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GUI and FONTS are crazy small...... - 2/28/2010 10:17:12 PM   
Sherlock

 

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Status: offline 		Guys, this looks fabulous. But I'm telling you, at 1680x1050 the interface is TOO SMALL. All those tiny little buttons. And the text is just barely readable, even with reading glasses.

Any chance there will be options for adjustable fonts and other GUI attributes? This game looks great, but I know from experience that STRAINING TO READ THE INTERFACE makes for NO FUN.
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RE: GUI and FONTS are crazy small...... - 2/28/2010 10:31:51 PM   
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Status: offline 		FWIW, I've played it at 1680x1050 and the font size was fine, but your mileage may vary.

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RE: GUI and FONTS are crazy small...... - 2/28/2010 10:40:27 PM   
Sherlock

 

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Status: offline 		I'm 55. At that age, this interface is...less than optimal. And hey, dozens of tiny buttons and tiny text is just not a good look (IMHO).

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RE: GUI and FONTS are crazy small...... - 2/28/2010 11:19:46 PM   
tgb

 

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Status: offline 		I'm 57 and occasionally have a problem with interfaces at high resolution (damn trifocals!).  Sometimes you just have to suck it up and turn the resolution down a notch.

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RE: GUI and FONTS are crazy small...... - 3/1/2010 12:02:44 AM   
Terl


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Status: offline 		I'll be 56 in April and wear bifocals. On 1280x1024 on my 19" flat panel the fonts are playable for me. I get the same thing as tgb sometimes and have to work at it but it is not bad.

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RE: GUI and FONTS are crazy small...... - 3/1/2010 12:27:29 AM   
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Status: offline 		At 74 a 26 inch screen at 1920 x 1200 works well for me

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RE: GUI and FONTS are crazy small...... - 3/1/2010 12:33:14 AM   
Son_of_Montfort


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Status: offline 		TGB, I had you pegged at 27... wow, was I off.

Sherlock, where are you seeing the game at that resolution? I play at 1440x900 and the text is still rather large and the buttons are great. Like Erik said YMMV, and I would suggest that - should the ultra-high resolution be too much, you simply scale back to play the game. I know, I know... that isn't the best use of your gigantic monitor, but, like Crown of Glory: Emperor's Edition, you don't want to pass on a cool game because of resolution!


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RE: GUI and FONTS are crazy small...... - 3/1/2010 1:40:46 AM   
LarryP


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Status: offline 		I'm 54 and my LCD monitor is at 1600x1200 and DW looks fine. My eye doctor said if I keep using this resolution, I should sit closer and use a 1.0 reading glasses. I say cram it, no glasses for me. I may be biased here though as my vision is near perfect.

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RE: GUI and FONTS are crazy small...... - 3/1/2010 1:46:48 AM   
rich12545

 

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Status: offline 		As Erik said, your mileage may vary. I'm 64 and my eyes have seen better days. Small fonts would be difficult for me. That's why demos are a good idea.

And btw, how did Sherlock get ahold of the game in the first place????

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RE: GUI and FONTS are crazy small...... - 3/1/2010 2:59:47 AM   
impact


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Status: offline 		I believe that Son_of_Montfort and him are beta testers ;)

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RE: GUI and FONTS are crazy small...... - 3/1/2010 3:08:47 AM   
martok


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Status: offline 		Wow. At the age of 33, it seems like I'm the "old man" on a lot of forums. Here, though, I feel like a damn kid. I can't decide whether or not that's good or bad....



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ORIGINAL: rich12545

And btw, how did Sherlock get ahold of the game in the first place????

I'm wondering if maybe he's just going by the screenshots? If that is in fact the case, that's probably not a very good barometer of how big/small the font & buttons will look like.


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RE: GUI and FONTS are crazy small...... - 3/1/2010 3:18:39 AM   
rich12545

 

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quote:

ORIGINAL: impact

I believe that Son_of_Montfort and him are beta testers ;)


I wouldn't think so. He just joined today. I think it's trolling.

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RE: GUI and FONTS are crazy small...... - 3/1/2010 4:22:58 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: lomyrin

At 74 a 26 inch screen at 1920 x 1200 works well for me


rich12545 was "the old man" but you sir now claim that Honor!

I too use 1680x1050 but I must use 1.5 readers. Trifocals cause too much pain in the neck.

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RE: GUI and FONTS are crazy small...... - 3/1/2010 5:21:40 AM   
Son_of_Montfort


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Status: offline 		I'm a tester and have seen the game in action (like LarryP). AFAIK, Sherlock is not.

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RE: GUI and FONTS are crazy small...... - 3/1/2010 7:05:59 AM   
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ORIGINAL: rich12545

I think it's trolling.

I don't think he's trolling; he's just a potential customer expressing concern with one relatively minor aspect of the game. Nothing wrong with that.

I *do* think he might be making a mountain out of a molehill -- since unless he is in fact a beta-tester, he can't know what Distant World's font & buttons actually look like (especially as the available screenshots probably aren't the best representation for how the actual game looks on screen) -- but I can't really blame him for being worried about it. He may be worrying more than is warranted, but it's a reasonable enough concern in and of itself.


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RE: GUI and FONTS are crazy small...... - 3/1/2010 3:08:24 PM   
rich12545

 

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quote:

ORIGINAL: martok

quote:

ORIGINAL: rich12545

I think it's trolling.

I don't think he's trolling; he's just a potential customer expressing concern with one relatively minor aspect of the game. Nothing wrong with that.

I *do* think he might be making a mountain out of a molehill -- since unless he is in fact a beta-tester, he can't know what Distant World's font & buttons actually look like (especially as the available screenshots probably aren't the best representation for how the actual game looks on screen) -- but I can't really blame him for being worried about it. He may be worrying more than is warranted, but it's a reasonable enough concern in and of itself.




How did he get the game to look at it?

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RE: GUI and FONTS are crazy small...... - 3/1/2010 3:15:37 PM   
LarryP


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Status: offline 		He is NOT a beta tester. I assume he got his information like everyone else can, from the videos and from the few graphic posts.

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RE: GUI and FONTS are crazy small...... - 3/1/2010 3:22:48 PM   
PDiFolco

 

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Status: offline 		Certainly looking at the screenshots... Those at Matrix are illegible dur to size compression, but Codeforce site has real screens at 1650*1050.
Font of the upper message zone is undoubtbly rather small and may be a bit hard to read for some ppl.

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