[casual_games] Game resolution

[Ron]

 > - Flat panel displays: Many more people using them (I've seen data on
 > this) and (I haven't seen data on this) I worry that in the low-end
 > budget PC space, they are buying panels from Walmart or Target or
 > whatever, that have extremely poor filtering. So while your game might
 > run at 8x6, they might upsample it to the monitor's native res (10x7,
 > 12x10) but it'll look awful.

YES!  This is a huge issue.  I use a wide screen LCD monitor and when I 
test my game in full screen it is stretched to fit the monitor (ugly). 
The problem is that according to DX, the monitor can display 800x600 
(which it can't...really).  Does anyone know if there a way for DX to 
know if the mode you're trying to kick into can be displayed natively?

What I'd like is to do is display it as close as I can to the correct 
ratio (1.33), but with black bars on the edges.  At least it will look 
right.

More and more laptops are coming with wide screen displays and while 
DVD's look great, our games are looking like crap.  This is one of the 
reasons why I prefer playing in window mode.

Ron


Kim Pallister wrote:
> Another couple things to think about regarding resolution:
> 
> - Flat panel displays: Many more people using them (I've seen data on
> this) and (I haven't seen data on this) I worry that in the low-end
> budget PC space, they are buying panels from Walmart or Target or
> whatever, that have extremely poor filtering. So while your game might
> run at 8x6, they might upsample it to the monitor's native res (10x7,
> 12x10) but it'll look awful.
> 
> - One idea for supporting higher res where fill rate may be an issue,
> would be to render it in a smaller area of the screen and pad it with
> inert artwork around the sides. Not idea, but one approach.
> 
> - I've seen a few titles that give a choice of resolution (e.g.
> Tumblebugs) but there's some debate about how the casual audience
> will/does react to such technical jargon. Curious if others have
> feedback on that.
> 
> Kim
> 
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