Can I scale the play window to make it smaller on screen while testing?

Question

Is it possible, in the editor, to make the play screen smaller (i.e. when testing with F5 or F6)?

I am developing a portrait game that should work with 1920x1200 resolution. However, this is taller than the screen I am developing on, so when pressing play, part of the screen is not visible.

I have looked through all the editor settings without joy, and on the project settings there are test_width and test_height options, but these don't cause the display to scale.

Answer 1

OK, I think I got it.

In the project settings, I set stretch_mode to "viewport" and stretch_aspect to "keep". (I think I did this for my first test mobile game, come to think of it now).

Answer 2

I suggest Resolution Switcher plugin:

https://godotengine.org/qa/6393/update-an-old-plugin-for-2-1-version?show=6393#q6393

-j

Answer 3

If your game window is too large on your development pc, you can make it smaller by resizing the window via OS.set_window_size().

Play with the stretch_mode and stretch_aspect settings in Project Settings->Display to find which setting looks best.

Answer 4

I know this is an old post, but I've been trying to get this to work and struggled using the project settings.

To get it to work for me, with a background of 1080 x 1920 in portrait mode, I did the following:

In Project settings/Display/Window - width = 540 Height = 960
Add a script to the base node (if you don't have one).

In the _ready() function add the line: get_tree().set_screen_stretch(2,1,Vector2(540,960),.5)

This is setting the shrink value in the display settings to .5, which you can't do in the editor (well not in 3.2.1)

UPDATE: I posted on the Godot features forum and some said, so it like this:

In settings, under Display/Window:
Width: 1080
Height: 1920
Test Width: 540
Test Height: 960
Mode: Viewport
Aspect: Keep
Shrink: 1