New Wide Screen mod: the next definitive SH3 step!

Nico71 · 03-15-10, 05:14 PM

Hey mate! Long time no see! Well, do you mean that OLC/ACM will finally work with WS?

Switching DT resolution in order to play unstretched 4:3 res on a 16:10 monitor can become quite a chore after a while!

Rubini · 03-15-10, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Nico71

Hey mate! Long time no see! Well, do you mean that OLC/ACM will finally work with WS?

Switching DT resolution in order to play unstretched 4:3 res on a 16:10 monitor can become quite a chore after a while!

It work with any Sh3 installation, any combination of mods, and even with FM new interiors! Just awesome!

And nice to "see" you too after so long time, no?

vergol · 03-15-10, 05:35 PM

This is most welcome news.

verte · 03-15-10, 05:42 PM

Is it only for wide-screen? So it is not a mod for people with normal ratio monitors?

609_Avatar · 03-15-10, 06:07 PM

This sounds great!

Especially since I have a 32" 1920x1080 monitor I use and would like to take full advantage of it. The impatient side of me begs to ask if you have any ETA on when this lovely mod might be available?

Thanks.

flakmonkey · 03-15-10, 06:18 PM

so what res will the game be run at?? 1024x640? 1680x1050? Just wondering.

Rubini · 03-15-10, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by flakmonkey

so what res will the game be run at?? 1024x640? 1680x1050? Just wondering.

Hi FM,

It will run at a user given resolution as we do actually with highresolution mod...but it will run in WS aspect correctly now. (so you must give WS resolutions to it obviously).

The 2d stuff is yet fixed at 1024x768, so for now the best resolution to run it is at 1360x768 (WS 16:9) just because it's ready out of the box. But this will probably change (for the good side) because Seeadler is yet working exactly on this issue.

The movies were made in 1360x768.

vergol · 03-15-10, 06:18 PM

I just watched the vids. Absolutely breathtaking! I can't wait.

(I hope my resolution is supported - 1280x800)

Rubini · 03-15-10, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by vergol

I just watched the vids. Absolutely breathtaking! I can't wait.

(I hope my resolution is supported - 1280x800)

Thanks mate!
Now, 1280x800 (16:6) isn't a correct WS resolution (16:10 or 16:9 are the standard for WS) so I can't promisse, but it's much probably that it will work too.

Rubini · 03-15-10, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by 609_Avatar

This sounds great!

Especially since I have a 32" 1920x1080 monitor I use and would like to take full advantage of it. The impatient side of me begs to ask if you have any ETA on when this lovely mod might be available?

Thanks.

I don't have the anwser for this...but I guess that the first release will be soon. After that (even it's totally playable as you can see at the videos) probably we will have the time to the GUI modders adapt their mods and make use of the new available space that we have on screen, and so on.

flakmonkey · 03-15-10, 06:38 PM

re: the 2d gui stuff, it might be possible to re-tool sh4s interface tga files as they have options for multiple resolutions (i think), either way its still a lot of work.

609_Avatar · 03-15-10, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Rubini

I don't have the anwser for this...but I guess that the first release will be soon. After that (even it's totally playable as you can see at the videos) probably we will have the time to the GUI modders adapt their mods and make use of the new available space that we have on screen, and so on.

Thanks for the response. Can't wait to try it out!

Rubini · 03-15-10, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by verte

Is it only for wide-screen? So it is not a mod for people with normal ratio monitors?

Well, sorry but it obviously is. But...will anyone here yet have 4:3 monitors as the time passes? And i can asure you: after you played Sh3 in WS mod you will never more want to go back to 4:3. It's just like a new game!

nycoroner05 · 03-15-10, 08:14 PM

This is amazing! Can't wait

Hitman · 03-19-10, 12:17 PM

Again Seeadler did it

It's only a rough guess right now, but I bet it is very easy to actually make use of the extra space. The menu.ini should be easily coaxable to place items there. So far, when you have a slide out item it is just doing that: Sliding out of the visible area, but not actually dissapearing. This is proof that you can actually put things there, so I bet we can do lots of incredible things with the extra space available. The only problem is writing it in, but that's more time consuming that difficult, once you know how it works.

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609_Avatar Watch Officer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: 3rd Planet From The Sun Posts: 345 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	This sounds great! Especially since I have a 32" 1920x1080 monitor I use and would like to take full advantage of it. The impatient side of me begs to ask if you have any ETA on when this lovely mod might be available? Thanks. __________________ Avatar

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flakmonkey Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Staffordshire, Uk Posts: 944 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	so what res will the game be run at?? 1024x640? 1680x1050? Just wondering. __________________

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flakmonkey Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Staffordshire, Uk Posts: 944 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	re: the 2d gui stuff, it might be possible to re-tool sh4s interface tga files as they have options for multiple resolutions (i think), either way its still a lot of work. __________________

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nycoroner05 Sparky Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: NY Posts: 153 Downloads: 144 Uploads: 0	Great! This is amazing! Can't wait __________________

03-19-10, 12:17 PM	#15
Hitman Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Spain Posts: 6,111 Downloads: 109 Uploads: 2	Again Seeadler did it It's only a rough guess right now, but I bet it is very easy to actually make use of the extra space. The menu.ini should be easily coaxable to place items there. So far, when you have a slide out item it is just doing that: Sliding out of the visible area, but not actually dissapearing. This is proof that you can actually put things there, so I bet we can do lots of incredible things with the extra space available. The only problem is writing it in, but that's more time consuming that difficult, once you know how it works. __________________ One day I will return to sea ...

03-15-10, 05:14 PM	#1
Nico71 Medic Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 168 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	Hey mate! Long time no see! Well, do you mean that OLC/ACM will finally work with WS? Switching DT resolution in order to play unstretched 4:3 res on a 16:10 monitor can become quite a chore after a while!

03-15-10, 05:35 PM	#3
vergol Machinist's Mate Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 121 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	This is most welcome news.

03-15-10, 05:42 PM	#4
verte Sparky Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 158 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	Is it only for wide-screen? So it is not a mod for people with normal ratio monitors?