Suggestion: Toolbar stretching for larger resolutions

Snorbuckle · Post by **Snorbuckle** » 15 Apr 2004 01:20

OpenTTD is great, and the feature I like most about it is the ability to change resolutions, but the fact that the top and bottom bars seem to shrink is rather annoying. I'd like them to remain the same size on my screen, but to be able to see more of the map in the main part of the screen.

But please, tell me if this is already possible, as I may be missing something.

Darkvater · Post by **Darkvater** » 15 Apr 2004 08:33

The bottom bar could be stretched without problems. Just extend the gray bar, and put date to the left, and money to the right.

There would be problems though with the top-bar. Because stretching it would mean having to increase the size of the icons. Doing it programmatically would surely mean that they would become ugly, or at least uglier, pixeled. Doing it by hand would mean making new icons for every possible resolution, and that's not gonna happen

mispunt · Post by **mispunt** » 15 Apr 2004 08:41

You could also leave the icon size's and make more room between the icons.

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 15 Apr 2004 08:45

mispunt wrote:You could also leave the icon size's and make more room between the icons.

Between all icons??? Because that's ugly I think.

mispunt · Post by **mispunt** » 15 Apr 2004 08:49

or group of icons.

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 15 Apr 2004 08:51

mispunt wrote:or group of icons.

That's better.

But if the icon's size remains the same at a higher resolution, wouldn't these icons become to small?

Darkvater · Post by **Darkvater** » 15 Apr 2004 08:53

Well, everything becomes small, trains, stations, towns, etc

If playing on windows try CTRL+D, it will zoom in double. Very useful on high resolutions

mispunt · Post by **mispunt** » 15 Apr 2004 08:55

perhaps they will, perhaps you still could see them very well.

but when they are to small, you have to look at which resolution it is to small, and then load a new (or resize the) image.

Snorbuckle · Post by **Snorbuckle** » 15 Apr 2004 08:56

Yeah, I was thinking along the lines of the RCT system, where the icons are grouped. The icons would need to be larger though, or they'd just get too small.

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 15 Apr 2004 08:57

Darkvater wrote:Well, everything becomes small, trains, stations, towns, etc

But you'll need to click at icons. Stations for example are big enough to click at.

Wolf01 · Post by **Wolf01** » 02 May 2004 17:35

Darkvater wrote:Well, everything becomes small, trains, stations, towns, etc

If playing on windows try CTRL+D, it will zoom in double. Very useful on high resolutions

how it works? i tried but nothing happened

VPN-User · Post by **VPN-User** » 02 May 2004 20:11

Wolf01 wrote:how it works? i tried but nothing happened

I think its just the normal zoom-in zoom out function which now also works using your mouse wheel. Nothing new except that (and the keyboard shortcut).

dominik81 · Post by **dominik81** » 02 May 2004 20:45

VPN-User wrote:
Wolf01 wrote:how it works? i tried but nothing happened
I think its just the normal zoom-in zoom out function which now also works using your mouse wheel. Nothing new except that (and the keyboard shortcut).

No, with Ctrl-D everything is doubled. Meaning: All the windows as well. The small text even becomes readable. But it only works on Windows.

VPN-User · Post by **VPN-User** » 02 May 2004 20:58

Ah okay you mean this windows-stretch-thing that TTDPatch introduced some time ago.

willaz · Post by **willaz** » 18 May 2004 23:33

Hi guys,

My first post here but:
how about convert the icons into the highest possible resolution(1280x1024) and then scaling down? With a little gaussian blur that may do the trick but if not just make a newer high resolution one?

Will

dominik81 · Post by **dominik81** » 19 May 2004 05:55

Sooner or later OpenTTD will have 32 Bit graphics and a new GUI.

Roman · Post by **Roman** » 19 May 2004 11:28

IMO bigger icons are stupid:
1. it requires a great deal of work to draw them so that they don't look pixeled.
2. there would be loads of new sprites to add.
3. the programming might be a bit complicated (don't know)
4. I find it would look silly because of the proportions. Huge icons and tiny trains? boaah... I'm sure it would make the world look even smaller.

I'd find it best if the size stayed as it is and the whole icon bar was centered (like the news bar at the bottom).
BTW: I don't think the news bar should be stretched because it would take ages until a piece of information has gone across the whole width.

Matt86 · Post by **Matt86** » 20 May 2004 08:21

ATM the toolbar position,and subsequent menus positions are hardcoded. So it is difficult to draw the toolbar to the centre.

Roman · Post by **Roman** » 21 May 2004 07:42

Hm, but what about the news bar? It's centered. Would it be really so hard to do the same with the icon bar?

Psicho · Post by **Psicho** » 21 May 2004 08:39

dominik81 wrote:Sooner or later OpenTTD will have 32 Bit graphics and a new GUI.

Is it true?! This would be a GREAT improvment

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