Slightly technical question

Kjorteo · Post by **Kjorteo** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 12:35 am

ZZT looks horrifically ugly in windowed mode. Compare (links go to screenshots:)

<a href="http://www.blazeshadow.net/kjorteo//mis ... KevEdit</a> is good to me. It does a perfect impression of how the tiles are actually supposed to look. Fullscreen looks just like a bigger version of this, and everything looks great. My guess is that this is because KevEdit is a real program.

<a href="http://www.blazeshadow.net/kjorteo//mis ... if">ZZT</a> makes me cry. Also, not shown because I can't get a screenshot of fullscreen mode, the fullscreen smileys look slightly off...their grin is more of a :) than a :D and they just look wrong somehow. My guess is that this is because it is Windows XP trying to run a DOS game.

So...would anyone happen to know how to make ZZT render things properly? I'm sure there has to be a setting somewhere, or maybe at least one person has written a utility of some sort by now.

(Edited to fix spelling and stuff)

Post by **Dr. Dos** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 12:46 am

Just Alt+Enter it to fullscreen.

570 · Post by **570** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 1:36 am

Whoa! I did not know that! (my computer crashed a few days ago and I've just downloaded kevedit again and it has no full screen option...then you told me about this, thanxz dr.dos! Also, I think I found a bug in kev edit, it wont let me use the background colours....I think it may be beacuse its been in window mode but Im not sure, I'll see if it works in full screen.)

Post by **Zenith Nadir** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 1:52 am

you are so stupid.

so, so stupid.

570 · Post by **570** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 2:01 am

- _ - Sorry, last time to put Kevedit I think I left clicked and went to properties and clicked on full screen but for some reason it did not have that option any more...Im not sure why.

662 · Post by **662** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 2:46 am

Heck! ZZT under XP looks great compared to it under ME! In ME full screened the smiley looked like this:
☺

And the walls didn't even match up correctly, everything looked like crap! It would only look right if it was windowed in a small size, it annoyed me so much that it was one of the many reason for me fully leaving ZZT. I can live with XP full screen font but still would perfer the old DOS font...

Wait, does KevEdit play games? I thought it was just an editor (It was just getting started 'round the time that I left).

649 · Post by **649** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 3:33 am

It's an editor, but I think you can test games with it. I don't know, seeing as how I use(d) ZZTAE.

Kjorteo · Post by **Kjorteo** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 6:39 am

KevEdit's testing feature is basically launching ZZT to try to run your world, thus the ugliness of Windows-emulated ZZT still applies. (Also, for whatever reason, the filename/world name bug that Cronos' ZZT Encyclopedia mentions also takes effect when you use KevEdit to run ZZT this way.)

And yes, XP's ZZT font is a vast improvement over ME's, but I would like some sort of patch or utility or something to use the actual original DOS font so it doesn't look all wrong.

576 · Post by **576** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 5:56 pm

I use an old 486 for zzt, so i have no problems with full screen and all that crap. I uploaded ZZT to a newer computer, then after playing for 20 minutes, deleted it again. Pathetic on newer computers it is.

Homz · Post by **Homz** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 9:31 pm

Odd. I've never had trouble running ZZT with my Windows 98 computer...

Commodore · Post by **Commodore** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 9:49 pm

I'm pretty sure kevedit loads its own font(old dos), which is why it looks different than newer window's versions.

superbowl shuffle · Post by **superbowl shuffle** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 9:24 pm

A thread devoted to making Kjorteo's smileys go from :) to :D?

Brilliant.

Post by **Zenith Nadir** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 9:27 pm

this picture will make kjorteo's smiles go from :) to :D

because he's a furry zoophile

wildkarrdex · Post by **wildkarrdex** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 9:29 pm

best thread ever

Post by **Dr. Dos** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 9:42 pm