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From: stevec@Apple.COM (Steve Christensen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Suggestions for adapting 640x480 screen to 12" monitor?
Message-ID: <51154@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 4 Apr 91 01:20:34 GMT
References: <27F989CB.4155@orion.oac.uci.edu>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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bdugan@teri.bio.uci.edu (Bill Dugan) writes:
>[that he wrote a game designed to run on the 640x480 13" Mac II monitor,
> but with the introduction of the 512x384 12" LC monitor, the game doesn't
> work correctly, presumably because the bottom and right edges aren't
> displayed...]  As I see it there are 3 options we can follow.
>(1) Don't run on the 512 x 384 screen!  (2) Use some type of "Stepping Out"
>option that would be more convenient than scroll bars.  Still not a good
>solution because in this type of game, you want to see the whole playfield
>at once, not scroll around.  (3) Don't run on the 512 x 384 screen!

Since I haven't seen your game, I don't know what the specifics are, but some
questions come to mind.  Is it a color-only game, or does it also run on the
512x342 Mac Plus,SE,SE/30,Classic?  Do you use a full-screen picture (which
would look bad scaled), or are all of the components drawn separately.

If nothing locks you into a particular screen size (i.e., pictures), why
couldn't you figure out how big the screen is and adjust the playing area
accordingly?

steve

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