Varus Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 Hi just bought the game on gamersgate, sounded interesting. but the text is so tiny i get a headache reading this and the whole screen isnt even used so no wonder the text is hard to read. are you planning to fix this in a future patch? maybe just remove the useless borders on the sides? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metis Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 The small font is something that will be fixed in the sequel, but that can't be fixed in Y1 as far as I know. For getting around it you can try dropping your monitor resolution (try 1600×900, 1280×720 is too small), it might make the text seem bigger, but that could be an illusion on my end because someone (not naming any names) is lax with getting an updated set of glasses. Otherwise Windows 7 has a magnifying glass...something program, but that doesn't really make the text any more readable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 The UI is designed for only one small 4:3 screen resolution (I think 1024x768) and there wont be any changes about this for year 1 any more as the team works already on year 2. For year 2 its promised that the UI will scale to different screen resolutions. There are some keys set in year 1 that can zoom in and out at last some of the text but I never used them so I don't know what keys that are. (I have no problems with it using my 1920x1200 Monitor) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 Varus; Y2 scales, but unfortunately Y1 does not. You can use CTRL and +, I believe, to increase the Font Size, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metis Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 ...Well I'll be damned. Ctrl and + (the + on the numpad, not the one above =) actually does increase font size. I thought that was one of those "engine limitations" things, I'm sure I read somewhere that the font size couldn't be changed in Y1. Well, that would have been nice to know 5 or so playthroughs ago. Better late than never I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 Metis; It was changed several Patches in, but it only affects certain text areas, alas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metis Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 It even works in the mod tools, I just noticed. Well, rich text box only (I think that's what the...eh...the thing...is called?), but still, it works. That is awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freespace2dotcom Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 I personally use control and the mousewheel, but whatever works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varus Posted July 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 You can use CTRL and +, I believe, to increase the Font Size, however. yeah some parts can be enlargened. the parts that werent problematic unfortunatly. the choices are hard to read, not the text. and the most terrible is the item description in shops! i cant read this at all. can send you guys screenshots but you can certainly find that part yourself. i dont understand why you use such a big border on all sides, it serves no purpose and you could use much larger fonts and pictures that way. a strange design decision. im useing 1280*1024 resolution and no awfull big monitor. old one is still working, so no need to waste money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metis Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 If you think the borders at 1280×1024 are big you're not going to benefit from a bigger monitor. Trust me on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 If you have a Display with native 1280x1024 then I would try to set the Desktop resolution to 1024x768 as your monitor most likely support this and look if this is not much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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