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Troubleshooting / Is FF7 Supposed To Look Squished/Stretched Ingame
« on: 2016-04-03 03:57:13 »
So I was reading this http://thelifestream.net/ffvii-the-original/ffvii-version-guide/pal-versions/ which mentions the resolution of FF7 and how it has black borders.
The writer mentions the usage of the "psx emulator". On most emulators , the NTSC version of Final Fantasy VII displays an aspect ratio of 4:3 with black borders in Battles, Fields, Menus and In FMVs.
Interestingly, the world map has no black bars
When the game is played on Mednafen PSX, the most accurate PSX emulator, it looks like this:
The aspect ratio never changes, unlike in epsxe where it changes between the entrance or exit of the world map
The above looks similar to how it is displayed when played on a ps1 and ps2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=605gcHpUXfM&index=52&list=PLD3FD544DBAA6D673
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXzZlLORj4k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWfqqUGZbBU
The PC ports are similar in behavior to the EPSXE aspect ratio. The difference is the placement of the black bars
The world map is still fullscreen.
In the steam release, the menus are more similar to the psx counterparts while in the ps4 port, the the black bars have been reverted back to top and bottom.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9KI1ILIUUk
I've seen people here suggest the Aali driver to remove the Black bar in the pc port, but it shows extra graphics in the blacked part leaving it squished instead of following how it looked in the ps1 version.
The writer mentions the usage of the "psx emulator". On most emulators , the NTSC version of Final Fantasy VII displays an aspect ratio of 4:3 with black borders in Battles, Fields, Menus and In FMVs.
Interestingly, the world map has no black bars
When the game is played on Mednafen PSX, the most accurate PSX emulator, it looks like this:
The aspect ratio never changes, unlike in epsxe where it changes between the entrance or exit of the world map
The above looks similar to how it is displayed when played on a ps1 and ps2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=605gcHpUXfM&index=52&list=PLD3FD544DBAA6D673
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXzZlLORj4k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWfqqUGZbBU
The PC ports are similar in behavior to the EPSXE aspect ratio. The difference is the placement of the black bars
The world map is still fullscreen.
In the steam release, the menus are more similar to the psx counterparts while in the ps4 port, the the black bars have been reverted back to top and bottom.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9KI1ILIUUk
I've seen people here suggest the Aali driver to remove the Black bar in the pc port, but it shows extra graphics in the blacked part leaving it squished instead of following how it looked in the ps1 version.