Question / Help Blizzard Games

[Keltzon]

Hi there!

So here's some info on how I stream.

1) I have one monitor at 1600x900.
2) I stream with OBS on Twitch.tv
3) Since I have one monitor, I set the base resolution of OBS to 1280x720, then also set my games to 1280x720 windowed. This way I can play the game and also see the Twitch chat.

This has always worked with other games until I try to play a game from Blizzard's launcher. These games include: Heroes of the Storm, StarCraft 2, and Diablo 3. When I go into the resolution settings, they give me a few options. I can change the resolution down to 1280x720, however I am being forced to keep it at fullscreen. If I go to either Windowed or Windowed (fullscreen) mode, the resolution grays out and displays no resolution. When I apply, the game goes to windowed mode, but always at 1600x900.

What is stranger still is that even when I use windowed mode, it forces the game into 968x681. I know this because I can set up the source as a window capture instead of game capture, then click "set base resolution," then check OBS settings.

Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? I want to play these games at a 1280x720 resolution but not fullscreen.

 

[dping]

Hi there!

So here's some info on how I stream.

1) I have one monitor at 1600x900.
2) I stream with OBS on Twitch.tv
3) Since I have one monitor, I set the base resolution of OBS to 1280x720, then also set my games to 1280x720 windowed. This way I can play the game and also see the Twitch chat.

This has always worked with other games until I try to play a game from Blizzard's launcher. These games include: Heroes of the Storm, StarCraft 2, and Diablo 3. When I go into the resolution settings, they give me a few options. I can change the resolution down to 1280x720, however I am being forced to keep it at fullscreen. If I go to either Windowed or Windowed (fullscreen) mode, the resolution grays out and displays no resolution. When I apply, the game goes to windowed mode, but always at 1600x900.

What is stranger still is that even when I use windowed mode, it forces the game into 968x681. I know this because I can set up the source as a window capture instead of game capture, then click "set base resolution," then check OBS settings.

Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? I want to play these games at a 1280x720 resolution but not fullscreen.

I'm not sure how this is an OBS issue. contact blizzard and find out how you can run the game in borderless windowed mode of a non-native resolution. This would be my best guess.

 

[Keltzon]

I will be doing that. I wanted to ask on the forums here before I did that because I was sure someone had run into this issue before me, and maybe they could tell me what to do. Contacting Blizzard is always hit or miss...

I think the context has been missed. When I select "Windowed" or "Windowed (fullscreen)" using these games, the resolution numbers (1600x900, 1280x720 etc) disappear. The game goes back to a 16:9 resolution when using windowed mode, but at the very strange size of 968x681. So even if I wasn't trying to reduce the resolution to 1280x720, the issue persists.