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[thexray]

Yep I set the ini file to read only but black flag ignored it.
I am running the latest beta now and tried it with the latest whql until an hour ago.

I tried another trick. I unplugged the tv and started black flag blindly with 1920x1080 in the ini file an put the hdmi cable in again when the game started. Unlucky it changed to 720p immediately.
Then I went into video setting s blindly and got to choose 1920x1080 in-game. But when I changed to 1920x1080 the tv went to 720p and black Flag 1920x1080. So maybe the game is now rendering 1080p and my tv displays it scaled on 720p. Graphics seem better now. But performance lacks compared to 1080 interlaced (rendering is only 540 lines then and gives great fps).

Nvidia told me it's the game engine and a tv technician told me the game probably only supports progressive resolutions to choose from as many other games give me the opportunity to select 1920x1080 and my tv switches to 1080i60 then. Nvidia recommends me to talk to the game developer about that "bug".

[thexray]

another idea: as the nvidia drivers report 30 Hz for interlaced mode instead of 60 Hz like my TV displays it (1080i60), could it be that Black FLag does not support Display Resolutions with Frequencies of 30 Hz and just 50 or 60 Hz or higher ?

[thexray]

got the same problem still.. with 2 different new hardware pcs, one notebook with 760M and a new pc with 980 Ti, all new.
Syndicate won't let me select 1080 again, just 720p.

other games work fine.. it has to be related to the game engine either not supporting interlaced 30 fps (60 fields per second) resolutions or any resolution higher than the native LED/LCD Panel resolution, even if nvidia drivers support 1080i as native resolution (or set with CRU app as native).

there has to be a coder who knows the engine and can tell more.. i've tried for over 2 years to get ubi games running in 1080 fullscreen but i failed. nvidia says it's game engine related as other games work with 1080. that game engine would probably not rely on the nvidia driver info but question the hdmi signal directly that comes from the hdmi display to get it's real LCD/LED Display Resolution (720p) and use that as maximum possible resolution, maybe as an additional cap so people wouldn't be able to select higher resolutions and damage their display or game experience, even if their display is capable of 1080i with internal hardware display interlace filters.

i guess ubi coders used the wrong parameter of the monitor EDID INFO via HDMI (native LED resolution instead of maximum capable and native Display resolution)

i don't see me buying a new 50" 1080p Sony TV for 800 Euro soon just to be able to play Ubi Games in 1080 when all other games work fine and Display has a quality Screen and colors and very sharp interlacing Filter.

[thexray]

i got a reply from ubisoft after some weeks.

The Final Reply of Ubisoft Support is that all Ubi Games don't support 1080i resolution and 1080i Owners have to use 720p resolution. They apologize if this is not a satisfying choice, but that's how it is. their games only support real native pixel resolutions of your display and not native 1080i resolutiosn your TV can display and nvidia drivers report as native resolution.

so yes. there we have it. i can play all other games on the market in 1920x1080 interlaced resolution with 60 different pictures per second (60 different fields per second = 30 frames in total pixels for that resolution, for games it means 60fps).

Only Ubisoft Games are not running in 1080i, i guess it's the uplay app that is preventing the games from letting me choose that resolution. in earlier uplay versions i was able to select that resolution and play the games. then, some years ago an update to the uplay app was applied and since then i can not choose 1080i resolutions in all ubisoft games anymore.

as you see, techincally it doesn't make sense and it would be quite possible for ubisoft to allow 1080i owners to play in 1920x1080 with 60fps just as i was able before that uplay patch, but ubisoft won't make it possible anymore for unknown reasons.

my guess is, they are in contact with big tv companies that wan't older hd ready (720p, 1080i) tv owners to buy new tvs.

newer tvs that don't support 1080p60 resolutions like 2 year old sony bravia 32" tvs do support 1080p30 though as the native display resolution is 1920x1080. the hardware in those smaller tvs is just not capable of displaying 60 fps in full hd resolution.

but interlaced formats for games are to be banned as i judge this decision from ubisoft, but still allowing 1080p30 tvs to be able to display their games in 1920x1080.


it's a really sad decision for a gameing company to make. i don't know if ubisoft receives money for making such a decision as banning 1080i resolutions for all their games, but it's not a satisfying one for 1080i tv owners (most of the display are > 50" from about 2008).

especially when all other games are running fine in 1080i60.


when using the CRU application, setting 1080i60 as native resolution in the monitor info and deleting 720p resolution i can even make the ubisoft games able to let me choose that 1920x1080 resolution from the graphics settings, but when applying that resolution all i get is a blank screen.


so again.. ubsoft does not care for their customers but more for reasons that don't apply to their customers at all.

if i want to be able to play ubisoft games in 1920x1080 resolution i guess i would have to buy a new sony 50" tv for 900 euro to replace my current one that is absolutely ok for me as the interlaced mode and filters work perfectly with that 1280x720 display, everything is very sharp compared to 720p.


i don't know if i really want to support such a company any longer just for boring assassins creed games and far crys that bore me after a few hours of gameply.

tomb raider is a good game, but playing it only in 720p ?

i guess this is the QUALITY that ubisoft presents their games to me and i must say: 720p resolution as the only choice to play with a 980ti and 6700k is not acceptable for me at all. i will pass on this game and on all future far cry and AC games (i don't see why i should spend so much money anymore on games that are boring me out)

sorry ubisoft, you just lost a very goood customer who bought all FC, AC, Splinter Cell games and more so far.

[Jessigirl2013]

Is the option to play in 1080p not available, I think my TV is only 1080i but AC Unity plays in 1080p.

I've got no idea about how this sort of thing works, I just hooked the TV up with a HDMI.

Good luck on sorting it out.

[gitman7]

another idea: as the nvidia drivers report 30 Hz for interlaced mode instead of 60 Hz like my TV displays it (1080i60), could it be that Black FLag does not support Display Resolutions with Frequencies of 30 Hz and just 50 or 60 Hz or higher ?

I don't know if this will help you but I had a problem with Fallout 4 not letting me do 1080 and I saw someone mention this. I had my screen set for 150% for icon settings because it was easier to see on the TV from a distance, I changed it to 100% then I could select 1080. I since have changed it to 125% and I can still use 1920x1080. Hope this helps.