taR

As much as players would like their games to get updated for maximum compatibility with modern systems, the original programmers are required to move on to their next project as their development road map changes from one title to another.

However, since necessity seems to still bear the crown as the mother of invention, certain passionate individuals sometimes manage to find a way of fixing these issues themselves before sharing it with the community in the form of openly available source code for anyone to improve upon. One such example is taR, an alternative launcher for Disney Pixar’s Ratatouille.

Given the rapidly advancing pace of technology fueled by constant improvements in both hardware and software, it can be difficult for many developers to take into account any changes in the end-users’ setup structures, which can explain the lack of windowed modes for many titles — a feature that is taken for granted in most modern ones, and that this piece of software seeks to implement in the game at hand.

Once downloaded, users simply need to place the bundled executable and its relevant configuration files within the game’s installation directory before using it to launch Ratatouille in the modern 16:9 aspect ratio that has become commonplace for the vast majority of players.

By leveraging the text editor of your choice, a series of parameters can be tweaked to better suit your preferences by changing the commands inside the “taRconfig.ini” item. Older full-screen games tend to minimize themselves whenever users click outside their main monitor’s boundaries, which can make it difficult to capture screenshots or gameplay footage, which is why the app lets you enable a combination of both the windowed and borderless modes to avoid this type of scenario.

Whether changing the resolution manually within the game’s original executable file does not yield the desired results, or you simply wish to avoid any issues caused by running a multi-monitor setup, taR may be the right tool for the job, given its ease of use and customizable configuration file.