Posted by Garion on 2014-11-03 16:49:07

it is just the resolution, you just need to reduce your resolution and it will look bigger.

Posted by gjopie on 2014-11-03 17:00:00

I doubt it is a problem with either Windows 8.1 or Firefox, as I use both and don't have any trouble. As Garion said, it could be the resolution.

Posted by Meanandugl on 2014-11-03 17:07:57

I changed the resolution of the 20'' screen, but the screen size remained the same. Maybe the problem is caused by working with 2 screens, a small ultrabook screen plus an external 20'' screen. The ultrabook has a very high resolution. But no matter if I decrease the ultrabook's or the external screen's reso the FFB cliebt window remains the same size - tiny. The fumbbl site of course varies, but the size of the applet window remains just the same.

Posted by harvestmouse on 2014-11-03 17:25:37

What resolution did you minimise it to? What's the minimum it will go down to? Some top notch screens simply won't go down to the resolution needed, however a 20" should be ok.

1280 x 800 as an example should be ok.

Posted by Meanandugl on 2014-11-03 17:51:55

I think it has to do with the 2 screen configuration (but still don't know how to solve the problem). The ultrabook screen has 3200 x 1800 on a pretty small display. The external screen has a 1680 x 1050 resolution. I use the external screen as a screen extension. Everything that is moved from the ultrabook screen to the external screen adjusts in size - except the FFB window. When I move it from right (untrabook) to left (external) at first the size is increased, but once the window is almost fully visible on the external screen the size shrinks again. This behaviour happens no matter which resolution i choose.

Posted by Garion on 2014-11-03 18:45:45

disconnect the second screen.

Posted by Loew on 2014-11-03 20:06:20

what Garion said, but inverted: has the notebook a setting to only use the external screen? some kind of presentation / beamer mode maybe?
Or maybe you can change which monitor is regarded as the primary monitor?

Posted by Meanandugl on 2014-11-03 20:57:10

I appreciate your efforts to help me, thanks a lot. Most of what was suggested i tried already. Disconnecting the 2nd screen is what I'd like to avoid because the ultrabook screen is so small. No beamer/presentation mode or the like afaik. I tried with notebook screen turned off, and tried both screens as primary monitor. All this didn't solve the problem unfortunately. Maybe i have to settle with the ultrabook screen as the one and only monitor, but that will make the game almost unplayable given that I can neither fly nor look like an eagle.

Posted by Christer on 2014-11-03 22:11:00

Try setting the displays in duplicate mode (Win+P -> Duplicate). That should set the same resolution on both displays (using the external display's resolution) and avoid scaling when moving apps between the two.

Posted by Grod on 2014-11-03 23:18:00

Get a desktop like a real man!

Posted by Meanandugl on 2014-11-06 13:27:28

I've still not been able to fix the problem. I try to describe it in more detail. The first thing that pops up after you start a game is the small window with the red Java coffee cup logo. And here it starts. This window is much smaller than usual, and it stays very small independent from the resolution. The same is true for the following screens up to the point when you see the pitch. This doesn't even change if I completely turn off the small ultrabook screen and work with the external 20'' screen only. The only chance to increase the java window at all is to massively decrease the resolution of the external screen to 800*600 or even less. However, after doing that the pitch is still much smaller than on my old 17'' notebook, it's heavily distorted, the edge not fully visible, and other signs on the screen, fx the pointer, ridiculously big.
I surfed the web to find a solution but failed. I've tried everything that was suggested here but it didn't help. Just changing the overall screen resolution is for sure not the answer in this case :(