[Rant] Mods that use HUD Messages

[Nash]

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(GetCVar("vid_defwidth") / 4) + 0.0

[Kinsie]

Thanks.

EDIT: Not working. Can you figure this out, sorry?

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hudmessage (s:"The Slots Are Rolling..."; HUDMSG_FADEOUT, 1, 5, (GetCVar("vid_defwidth") / 4) + 0.0, 32.0, 2.0, 1.0);

[Jimmy]

Either that or << 16.

edit: 'd

[Nash]

What Jimmy said.

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int x = (GetCVar("vid_defwidth") / 4);
hudmessage (s:"The Slots Are Rolling..."; HUDMSG_FADEOUT, 1, 5, (x << 16), 32.0, 2.0, 1.0);
 

EDIT: Jimmy, I've never tried your mod before. Will try in a bit and let you know how it looks in several resolutions (I test in all resolutions, not just my native 1920x1200).

[Kinsie]

Thanks a bunch! Now for something ultra picky.

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	int ar = GetAspectRatio();
	
	if (ar != ASPECT_4_3)
	{
		SetHUDSize((GetCVar("vid_defwidth") / 2.5), (GetCVar("vid_defheight") / 2), 1); //SetHudSize(640, 400, 1);
	} else {
		SetHUDSize((GetCVar("vid_defwidth") / 2), (GetCVar("vid_defheight") / 2), 1); //SetHudSize(640, 400, 1);
	}

The decimal in the code is the closest I can come to compensating for widescreen, but it just causes the messages to not render. Any ideas?

[Zippy]

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(GetCVar("vid_defwidth") / 2.5)

Fixed point division is a special case that should be done with [wiki]FixedDiv[/wiki]. Otherwise, "vid_defwidth / 2.5" is the same thing as "vid_defwidth / 327682".

[The Ultimate DooMer]

Large overlapping texts all over the place (as was the case with Serpent: Resurrection and Reelism).

1) Predetermine a HUD size so that the message will appear at a consistant size, independant of the user's screen settings ([wiki]SetHudSize[/wiki]). This is a modding convention that I have practiced for many years, even before I noticed my first annoyance with the issue at hand.

But Serpent does use SetHudSize.

[Kinsie]

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(GetCVar("vid_defwidth") / 2.5)

Fixed point division is a special case that should be done with [wiki]FixedDiv[/wiki]. Otherwise, "vid_defwidth / 2.5" is the same thing as "vid_defwidth / 327682".

Sorry to bump this, but can someone handle this for me? I still can't seem to get the horizontal scaling right on widescreen (line 4), even with this.

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	ar = GetAspectRatio();
	if (ar != ASPECT_4_3)
	{
		SetHUDSize((GetCVar("vid_defwidth") / 3), (GetCVar("vid_defheight") / 2), 1); //SetHudSize(640, 400, 1);
		fuckhacksforever = (GetCVar("vid_defwidth") / 6);
	} else {
		SetHUDSize((GetCVar("vid_defwidth") / 2), (GetCVar("vid_defheight") / 2), 1); //SetHudSize(640, 400, 1);
		fuckhacksforever = (GetCVar("vid_defwidth") / 4);
	}

[Kinsie]

Anyone?

[Nash]

I'll have a look at it later...

[printz]

What about just using print and being laconic with it (to cope with the stupid fixed display time -- didn't the Id and Raven devs ever think about time-per-character display)? Won't print and printbold messages scale automatically in the same manner as top messages?

[Nash]

Hmm, I don't see why it isn't working. If you perform the expressions in your SetHUDSize calls on a single variable and try to output the variable to screen, what do you see?

[Kinsie]

I mean, it views fine, but the horizontal scaling in widescreen is larger than I want, since it's divided by 3 instead of 2.5, so there's text wrapping around to a new line when i don't want it to.

[Nash]

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SetHUDSize(FixedDiv(GetCVar("vid_defwidth"), 2.5), GetCVar("vid_defheight") / 2, 1);
 

Does this work?

[Kinsie]

Perfect! Thanks a ton.