[WIP] Widescreen MOD for SH3+GWX

[conus00]

Originally Posted by Fubar2Niner

@conus00

Perhaps when it's all finished mate you might write a readme that tells which changes are to be made for different res's. I personally run at 1920x1200 as you can see quite a difference. Maybe I should add I'd be a complete novice so if it could be in nube language it would be most appreciated mate. Thanks muchly

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

I could probably walk you through it but unfortunately there is no EASY way how to do it. You would have to make yourself familiar with menu_1024_768.ini and its editing and also you would have to make quite a few changes in Photoshop to a whole bunch of TGA files.
Also, there is another reason why I chose 1360x786: the game engine (according to Seeadler who created the widescreen .dll) has it's limitations based on hardcoded value for graphics (1024 pixels in most cases) and game tends to blur and jagg them a lot while stretching past 1024 pixels.
Myself (even though I own 1920x1080 32" monitor) I play SH3 in 1360x768 with black stripes all around. I can blow it up to a whole screen but the game just looks too ugly.
As I said there is really no easy way...

[Fubar2Niner]

Oh well it was woth a shot Thanks anyway mate, I'll still install this when it's done, looks too good to miss

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

[piri_reis]

Looks great conus

[Magic1111]

Originally Posted by conus00

I could probably walk you through it but unfortunately there is no EASY way how to do it. You would have to make yourself familiar with menu_1024_768.ini and its editing and also you would have to make quite a few changes in Photoshop to a whole bunch of TGA files.
Also, there is another reason why I chose 1360x786: the game engine (according to Seeadler who created the widescreen .dll) has it's limitations based on hardcoded value for graphics (1024 pixels in most cases) and game tends to blur and jagg them a lot while stretching past 1024 pixels.
Myself (even though I own 1920x1080 32" monitor) I play SH3 in 1360x768 with black stripes all around. I can blow it up to a whole screen but the game just looks too ugly.
As I said there is really no easy way...

My Windows Resolution is 1920 x 1080 and I play SH3 in 1280 x 1024, because a higher SH3 Resolution has no positive Effect, on the contrary a higher SH3 Resolution as 1280 x 1024 has a negative Effect on the fps !

With my settings, can I use the MOD ?

Best regards,
Magic

[Hitman]

You are an artist Conus! What a great and much needed mod to keep SH3 growing

[conus00]

Thanks, Hitman!
Such a praise coming from you means a lot to me.

I have a small problem, though. Maybe somebody more familiar then me with modifying menu_1024_768.ini can point me in right direction.
Here is my problem:

As you can see the hands on the stopwatch are off center. I would like to know how to make it "pull-out-on-click" and "close-on-click" and also how to make it stick to certain area (upper right corner)? Right now you can click and drag it wherever you want.
There's got to be bunch of people here who know how to make changes in menu_1024_768.ini.
Can anybody help?

Gentlemen, I don't know the answer to his question, but please, somebody should know! This is the greatest mod possible after the release of GWX!

[Myxale]

Way to go. Looks really neat.

Keep up the good work!

[conus00]

Just a quick update: I have figured out the stopwatch issue:


I am SO happy!!!!!
This son-of-a-b!tch took three hours and third of bottle of Jack Daniels to figure out!
Just for future reference (if anybody intends to "play" with menu_1024_768.ini) the entries for the "floating" stopwatch's hands are G3F I296 through I299.

You can still "click-and-drag" it wherever you want instead of sticking to the edge of the screen but I actually like it that way....

One more step closer to first release....
(reminds me the scene from Das Boot:
Die Alte: "Good, LI... Good, good. Go and take a break."
LI: "We still have a few little problems.")

[reaper7]

Nicely done Conus00, look forward to its release

[Reece]

Conus00 said:
Sony XBR9 32inch flatscreen TV (1080p, 1920x1080) as monitor with both SVGA and DVI->HDMI cables. Runs smooth on both connections.
I'm using 1360x768 with black frame all around (1360x768 equals approx 22 inches on my screen) in native 1:1 (full pixel) ratio.
No distortions whatsoever.

That's what I thought, the card is DVI but the monitor connection is svga (analog), this configuration will work because you can change the monitor frequency, on Digital LCD screens the frequency is set, and the monitor will stretch or shrink the image to fit the screen, this I think is the problem, Rubini had a similar setup to you having a CRT monitor. It will be interesting to see feedback after release, but unfortunately a lot of others will have the same problem I'm having, that would not be nice.

[conus00]

Originally Posted by Reece

That's what I thought, the card is DVI but the monitor connection is svga (analog), this configuration will work because you can change the monitor frequency, on Digital LCD screens the frequency is set, and the monitor will stretch or shrink the image to fit the screen, this I think is the problem, Rubini had a similar setup to you having a CRT monitor. It will be interesting to see feedback after release, but unfortunately a lot of others will have the same problem I'm having, that would not be nice.

Reece,
I have also connection DVI->HMDI (which is fully digital). I cannot select any scaling options (the game stretches the image on whole screen) but it is still without any distortions - the circles are still circles and it runs without glitches.

Anyway, you will soon be able to find out for yourself. I'm making some last finishing touches and the mod will be (hopefully) released within a week.