Resolution Question

[Sargeant12344]

I recently changed the screen resolution in Main.lua and set it to fullscreen, I was however wonder if someone were to play it on a lower res monitor, would the game be distorted in any way? Heres my main.lua.

 

import "Addons/THUI/THUI.lua"
--Initialize Steamworks (optional)
Steamworks:Initialize()
--Set the application title
title="MyGame"
--Create a window
local windowstyle = window.Titlebar
if System:GetProperty("fullscreen")=="1" then windowstyle=windowstyle+window.FullScreen end
window=Window:Create(title,0,0,System:GetProperty("screenwidth","1920"),System:GetProperty("screenheight","1080"),windowstyle+window.FullScreen)
window:HideMouse()
--Create the graphics context
context=Context:Create(window,0)
if context==nil then return end
THUI:Initialize()
--Create a world
world=World:Create()
world:SetLightQuality((System:GetProperty("lightquality","1")))
--Load a map
local mapfile = System:GetProperty("map","Maps/start.map")
if Map:Load(mapfile)==false then return end
paused = false
exit_game = false
while not exit_game do

--If window has been closed, end the program
if window:Closed() then break end

--Handle map change
if changemapname~=nil then

 --Clear all entities
 world:Clear()

 --Load the next map
 Time:Pause()
 if Map:Load("Maps/"..changemapname..".map")==false then return end
 Time:Resume()

 changemapname = nil
end

if not paused then
 --Update the app timing
 Time:Update()

 --Update the world
 world:Update()
end
--Render the world
world:Render()
THUI:Update()

--Render statistics
context:SetBlendMode(Blend.Alpha)
if DEBUG then
 context:SetColor(1,0,0,1)
 context:DrawText("Debug Mode",2,2)
 context:SetColor(1,1,1,1)
 context:DrawStats(2,22)
 context:SetBlendMode(Blend.Solid)
else
 --Toggle statistics on and off
 if (window:KeyHit(Key.F11)) then showstats = not showstats end
 if showstats then
  context:SetColor(1,1,1,1)
  context:DrawText("FPS: "..Math:Round(Time:UPS()),2,2)
 end
end

--Refresh the screen
context:Sync(true)

end

[nick.ace]

No, it won't. In fact, it won't be distorted with different aspect ratios either. The only thing you have to worry about it the UI if you make one and don't apply scaling.

[Sargeant12344]

Okay Thanks.

 

However, when I try to set the resolution to 2560*1440 an error message pops up stating

"Script Error

 

attempt to index global 'window (a nil value)

 

Line 13

 

Any help?

[nick.ace]

Is that a resolution supported by your video card/monitor?

 

Use these commands:

System::CountGraphicsModes

System::GetGraphicsMode

 

Basically, the first one gives you a length. You would then use a for-loop or something and loop through and print out all of the graphics modes supported.

[macklebee]

Simple example showing your supported resolutions:

rescounter = System:CountGraphicsModes()-1

resolutions = {}

for i = 0, rescounter do

resolutions = System:GetGraphicsMode(i)

System:Print("Resolution "..i..": "..resolutions.x.." x "..resolutions.y)

end

 

window = Window:Create("Supported Resolutions", 0,0,resolutions[rescounter].x,resolutions[rescounter].y,16)

context = Context:Create(window)

 

while window:KeyDown(Key.Escape)==false do

 

context:SetColor(0,0,0)

context:Clear()

context:SetBlendMode(Blend.Alpha)

 

for i = 0, rescounter do

context:SetColor(1,0,0)

context:DrawRect(0,0,resolutions.x, resolutions.y,1)

context:SetColor(1,1,1)

context:DrawText(resolutions.x.." x "..resolutions.y, resolutions.x-75, resolutions.y-15)

end

 

context:SetBlendMode(Blend.Solid)

context:Sync(true)

end

[thehankinator]

If you are using Autoscale, the THUI will scale whatever resolution you are set to. Anchor and Absolute will not (at this time anyway).

[Sargeant12344]

Okay Thanks for all the help,

 

1440p is not supported by my monitor (I was thinking that you could downscale a high res image in Leadwerks)

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