Warcraft II displays at 640×480 pixels which is a 4:3 aspect ratio. Since most newer computer monitors use a 16:9 aspect ratio the game won’t fully fill the screen by default and instead appears centered with black bars on either side.
Here’s how you can remove those black bars and force Warcraft II to be fullscreen when you play.
For Windows 7
- Right click on the desktop and select “Graphic properties…”
- This will open the control panel for the graphics card your pc uses. Mine is pictured, yours may differ.
- Change your resolution to one that is 4:3, e.g. 1024×768.
If you see an option for scaling select “Scale Full Screen” or equivalent.
- Click “Apply”. Your resolution will change and you’ll receive a pop-up asking if you want to keep the settings. Click “Cancel” and your resolution will return to normal.
- The next time you launch Warcraft II the game should now be scaled to full screen.
hey there, I cannot see any of the levels of gold, wood so on. I have tried changing the resolution and stuff but still cannot see it. any thoughts
I got it, I had to go into 800×800 and now I see it. well hopefully I can get good at this again and play on your online.
After installing patch for wide screen, i dont see map in game lobby.
Hi, widescreen-patch is conflicting with this map in the lobby, so after some time this map vanishes. If you need to check the map, you can open Map Editor to look at it there.