fixed stretched, or resizable??

[crisp frigate]

I’ve been jumping back and forth between the two, mostly play fixed, doing the cg grind right now and usually turn on the fixed mode hide chat plug in, after awhile I get tired of turning it on/off so I switch to resizable and can immediately tell the difference in extra mouse movement I need to do but the extra FOV is nice, i guess my question is, outside of CG when i get into more PVM is there a benefit of using one over the other? ideally I would like to just stick to one layout so any input I can get from you guys about pros/cons would be appreciated

[hidden bear]

Most people play resizable but both have benefits

You're the one using it, play what you prefer ultimately

[eternal igloo]

I used to be a big fixed simp, but like you i switched to resizable during cg and never looked back

[wind zephyr]

Resizable, but dont go too big, that's a trap. Consider the distance between your health bar/spec orb/quick pray, inventory, and the middle of the screen.

[hollow pasture]

Big fan of resizable

[hollow creek]

I used fixed for 4 years while maxing
Moved to resizable for CoX/Inferno and haven't looked back

IME all older content is great on fixed, up to around 2017ish

After that newer content feels more designed for resizable

Some newer content works fine on fixed too

I did Zulrah/DKS/Cerb/Sire/Hydra all on fixed and it was fine

Later on I did some GWD and more Zulrah on resizeable and it felt very comfy

Just use what you like.

[hollow pasture]

Cox is what made me have to change to resizable as well, I actually got my client size from you in an older thread. 960x540 iirc. Haven’t looked back since, I love it

[hollow creek]

Yep I'm still on that client size years later now 😄
It's so good

[astral cove]

I tried using a tiny window like that and I couldn't read anything even when I was squinting

[lament sonnet]

Resizable but about as small as fixed, just with a hidden chat box

[hollow pasture]

^ there’s also a plugin so you can set up hotkey to open chat box. I mostly use it for olm so I know what specials he’s using

[wind zephyr]

You can use watch dog to trigger chat box notifications, and also keep chat closed

Same as your solution, just improved

[tired tapir]

This has to be on a standard monitor, and 1080p right?

Just tried it out of curiosity, as I was running something like 1260x700 something or other. And holy crap its tiny. 1440p 34" UW for context.

RL desktop icon included for scale

[astral cove]

yeah its really unpleasant playing on a tiny resolution on a larger monitor

[tired tapir]

This is how I usually play

[wheat merlin]

For those of you using a 1440p monitor, I think the equivalent to 960x540 would be 1280x720

[lament sonnet]

No, 1440p just lets you keep your 960x540 in a smaller area so you have less eye movement required

[warm osprey]

how did you get your bottom right inventory area to look so clean?

[lament sonnet]

resource pack setting inv widgets transparent

they are stacked at the bottom

I hotkey everything

[tired tapir]

Thats pretty spot on for what I use then, good to know

[tired tapir]

Or not, I guess. Thats wild though because that window was tiny. Even my example image doesnt really do it justice.

[hollow creek]

That's prob why ye
I'm using 21 inch monitor

[tired tapir]

wtf

You misstype 24..?

[hollow creek]

Uhhhh idk it's pretty old let me check though

[tired tapir]

Because I dont know if Ive seen a monitor smaller than 24 in...

idk, 15 years?

More probably

[hollow creek]

Seems to be 1080p 24in

But ye my client occupies a decent amount of space

So I don't feel like I'm squinting

[tired tapir]

Still pretty much "the standard" monitor

So you're in plentiful company.

Makes sense though. High resolution monitors means pixels take up less space essentially. That size up above was hella small on my monitor.

Had a similar issue trying to play RS3 when I moved up to a 1440, this was before they had the option to increase text size as well as UI scaling. Straight up couldnt read anything on the screen.

[hollow creek]

Oh yea lack of scaling on UI elements sucks even if client is better

[tired tapir]

They've since added both. But their poor alternative for RL (Alt1) is just an overlay and it only works on 100% scaling, so I've got to use different presets and swap to 100% + my glasses to see properly when using the overlay for stuff like clues

[astral cove]

Yeah I think I wouldn't be able to see anything at 540

This second smaller window is like 9xx x 7xx? And it's basically unreadable

think im same as u on an ultrawide

[tired tapir]

Lol holy cow. No shade, but I gotta ask. Is the bigger RL window there for "scale" or do you play like that?

[astral cove]

i play like that lol

[tired tapir]

Interesting lol

Mine against a full screen browser page, for scale

[astral cove]

I use a tiling wm so no floating windows xd

[tired tapir]

ah

[wind zephyr]

Huge

[astral cove]

yeah im not sure how i could make it smaller but not too small l ol

[wind zephyr]

32 inch right?

[astral cove]

34

id have to like stick a bar or something under the window

[wind zephyr]

32 inch

[hollow pasture]

Yeah I can’t imagine playing osrs on anything bigger than a 24” 1080p

I also wouldn’t expect somebody to change their gaming monitor for it either lol

[hollow palm]

i really like fixed stretched :P

[atomic arrow]

I had a 34 inch extra wide that I gave my wife and got a 24 inch 1080p just for osrs. Scaling is waaay better and I can finally see the tiles I click on.

[lunar dust]

whats the client size?

[low jackal]

The necro is real on this one. Stretched fixed for me

[crude delta]

FR lol. Though it does seem I'm insane for playing stretched resizeable fullscreen

[west rapids]

fixed resizable hybrid on top

[indigo turtle]

ive always played resizeable the biggest tip I ever learned about enhancing reizeable experince was from a inferno speedrunner in inferno speedrunning discord to use stretched mode with resizeable

and that has been a game changer for me to always stick to resizeable

its just preference though imo playing on certain controls or settings wont magically make you insanely cracked or terrible

[lament sonnet]

Use hide menu stone plugin

Enhanced wizzylite

[tough relic]

Bro how you get it like this?! Every time I turn stretch mode on it makes the game look so shitty. Yours like clear af

[thorny comet]

765x520 resizable>>

[gritty axle]

Hey everyone on this topic wondering if anyone can help. My buff timers (circled in red) I would love it if they went in a straight line down for like 8 or 9 buffs. However, after 4 buffs, they start a new column which forces me to not have them lined up right next to my HP bar. Does anyone know a way to increase the amount of buffs in a stright line down before starting a new column? I've looked through setting and don't see anything that allows this to be altered. I'm aware of the "flip" option, but I'm not looking to create rows instead of columns.

[umbral olive]

alt click one of the corners and drag

[gritty axle]

Dudeeeeee you're my god damn hero. Tyvm!