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In game 3840x2160 resolution scaling problems

T Wrex·3/19/2017, 11:08:20 PM·2 votes·3,056 views

I recently got a new 4k monitor and when I increased the resolution in game it didn't really scale like I thought it would. It did look fantastic from a quality standpoint but some things were just "off". My player health bar was significantly smaller. Minion health bars had the same problem. When the camera is scrolled out as far as it goes its hard to really gauge when to AA to get the CS. The minimap, although didn't change the size of it completely, did change everything inside the actual minimap. For example, towers, player positions, dragon icon, and baron/RH icons were all tiny. I posted a link with 4 pictures that kind of show what I'm talking about with the health bar issues. I didn't do a great job with getting a perfect comparison but you can see how the health bar is small in comparison when you look at it in relation to Ezreal's figure.

Does anyone have a fix for this or do i just have to:
A. Put up with it Or B. Scale it back down to normal

5 Comments

Zielmann3/19/2017, 11:12:14 PM2 votes

The game doesn't officially support 4K at this point (when they were first making the game, the thought of a monitor with that high a resolution would have been laughed at). So you'll either need to fiddle around with the game settings to see if you can come up with something tolerable, or else just go back to using 1080p.

Curious Kat3/20/2017, 5:35:51 PM1 votes

The game isn't supporting 4k yet, it has it, but it does not really scale anything for it.

Most of league player base play on their moms 20 year old lap top and Riot knows this, they even had a post about it stating that focusing on 4k resolution right now would take developers off of other projects and it would not be worth it since there are so few people who actually have a 4k worthy setup.

I personally play on 1440P, and it works fine for me, i have a 144hz monitor so it looks super butter smooth and still has better than 1080p quality without the health bars being overly small or weirdly scaled.

But yeah, just keep in mind that 4k won't be supported until the player base of league upgrades their 20 year old toasters plugged into a potato and a microwave as it takes away developers from other projects and resources, and according to Riot, it is not a big deal at the moment since so few play in 4k.

I have bad RNG4/13/2017, 1:08:14 AM1 votes

Riot has never been good with updating its game for newer hardware (I know 4k isn't so new but to riot its cutting edge). So don't hold your breath.