Problem with Pip Boy App

Post » Wed Dec 02, 2015 11:39 pm

The PipBoy App for Android doesn't go into Fullscreen. It covers just the middle part of the screen. I got the Xperia Z3 Compact. Is that normal or should it fill the screen?
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Irmacuba
 
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Post » Wed Dec 02, 2015 2:16 pm

I don't have that problem. It fits the entire screen on my Moto X Developer Edition.

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ashleigh bryden
 
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Post » Wed Dec 02, 2015 7:12 pm

I think I've got the same thing on my Galaxy Tab 2. Do you mean how the left and right side are just empty black space? It's the same in http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/11/we-put-fallout-4s-mobile-pip-boy-companion-app-through-its-paces/ of the app, so I just assumed it was intentional. Kind of a waste of space, but it's probably so it works with the collector's edition pip-boys. You know, all 200 of them. :whistling:

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Nicole M
 
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Post » Thu Dec 03, 2015 3:41 am

It's fine on my Nexus 5x.
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Post » Wed Dec 02, 2015 7:33 pm

Yes there is this empty black space at the left and right. If you watch the "Real Life Pip Boy" video of Gamespot on Youtube you can see that the app should Cover the whole screen. Some cellphones seem to have fullscreen support
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Robert
 
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Post » Thu Dec 03, 2015 2:51 am

I downloaded it for iOS and you have the option to choose between display mode and full screen. Display mode is for when you stick it in a Pip Boy. Maybe an update will fix that for you guys.

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Alex Vincent
 
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Post » Wed Dec 02, 2015 9:08 pm

On the iPhone, I can go into Settings and choose between full screen and Hardware Mode, which is a smaller section of the screen to line up with the Pip-Boy enclosure.
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Post » Wed Dec 02, 2015 9:05 pm

Of course I saw the settings but the custom screensize has no option to fill the screen.
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Monika
 
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Post » Wed Dec 02, 2015 11:07 pm

Weird, that option isn't available on Android. If I click the gear in the lop left corner, the only option is to change the connection to the game.

On a related note, does anyone have a way of changing the volume of the in-app sound effects? It's a little loud.

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Eliza Potter
 
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Post » Thu Dec 03, 2015 1:55 am

you certainly don't want to leave it on 'Animal Friend' for an extended period :wink_smile:

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Matthew Warren
 
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Post » Thu Dec 03, 2015 3:13 am

I wonder more a about the offline mode. Does it work via USB debugging and cable plugged into the phone?

As it looks right now, I won't use the app, due the active internet/W-Lan connection it seems to require.

Also: Same Screen Issue here:

Samsung Galaxy S2

Android 4.0.4 (Custom Firmware)

Rooted: Yes

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Lisa
 
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Post » Wed Dec 02, 2015 11:58 am

I'm on the older Z2 and it's fine.
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Post » Wed Dec 02, 2015 12:14 pm

No issue on htc one (m8) can swap between full screen and pipboy mode(for when it's in the pipboy)
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Luna Lovegood
 
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Post » Wed Dec 02, 2015 6:57 pm

I have the same "issue" with the screen being fixed at the 4:3 looking format making it black on the sides, even if I pick fullscreen. I thought it was by design though. Using a HTC One S.

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