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Possibility of getting widescreen on 1366x768
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 7:44 am
by Nux Mortis
The quote below is from the public beta thread: unfortunately widescreen seems not to work with 1366x768 as px AND py have to be greater than 1024x768.
So, could a dev please tell us, if it will be possible to get widescreen support in that resolution in the final patch perhaps? Or will the 15.6 laptop users be out of luck definitely?
Thank you
ORIGINAL: Paul Roberts
ORIGINAL: Nux Mortis
ORIGINAL: USS America
Devs have mentioned that x must be greater than 1024 AND y must be greater than 768, or it will still default to 1024x768.
Oh no, no widescreensupport then on my 15.6 laptop? That´s bad news, I was so excited about this new feature.
Is this confirmed? No widescreen for a 1366 x 768 native laptop? [:(]
RE: Possibility of getting widescreen on 1366x768
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 4:26 pm
by Nux Mortis
*shameless bump*
RE: Possibility of getting widescreen on 1366x768
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 8:09 am
by aciddrinker
my bad
RE: Possibility of getting widescreen on 1366x768
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 1:10 pm
by Buck Beach
ORIGINAL: Nux Mortis
*shameless bump*
Hear the crickets do you? Well get use to it cause there is not much in the way of developers around any more. I wonder why?
RE: Possibility of getting widescreen on 1366x768
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 1:12 pm
by vonTirpitz
ORIGINAL: Buck Beach
ORIGINAL: Nux Mortis
*shameless bump*
Hear the crickets do you? Well get use to it cause there is not much in the way of developers around any more. I wonder why?
Okay now. Welcome to the green button Buck.
RE: Possibility of getting widescreen on 1366x768
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 1:19 pm
by Buck Beach
ORIGINAL: vonTirpitz
ORIGINAL: Buck Beach
ORIGINAL: Nux Mortis
*shameless bump*
Hear the crickets do you? Well get use to it cause there is not much in the way of developers around any more. I wonder why?
Okay now. Welcome to the green button Buck.
You have a nice day anyway.[:)]
RE: Possibility of getting widescreen on 1366x768
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 1:22 pm
by vonTirpitz
ORIGINAL: Nux Mortis
The quote below is from the public beta thread: unfortunately widescreen seems not to work with 1366x768 as px AND py have to be greater than 1024x768.
So, could a dev please tell us, if it will be possible to get widescreen support in that resolution in the final patch perhaps? Or will the 15.6 laptop users be out of luck definitely?
Thank you
ORIGINAL: Paul Roberts
ORIGINAL: Nux Mortis
Oh no, no widescreensupport then on my 15.6 laptop? That´s bad news, I was so excited about this new feature.
Is this confirmed? No widescreen for a 1366 x 768 native laptop? [:(]
1366x768
Nux, off hand, I would guess that it may be because the 1366x768 resolution has not been that commonly used until recently (and on non-desktop systems).
Most coding generally requires a bit of effort to properly "resize" objects for display in other resolutions. If they are simply "scaled" to a new resolution then the objects can appear distorted. Therefore, it is likely that each resolution supported requires a lot of work to ensure that the details are both visually appealing and functional.
It is possible that if there is enough customers asking for a particular resolution then they might either try to scale the graphics to what you are asking for or else allow the map area to be displayed across the full screen. Since I am unfamiliar with the details of the graphics engine I cannot actually speak for their reasoning. I do know that a lot of the game code is directly based on code written several years ago so there is a lot of "technology gap" that the developers have to contend with particularly with regard to graphics (i.e. monitors and graphics cards). I would guess it is on a long list of ideas that they have to judge against the available time and cost.
That said, I have played the game on wide screens at lower resolution and still enjoyed the experience. Think of it as watching Standard Definition on your HD set.
RE: Possibility of getting widescreen on 1366x768
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 3:15 pm
by Nux Mortis
ORIGINAL: vonTirpitz
Nux, off hand, I would guess that it may be because the 1366x768 resolution has not been that commonly used until recently (and on non-desktop systems).
Most coding generally requires a bit of effort to properly "resize" objects for display in other resolutions. If they are simply "scaled" to a new resolution then the objects can appear distorted. Therefore, it is likely that each resolution supported requires a lot of work to ensure that the details are both visually appealing and functional.
It is possible that if there is enough customers asking for a particular resolution then they might either try to scale the graphics to what you are asking for or else allow the map area to be displayed across the full screen. Since I am unfamiliar with the details of the graphics engine I cannot actually speak for their reasoning. I do know that a lot of the game code is directly based on code written several years ago so there is a lot of "technology gap" that the developers have to contend with particularly with regard to graphics (i.e. monitors and graphics cards). I would guess it is on a long list of ideas that they have to judge against the available time and cost.
That said, I have played the game on wide screens at lower resolution and still enjoyed the experience. Think of it as watching Standard Definition on your HD set.
Thank you vonTirpitz,
I do enjoy AE. No widescreen isn´t
that bad, I will play it anyway, as it´s a great game.
I just would like to know if there is any chance and, like you mentioned already, if I should look for others, so that matrix can see, that there is a need for that resolution.
If it´s not possible, it is a bit disappointing, but I can accept that nevertheless.
RE: Possibility of getting widescreen on 1366x768
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 1:44 pm
by Erik Rutins
I know the devs are reading this thread, but I'll inquire as well whether we can make that 1366x768 supported in a future update.
RE: Possibility of getting widescreen on 1366x768
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 1:47 pm
by Rodwen67
Erik, the same for 1280*0720 ???? [&:]
RE: Possibility of getting widescreen on 1366x768
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 5:22 pm
by Jones944
ORIGINAL: Rodwen67
Erik, the same for 1280*0720 ???? [&:]
Never lower than 768, I've heard.
RE: Possibility of getting widescreen on 1366x768
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 5:28 pm
by BigJ62
can't go less than 768
RE: Possibility of getting widescreen on 1366x768
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:46 am
by PaulWRoberts
ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins
I know the devs are reading this thread, but I'll inquire as well whether we can make that 1366x768 supported in a future update.
Thanks, Erik. I'd love to see this happen as well.
RE: Possibility of getting widescreen on 1366x768
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 11:46 am
by Nux Mortis
ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins
I know the devs are reading this thread, but I'll inquire as well whether we can make that 1366x768 supported in a future update.
Thanks Erik, that would be really great.
RE: Possibility of getting widescreen on 1366x768
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 4:41 pm
by PaulWRoberts
*bump* Just curious if 1366x768 was found to be possible.
RE: Possibility of getting widescreen on 1366x768
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 7:09 pm
by aphrochine
ORIGINAL: Jones944
ORIGINAL: Rodwen67
Erik, the same for 1280*0720 ???? [&:]
Never lower than 768, I've heard.
I can confirm this. I would imagine it's because the data screens are hard coded at that size, lower would require a recode. While higher simply expands your view of the pacific, with data screens retaining their original size.