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Eternal Man [EE] Pitied the FOO Registered 18/01/2007 Points 2955	1st July, 2007 at 19:25:03 - So yeah, this isn't really a coding problem. However it is a problem I'm experiencing with click-products, so I thought it should go in this forum. ANYWAYS The problem is resolution in apps. Most of the games I download here on dc which incorporate a resolution change don't go fullscreen. They resize into like 2/3 of the screen. A few resize to fullscreen and lag horribly! A few other go fullscreen whilst running smoothly. Why is this? Does anyone else experience the same problem? Eternal Entertainment's Code'n'Art Man E_E = All Indie ...actually Ell Endie, but whatever.
Joe.H Evil Faker Registered 19/08/2002 Points 3305	1st July, 2007 at 19:30:47 - resizing is smoothest with an aspect ratio of 4:3 (width:height) This means it's most likely that these dont have a 4:3 ratio therefore the resizing isn't very good. It may also depend on your graphic card, and the amount of stuff going on in the game. My signature is never too big!!!
Eternal Man [EE] Pitied the FOO Registered 18/01/2007 Points 2955	1st July, 2007 at 19:39:18 - I agree with you on that, but what about the games which doesn't resize properly i.e resizes but only fills a rectangular box in the center of my screen, roughly 2/3 of it? Eternal Entertainment's Code'n'Art Man E_E = All Indie ...actually Ell Endie, but whatever.
Ski TDC is my stress ball Registered 13/03/2005 Points 10130	1st July, 2007 at 19:56:46 - I really like 320x240 then double pixels n/a
Eternal Man [EE] Pitied the FOO Registered 18/01/2007 Points 2955	1st July, 2007 at 20:12:52 - Ha! That makes sense! Now to get everyone to use DirectX... Another question, when you make an app say 320x240, how do you go about resizing it? I use both MMF's built-in resize and DXres set to 640x480. It really runs smooth plus the DXres adds a smudge of blur which makes everything look better! Eternal Entertainment's Code'n'Art Man E_E = All Indie ...actually Ell Endie, but whatever.
Phredreeke Don't listen to this idiot Registered 03/08/2002 Points 4504	1st July, 2007 at 20:14:58 - There are different kinds. MMF (and TGF) has a stretch mode, which stretches the image to fill the current resolution. This is the laggy kind you describe. However, other games changes the computer's resolution (which is okay for CRTs, but causes artefacting in LCD screens) - Ok, you must admit that was the most creative cussing this site have ever seen - Make some more box arts damnit! http://create-games.com/forum_post.asp?id=285363
markno2 Registered 06/06/2006 Points 865	2nd July, 2007 at 03:37:08 - Many of the TGF and MMF games with stretch-mode that lags can be fixed by right-clicking on the application icon, properties, and then 'run in 256 colour mode'. Discarded pizza boxes are an indispensable source of cheese.
DaVince This fool just HAD to have a custom rating Registered 04/09/2004 Points 7998	2nd July, 2007 at 06:15:49 - "plus the DXres adds a smudge of blur which makes everything look better!" Hell no! Raw pixels FTW! Make a shortcut to any click game and add the /DDRAW parameter to it to force it to use the DirectDraw rendering engine. Equals correct fullscreening. Old member (~2004-2007).
Eternal Man [EE] Pitied the FOO Registered 18/01/2007 Points 2955	2nd July, 2007 at 07:11:29 - Wow! Thanks for the tip! I didn't have a clue about that.. Eternal Entertainment's Code'n'Art Man E_E = All Indie ...actually Ell Endie, but whatever.
AndyUK Mascot Maniac Registered 01/08/2002 Points 14586	2nd July, 2007 at 21:44:17 - Actually there are others things involved. Like your Graphics card and such. .
DaVince This fool just HAD to have a custom rating Registered 04/09/2004 Points 7998	3rd July, 2007 at 06:35:51 - EE: better check out the readme that comes with MMF 1.5 or MMF 2, it has a "command line parameters" section that contains a few more command line parameters. Also, Phizzy once made an application to run other Click apps with any parameter, through a frontend. Old member (~2004-2007).
Eternal Man [EE] Pitied the FOO Registered 18/01/2007 Points 2955	3rd July, 2007 at 08:42:36 - Really? Dear Mr.P, do you by any chance have that somewhere still? Eternal Entertainment's Code'n'Art Man E_E = All Indie ...actually Ell Endie, but whatever.
Eternal Man [EE] Pitied the FOO Registered 18/01/2007 Points 2955	3rd July, 2007 at 08:43:26 - THAT was a speedy reply... Eternal Entertainment's Code'n'Art Man E_E = All Indie ...actually Ell Endie, but whatever.

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