screen zooming

[foz]

doe`s anyone know if its possible to zoom a small section of screen....

for example to do a sniper scope...

as mouse cursor moves i would like to update the zoom as it moves.......

If there are any options for zooming let me know as i might be able to work something out...

If not ...Chris when will we have zooming screens.....

[Ishmael]

There's no documented way to zoom in, and no undocumented way that I'm aware of.

I think the best to do for sniper scope is to create a new room which has the zoomed in picture as background, and use, for example a GUI shaped like the scope, with the crosshairs and stuff as not-see trough, and move the scope around the zoomed view by using something like

if ((mouse.x < 160) || (mouse.x > 160)) {
Ã, Ã, character[EGO].x = mouse.x;
Ã, Ã, SetMousePosition(160, 120);
}

This scrolls the screen horizontaly when the mouse is moved, put in rep_ex. The numbers are for 320x240 res, so you need to change them if your game is difrent res.

Just some thoughts on how to do it...

[SSH]

Check out http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=12744.0... but I've removed the demo from my server... it just did a full-screen zoom in on a big sprite.

If you use TK's suggestion, you could capture the screen by using the savegames with screenshot feature and reload it bigger than the original...

Or write a plugin...

[foz]

..I am not clever enough to write a PLUG in.....

But if someone who is clever enough needs a challenge please feel free....

I would use it in every game i make.....

As it would have loads of uses..

What i`m after is`nt possible with AGS at moment i think........but will continue to try a work round the problem.

TK:some nice ideas but not a fix to what i want...I want to just zoom a small section with the rest staying as normal........as mouse is moved the new section will be zoomed and old area back to normal.