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Old 10-17-2019, 07:48 AM
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Oh look. Another whiney "I can't deal with the UI" thread. And the OP will spend 25 pages trying to explain his ridiculous stance on something that no one is going to change anyway because the devs here don't cater to whiners.

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Old 10-17-2019, 07:55 AM
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Oh look. Another whiney "I can't deal with the UI" thread. And the OP will spend 25 pages trying to explain his ridiculous stance on something that no one is going to change anyway because the devs here don't cater to whiners.

Bye!
Super useful contribution, man.

Not OP but look at the comparison between the two images in this post:
https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...&postcount=203
And tell me that the green UI is at a perfect scale at all resolutions and couldn't possibly be hard to read on certain set ups to some people.
If you say so, then you're not qualified to contribute to this discussion anyway, so bye indeed.
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Old 10-17-2019, 08:16 AM
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Super useful contribution, man.

Not OP but look at the comparison between the two images in this post:
https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...&postcount=203
And tell me that the green UI is at a perfect scale at all resolutions and couldn't possibly be hard to read on certain set ups to some people.
If you say so, then you're not qualified to contribute to this discussion anyway, so bye indeed.
I am at work currently. But when I get home I will dig up some velious screenshots. The UI components were different sizes based on the resolution of the monitor. EXACTLY like how it is behaving here.

At the end of the day, there is a very wide array of resolutions people will be using on P1999.

Cheap Laptop with integrated graphics? Probably 720p.

Desktop with standard monitor? Probably 1080p.

Some will have 4K, some will have ultra wides. At the end of the day the only logical thing to do is support the lowest resolution that is likely to be used. Because sizing a UI for 4K and expecting people on 720p to deal with it is ridiculous. People with larger monitors have the ability to play windowed mode, or play at a lower resolution. People with smaller resolutions don’t have any option to scale up.

Once again. This UI was pre-packaged and planned to be used anyway. All we did was replace some components with the proper Velious UI components and clean up some bugs.
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Old 10-17-2019, 08:29 AM
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I am at work currently. But when I get home I will dig up some velious screenshots. The UI components were different sizes based on the resolution of the monitor. EXACTLY like how it is behaving here.

At the end of the day, there is a very wide array of resolutions people will be using on P1999.

Cheap Laptop with integrated graphics? Probably 720p.

Desktop with standard monitor? Probably 1080p.

Some will have 4K, some will have ultra wides. At the end of the day the only logical thing to do is support the lowest resolution that is likely to be used. Because sizing a UI for 4K and expecting people on 720p to deal with it is ridiculous. People with larger monitors have the ability to play windowed mode, or play at a lower resolution. People with smaller resolutions don’t have any option to scale up.

Once again. This UI was pre-packaged and planned to be used anyway. All we did was replace some components with the proper Velious UI components and clean up some bugs.
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Old 10-17-2019, 08:53 AM
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At the end of the day the only logical thing to do is support the lowest resolution that is likely to be used. Because sizing a UI for 4K and expecting people on 720p to deal with it is ridiculous. People with larger monitors have the ability to play windowed mode, or play at a lower resolution. People with smaller resolutions don’t have any option to scale up.
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Speaking of logic...
The problem is this UI was designed for the lowest resolution that was likely to be used 20 years ago. It really needs to be scaled up to support the lowest resolution that would be used today, which will give the 80% of people at a higher resolution than that a UI which is much more usable.
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Once again. This UI was pre-packaged and planned to be used anyway. All we did was replace some components with the proper Velious UI components and clean up some bugs.
I completely understand that the scale of the UI is outside the scope of what you were trying to accomplish. And i am not directing my comments at you directly. I am just making statements to describe the problem and possible solutions.
The fact is that project 1999 will suffer because of the forced UI that will feel very "not classic" for most people trying to play at their native resolution due to the fact that it does not scale. If anyone wants to try to fix that, that would be much appreciated by many people
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Old 10-17-2019, 05:54 AM
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I liked the way for a monthly fee more.

Today you play through a game and get a beautiful item in the shop for microtransactions, wich is OK for some games.
I realy like Path of Exile for example.

But in a game with a monthly fee you knew that everything in the game (specially when it was a bit harder, like EQ was) was earned by players with patience and teamwork.

It was worth something. Not just pay money. It was about reputation:

Did you see XY? Wow, he made it.
He finaly got XYZ. That looks so cool.

I wish i could anesthetize myself for the next week... i can't wait.
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Old 10-17-2019, 07:02 PM
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