Is there a Large UI mod?

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Sepa
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Is there a Large UI mod?

Post by Sepa »

Hi,

First of all, sorry if it was asked/answered before, search tells me to try again later...

The Problem:

I run the game on a TV. Not too big one, just 32'', 1920x1080. Big enough though so I have real trouble reading anything there.

The Question:

Is there any mod/way to enlarge the UI?

No Thank You:
I kind of know that I could just use lower resolution. No thanks, that's a nasty workaround, not a proper solution.

Secondary Question:

If there is no such mod, where do I start if I want to create one? I do know how to program, and I do will to learn the bits I do not know how to do yet (I'm a Perl developer, with some knowledge about many other languages, wrote my first bits of code in 1993 on C64...) ?

Cheers,
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Re: Is there a Large UI mod?

Post by Per »

Unfortunately, the GUI code is really bad and hard to work with, so changing anything in this regard is going to be quite difficult. Many GUI elements are also laid about by exact, hard-coded pixel coordinates, so modding this for different sizes won't be possible (or at least very hard).
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Re: Is there a Large UI mod?

Post by Lord Apocalypse »

Try to post a screenshot if you can. Do you have any problems on other games like this one or is it only with WZ? How does the retail version look running at 1280 (max allowed)?

@Per
If you know where this section is you can modify the code so that the coords change on a resolution larger than say 1440. Or better yet modify the coords anytime a widescreen format is used. I think that is the killer. Thinks get kinda wacky when the game was designed for a non widescreen format and you try playing in a widescreen format. The renderer itself wont care but the UI will get stretched or distorted if not designed for it. I see it pop up from time to time in some of the older games i play. You either get black lines on either side or the graphics get a bit stretched along the edges of the screen.