Question Concerning Text

That_One_GuyThat_One_Guy Join Date: 2003-06-26 Member: 17718Members
edited June 2003 in New Player Forum
In NS(and I've noticed this in DGP also), when you type something it puts it smack dab in the middle left side of the screen, instead of the lower left like in CS/TS/DoD etc. Is there a way to move it to the lower left because frankly it's getting annoying to have people typing while you're trying to aim.
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  • FireStormFireStorm Join Date: 2002-11-06 Member: 7390Members
    nope, it's hardcoded in HL and I don't think flayra has added a cvar for that.
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  • DarkFrostDarkFrost Join Date: 2003-04-03 Member: 15154Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    its right in the centre? like inside ur crosshair?
    mine is at the bottom left of the screen :/
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  • That_One_GuyThat_One_Guy Join Date: 2003-06-26 Member: 17718Members
    edited June 2003
    Not in the center but in the middle left of the screen.

    so basically it's kind of like this

    lame attempt at my screen.
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    Where it is



    Where it should be
    ------------------------------------------------


    I'll post a screenshot later.

    So when someone types out something long, it will extend into my crosshair.
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  • devicenulldevicenull Join Date: 2003-04-30 Member: 15967Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    What resolution are you running NS at?
    If its something like 640x480 the text may cause problems
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  • BergerBerger Join Date: 2002-11-16 Member: 8945Members, Constellation
    Yes, this used to bother me when I played at 800x600. Just increase your resolution as high as your video card/monitor/your eyes can handle, and it should be less of a pain. Also, it helps to play on servers where most people use voicecomm, but those can be hard to find.
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  • Iced_EagleIced_Eagle Borg Engineer Join Date: 2003-03-02 Member: 14218Members
    1024x768 should be good enough i hope... it isnt in cross hairs too much but... its still good and u still get good FPS <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • FireStormFireStorm Join Date: 2002-11-06 Member: 7390Members
    edited July 2003
    This explains everything:

    if ( ScreenHeight >= 480 )
    Y_START = ScreenHeight - 60;
    else
    Y_START = ScreenHeight - 45;

    Y_START -= (line_height * (MAX_LINES+1));
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  • esunaesuna Rock Bottom Join Date: 2003-04-03 Member: 15175Members, Constellation
    The whole reason the messages appear in the left-centre of the screen is because of the HUDs. The alien hud has the res bar on the left, the commander mode has the minimap and so on on the bottom left, the left centre is the only place it can really go to not be obscured.
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  • That_One_GuyThat_One_Guy Join Date: 2003-06-26 Member: 17718Members
    Cool thanks everyone. I guess I'll just have to suck it up until I get my new computer. My current one is two steps removed from a doorstop so I'll try experimenting with the detail setting so I can crank my res. As of right now I'm at 640x480.

    Yeah that did explain everything actually Firestorm.
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