keep Aspect Ratio" unticked in the Graphic Mode setup, then the game is stretched resolution, but with a big black bar down the bottom of the screen.

If I tick the "Keep Aspect Ratio" box, then the game fills the screen fully as I want, however it is stretched to my widescreen aspect ratio (16:9).

My desired outcome is to have the game running in the original resolution at 4:3 aspect ratio (as close as possible to an original experience).

Thannks for your help!
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Posted June 16, 2018
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Fat_Barry: Hey guys,

I actually have this issue on a lot of old GOG games running in DOSBox.

If I run the game in any output, and have "Keep Aspect Ratio" unticked in the Graphic Mode setup, then the game is stretched resolution, but with a big black bar down the bottom of the screen.

If I tick the "Keep Aspect Ratio" box, then the game fills the screen fully as I want, however it is stretched to my widescreen aspect ratio (16:9).

My desired outcome is to have the game running in the original resolution at 4:3 aspect ratio (as close as possible to an original experience).

Thannks for your help!
I advice to do this with a fresh install since the GOG graphic setup mode messes up the dosbox cfg files:
You have to set the fullscreen resolution the same as you desktop and aspect=true, scaler=none, there should be in the first two or three groups of options in the dosbox cfg file for each game.
I also suggest to use output=openglnb but results may vary.
Posted June 17, 2018
After a bit of playing around and searching the forums, I found the solution that works for me is:

Open the relevant *.conf file in the game directory (dosboxDescent.conf in this case).

Set the following:

fullresolution=desktop
aspect=true

I've found the output that is smoothest for me is DDraw, but the above two options are ultimately what fixed it for me. This has fixed the same issue on multiple DOSBox games, such as Dark Forces, Ultima series, TIE Fighter, etc.
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