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Title: Can anyone comment on RimWorld at 4K resolution?
Post by: Stannis on December 28, 2014, 02:51:26 PM
Just curious.
Title: Re: Can anyone comment on RimWorld at 4K resolution?
Post by: Romi on December 28, 2014, 03:09:31 PM
4k resolution?
Title: Re: Can anyone comment on RimWorld at 4K resolution?
Post by: Stannis on December 28, 2014, 03:14:47 PM
Quote from: Romi on December 28, 2014, 03:09:31 PM
4k resolution?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4K_resolution
Title: Re: Can anyone comment on RimWorld at 4K resolution?
Post by: Rennex on December 28, 2014, 03:49:00 PM
I can. It seems to run fine and the graphics are nice and sharp, but it's unplayable due to tiny fonts. I have to play it at 2560x1440, which is not optimal  :(
Title: Re: Can anyone comment on RimWorld at 4K resolution?
Post by: Stannis on December 28, 2014, 04:10:20 PM
Quote from: Rennex on December 28, 2014, 03:49:00 PM
I can. It seems to run fine and the graphics are nice and sharp, but it's unplayable due to tiny fonts. I have to play it at 2560x1440, which is not optimal  :(

Thanks, I wonder If anything can be done about the fonts from a modding perspective?
Title: Re: Can anyone comment on RimWorld at 4K resolution?
Post by: Tynan on December 28, 2014, 07:09:06 PM
Probably not. You'd have to change all the screen layout dimensions in every menu.
Title: Re: Can anyone comment on RimWorld at 4K resolution?
Post by: lokarn on December 28, 2014, 07:47:17 PM
When I used to play Never Winter Nights there was an option to use high resolution fonts. All it did was make all the text the game had use bold text and perhaps increase the font one size. Is this not possible to do?
Title: Re: Can anyone comment on RimWorld at 4K resolution?
Post by: Stannis on December 28, 2014, 08:44:21 PM
I would have to say that font size is somewhat of an issue even at 1080p, but then again I almost need reading glasses! (almost)
Title: Re: Can anyone comment on RimWorld at 4K resolution?
Post by: Rennex on February 19, 2015, 12:34:05 AM
Quote from: Tynan on December 28, 2014, 07:09:06 PM
Probably not. You'd have to change all the screen layout dimensions in every menu.

I was afraid that would be the case. However, maybe you could just implement a font size multiplier, that would also get used for menu coordinates and sizes? Useful values would include at least 100%, 150%, and 200%.

I've been playing alpha 9 today with the nice new antialiased fonts, but I still have to play it in a blurry non-native resolution  :-\
Title: Re: Can anyone comment on RimWorld at 4K resolution?
Post by: FullmetalX on February 19, 2015, 12:40:41 AM
I have only played the game at 4k so I guess the font size has never been an issue for me. The fonts are small but I don't find them unreadable.
Title: Re: Can anyone comment on RimWorld at 4K resolution?
Post by: Magoozle on February 19, 2015, 10:16:22 AM
It will depend on your screen size, if you are using a tiny 27/28" 4k monitor things will be small,
I use a phillips BDM4065UC, which is 40" and things look roughly the same size as my old 27" 1440p screen.

http://www.magoozle.webspace.virginmedia.com/h.jpg (http://www.magoozle.webspace.virginmedia.com/h.jpg)
Title: Re: Can anyone comment on RimWorld at 4K resolution?
Post by: Rennex on February 20, 2015, 01:20:30 AM
Quote from: Magoozle on February 19, 2015, 10:16:22 AM
It will depend on your screen size

Yeah, it's down to the PPI. For about 20 years we've been stuck with most computer screens being about 100 PPI, so almost no-one had to bother supporting anything else. Now we're finally getting 150 and even 200 PPI screens on desktops and laptops, and that leads to some problems with programs that are hardcoded to 100 PPI. There's two possible solutions to the unreadably small graphics: enlarge the 100 PPI bitmaps and suffer from blur, or fix the programs and enjoy sharp images.  8)
Title: Re: Can anyone comment on RimWorld at 4K resolution?
Post by: iame6162013 on February 20, 2015, 05:03:51 AM
Quote from: Rennex on February 20, 2015, 01:20:30 AM
Quote from: Magoozle on February 19, 2015, 10:16:22 AM
It will depend on your screen size

Yeah, it's down to the PPI. For about 20 years we've been stuck with most computer screens being about 100 PPI, so almost no-one had to bother supporting anything else. Now we're finally getting 150 and even 200 PPI screens on desktops and laptops, and that leads to some problems with programs that are hardcoded to 100 PPI. There's two possible solutions to the unreadably small graphics: enlarge the 100 PPI bitmaps and suffer from blur, or fix the programs and enjoy sharp images.  8)
I know that is some languages(java) you can easily create huge bitmaps,
you have aces to all the fonts on a computer, so you can get quite large bitmaps generated on the users computer  ::)
Title: Re: Can anyone comment on RimWorld at 4K resolution?
Post by: Rock5 on February 21, 2015, 03:38:08 AM
I think a better solution than different size fonts is to have a UI scaling control because we don't only need to resize fonts but also the UI elements.
Title: Re: Can anyone comment on RimWorld at 4K resolution?
Post by: taurion on February 22, 2015, 09:03:13 AM
works great, the fonts where not to small and its so sharp :D.  ;D STANNIS THE MANNIS
Title: Re: Can anyone comment on RimWorld at 4K resolution?
Post by: letharion on June 21, 2016, 02:04:36 AM
I've tried on a laptop today, 13" high resolution screen. I find myself both lifting the laptop up and leaning forwards to read notifications text. :(
Title: Re: Can anyone comment on RimWorld at 4K resolution?
Post by: Phidaissi on August 08, 2016, 05:04:58 AM
I've been playing on a laptop for the past week, and upon returning home and playing on my desktop with a 4k screen I find the font sizes readable but very small.

A UI scaling range would be ideal, but even something as simple as doubling everything would make the game much more playable at 4k.

Because of game zoom levels it's really only the UI elements that need scaling options, and even if that scaling isn't perfect it would be a huge improvement.