Resizing TS loading screens(& main menu screen)

Steve_1993

I don't know if this is the right place to post it,but can someone provide me some help on how to resize TS loading screens & main menu sceen to a bigger screen resolution,because my PC screen resolution is 1280x768.

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Orac · Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2014 11:01 am Post subject:

If memory serves, the resolutions are hardcoded so you can't.

Steve_1993 · Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2014 11:28 am Post subject:

And they're also in PCX format,so ,you're right,it's impossible to make them bigger.

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CCHyper · Defense Minister **Joined**: 07 Apr 2005

If you resize the PCX files, just make sure you never go below the resolution you set the PCX too.

OmegaBolt · Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2014 12:19 pm Post subject:

You can make them any resolution you want, it's just the elements like the loading text won't automatically scale up. Making a higher resolution main menu would mean making a new one entirely basically, you'd need to edit the positions of all the buttons in the ini.

Steve_1993 · Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2014 3:55 pm Post subject:

The only thing I don't know,is how to scale PCX format screens,and which kind of tool is good for this work.I really need help on this.

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OmegaBolt · Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2014 4:28 pm Post subject:

Lots of image editors can do it such as PhotoShop, Gimp or Irfanview. You're only gonna be stretching it to bad quality though so I don't see a benefit unless you make whole new ones.

Steve_1993 · Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2014 4:49 pm Post subject:

Really? It seems that the resizing is the only solution for me,since I don't know how to make new ones.

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Exley · Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2014 7:46 pm Post subject:

you'll end up with pixelated content

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Steve_1993 · Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2014 8:52 pm Post subject:

Even if I resize a 800x600 loading screen?

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dodgevipergts · Chem Warrior **Joined**: 31 Jan 2011

Steve_1993 wrote:

Even if I resize a 800x600 loading screen?

yes of course it will become pixelated and ruin of the quality of the loading screen

OmegaBolt · Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2014 9:23 pm Post subject:

Resizing anything will reduce it's quality, especially upscaling. You can't extract additional information.

Exley · Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2014 10:21 pm Post subject:

well if he can convert it all "somehow" to vector's then its a different storry

but I'm not sure such plugins still exist for ordinary rasters

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Steve_1993 · Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 1:26 am Post subject:

Damn,I wish that someone could make some nice TS loading screens(and main menu screen if possible) for PC screen resolutions like mine.

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Exley · Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 10:31 pm Post subject:

money always does the job

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