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Vezzra wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2020 6:22 pm
Hm, that sounds like FO has problems displaying correctly on such high resolutions on macOS.
@rastafarra, there are two options on the "Video" tab in the options dialog: "Fullscreen" and "Fake resolution change". Can you try to experiment with those and see if you find a combination of settings that works?
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Can you launch FO in windowed mode and see if the game works if you use a lower resolution?
I've had the same problem on Mac OS 10.15.4 Catalina. My FO Version is "v0.4.9+ [build 2020-03-30.025f545] CMake".
I get around it by playing fullscreen at 1280-800 resolution (nothing happens in fake-resolution-change). I'm unable to capture screens in fullscreen.
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Such workarounds will probably have to suffice for now. Apparently it's not easy to fix this issue properly, and until someone comes along who can tackle this...