PS screen resolution

hi all,
i cant get PS to go fullscreen.
when i maximize it there is a gap
on both sides of the screen.
i can drag the side of the table to make it bigger
but then the chat box disappears below the bottom of the screen.
with fulltilt i could maximize the table and it would fill
the screen but leave the taskbar visible.
is there any way to get this setting on pokerstars ?
thanks

What screen resolution are you currently using? Generally speaking the PokerStars game client should fill the entire screen when maximized (for example on my laptop with a 1600 x 900 resolution, the client fills the entire screen).

Dylan

screen res 1280 x 800
it fills from top to taskbar when i maximize
but either side of table screen there is a gap

any help ?

Try 1152x864

thanks m8
but 1280 x 800 is the highest i can get.
it was fine on FT.
think i'll treat myself to a new lappy.
cheers

Then go to 1024x768

thanks m8
but no joy

The PS client fills the whole screen on mine when maximised, but when PS tables are maximised they fill the whole width of the screen but leave a gap at the top and the bottom of the screen.

I'm looking into this. Hopefully I'll have some tips on how to maximize the game client for those having problems shortly. Thanks for your patience.

Dylan

My understanding is that the game client is the lobby, whereas the OP is asking about tables as he mentions the chat box.

yes, it is the tables.
when maximized there is a gap approx
1" each side of the table screen

If you try dragging the side of the table, you will find that the bottom edge moves as well, just as if you were dragging the corner. This maintains the aspect ratio so that the window is always the same basic shape.
I believe that it will not be possible to push (too far) beyond this ratio as it will result in stretching the table out.
Whilst this is acceptable in the client where longer boxes for the table lists etc. will look fine, it wouldn't work on the tables as the avatars would be stretched and distorted.
I think if you have a very wide aspect screen, you have to accept that somethings were meant to be squarer.
Many You Tube clips have a 4:3 aspect ratio and always show a blank band on each side, I wonder do you have similar issues with the widescreen clips on full screen?

Update: As a member of our Product Development team describes it, the reason you're getting bands is that the aspect ratio of the table must remain 4:3 when resizing. So when you maximize the tables, it will resize to the point it can without hiding any elements of the table and without violating the 4:3 aspect ratio. The reason for this is so that the table does not stretch as the graphics would then start looking strange.

Based on the monitor set up (size and position of task bar etc.), you will be able to simply get to the max vertical height and then horizontally it will expand so that it is still a 4:3 aspect ratio. Unfortunately this often can leave some bands on both sides of the table.

Dylan

full tilt would maximize and fill the whole screen,
but leave the taskbar visible.
no stretching, no distortion, aspect ratio perfect, etc. for as long as i've
been playing online (approx 3 years).
you may need to set the aspect ratio to 16.9
can you do that ?
all the other sites i use (PS included) never maximize properly.
they either maximize to a box, or, if you set them on fullscreen
they expand over the whole desktop (no taskbar).
can't you get whoever did the FT software and give them a job ?

Hah, you just had to be one step ahead of me, didn't you!

I'll pass this on to the Product team. Thanks for the input Tcummo.

Dylan

As a software developer, I can tell you that this is very difficult to implement well give the design of poker software in general. While many UI designs -- to include most general purpose software we use on a daily basis -- can easily support custom aspect-ratios, typical poker client UI's are poorly suited due to scaling issues.

There's a lot of stuff going on the screen than cannot be distorted or scaled in certain ways and still remain intact or readable, therefore strict aspect ratios must be maintained. This was the same with FT as I recall -- granted it's been awhile since I played there (being a US player), but I played there for years and remember their aspect ratio being fixed as well. Given the critical fact of there being people's money at stake, you can't risk distorting a client to where bet sizes can't be easily read, buttons and sliders easily clicked, etc.

hi dylan,
dont want to be a nusance, but here are some more
suggestions to improve your software.

1.
ICM calcutator.
when players are discussing a deal you do not
provide an ICM calculator. the options to chop should be
(a)chip ratio.
(b)ICM.
(c)custom.

i watched the final table of the PS wcoop main event.
the players where trying to do a deal and it took them
ages to get the ICM calculations because $100k had to be set aside for the winner.
this seemed ridiculous to me.

2.
chip graphic.

when players make a large bet the 'chip graphic'
obscures table info.

3.
the $ sign should not be displayed on tourny and s'n'g chip stacks.
they are not dollars, they are tounament chips.
i've emailed support about this and had a reply, tho it is not a big issue,
i just think it is incorrect.

anyway, i sound like a moaning old fart.
these are just issues i have noticed.
thanks for taking the time to reply to my queries.
have a great day.

Actually I prefer the fact that it doesn't completely fill the screen at PS, whereas it did at FT.

ok, so how did fulltilt do it ?
just curious.

fair enough,
but i would prefer full screen
with taskbar still visible.

I don't recall that they did. It's possible they allowed the maximize button to work by pre-calculating a 16:9 or 16:10 (all of my monitors are 16:10 ratio, but unfortunately they're becoming rare these days in favor of 16:9) layout and scaling based on that. But if you grabbed a corner of the FT client window and dragged, I'm almost certain it fixed (or at least limited to a reasonable range) the aspect ratio to where you couldn't resize to a tall/thin or short/wide window that would be distorted and unreadable/unplayable.

Full screen was never an issue for me because I never played one table. Or if I do play one table, it's because I'm doing something else on the computer at the same time. If I'm only playing poker, especially cash games, I can't play less than 4 tables unless for exceptional cases like a CC League game, where I try not to be distracted by much else. When I played on FT, it was usually 9-16 tables cash or 4-6 tables SnGs. So full screen was never a concern for me.

I have no way to back it up, but I would be surprised if a significant percentage of online poker players played one table maximized to full-screen, which could explain why most rooms don't bother to optimize for it.

this sounds reasonable to me.

when/if i find a poker client that can be bothered
to optimize graphic options,that will be the room for me.
in the meantime, i suppose i'll have to persevere with
these inferior poker clients.
hopefully FT may get ressurected.

thanks for the replies m8.

If you or (PS techs) did manage to stretch the table to 16:9, I'm not sure that it would be optimized. All you would achieve is more space between the various table screen elements. The graphics (cards, avatars, etc) wouldn't get larger because they wouldn't get taller.
Here's a little tip that I think is a much better use of that space
If you push your maxed table over to one side, (may not be possible in maximized mode, but it is if you drag the restored table large) then you will have room on the other side for the detatched chat box, stretch it vertically and you will be able to view chat, player notes, stats and info all at the same time.

I'd rather have all that info on view than a 'spread out' table

just tried that m8
maximized screen ,then dragged it to left side of desktop.
detached chat and put that on right side of desktop.
there is a slight overlap but definitely an improvement.
thanks m8

cool

I think you may be able to squidge it up by dragging the lhs of chat to improve the overlap

the chat box will only drag vertical
not horizontal (wont go 'thinner')
i have to drag the table a bit smaller,
but never mind,
thanks