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TA and TA3D compare

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:27 am
by Balthazar
At least I`ve done, what noone done till today :D :D :D
Here`s the same map in TA3D and TA.
Resoluton are similar (1024x768).

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As all can see, TA3D camera is a little closer, than in TA and thus units and buildings much bigger.

Well, at least we can see that exactly.

Suggestions are wellcome!

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:36 am
by Corsaire
Yeah, the cam should be higher by default, well done Balthazar :)

Btw, this screenshot remembered me :

Fog of war areas are shown in black and white, I kinda liked this effect :)

Please zuzuf take that back in ta3d :)

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:11 am
by zuzuf
well in fact TA3D's cam doesn't change when you change the resolution whereas TA's one is closer when in low resolution. This is due to gfx data being precalculated/prerendered whereas with OpenGL the cam screen is scaled to fit the real screen. Try in 640x480 and you'll understand.

But I agree, the cam is too close from the ground, I noticed that when playing with the defense.c script :D

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 3:44 pm
by Balthazar
Zuzuf, exactly! TA resolution increased by scaling all objects. But I find 1024x768 the best fit resolution for TA.

So we can use it as basic for TA3D camera height and so on :)

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:51 pm
by zuzuf
yes you're right 1024x768 is a good choice for playing TA. I will set the cam to get a similar view.