Widescreen
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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, January 24 2008 17:39
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I'm curious. Why do Spiderweb games still not support widescreen monitor? Every new Mac has been widescreen for over two years. Nearly all PC laptops are widescreen now, and widescreen desktop monitors are becoming more and more prevalent. So, why are all the Spiderweb games still 4:3 only? -------------------- "Dumbledore returns from the dead and declares it to be hammertime, Harry proceeds to break it down, Voldemort is unable to touch this." —Dintiradan Spiderweb Chat Room Avernum RP • Summaries • OoC • Roster Shadow Vale - My site, home of the Spiderweb Chat Database, BoA Scenario Database, & the A1 Quest List, among other things. Posts: 1556 | Registered: Sunday, November 20 2005 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Thursday, January 24 2008 19:30
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I think Jeff does this because of his desire to keep his games compatible with older computers. Additionally, he began the current series' he iscompleting in that format. -------------------- Decca Records - "We don't like their sound. Groups of guitars are on the way out." Posts: 1384 | Registered: Tuesday, February 6 2007 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, January 24 2008 20:58
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I think it's more that Jeff doesn't want to spend the extra time coding more graphic screen choices for playing his games. He will probably do something for the next series or if Apple changes things in the next operating system. He was forced to redo some graphics to comply with the developement tools for Leopard. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
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? Man, ? Amazing
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written Thursday, January 24 2008 21:46
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I think Jeff just doesn't like Tyranicus all that much. Everyone else gets the widescreen version. -------------------- Synergy, et al - "I don't get it." Argon - "I'm at a loss for words..." Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, January 25 2008 02:09
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quote:This is entirely possible. :P -------------------- "Dumbledore returns from the dead and declares it to be hammertime, Harry proceeds to break it down, Voldemort is unable to touch this." —Dintiradan Spiderweb Chat Room Avernum RP • Summaries • OoC • Roster Shadow Vale - My site, home of the Spiderweb Chat Database, BoA Scenario Database, & the A1 Quest List, among other things. Posts: 1556 | Registered: Sunday, November 20 2005 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Friday, January 25 2008 03:04
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I'm using a widescreen monitor, and the games stretch to fit... BoA looks a bit squashed, but everything else is fine. -------------------- Nikki's Nook - will you remember his name? Posts: 2864 | Registered: Monday, September 8 2003 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Friday, January 25 2008 09:10
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Play it in windowed mode. I do that with all of Spiderweb's games, except for A4 and the Geneforge series, which don't have a windowed mode. -------------------- Either I'm crazy, or everybody else is nuts. And I know I'm not crazy because the little man who lives on my shoulder told me so. If people don't think there's something wrong with you, there's something wrong with you. Oh well. Another day, another dementia. Posts: 558 | Registered: Friday, September 15 2006 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Friday, January 25 2008 17:10
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Why would you want to use a wide screen monitor in the first place? -------------------- Decca Records - "We don't like their sound. Groups of guitars are on the way out." Posts: 1384 | Registered: Tuesday, February 6 2007 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Saturday, January 26 2008 02:03
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quote:It came with my laptop?? Nah, they're okay for watching films, and I like to be able to have two word documents open side-by-side, but otherwise, there's no biggie apart from aesthetics. -------------------- Nikki's Nook - will you remember his name? Posts: 2864 | Registered: Monday, September 8 2003 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Saturday, January 26 2008 02:47
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quote:Two screens is better for that. -------------------- Geneforge 4 stuff. Also, everything I know about Avernum | Avernum 2 | Avernum 3 | Avernum 4 Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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Master
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written Saturday, January 26 2008 03:14
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quote:Same for me, except that I have an iMac. And yeah, for watching movies and such it's nice. Also, all the games that do have a 1440:900 option look very nice on a widescreen monitor, maybe even nicer than on a normal 4:3 one. -------------------- Play and rate my scenarios: Where the rivers meet View my upcoming scenario: The Nephil Search: Escape. Co-designed with Nikki: El Presidente. Give us your drek! Posts: 3029 | Registered: Saturday, June 18 2005 07:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Thursday, March 27 2008 08:37
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Hey, I've been thinking of getting Avernum 5 - I've tried the demos of the other avernum's as they've been released, but I've never jumped in and bought. One thing I've noticed from the demos is the option to play full screen with the game the original size in the middle, or have it stretch to fit the screen. Is there an option to play it within in a window? I noticed in the post here someone talking about playing windowed, and I just want to confim that you can do that with Avernum 5, and how to do it (on the mac). Thanks Posts: 3 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2008 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Thursday, March 27 2008 08:58
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'fraid not. None of the games using the newer engine can be run in a window. Posts: 353 | Registered: Monday, January 9 2006 08:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Thursday, March 27 2008 12:54
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oh.. that's rather unfortunate. :( Posts: 3 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2008 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Thursday, March 27 2008 13:09
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quote:It shouldn't stretch it, it should change the resolution of your monitor to match the game. Maybe the Windows builds are different but they always just change the resolution on my Macs so that it's the right rez and right aspect ratio, just drops the black bars on the side to maintain the proper aspect ratio. On my 20" imac the 800x600 games are a little pixelated but generally it seems to scale these exceptionally well (also starcraft). -------------------- http://www.goozex.com/trading/asp/join.asp?idr=412684821 alexkaltsas.com Posts: 145 | Registered: Sunday, February 18 2007 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, March 27 2008 14:07
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quote:Jeff has started a rumor that Geneforge 5 will have windowed mode, but it's still a rumor even if it's from the game designer. [ Thursday, March 27, 2008 14:08: Message edited by: Randomizer ] Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Friday, March 28 2008 01:59
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quote:True... but it's a pretty good rumor if that's the source! :P Posts: 3 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2008 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, March 28 2008 04:37
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You can take my 4:3 when you pry it from my cold, dead hands. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |