Xbox keeps switching the resolution from 1080 to 720

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Submitted by BredaCity | #Specialdealer Special Offer Online Shopping Store 2016

[HowTo] Stream Cemu to your phone with Steam Link and how to get it fullscreen

This tutorial covers 2 different points:

• Stream Cemu through Steam to your phone.
• Get the game to run full screen, when your phone does not have a 16:9 screen ratio like your computer.

For some people, Steam is not the preferred way to stream games on the go. The fourth step of this turorial, for the screen ratio, should work with any other streaming app, like Parsec for exemple.

Step 1 : Install Steam Link on your phone and pair your computer

• Install the Steam Link app from the store on your phone. I only tested it on Android, but it should be about the same with iOS.
• Start the app, choose the touch controls for now. The app will then scan for computers running steam on your network, click on yours once it shows up. A 4-digits pin will appear on screen, and a windows will pop-up on your computer in steam. Tap the pin on your PC, and then Steam Link on your phone will launch a network speed test. Once it's done, your phone and computer are paired.
• Go to the Settings with the Gear Icon. In "Controller", you can disable touch to remove Steam icons when streaming. In "Streaming", go to "More..." and change "Launch Mode" to "Big Picture". When doing that, Steam won't automatically filter games for Steam Link optimized ones everytime you launch it, which prevents you from seeing Cemu games.

Step 2 : Add your Cemu games to Steam

You'll have to add one game at the time to steam, but you'll then be able to add custom banners and icons for each game.

• In your steam library, bottom left of the screen, Click "ADD A GAME" and then "Add a non-steam game".
• In the new window, click "Browse..." and go find the Cemu.exe executable in the emulator folder, and then click "Open". Click on "Add selected programs".
• In your game list, you'll now see Cemu. Right-click on it, and then choose "Properties".
• Click on "Set launch options...". You'll want to enter this: -f -g "Path/to/your/game/rpx/file"
• In my case, it goes: -f -g "D:\Emulation\WiiU\Jeux\Mario Kart 8\code\Turbo.rpx"
• You can then click okay, you can now launch the game by clicking "Play in steam".

Step 3 : Connect a controller, and then configure it in Cemu

Depending if you are using the same controller when playing straight on the PC or remotely, you might not need to re-configure it through Steam Link.

I tested an Sn30pro+, an xbox one controller and a dualshock 4, all worked great!

• Connect the controller to your phone via bluetooth.
• Launch the Steam Link app, you should see that your paired controller is detected.
• Click on "Start playing", that will open Big Picture on your computer, and you should be able to control it with your controller, go back to the main menu.
• Click on the power icon top right, and choose "Minimize big picture".
• Go open Cemu, and configure your controller as usual. It will now be configured via Steam Link, and will also take any button mapping you could have changed through Big Picture.

Step 4 : Change the screen ratio when streaming Cemu games

Now comes the tricky part. If you already launched a game, you'll see that it keeps a 16:9 screen ratio, that of course, if your phone is not already 16:9. I own a Oneplus 7 Pro, so my screen is 19.5:9, that gives me BIG pillarbox that I hate.

The first step of this trick, is to add the desired screen resolution to the supported list on your computer, I use an nvidia card, but it's fairly easy to do with AMD cards to.

• Go to the Nvidia control panel, and add a custom resolution:

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For the resolution, you'll want the resolution of your phone screen, or a smaller one of the same ratio. (Ex: My screen is 3120x1440, but I only want to run Cemu games in HD, so I chose 2340x1080.)

• Once it's done, click on "Test". That will test the resolution, you'll then have to click "OK". It will then come back to normal, and the resolution will be added to the list. Click "OK" and close the control panel.

Now that it's done, the second step is to download a small software Called Res-O-Matic. That software allows us to create .Ink shortcuts that, when launching programs, will change the screen resolution to the desired one, and then bring it back to the regular one once we close it.

• Download Res-O-Matic (Easy to find on google) and save it somewhere safe, our shortcut will use it everytime to trigger the resolution.
• Launch the software, and go find cemu.exe.
• Choose your resolution at the bottom, the one we just created, and then click "Open".
• You now have to choose where to save the .Ink shortcut. I decided to save it in my Cemu folder.
• Go back to Steam, and open again the properties of Cemu in the library. Click "Change..." at the bottom, select "All Files" at the bottom, and then choose the .Ink file you just created. Before closing the Properties window, you can also rename "Cemu" for the name of your game.

We did not added the .Ink the first time because you can only add an EXE file to steam at first. You can than change the target afterward.

If you now launch the game, it should launch at the desired resolution. If you go back to the desktop without closing the game, you should see that your screen is kinda compressed. That's because your computer is trying to fit a resolution into your screen that is wider than what it supports. The good thing is, since your phone supports it, the resolution will be perfectly fine on it. When closing the game, your computer should come back to it's default resolution.

Step 5 : Change Cemu resolution to fit your phone

Now that Cemu runs fullscreen, you might have noticed that the game is stretched. To fix that, we will add our phone resolution to the graphic pack of our game.

• You'll need to go to: "C:\CemuInstallationFolder\graphicPacks\downloadedGraphicPacks" And find the "_Resolution" folder for your game. In that folder, open the rules.txt file. (Of course, the Graphic Packs should already have been downloaded)

You should see a lot of [Preset] sections depending on the game. Add one and change the informations for your resolution. For exemple, for Breath of the Wild, I added:

[Preset] name = 2340x1080 (19:9) $width = 2340 $height = 1080 $gameWidth = 1280 $gameHeight = 720 $heightfix = 0 

The name can be what you want. $gameWidth and $gameHeight are the Game native resolution, do not change those.

• Save the file, go to the Graphic Packs settings in Cemu and choose that resolution.

That does not cover textures adjustement and everything esle, I'm less sure about that, if someone is used to it, I'd be glad to hear more.

Step 6 : Customize your games look in Steam

When a game is selected in your steam library, you can right-click on the empty black banner and choose a custom background and logo. Same thing when it Collection view, you can choose a custom image. You can also choose a custom icon when in the game properties, that will be the image shown in Big Picture.

You can find a ton of those assets on SteamGridDB:

https://www.steamgriddb.com/

I suggest you save all those pictures somewhere, because they won't appear in Steam if you delete them.

That should be about it. If you have any questions, go ahead, I'll try to helo my best!

Submitted by Remy4409 | #Specialdealer Special Offer Online Shopping Store 2016

Does using the official controller improve speed?

Decided to give Stadia a go to the with the current sale on Jedi Fallen Order. Having a blast even on my shitty student housing Wi-fi, but it does have its not-infrequent laggy moments.

I read online that using an official controller is more responsive bc it connects directly to the Wi-fi, so was wondering if anyone had any personal experience of the difference in speed using the official controller compared to a Bluetooth controller (I’m currently using an Xbox one controller)?

Also, if anyone has any other tips to reduce lag they would be greatly appreciated. I’ve turned the resolution down to 720 (resolution really doesn’t bother me) and my internet has a ~48mbps download speed according to the google test. I don’t have an Ethernet port on my laptop and the router is in an awkward place anyway, so can’t really use a wired connection. Thanks :)

Submitted by dropitlikerobocop | #Specialdealer Special Offer Online Shopping Store 2016

Terrifying corpses

I just fired up KOTOR 2 on my Xbox One X last night for the first time ever. Back when I used to play on the original xbox on a 720 resolution TV, the bodies in the Peragus mining facility were just bodies laying around. With newer hardware it's pretty gruesome, they're kinda frightening.

What have y'all noticed on higher resolution upscaling tech?

Submitted by M1ndS0uP | #Specialdealer Special Offer Online Shopping Store 2016

Opinions

Ok so first post here. I lucked out and purchased an Xbox Series S from Best Buy online. It’s confirmed and I have it. This happened on Saturday morning. They were doing a drop every 5 minutes or so and I snagged one for my son thinking I would never score a Series S. After I paid for it and got my order confirmation I thought what the hell I’ll try for the Series X also. So after a couple minutes the Series X became available and so I clicked add to cart and low and behold it let me purchase it. So now I have both consoles.

Info about my son. He’s 12 years old and loves to play. He’s a great student and works hard. He did not ask for a new console but had admitted that “it would be pretty cool to have a next gen console but he understands that they are expensive”. This was the main reason I wanted to be able to purchase one for him. As far as gaming he loves play COD, Forza, and stuff like that. He does play on Live. His current and only unit he has had is the Xbox One from 2013. Current TV is an older non smart TV Samsung that is not 4K. That could change though as his mother has two 4K Samsung’s in her house and he could end up playing on one of them. He does have some games that that are still on discs but I have the digital only One S at my house that he plays on when he’s with me and the non disc drive doesn’t seem to be an issue.

So my thoughts are to give him either the new X or S and sell the other ( not at the scalping prices ). Or keep both and maybe replace my One S with the Series S and then sell my One S for whatever they are selling for. I don’t think that option makes a ton of sense considering I’m only a casual gamer and my TV is an old 720p Vizio and I don’t think that I would see the advantage of a next gen console anyway. As long as Halo Infinite is available on the One S I am happy.

So what’s the opinion here?

Boiled down

Give my son the Series X and sell the Series S Or Give my son the Series S and sell the Series X Or Give my son the Series X and I keep the Series S to replace my year old One S (even though I’m not but a casual gamer on an old 720 Vizio)

Submitted by CobraDojo | #Specialdealer Special Offer Online Shopping Store 2016

Why does 1080p resolution look better than 720p on my 720p tv?

Tried researching this on my own to no avail. I have a SHARP TV from like 2017-2018. It's a 32'' inch 720p display. I remember reading this on the box and double checking it on Best Buy's website as well also confirming it. Later I also pulled the manufacturing code and it also confirmed that it is 720p as well. The thing is when I plug my computer up to it through HDMI I can see that 1080p resolution looks sharper. The same thing goes for my Nintendo Switch and my Xbox One S when I switch their resolutions between 720-1080p, 1080p looks sharper.

Why does it do this? Shouldn't 1080p look just the same as 720p since it is on a display that is only 720p? Is it possible that it's actually a 1080p tv and SHARP and Best Buy messed up the information/specs?

Submitted by TheBlazingPhoenix1 | #Specialdealer Special Offer Online Shopping Store 2016

Xbox SX not outputting 1440p?

I bought a new 1440p 170hz monitor mainly for my pc, but for the sx as well. When I plug it into the Xbox though it only gives me the option of 4K, 1080 and 720. It gives me the option of 120hz at 1080p but doesn’t even show 1440p as an option even at 60hz? The hdmi monitor ports are both 2.0 so I should be able to play 1440p at 120hz. Is there something I’m missing here?

Submitted by ProfesserFlexX | #Specialdealer Special Offer Online Shopping Store 2016