Best Stretched Fortnite Resolution
First and foremost, Epic stated it will lock the aspect ratio in competitive modes at 16:9. Players previously used a stretched resolution to give themselves an advantage. Players will still be able to use stretched resolution in regular game modes. Most competitive Fortnite players use stretched resolution when playing. This change is quite shocking considering the $10,000,000 World Cup tournament is less than 10 days away. Even longtime holdout Tyler “Ninja” Blevins recently started practicing in stretched resolution to prepare for the April 13 kick off of the Fortnite World Cup, a multi-part tournament series.
Settings for Fortnite:
Before getting started, make sure your Fortnite game is in Fullscreen mode. Now before you change settings of your video card, you need to first change the settings of Fortnite Battle Royale. So, in order to do so, follow the steps given below:
- First of all, you need to bring up Run which you can either do be going to the windows menu or you can press the Windows Key plus R button and that will bring up the Run. If you have the Windows 10, you can just type the next part without having to do this.
- Now you need to type %localappdata% in the search bar and then hit the Enter button.
- Now find the folder of FortniteGame and then click on it.
- Now go to the saved folder and open it
- Now open the Config folder.
- Once you are in the Config folder, go to the folder that says WindowsClient.
- Open the GameUserSettings.ini file.
In that file you need to change the following options:
- ResolutionSizeX=1920
- ResolutionSizeY=1080
- LastUserConfirmedResolutionSizeX=1920
- LastUserConfirmedResolutionSizeY=1080
You can change these resolutions to the particular resolution you want to try; Myth is using the 1440x1090 which may be a good spot for you as well if you have a monitor with 1920x1080 resolution as most people use this resolution. Here, X is width and Y is height.
Nvidia Settings:
Once you are done with the Fortnite settings, you need to change the Nvidia settings as well. Open the Nvidia control panel which is usually found in the taskbar and then do the following things:
- Click on the Change Resolution button.
- Now click on Customize.
- Check the “Enabled resolutions not expose by the display” box.
- Click on Create Custom Resolution.
- Now add the custom resolution through this screen.
- You may now see a clickable option for the resolution you have created in the Customized area. - Check that box.
- Now click on the Adjust Desktop Size and position in the left sidebar.
- Check “Full-Screen” option under the scaling and then choose custom resolution under the Preview and click Apply.
This is it; now you will be able to run Fortnite on a stretched resolution.
The Advantage of Stretched Resolution:
There are two primary benefits of stretching the resolution. The first benefit is that the characters will appear bigger on the screen so you will find it easy to shoot them. The second benefit is that your FPS will be improved a bit. So if you are running a low powered computer, you may get a slight boost in performance.
Note: Getting a custom resolution is only available for PC.
Why Play Stretched?
- Characters look bigger so it’s easier to hit them (very good for shotgun fights)
- Higher FPS
- Feels a lot smoother than 1920x1080 imo
- Helpful for people who used to play stretched in CS:GO (like me)
- Easy to get used to, I had played on 1920x1080 for months and was easily able to adjust
(Example of Stretched in Fortnite: https://bit.ly/2LYwUy6)
How To Set Up:
*before anything, make sure you have the fullscreen option selected in Fortnite. It’s worth opening the game to check, and then closing. This will not work if it is currently set at anything other than fullscreen.*
Nvidia Settings**:**
First, go into your Nvidia Control Panel. Click on “Adjust desktop size and position”. Change the scaling mode to Full-screen and perform scaling on GPU. Check the box that says “Override the scaling mode set by games and programs”. (screenshot of settings)
If you want to make a resolution that isn’t supported by your monitor (such ass 1440x1080 on a 1920x1080 monitor), you will have to add a custom resolution to your monitor. It’s very simple, but if you are having trouble adding a custom resolution, here is a helpful video: https://bit.ly/2sAgOCI . Here is a list of all of the stretched resolutions you can try, and the lower the res, the more fps you get. I use 1440x1080, and I had to make a custom resolution.
- 1024x768 Stretched
- 1280x960 Stretched
- 1280x1024 Stretched
- 1440x1080 Stretched
- 1600 x 1080 stretched
*AMD USERS* -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JfaHdappaE is a link to make a stretched resolution. The same things on the Nvidia settings apply to AMD settings.
Fortnite Config**:**
To add your custom resolution to the game, you need to change it in the fortnite config. To get to the config, press windows key+R and type in “%appdata%”. In the top of the file explorer, click back a folder to go to “AppData”. Click Local, FortniteGame, Saved, Config, and Windows Client.
(My Path: C:UsersnameAppDataLocalFortniteGameSavedConfigWindowsClient)
Right click on the file called GameUserSettings, and click “edit”.
There are four things in the config that you have to change. Change the numbers of the ResolutionSizeX and Y, LastUserConfirmedResolutionSizeX and Y, DesiredScreenWidth and Height, and LastUserConfirmedDesiredScreenWidth and height to your custom resolution. Sounds confusing, but it's very simple. Here are screenshots of the config with the changes highlighted, and here is a copy/paste of what mine are changed to (I used 1400x1080):
ResolutionSizeX=1400
ResolutionSizeY=1080
LastUserConfirmedResolutionSizeX=1400
LastUserConfirmedResolutionSizeY=1080
DesiredScreenWidth=1400
DesiredScreenHeight=1080
LastUserConfirmedDesiredScreenWidth=1400
LastUserConfirmedDesiredScreenHeight=1080
Click File and Save, and then exit out of the config. *IMPORTANT* - right click on GameUserSettings and navigate to properties. Check mark the box that says “Read Only”, and make sure to hit apply. Screenshot
Aftermath
Testing:
Open up Fortnite just as you do normally. When the game starts up, you should notice that your resolution has been changed :). If at any point you want to switch back to 1920, a quick fix is to put the game on Windowed Fullscreen. A permanent fix would be to open up the config and take it off of read only. I encourage you to experiment with different resolutions and to stick with it, even if it feels strange at first.
Problems:
Sometimes, it might not work as planned. If you have any problems, close out of the game and retrace your steps. Everything has to be done right in order for this to work, so make sure you followed every step and did it correctly.
If you feel like you did every step and are still experiencing issues, please leave a comment on this post or dm me on twitter (@jdoxttv) with a description of your issues. I am happy to help asap.
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I HOPE THIS GUIDE HELPED YOU!
I made it because when I tried to learn how to make a stretched resolution, I couldn’t find any good guides or tutorials. If this helped you, I would appreciate it if you could stop by my twitch (https://twitch.tv/jdox) and say hi. This guide took me a while to research and make, so any support is warmly welcomed. Have fun with your stretched resolutions, and I hope it helps you grind those wins!
- jdoX