Native screen resolutions

Orion · Post by **Orion** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 11:52 pm

I understand some (imago? sp4wn?) may be working on updating Allegiance's lobby screens to work with higher resolutions, and good! But I'm just wondering mainly IF someone is working on it actively; is it still on the radar? I think it would really help to improve the overall look of Allegiance, and help to bring it into the 21st century..

So who is even still using 800x600 in windows? Anyone

*echoes*

*crickets*

TheDevil · Post by **TheDevil** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 12:16 am

I do...since I think increasing resoulution will create choppiness....

Edit: By I do I mean i use 800x600

KGJV · Post by **KGJV** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 12:25 am

doing the lobby bigger than 800x600 is 10% coding, 90% artwork...

also a real 'scalable' UI is what is really needed so that various resolutions could be used.

but scalable UIs are difficult to do: check how many AAA titles have a scalable UI for instance.

the 'top' would be a modable UI like WoW has (the only good thing in WoW

) , although their choice of "xml+lua" sux a bit and isn't very intuitive.

Orion · Post by **Orion** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 1:45 am

QUOTE also a real 'scalable' UI is what is really needed so that various resolutions could be used.[/quote]
It is and it isn't KG, you can do a partially scalable UI; a scalable background, but non-scalable elements within for instance... We would have to revamp a lot of the interface code for a truly scalable background but that should (I think) be the ultimate goal.

fuzzylunkin1 · Post by **fuzzylunkin1** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 3:40 am

+1

Widescreen.

Orion · Post by **Orion** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 4:24 am

TheDevil™ wrote:QUOTE (TheDevil™ @ Aug 22 2009, 07:16 PM) I do...since I think increasing resoulution will create choppiness....

Edit: By I do I mean i use 800x600

Btw, I am not talking about whether or not you use 800x600 in allegiance, I'm talking about in general, in windows.

pyrodrake · Post by **pyrodrake** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:33 am

I use 1024x768 as desktop/normal usage but 800x600 in game (I don't think I have enough posts to vote?)

SP4WN · Post by **SP4WN** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 9:00 am

Theres been talk of doing this a ferw different ways;

Having "hard" images for each resolution and coding in recognition of the closest Res to the user.
Make all the images vector/rasterize to make rescaling easier.
Tessalation(Cort) - By far the hardest to do artistically, but would allow support for any resolution in alleg.

I currently have 4 background screens redone in 1024x768 which work, obviously not entirely since alleg doesnt support the resolution. But with a nifty peice of software Imago gave me allows me to test them.

finnbryant · Post by **finnbryant** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 12:20 pm

a stop gap might be to make the intro/lobby/etc act like the in-base/ship loadout, a black surrounding. That way, at least people dont have to have the screen flicker horribly all the time...

btw: 1280x1024 and 1440x900, got 2 screens

SP4WN · Post by **SP4WN** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 1:04 pm

scratchee wrote:QUOTE (scratchee @ Aug 23 2009, 01:20 PM) a stop gap might be to make the intro/lobby/etc act like the in-base/ship loadout, a black surrounding. That way, at least people dont have to have the screen flicker horribly all the time...

btw: 1280x1024 and 1440x900, got 2 screens

Its an idea, but personally its not going to improve the way it looks. As you said for a stop gap, having the main backgrounds, intro(done) - Lobby(done) - team lobby(done) is a good start.

Once I have a few more screens done I can pass them to imago for coding in.