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Re: Mac interface questions
- From: Hans Ronne <hronne at comhem dot se>
- To: Tom Schaub <tom_and_sue_schaub at mac dot com>
- Cc: xconq7 at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 21:34:41 +0200
- Subject: Re: Mac interface questions
>Two aesthetic questions re the Mac interface:
>
>1) Unit names seem to be fixed in Shadow Style. Preferences lets me
>change size and font, but not style. I really dislike the shadow
>letters. Can I somehow, short of hacking the Xconq code, turn the style
>back to plain?
No. It is actually using plain style. The shadows are added by Xconq. I did
experiment with various built-in text styles including shadow style, but
none of them was satisfactory. The problem is that it has to work well with
different fonts and sizes, and be readable against all backgrounds. None of
the built-in styles is any good for that.
>2) I am playing the WWII Battalion games, since they are closest in
>scale and concept to what I am planning to design (see note below). I
>am usually using 32x32 map scale, and I get two icon sizes on my map, a
>large one for units alone in a hex and the smaller one when units are
>stacked. Can I easily get Xconq to use the smaller icons even when a
>unit is alone in a hex?
Not easily. If we had only two sizes (32x32 and 16x16) to worry about, it
would be easy to have a fixed size. However, Xconq has to be able to scale
units over several magnifications, and you can have units within units
within units.
Hans