gumball360 wrote:Yeah, this is kinda what I feared. 1024x768 is the max resolution my monitor supports. I guess it was my fault for expecting the game to work with my resolution, as I thought there would probably be a simple workaround like there is for most games. But when I saw this thread, I was hoping it could solve my problems, as the game is very annoying to play right now

I'm not sure I can help you much.
I did try setting my desktop resolution to 1024x768 to 'simulate' your monitor, but I'm having issues doing it accurately, since things keep happening such as the game reverting to my normal resolution and such.
I was able to get a similar result to what you described, with large black bars at the top, and though my screen was wide enough to fit the sides, I could see how it would be if it were cut off. (Sounds stupid, but it's close to simulating your monitor, not perfect.)
I might try throwing some things to try at you to see what kind of results we could get out of it.
Like see what happens if you set the resolution in the settings.ini to 1280x1000.
I'm curious to see if it still cuts off the sides.
The scaling settings in your graphics card control panel *could also be affecting the way the game scales to your
monitor. Trying a few different settings there (without changing the resolution) might have results.
Try the three scaling options separately; aspect ratio, full screen, no scaling.
And try those each with or without overriding scaling mode set by games and programs;
and on the display or GPU.
Lots of fooling around, I know. But it's the best I can do to help, if there's even a solution to be found.