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GPL, displaying speed

Mike Kin

GPL, displaying speed

by Mike Kin » Tue, 06 Oct 1998 04:00:00

Two quick questions

1) Is there a way to display the speed in the 'cockpit' view, like the
outside view, or like s in Nascar 2? (an alternative might be guages that
you can read)

2) Is there a way to increase the font size of the information displayed
when in the 'outside' view.

ymenar

GPL, displaying speed

by ymenar » Tue, 06 Oct 1998 04:00:00

Mike King wrote

You can't see your speed in the***pit view... they didn't input it because
they really wanted to create full realism while in the***pit view, or the
same thing that a 1967 Formula1 driver would see in his helmet.

Hmm that's a good question... If you mean the text in the black part...
racing in a lower resolution could be a solution. As for making it bigger...
I think it would really mess up the whole structure (it would increase all
the text in the replay menu, etc..) . From what I remember it's all located
in the font.dat  file in your GPL game.

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Kevin E Hil

GPL, displaying speed

by Kevin E Hil » Tue, 06 Oct 1998 04:00:00

Mike,
    Are you Mike King of providex fame?  If not - don't worry about it.  If
so - hehehe... Good to see another gamer out there that uses providex also!

    -Kevin Hill


>Two quick questions

>1) Is there a way to display the speed in the 'cockpit' view, like the
>outside view, or like s in Nascar 2? (an alternative might be guages that
>you can read)

>2) Is there a way to increase the font size of the information displayed
>when in the 'outside' view.

Bret

GPL, displaying speed

by Bret » Wed, 07 Oct 1998 04:00:00

Well, in the copy of the demo I have, (set in 640x480 mode), I have the
spedomoeter on the dash I can read, or, if you look to the upper right hand
side of the screen, it tells you your speed there.

                        Brett (TEN ID - Elrioch)

"Close only counts in horse shoes and hand grenades,
this aint either."
                                Ted Musgrave

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Bret

GPL, displaying speed

by Bret » Wed, 07 Oct 1998 04:00:00

Forget that post I made....I'm like hella embarased now...Didn't read the
subject...Thought I was still reading a Viper demo post....*whips off his
glasses, cleans them, puts them back on "Ahh...Much better", then sheepishly
crawls off to a corner to hide*

                        Brett (TEN ID - Elrioch)

"Close only counts in horse shoes and hand grenades,
this aint either."
                                Ted Musgrave

"Only one can win. 40 some odd guys are going to go
home losers."
                                Unknown


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