Would you be happy with a minimum screen size of 1280 x 1024?

[Fred98]

[font="compatilfact lt regular"]There is a lot of information to absorb.  But ultimately the question is very simple:[/font]
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[font="compatilfact lt regular"]Will this AT gun damage that tank at the given range?[/font]
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[font="compatilfact lt regular"]Basic statistics are always interesting but they are only useful if they are comparable to each other.[/font]
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[font="compatilfact lt regular"]And so, information about the British 2 pounder anti tank gun, is not useful unless it includes a list of the enemy vehicles that would be concerned about it.[/font]
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[font="compatilfact lt regular"]This is the information that interests me. [/font]
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[font="compatilfact lt regular"]It ought to be displayed on the Establishment tab. Then I could see the following at a glance:[/font]
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[font="compatilfact lt regular"]The establishment[/font]
[font="compatilfact lt regular"]A photo of the main weapon of the unit (in this case a 2 pounder anti tank gun)[/font]
[font="compatilfact lt regular"]The enemy vehicles it can damage/destroy[/font]

[RedMike]

No...my FP requires 1024x768...period. Works fine for me.

RedMike...out

[Jevhaddah]

And another No , my laptop is the governing factor here, though the comments on the size of the text at larger resolutions are also a concern.

CHeers

Jev

[MarkShot]

I prefer min supported resolution of 1024x768.

[Deathtreader]

Hi,

New tab..... split tab....popup..... all work for me. Just pleeeeeeeaase leave it at 1024x 768 as the min. supported resolution. Otherwise text becomes almost unreadable.
Regards,

Rob. [:)]

[z1812]

Hi Arjuna,

I wonder if we are considering the same thing.

What I thought was that when the player clicks on a unit on the map, the tab in question would provide the graphic and key info whenever any unit was selected on the map. Until of course the player activated another tab.

Regards John

[TheHellPatrol]

ORIGINAL: oi_you_nutter


there is another reason why people stick at 1024x768, its easier on the eyes, i know a few people with 19 inch crts or 17 / 19 inch lcds who run them at 1024x768 because the text is too small at the maximum or native resolution.

running HTTR or CotA at 1680x1050 on a 20.1 inch widescreen LCD gives lots of screen space but the text is on the verge of being too small for my eyes

Same here...i have the "latest" gaming laptop and an Alienware desktop and @44 i can't read anything smaller than 1024x768[:(]. 1024x768 is a MUST IMHO...or i'll have to quit pc gaming and go with my son's XBOX 360 on a big screen tv[8|].

[flintlock]

I'm surprised to read that a fair number of people here find text too small at 1280x1024. I always considered that a large resolution, as in easily readable. I took for granted that the text at SXGA is easily legible on a 19" LCD 3.5' - 4' away. Sadly, it seems like the minimun resolution is destined to remain at XGA for now.

As an aside, I'm hopeful at some stage in the future this wonderful franchise will support widescreen. Unfortunately even with aspect scaling, this solution remains a compromise at best. The AA titles scream for widescreen support, if ever any game did.

Alas, I'm a realist--but we can all dream. [;)]

[JudgeDredd]

Seems John and Dave are talking in cross lines (and I joined in!!).
 
It appears john wants to highlight a regiment/company/platoon on the map and get a "general" idea on what the unit can do. In this scenario, the extra tab he is speaking of would work.
 
However, I, as many people here I think, was looking at getting access to data from the ESTAB I think which would allow you to see the details of the Crusader, .303, 2pndr etc.
 
I don't know....I would like the latter, but could find the former useful to a limited degree. The increase in min res seesm to be a no-no.

[HansBolter]

I have to agree with Judge Dredd here and even go a bit further.

Getting info from the estab that tells me a given tank company has one tank type rather than another or how the composition of one infantry company differs from another with regard to equipment would be useful.

Trying to take a very detailed and complex wargame that is never likely going to be appealing to wargame novices down to the level of a wargame primer by explaining to a player the differences between what an infantry company is good at accomplishing and what an antitank company is good for would be dumming down the game too much. It would lower the appeal of the game to serious, experienced wargamers. If such a function were added I would definitely want to be able to disable it.

[TheHellPatrol]

ORIGINAL: MarkShot

I prefer min supported resolution of 1024x768.

Same here!

[GoodGuy]

ORIGINAL: flintlock

That basically leaves you 17" and 19" LCDs, which all use a native resolution of 1280x1024.

Well, nowadays, for sure...
My neighbor's got a 17" TFT, with a native res of 1152*something.... That TFT is like hmmm 4 or 5 yrs old i think. Plenty of this particular series (17"/19" Siemens-Fujitsu) have been sold across Europe, other brands used 1024/1152 as well, for quite some time. So, the "standard" sold in stores NOW might differ from the "standard" you'll find on user's desks, most likely. That's what i was trying to point out there.

Well, XGA is approaching its 17th birthday (pretty ancient technology wise), and arguably not exactly a standard resolution any longer.

Well, ppl were still using 800*600 on Windows 3.11 (1994), and video cards used to have 512k - 2 MB back then. I'd say 1024* res has been widely used for like 11 yrs now, and , as you can see, many ppl still use it for ergonomic/technical reasons.

I believe it would backfire horribly attempting to make this mandatory.

I just pointed out that this had been discussed b4, and I already expressed that ppl might not like it..... My comment was meant as initiative to explore the possibility of creating surveys (outside this forum) to get infos about users' specs.

Back to the 2 pounder -example thingy for a sec: Many Europeans are not familiar with miles/pounds etc.... When checking a unit's specs, a user (who's familiar with km/meters,cm,mm descriptions only) has a hard time to get an idea of what calibre/power a particular British gun (for example) might have had. If adding a tab/unit description, it would really help to boost immersion if calibres would be displayed in "mm" AND pound/grain.
New ppl would have to google for converters/calculators or check stuff on wikipedia each time, otherwise, to get an idea of what weapons had been used, see?

[oldspec4]

Another vote for a min of 1024 x 768

[oi_you_nutter]

ORIGINAL: GoodGuy

.....quote clipped....

Back to the 2 pounder -example thingy for a sec: Many Europeans are not familiar with miles/pounds etc.... When checking a unit's specs, a user (who's familiar with km/meters,cm,mm descriptions only) has a hard time to get an idea of what calibre/power a particular British gun (for example) might have had. If adding a tab/unit description, it would really help to boost immersion if calibres would be displayed in "mm" AND pound/grain.
New ppl would have to google for converters/calculators or check stuff on wikipedia each time, otherwise, to get an idea of what weapons had been used, see?

although i agree that having a mix of imperial and metric for calibres is confusing for the novice, listing things in the a-historical units is lots of extra work and probably more confusing, if you do it to suit one set of units then you shoud do it the other way around as well

a Lee Enfield No 4 is .303 calibre, not 7.7mm,
the 88mm gun is 88mm and not 3.464 inches
the historical name and units should be used

yes, it is confusing, but there are plenty of info in the internet on these weapons that will help the gamer compare.

[GoodGuy]

ORIGINAL: oi_you_nutter

yes, it is confusing, but there are plenty of info in the internet on these weapons that will help the gamer compare.

I don't see why a user should have to dig for external info, if it could be displayed in the game easily....
A list of calibres (along with a conversion) that had been used back then could be added to the pdf ref manual, at least, although this would still be kinda half-assed solution, imho.

I for one would not want to pause the game each time, just to figure the opposing units' firepower (if i'd be a new player).

[Arjuna]

Firepower totals are already provided so I think that's a moot point.
 
I for one was originally in favour of going all metric but was convinced by others ( they know who they are [;)] ) to display those "quaint" imperial measures for the Brits, The irony is that now the Brits have gone metric and the Yanks have gone retro and brought back imperial measures. [;)]

[Arjuna]

While we are on the subject, those astute users will note that we also use different naming conventions for units. The Allies in general use the straight progressive designations - eg, 1st Coy, 2nd Bn, 3rd Bde or 1.2.3, while the Germans use their historic naming convention - ie 1st Coy, 2nd Bn, Regt 3. While this is how they referred to their units I for one find this annoying. To me it interrupts the natural flow. But then maybe it's just me. [:)]
 
What do others think on this? Would you rather we stuck with a universal naming convention and a universal metric measure or do you prefer the current historical ( albeit inconsistent ) regime?

[GoodGuy]

1) historic naming convention
2) universal metric measure

My 2 cents.

[HansBolter]

Historical accuracy with all the glory of it's provincial oddities for the win!

[karto]

ORIGINAL: Titus

No, because I would prefer true 4:3 resolution i.e. 1280x960 at least for now when using 4:3 monitor. BTW, I am considering buying a widescreen TFT monitor with native resolution of 1680x1050. How does COTA scale on widescreen resolutions?

It scales quite well. I'm playing it 1920x1200. And yeah - 1280*1024 is a bad choice as baseline resolution. If it is to fit more things in the UI, what about making part of it colapsible?

Ingame setting beween both metric/imperial and historical/standard