How to Play Stretched Resolution in Apex Legends (4:3, Display Scaled, Any Res)

[@rebellionx420]

Appreciate the tips, I was annoyed with the blurriness from 1728x1080 even with settings turned up. Much love complys

[@complys]

the nvidia sharpening helped a ton on 1728x1080 when i was using, makes it so much more clear

[@DannyHeadshot1]

@@complysdo you know why my game still looks blurry on 16:10 regardless if i put .30 or .50 on image sharpening? Its like it doesnt do anything and reverts to nvidia recommended

[@nicholasp8556]

@@DannyHeadshot1just make sure it change. It does say nvida recommended but just make sure it goes to the setting that u want it to be.

[@wickedsolitude766]

Sometimes the launch properties get deleted after an update, you will not be able to type in the entire launch properties before EA app stops you from typing everything. THE ONLY WAY to fix this is by using CTRL C to copy and CTRL V to paste into launch properties. You cannot highlight copy right click paste, it will not give you any options when you right click to paste. Again you MUST use CTRL C and CTRL V to re apply launch options. I am certain many people will come across this issue, glad to have found a simple fix

[@frenzy_4592]

For me it doesnt have the option to add a new text document for the cfg file only a folder can bbe added, nothing is there too

[@Самсдог]

-novid +exec autoexec +building_cubemaps 1 +mat_letterbox_aspect_goal 0 +mat_letterbox_aspect_threshold 0

[@B4LLBR3K3R]

does this works on the EA launcher?

[@Самсдог]

@@B4LLBR3K3R no...

[@qMace]

​@@B4LLBR3K3Ryes same as he has done it

[@pontirals]

The EA advanced launch options always freezes when I try to copy paste all the commands, even individually typing it, once it reaches the end of the box it will freeze. I have already tried countless times. Anyone found a fix?

[@hobo2137]

Hey, I dont know if you will see this, but hitting the equal sign doesnt fix the menu scaling. Any idea?

[@realxrukrwrld]

i have the same problem too

[@betasquadblitz]

same problem for me

[@smalls2104]

I figured it out I had the same problem and did some troubleshooting of my own. This is a problem due to Windows 11 I believe, and Windows 11's way of changing file name extensions. Go into your File Explorer> go to view at the top> show> file name extension> from there you find the file that SHOULD be named autoexec.cfg.txt delete the txt at the end and hit yes. Essentially, windows 11 causes for you to never ACTUALLY change your file type so you have to use the roundabout way to do it.

[@smalls2104]

@@betasquadblitz i put my fix in a reply to hobo2137 if you need it. mine was bc of windows 11

[@zaidenfrance6496]

@@smalls2104your a lifesaver

[@robrt999]

thank you!! i used to have it set to stretch res but i somehow change the start up res to a 1998 tube tv so i would have to fix it every time i booted up apex. thanks for the 3 less clicks ❤

[@farenxisfrx2038]

Bruh your vid literally helped me out!!!!. Thanks!!

[@sentezybox5590]

Got a small problem with bind_US_standard "=" "uiscript_reset", in my case it does nothing when I click it in game, tried to rebind it to another key, the same. Idk what to do to reset the UI pls help_)

[@sentezybox5590]

fixed it

[@spooky1640]

@@sentezybox5590 what did u do to fix?

[@revis3d506]

@@sentezybox5590 yo howd you fix it i did the same thing idk how to fix it?

[@achrafkhdz3104]

​How??@@sentezybox5590

[@achrafkhdz3104]

I fixed to​@@spooky1640

[@leam3901]

The game launches in windowed mode when using a resolultion less than 1280x1080 (for example 1080x1080) and won't let me alt+enter to allow a fullscreen resolution. Seems to only happen on the EA app, any fix for this?

[@complys]

i just tried 800x1080 and launched from ea just fine, make sure in your video config you have both of these set "setting.nowindowborder" "0" "setting.fullscreen" "1" and let me know if that launches the game in fullscreen

[@leam3901]

@@complys yea, I got them on. Also have -full screen in launch options just doesn’t work for lower resolutions for me for some reason. But always used to work on steam.

[@v0HaVoK0v]

​@@leam3901 does it happen if you use gpu scaling instead?

[@leam3901]

@@v0HaVoK0v Yea, still happens. It's like when I go past that threshold, it makes it windowed, and does not allow me to even use the alt+enter shortcut it will instead just void the alt ket. but it only happens when doing the shortcut otherwise, alt key works like intented.

[@OkWish]

very good in depth video thank u for this

[@kbpls1479]

im pretty sure you can make multiple profiles in cru and just have everything display scaled. For ex. you can have apex be 1728x1080 and csgo 1920x1080 (or any other res) and have both properly display scaled as long as you have both in your extension block you can also confirm that the display scale is working because if you go to advanced display scaling, your Desktop resolution and Active signal resolution should be the same. KajzerD has a good explanation and tutorial

[@TWJYILY]

Okay it works perfectly, I don't even have to press alt+enter and it stretches all the way.

[@lildvnilo.]

why when i search “saved games” i haven’t ang folder?

[@ravtsK]

i opened cfg folder but theres only client folder

[@txny2494]

Why is my equal not making the hud go back to normal?

[@Yy-OBOY]

I don't get the respwan when going in on saved games

[@wickedsolitude766]

Is this english?

[@Bejjah]

Can’t click on any legends in the legend locker but can click on weapons and more? the cfg files aren’t working even after fixing the file name being cfg.txt ?

[@lkn..]

it s not working when hitting =, it s freezing for a bit but nothing happens

[@dazziooo418]

What do you do if you don't have the option for DISPLAY only GPU?

[@merdycorkscrew]

i cant stretch in 2024... why i dont have black bars in the bottom after alt + enter? my game is working on fullscreen immediatly

[@josiahalexander1665]

I have the same problem

[@games4pun]

I have apex on steam and when i browse local file and click on the cfg folder, there’s only a client folder inside, no other text files like u. And when i create a autoexec file and changed the tail to .cfg it doesn’t ask me anything. Help me plz cause mah ui is misplaced:))

[@Ejles]

Ok, i have a lot of problems. I can't create my own resolution and i' cant search Saved Games.

[@revis3d506]

The = bind isnt working for me i even switched it to . as a bind and it still didnt work

[@achrafkhdz3104]

Me to🤔

[@achrafkhdz3104]

Ther is comment reply on " @itzjustnatedogg" explaining how to fixe the =

[@GtaLeslie]

5:52 am i supposed to have the top one to? or only have the bind_US_standard "=" "uiscript_reset"

[@raihann13]

do you only have the " bind_US_standard "=" "uiscript_reset" "or you put both of the them shown in the video?

[@vdaski]

once you've done forced display scaling what must it look like in the nvidia control panels ? is there settings to mess up with in there ?

[@Ex0tikk]

never have i tried to play a game and use streched res where it is that complicated to set up the strech res, the autoexec doesnt work for me or i just cant find the buttom which to press, do i need it press alt+enter 2x everytime i start the game? cuz im getting black bars on top and bottom.

[@dankth0c]

man my custom res [1728 x 1080] is not showing in apex after i created it in the control panel. Is there any solution to make it show?

[@SIlasAndersen-z4r]

I havnt even watched it yet but its already good

[@zsck8h1qlj6]

For to change active signal resolution you don't need to delete things you just add your desired resolution to detailed res. section

[@nilaypatel8633]

Awesome vid bro thank you!

[@Lucifer-tv8gg]

nise video bro thanks you, you help me

[@mAusQQ]

works Thank you mate :)

[@Chishiyagamer]

Hey man Im doing 1920x1440 but I have black bars on top and bottom what can i do

[@FrogeFella]

I play siege and csgo in stretch rez and have wanted to try it on apex for a while but it was always too confusing or annoying to to setup. Now I have it set up and it was not even a headache, thanks a ton for the video!

[@edenguppy6224]

helped heaps thank you bro

[@BabyjCO23]

I’m having trouble everytime I close out the note pad to re check read only the right click blacks out my screen as of resetting it

[@Brxndo1]

My screens just black When I load up apex on 1728 1080

[@BlinkkzyyGod]

i did exactly what you did and it gives me this grey flashing blurred screen i have a 144hz monitory but it always runs on 120hz can you help?

[@brettgoss4353]

I’m getting a lot of crashes when I boot up the game. I went back and reset my setting in the saved game files back to normal. Should I still have read only checked?

[@nik9032]

this makes my counter-strike playing brain very happy. :) if my eyes aren't melting, looking at my 4:3 stretched game, I can't hit anything. D:

[@printedstars]

can't find respawn folder in saved games... My saved games folder is in c while apex and steam apps is instaled in d im stuck because i dont know what to do

[@HashEDlTZ]

Why cant i play apex anymore after doing this i go onto the game and it says "File 'cfg/client/st_sata.bin' header is invalid - file format id# is wrong." Plz help me out

[@rayzo88.]

what should i do if i dont have the videoconfig file

[@jaesofr]

I did everything but have a black border when I’m playing … how do I fix ? Any help

[@BTLxd]

non of the monitors in cru says active and in the extension blocks I only have default extension block any fix for that

[@goober8769]

i did this and it worked but after a couple of hours when i went to go back in the alt enter shortcut for fullscreen doesnt work anymore

[@trice9996]

9:20 What if I have nothing in extension blocks? Do I need to make one?

[@Hi-yt4jv]

When using the cru method whenever I’m done playing apex how do I go back to my monitors native res?

[@ryyedawg8179]

I did everything you said but it still shows 110 FOV in my Apex settings. Does this mean it's still 120?

[@Wayzon]

9:31 the cru is only showing me 120hz at max even though i have a 144hz monitor, any things i can do? Can i just change the hz from 120 to 144?

[@complys]

ok so i tested it again and you can try to use your monitors native refresh when making the new res, and if its very stretched you can but even 1440x1080 i couldnt go to the highest, it had to be 1350 and below

[@kylekeilman432]

Every time I try to paste the launch options in the EA app it freezes and never pastes anything. All of my friends have the same issue. How were you able to paste the launch options in the ea app?

[@complys]

okay so I had this issue randomly too, you have to type out each command one by one, but go to the front each time you start typing a new one, if you type them all back to back normally it freezes but that worked for me

[@blackpelican5205]

the launch options have a character limit so you cant enter too many commands or the app will freeze

[@daddyjosh9931]

the option to customize my res is greyed out of the nividea control panel. and i know you need to disable dsr factors in 3d settings, which I did on my old monitor and it worked. But now that I'm on my new monitor, the customize res option is again greyed out, but this time, dsr factors won't even show up. help.

[@lmShyy]

run nvidia as admin

[@daddyjosh9931]

that did nothing @@lmShyy

[@ryangiovenco]

so i messed up and changed it and i forgot what i did and i cant change it back, my dektop wont match my active signal

[@ktdaagoat]

1728 is a huge upgrade from 1920 holy shi. It’s so much more clear and smoother 😂 ty

[@Ayankhan-ts1zf]

hey complys. I have a question. I was trying to make a autoexec.cfg file but it wont let me create a text file in the cfg file. It just says create a new folder

[@SitdownXlisten]

hitting equal isn't resetting boarders inside game?

[@xtfxBigSmoke]

What is the bind for the equal thing?

[@Jayloos.sports]

@@xtfxBigSmokefrrr

[@refiex1966]

Bro i do the first method and i go ingame and my highest native 16:10 is 1680 x 1050 and 1728 1080 wont come up my active signal is 1920 1080 and my desktop is 1728 1080 and every time i tab in game theres a delay of black screen i did read only i changed video setting file to 1728 etc idk what to do

[@johnnydegville7599]

How are you able to run 240fps at 1440x1080 res , mine is always stuck at 144. Even though I put the steam config in? Pls help brother!

[@hoqqy3225]

18:44 is suposed to put 0.2 on sharpening if i use 720x1080? or is it on the second option

[@elverhaha]

720x1080 wtf

[@elverhaha]

Is good this res?

[@hoqqy3225]

​@@elverhahain my honest opinion, you should always try the better quality res possible streched or 16:9 whatever and when you have a shit pc you can try and see if it works for you but i do not recommend if you can have better

[@elverhaha]

@@hoqqy3225 for aiming is good?

[@elverhaha]

@@hoqqy3225 for tracking is good?

[@trenchiz8]

i had the black bar at the bottom and everything but ingame its not stretched any solutions?

[@kimmy3047]

Bro, Im already on the part where the black bars are only in the bottom but when I go ingame, The black bars at the top and bottom comes back

[@beast3oy360]

does anyone with amd have trouble making 1728x1080 in the adrenline software with the benq zowie360htz? its like theres a bug and i cant make certain reses or do full 360hz... any help would be appreciated. also would like to not have to download a third party custom res software

[@complys]

i wish i could help but i have no experience with amd software :( cru is used by many though and is very safe you just have to run it once to make a res and then youre done you never have to open it ever again

[@EscapexEU]

It is because when you create your custom res in amd software you also need to enter your res in timing display

[@diegoluque4014]

i cant change my default video settings. when i change my video settings it gets black bars how do i prevent that?

[@TR_Traxz]

My cursor is gone and it’s happened a long time ago when I did custom resolution but I can’t remember how I fixed it…

[@SurgeX2]

i have the same monitor, do you have a method for this just 360hz???

[@viizeon6645]

Any reason as to why it gives me a weird greyish filter when applying the settings to cru and restarting

[@kyries4970]

Hi , bro we can't refresh a bind cfg like F12 in game now or its just me?

[@PubicGore]

I don't have the option to Perform scaling on display at 1:55. Mine is only on GPU, how can I fix this?

[@sturenorth]

You most likely have DSR-.resolutions activated. Go to the adhyst 3d settings, and UNcross all the extra resolutions.

[@PubicGore]

@@sturenorth Thanks for the advice, but I ended up getting a new monitor and the problem was fixed!

[@tiendatnguyenhua4283]

Woa, you have xl2566k already!? How you feel when playing on 360hz on apex!?! Is it much differences compare to 240hz???

[@2Kaveli]

what do you think about the m_yaw 0.0198 command for streched res to get 1:1 sens

[@fiece4767]

Do i need .cfg file if im doing 16:10 resolution + those steam launch commands you put in?

[@croword4224]

when i try to make the text document i can only make a folder pls someone help

[@Bob-sp4vc]

skill issue

[@diamondback1853]

its working some what the autoexec file thing when i hit = doesnt do the thing that its supposed to do any advice??

[@craz3424]

So..... My active display signal is 1440x1080 and my screen resolution is 1440x1080 but I have black bars so my monitor doesn't scale the resolution???

[@privmylta]

7:41 can't you put in a code so that it's just on all the time and not to have to press the button everytime?

[@complys]

i dont think you can :( ive tried setting it as its own command in autoexec and launch options but it never worked until i manually do the command

[@privmylta]

@@complys sad, but still w video :D

[@TakeNoteZ]

nice video but how can you achieve stretch res while on clone display ?? the other method dont work

[@Javggoat]

Yo g I did all these my all my apex characters not showing some cut off can u help me

[@mr.bottomsworth4830]

i do all of this but have the black bars on the top and bottom, what do i do?

[@grimvibes7584]

it's only allowing me to change my resolution to 60 hz when being on the Display adapter properties for Display 1

[@minnjaan]

how would i match the desktop mode and active signal mode resolutions cause mine arent?

[@faultyfive4798]

have you discovered a fix

[@dankth0c]

please reply if solution found

[@clutchyclutch263]

he shows u in the video

[@ericrussell3237]

Yoo brutha thank you! very informative and accurate

[@Aayash4444]

When you stretch in Apex and use octane man it feels sooooo gooodddddd!

[@zachasar590]

bro everytime I restart my pc my 1728 custom res is gone and I have to go back to nvidia control panel and create it everytime

[@violentator7564]

Is anyone else's game completely broken after the new season? Half the sounds don't load, lower row of legends in main menu doesn't load, weapons on the ground are often invisible and when they load in, they appear blocky and pixelated. I tried changing my res to default (2560x1440) and everything began working flawlessly again, so I thought maybe my settings were changed somehow, so I tried doing the entire process shown in this video (as I did the first time I started playing 4:3 res lol) but the same errors began appearing again. Btw, my ideal res and the one I've been using for some months now is 1920x1440. I really want to play 4:3 stretched so I would really appreciate some help 🥲🥲🥲

[@merdycorkscrew]

same here

[@kamiarzakeri1414]

bro tnx it is really great

[@xViRUz7624]

whats the best stretch res for an ultrawide 3440*1440 display ?

[@dankallew4781]

Why my frames are 90-120 on 4;3 while on 16;9 i get constant 165?

[@Rezz_me]

There is something that not everyone explains, lowering the screen resolution means that the workload is on the cpu rather than on the gpu, if you use MSI Afterburner you can see how the cpu usage increases and the gpu usage decreases, ideally it should be the opposite. Preferably the GPU has to be in greater use than the CPU. This simply means that if your CPU is not powerful enough you will not have good fps in 4:3 or 16:10, but in 16:9 in theory it would be better.

[@blessedmesh]

everytime I press the bind to reset the UI it doesnt do anything??? please help.

[@suiii699]

i put 1024x1024 and i cant hit ALT ENTER, i mean if i put another res it allows me, but i like this res and idk how to fix it

[@draizeu7093]

I cant find the button to press to activate the autoexec.(i have a 60% keyboard)

[@balintszabolcsik6939]

Can someone help me? When i put +building_cubemaps 1 into my launch options my launcher just crash and i have to restart it.

[@cxpu_2844]

Hey man I did the 1600 X 1080 and im on steam I have tiny black bars. How do I get rid of them? I have everything on full screen

[@prodbyadee6633]

watch the video

[@maxolssonb]

what strecth did u use in the first clips

[@xjojos]

@complys to change everything back to normal do i just put all the original settings back into cru and apex so 1920x1080 180Hz?

[@brettgoss4353]

I’m wondering the same thing

[@JOY-VN]

I followed the guidelines but the Customize... button is inactive. Any tip?

[@achrafkhdz3104]

Ther is comment reply on "@itzjustnatedogg" explaining how to fixe the =

[@meechie__]

when I go to make a text document for the autoexec i dont have the text document option but i have the option to make a new word document would that work the same or no

[@Scxffedd]

What if u are and wats the best way to get smooth n stretched

[@sgtdiversity382]

Could you help me with my resolution settings in my pc I have a 1440 monitor but when I put 1920x1080 it only goes up to 60 and when I do 1440x1920 it goes to 144 I wanna play in 1920x1080

[@bogdii1337]

get a 1920x1080 monitor then

[@temik26]

1728x1080 doesn't work for me. Game just loads with some other res but not with the one that I mentioned in videoconfig

[@kietcool9616]

thanks, i just tried 1600x1080 and my aim went crazy with it

[@complys]

this was my old fortnite res wayyy back in the day, idk why I never thought about using it for apex