Help with larger icons and contrast text?

stellaferox · 05-30-19, 02:36 AM

Hi guys,

I am an old fart and been playing every sub game from the 80's. Now my eyes are getting worse and I need larger icons for the dials in TDC mode and also more contrast for the text on the reports. They are in a sort of black and white mix which is barely readable.
Can anyone help me to adjust this? I play with the Wolves of Steel mod
Thx in advance

bstanko6 · 05-30-19, 02:57 AM

Here is a mod for the contrast.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=5438

stellaferox · 05-30-19, 03:28 AM

thx, can I use that with Wolves of Steel?

bstanko6 · 05-30-19, 05:25 AM

Yes you can.

stellaferox · 05-30-19, 07:18 AM

It doesn't change the contrast. It makes it even worse. No other solutions?

XenonSurf · 05-30-19, 09:12 AM

If there is not a mod for bigger fonts, then you would have to change your monitor resolution to a smaller one compared to your native resolution. This would make the fonts bigger but also making the game looking much worse overall.

For example, if your native resolution is 1920x1080, you could set the game to run in 1280x720; then, to avoid vertical borders, you have to set your scaling options in your NVidia Panel to "Scale with GPU". This will fill the screen to the right ratio with bigger fonts, I have just tried it out in my game to see if it's possible: yes it is.

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bstanko6 · 05-30-19, 10:32 AM

I’m sorry I thought you wanted lower contrast. At night the high contrast makes it hard to see.

My apologies.

stellaferox · 05-31-19, 03:58 AM

No worries mate. You tried to help. I appreciate that. Lowering resolution does not help either. I found the magnifier in Windows the best toll for enlarging text but the map tools are pretty much unreadable too.

BTW: just a Q Bstanko6, where did you find the texture coding? I will try for myself

XenonSurf · 05-31-19, 04:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stellaferox

No worries mate. You tried to help. I appreciate that. Lowering resolution does not help either. I found the magnifier in Windows the best toll for enlarging text but the map tools are pretty much unreadable too.

BTW: just a Q Bstanko6, where did you find the texture coding? I will try for myself

Lowering resolution will help for sure if you make it right. You will undoubtly get bigger fonts everywhere, the laws of geometry are constant (stretched pixels).

stellaferox · 06-06-19, 01:56 AM

Lowering the resolution results in a smaller screen. The lower resolution wont adapt to my initial screen of 2560x1440. I found a way though by changing the colors to 16 bit.

XenonSurf · 06-06-19, 04:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stellaferox

Lowering the resolution results in a smaller screen. The lower resolution wont adapt to my initial screen of 2560x1440. I found a way though by changing the colors to 16 bit.

2560x1440 is also a 16:9 ratio, so by chosing another smaller resolution at 16:9 ratio that your monitor supports, you will get bigger fonts and fullscreen. To get fullscreen (instead of a 'smaller screen' as you say) you must , as I said above, change your scaling options in your GPU grafic options (Nvidia Panel for Nvidia cards, similar panel for AMD cards).

Changing color will only be of little help. And if you are that able to change color, you are also able to change the scaling options - correctly.

stellaferox · 06-06-19, 07:23 AM

Thx XenonSurf. Any suggestion how I can change the scaling option? I tried to do this by changing the compatibility tickbox of the high DPI-adjustment into ignore.

XenonSurf · 06-06-19, 07:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stellaferox

Thx XenonSurf. Any suggestion how I can change the scaling option? I tried to do this by changing the compatibility tickbox of the high DPI-adjustment into ignore.

What is your GPU and OS?

05-30-19, 02:36 AM	#1
stellaferox Soundman Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 142 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	Help with larger icons and contrast text? Hi guys, I am an old fart and been playing every sub game from the 80's. Now my eyes are getting worse and I need larger icons for the dials in TDC mode and also more contrast for the text on the reports. They are in a sort of black and white mix which is barely readable. Can anyone help me to adjust this? I play with the Wolves of Steel mod Thx in advance Last edited by stellaferox; 05-30-19 at 03:29 AM.

05-30-19, 02:57 AM	#2
bstanko6 Admiral Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Murwik Naval Academy Posts: 2,130 Downloads: 390 Uploads: 13	Here is a mod for the contrast. http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=5438 __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] BSTANKO6'S SH5 NAVAL ACADEMY http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPbe...W2NArCA/videos DISCORD https://discord.gg/6tFeTSUmVc

05-30-19, 05:25 AM	#4
bstanko6 Admiral Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Murwik Naval Academy Posts: 2,130 Downloads: 390 Uploads: 13	Yes you can. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] BSTANKO6'S SH5 NAVAL ACADEMY http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPbe...W2NArCA/videos DISCORD https://discord.gg/6tFeTSUmVc

05-30-19, 09:12 AM	#6
XenonSurf Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Germany, Italy Posts: 1,721 Downloads: 107 Uploads: 4	If there is not a mod for bigger fonts, then you would have to change your monitor resolution to a smaller one compared to your native resolution. This would make the fonts bigger but also making the game looking much worse overall. For example, if your native resolution is 1920x1080, you could set the game to run in 1280x720; then, to avoid vertical borders, you have to set your scaling options in your NVidia Panel to "Scale with GPU". This will fill the screen to the right ratio with bigger fonts, I have just tried it out in my game to see if it's possible: yes it is. . XS Last edited by XenonSurf; 05-30-19 at 03:14 PM.

05-30-19, 10:32 AM	#7
bstanko6 Admiral Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Murwik Naval Academy Posts: 2,130 Downloads: 390 Uploads: 13	I’m sorry I thought you wanted lower contrast. At night the high contrast makes it hard to see. My apologies. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] BSTANKO6'S SH5 NAVAL ACADEMY http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPbe...W2NArCA/videos DISCORD https://discord.gg/6tFeTSUmVc

05-30-19, 03:28 AM	#3
stellaferox Soundman Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 142 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	thx, can I use that with Wolves of Steel?

05-30-19, 07:18 AM	#5
stellaferox Soundman Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 142 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	It doesn't change the contrast. It makes it even worse. No other solutions?

05-31-19, 03:58 AM	#8
stellaferox Soundman Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 142 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	No worries mate. You tried to help. I appreciate that. Lowering resolution does not help either. I found the magnifier in Windows the best toll for enlarging text but the map tools are pretty much unreadable too. BTW: just a Q Bstanko6, where did you find the texture coding? I will try for myself

06-06-19, 01:56 AM	#10
stellaferox Soundman Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 142 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	Lowering the resolution results in a smaller screen. The lower resolution wont adapt to my initial screen of 2560x1440. I found a way though by changing the colors to 16 bit.

06-06-19, 07:23 AM	#12
stellaferox Soundman Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 142 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	Thx XenonSurf. Any suggestion how I can change the scaling option? I tried to do this by changing the compatibility tickbox of the high DPI-adjustment into ignore.