Device Fonts in 0.99?

[Periculi]

I am seeing some really rough device fonts, and they don't go away at various resolutions.

It's kind of a step backwards, imho. Between the ugly fonts and the changes to the dockscreen graphics the game looks rougher and less appealing than the 0.98 versions.

I tried 800 by 600 and the game screens went over the edge, too, making it impossible to see the upper and lower edges where information is such as the ship HUD.

Am I missing the font you used or is it intentional?

[george moromisato]

Sorry about that. It's probably that I'm using fonts that are not universally available on international versions of Windows. What OS are you running?

I can do a fix that will revert back to the original fonts if the new fonts aren't found.

What don't you like about the new dock screen graphics?

[Periculi]

Sorry about that. It's probably that I'm using fonts that are not universally available on international versions of Windows. What OS are you running?

I am on a Windows Vista, a package deal from OfficeMax. What font are you using, I can likely get it.

It's only one size- the text for dockscreens and title for items, etc. The other text looks good.

What don't you like about the new dock screen graphics?

I don't like the grid pattern, especially with the ugly, blocky fonts. I also don't like how it places the station or other object graphic on the grey grid.

The gradient might be cool.. it's just that altogether- font, grey grid, overlapping graphics created a rather shocking new dockscreen experience.

[evilbob]

that gives me an idea.
How about a faulty ROM that replaces all the text with winddings font for a while? (say, 10 RL mins)

[george moromisato]

It's only one size- the text for dockscreens and title for items, etc. The other text looks good.

I don't like the grid pattern, especially with the ugly, blocky fonts. I also don't like how it places the station or other object graphic on the grey grid.

The gradient might be cool.. it's just that altogether- font, grey grid, overlapping graphics created a rather shocking new dockscreen experience.

Could you send me a screenshot? I don't quite get why the fonts don't work (Vista should have the fonts).

[Periculi]

I like the new Title bar text.

To me, the text in the dockscreen menu and main description areas are hard on the eyes. I liked the older version, it was easier to read.

[george moromisato]

Yeah, that doesn't look normal.

Are you running large DPI? (120 DPI, also called "Large Fonts")
The font is supposed to be "Lucida Sans" can you check that you have that installed?

I'll debug a bit more.

[Periculi]

I am running at the default (96 dpi), and have 3 versions of lucida fonts available- Lucida Console (OT), Lucida Sans regular (TT), and Lucida Sans Unicode (OT).

[george moromisato]

I still don't know what's going on, but I've added some debug code to 0.99a that outputs the fonts that got selected.

Please run 0.99a with the /debugVideo switch and let me know what Debug.log says.

Thanks for your help!

[Periculi]

07/30/2008 20:29:24 Start logging session
07/30/2008 20:29:24 Transcendence 0.99a
07/30/2008 20:29:24 Small typeface: Tahoma
07/30/2008 20:29:24 Medium typeface: Lucida Sans
07/30/2008 20:29:24 Large typeface: Trebuchet MS
07/30/2008 20:29:24 Console typeface: Lucida Console
07/30/2008 20:29:25 Blt with Lock: 3 ms
07/30/2008 20:29:25 Blt without Lock: 4 ms
07/30/2008 20:29:25 Blt with Lock enabled
07/30/2008 20:29:27 Loading adventure desc: Extensions\SampleTopoMod
07/30/2008 20:29:38 Frames: 30 Paint: 1 Blt: 4 Update: 0
07/30/2008 20:29:48 Frames: 30 Paint: 1 Blt: 4 Update: 0
07/30/2008 20:29:58 Frames: 30 Paint: 6 Blt: 3 Update: 0

[F50]

I like the new dockscreens, but I would prefer if it went all the way to the top of the screen.