Spring RTS Engine

I understand that, but the question is, why? Computer LCDs are the only thing in the universe that uses that aspect ratio.

I have a 4-6 year old CRT runnign 1280x1024...

and my bro's LCD uses 1024x768

Notice: the plurality of players play at 1024x768. Which means that a lot of people are seeing the same GUI I'm seeing with the damned illegible buttons. That sucks.

No love for good ole' 16x12?



*crys*

Hunter0000 wrote:No love for good ole' 16x12?



*crys*

Problem is that a lot of budget monitors don't support that res.

I'm running at 1280x1024 btw

I think i actually have come to prefer the whole 5:4 aspect ratio over the 4:3 these days.

Zenka wrote: On TFT's the higest resolution is also the amount of crystal cells it holds. You *must* use it's native resolution or have some pixels be rendered with 2 cells and some with 1, resolving in an unequliaised view.

Not tota;ly correct.. most modern TFT's upsample the image in much the same way photoshop will scale up an image, and so doom (which will only run at 1600 x 1200 due top being craply writen) will look great on my 1920 x 1200

aGorm

aGorm wrote:Not tota;ly correct.. most modern TFT's upsample the image in much the same way photoshop will scale up an image, and so doom (which will only run at 1600 x 1200 due top being craply writen) will look great on my 1920 x 1200

aGorm

Well, indeed it doesn't look crappy. Fortunatly
It is just an attempt of an explanation why most people run 1280*1024 insetad of 1280*960.
And TFT is indeed the only thing in the galaxy that uses that weird aspect ratio. Therefore it is important.

Caydr wrote:Yeah, this is for ingame resolution, not just desktop resolution.

This is unfortunate. It seems the majority is split between 1024x768 and 1280x1024, which use different aspect ratios, messing everything up.

I'm still trying to figure out why 1280x1024 became the standard rather than 1280x960. The 64 extra pixels are nice, but why? :S 1280x1024 is a weird bastardization that just appeared out of nowhere for no apparent reason. It's... I think 5:4, while the standard is 4:3.

Its an artefact from the 80s, when having 2^10 lines made it much easier to deal with.

And of COURSE people with 17" or 19" should use a 5:4 aspect ratio ingame, as thats what their monitors physically have. Using a 4:3 resolution would provide quite a bit of distortion.

IMHO, this shouldnt really be a problem. Spring will (hopefully, if i read the SVN log right) include support for non 4:3 aspect ratio in the next version. I mean, if TA could do it in 1997, there is no reason why a game today should squish the content just because the user runs as 16:10 or 5:4.

Caydr wrote:I understand that, but the question is, why? Computer LCDs are the only thing in the universe that uses that aspect ratio.

becasue LCD pixels are square, wheras CRT pixels are rectangular...

Oooohh.... I see. That makes more sense.

I play with 1280x1024. My computer sucks but it's a pathfinding and map texture memory problem so resolution doesn't affect it, it's no faster with 1024x768. I've turned all the effects down. (Plus changed the font luxi.ttf to a readable one!)

1280x960 on a 14 year old monitor

Ishach wrote:1280x960 on a 14 year old monitor

Thats damn good, i've had a lot of bad luck with monitors. The one I have now has lasted the longest (3) years.

Other than that, most of my monitors only last for about 9mos - 18mos, then they crap out. I was pissed too, cause i had a really nice 19" CRT from NEC, and i figured it would last me for a lifetime (or at least my computer's lifetime). But the joke was one me as it only lasted 11months. Fuck u NEC, Fuck U.

I bought it second hand so I dont know if it still counts


Its started to make this horrible buzzing sound, i thiink any day now its going to explode in my face

I don't know why but I got addicted to degauss my CRT every 5 to 30 minutes... my old Samsung SyncMaster 750p (caution: surreptitious advertising!) had some funny flashing effects in one corner because of that.

what does degaussing do anyways

Degaussing doesn't do a heck of a lot. It's intended to help eliminate color distortion caused by things like magnets, etc. Yeah, don't get an unshielded magnet near your CRT, btw...

To do a proper degaussing, you need a degaussing coil. It's basically a giant electromagnetic coil that you plug into the wall and move around your monitor for a couple of seconds. I don't think you can buy them.

But the joke was one me as it only lasted 11months.

New or used? If it's new they are guaranteed to work for some period of time, probably at least a year but I'd guess 2-3. NEC is the king of monitors, from what I understand.

Caydr wrote:

But the joke was one me as it only lasted 11months.

New or used? If it's new they are guaranteed to work for some period of time, probably at least a year but I'd guess 2-3. NEC is the king of monitors, from what I understand.

I bought it brand New, for $350. Fuck u NEC, FUCK U.

rattle wrote:I don't know why but I got addicted to degauss my CRT every 5 to 30 minutes...

I thought only stoned people (and me) did that

lol, its funny because in a computer lab at my school, whenever you turn off a moniter than back on, it automatically degausses. when it does so, every moniter in the room flickers!