Resolution of Coral

dbrown · 12-02-2003, 01:18 AM

I have just updated my PC and have a new 17" LCD DVI display. Running the aquarium v2 at 1280x1024 @ 32-bit colour the fish look amazing but the coral looks significantly pixelated. I was wondering if there are plans to produce a higher resolution image to resolve this issue.

Tiny Turtle · 12-02-2003, 02:28 AM

Well, sort of.
It would be possible to create a 2D background with higher, but when the Freshwater Aquarium is finished, Jim will resume work on a full 3D background for the Marine Aquarium, which will be apporimately two times the width of a regular 4:3 monitor/TV, enabling panning of the camera, possibility for fish interacting with the coral and better collision-detection. Also, future creatures like a banded coral shrimp and others will be able to climb the coral and the Percula Clownfish will get a anemone to reside in.

/Tiny Rez

feldon34 · 12-02-2003, 12:26 PM

The Marine Aquarium backdrop is 1024x768. I'd run the Aquarium at that resolution and let your monitor do the scaling.

At some point in the future, there will be a dual-monitor, widescreen, high-definition version of Marine Aquarium.

Jim Sachs · 12-02-2003, 08:17 PM

LCDs often suffer from aliasing as they stretch an image. On a CRT monitor, the 1024x768 background looks just fin when slightly stretched to 1280x1024 -- most people can't tell the difference. Bear in mind that when I wrote the Aquarium virtually all 3D programs used 640x480 background pics.

pipbal · 01-04-2004, 07:03 AM

is it possible to make the background (in the future) work for res 1280x1024 or is it to hard ?

I would sure like it ....

Jim Sachs · 01-04-2004, 11:20 AM

Yes, the background will be changed to a true 3D environment. The resolution will be higher, and the camera will be able to pan back and forth.

pipbal · 01-05-2004, 12:58 PM

thanks Jim for the quick reply this is great news for me...

12-02-2003, 01:18 AM	#1
dbrown Registered Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1	Resolution of Coral I have just updated my PC and have a new 17" LCD DVI display. Running the aquarium v2 at 1280x1024 @ 32-bit colour the fish look amazing but the coral looks significantly pixelated. I was wondering if there are plans to produce a higher resolution image to resolve this issue.

12-02-2003, 02:28 AM	#2
Tiny Turtle is pleased Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 7,365	Well, sort of. It would be possible to create a 2D background with higher, but when the Freshwater Aquarium is finished, Jim will resume work on a full 3D background for the Marine Aquarium, which will be apporimately two times the width of a regular 4:3 monitor/TV, enabling panning of the camera, possibility for fish interacting with the coral and better collision-detection. Also, future creatures like a banded coral shrimp and others will be able to climb the coral and the Percula Clownfish will get a anemone to reside in. /Tiny Rez Thanks to Morgan, Tiny Snapshots is up and running again with "Tiny Järvafält" as the latest addition – Go have a look and tell me what you think. "We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." /Robert Oppenheimer on witnessing the first thermonuclear detonation in history.

12-02-2003, 12:26 PM	#3
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,947	The Marine Aquarium backdrop is 1024x768. I'd run the Aquarium at that resolution and let your monitor do the scaling. At some point in the future, there will be a dual-monitor, widescreen, high-definition version of Marine Aquarium. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

12-02-2003, 08:17 PM	#4
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,816	LCDs often suffer from aliasing as they stretch an image. On a CRT monitor, the 1024x768 background looks just fin when slightly stretched to 1280x1024 -- most people can't tell the difference. Bear in mind that when I wrote the Aquarium virtually all 3D programs used 640x480 background pics. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

01-04-2004, 07:03 AM	#5
pipbal Registered Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Belgium Posts: 25	is it possible 1280x1024 is it possible to make the background (in the future) work for res 1280x1024 or is it to hard ? I would sure like it .... Better 2 burn out then 2 fade away

01-04-2004, 11:20 AM	#6
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,816	Yes, the background will be changed to a true 3D environment. The resolution will be higher, and the camera will be able to pan back and forth. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

01-05-2004, 12:58 PM	#7
pipbal Registered Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Belgium Posts: 25	Great thanks Jim for the quick reply this is great news for me... Better 2 burn out then 2 fade away