Resolution Optimization for FO

posted on January 24th, 2010, 11:47 pm

I know lots of people have really fancy screens, but it seems a large portion of Fleet Ops gamers don't have access to these sorts of high resolution monitors: any chance that that Fleet Ops could have some tweaking to make it look better on screens that use a resolution of 1024 by 768 or thereabouts? I took a look at some screenies taken on one of these monitors and the font is much less readable 

According to stats on the guide (which I know doesn't represent even a mediocre fraction of FO gamers, but could potentially be representative of the whole - I'm not sure):

21 percent use 1680 by 1050
15.5 percent use 1024 by 768
15 percent use 1280 by 800
13 percent use 1280 by 1024
12 percent use 1440 by 900
7 percent use 1920 by 1080

So a large fraction of these users are at least experiencing some really not so pleasant font sizes and distortions... not to mention color blurring. Looks to be quite unpleasant after just a little while of playing 

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posted on January 24th, 2010, 11:55 pm

looks lie your image was uploaded fully...

i for one play on 1024x768, but i already adapted to low graphics (nvidia 5200FX)

posted on January 25th, 2010, 12:28 am

You probably don't want to hear this, but I'm among your 7 %

Altough I did play on the lowest res and lowest detail for a time. I feel your pain

posted on January 25th, 2010, 12:58 am

I myself play on 1440 by 900 but just looking at the screenie is enough to give me a headache

posted on January 25th, 2010, 3:07 am

I'm in your 7%, FLOPS widescreen support is part of what helps it supplant all other mods, to me at least.

posted on January 25th, 2010, 5:15 am

I play with 1680x1050... it looks great, but I also know what it looks like with 1024x768 as that is the best resolution I can get on an older computer, there is a very noticeable difference.

posted on January 25th, 2010, 10:43 am

hm, i use a small resolution on my laptop too and am not experiencing font problems. but i will note it down

posted on January 25th, 2010, 11:26 am

i use the smallest resolution available (as i play in window mode) but i only see minor problems with the letter a (also the ship names in the 2-16 ship select are a little squished in my opinion

posted on January 25th, 2010, 7:34 pm

The widescreen feature is among many that set this mod aside from the realm of "mods" and quite firmly into the realm of "games". Any and all lossless opimisations are welcome in my books . I am one of the 1680x1050's

[runaway]

posted on January 25th, 2010, 7:44 pm

Last edited by runaway on January 25th, 2010, 7:47 pm, edited 1 time in total.

funny how many people are under those 7%
me too

btw the link to you flops guide is incorrect

looks like this http://"http//fleetopsguide.freecp.net/in.php%22

posted on January 25th, 2010, 10:33 pm

Thanks Runaway, tis fixed now

And thank you Optec, I'm sure many people would be greatful

[DOCa Cola]

posted on January 30th, 2010, 2:13 pm

Last edited by DOCa Cola on January 30th, 2010, 2:33 pm, edited 1 time in total.

yes, this has been reported in the 3.1.0 bug thread earlier. i have seen that the fonts are nearly unreadable at resolutions like 1024x768, however in the short amount of time (3.1.0-3.1.1) we couldn't do much about that without risking breaking something else. i have been working on a software side change (as 'quick fix') before the 3.1.1 release to increase the  font size on lower resolutions, which then just didn't work the way i wanted. so i decided that we'll just leave it be in this state for one more version.

btw. the steam survey gives a good overview about what hardware/software/settings gamers are using Steam Hardware Survey
the fleet operations vote looks quite similar

edit: here are the stats from the visitors of fleetops.net

posted on January 30th, 2010, 2:20 pm

Good to hear Doca