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AGS Support => Beginners' Technical Questions => Topic started by: kinan___rod on Sat 17/11/2012 16:23:54

Title: The Characters are pixeling when smalled
Post by: kinan___rod on Sat 17/11/2012 16:23:54
Hi every one, I have this problem that the characters are getting "pixeled" when being resized by the walkable areas (look this image to know what I mean):
(http://oi48.tinypic.com/1e2zpz.jpg)
(The character on the left is the main character that is being resized and the one on the right is a room character that dose not move)
I played some AGS games and I did not notice this problem even with high-res games like "Da New Guys".
Another problem I have is that the character animation (and background movement) is going jerky when its being smalled for more than 75%.

That is all and thanks for help

Title: Re: The Characters are pixeling when smalled
Post by: MurrayL on Sat 17/11/2012 16:51:45
Check your game setup (winsetup.exe) and see whether or not you have 'smooth scale sprites' turned off?
Title: Re: The Characters are pixeling when smalled
Post by: kinan___rod on Sat 17/11/2012 17:17:43
Oh thanks man! that was so simple :)
now what about the "non-smooth animation" problem?
Title: Re: The Characters are pixeling when smalled
Post by: Crimson Wizard on Sat 17/11/2012 20:30:36
Quote from: kinan___rod on Sat 17/11/2012 17:17:43
Oh thanks man! that was so simple :)
now what about the "non-smooth animation" problem?
This is a well known AGS behavior which originates in using integer math for calculating character coordinates changes and walking animation. When character is scaled down, it starts to loose precision.
It was answered previously here:
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=46864.0
Title: Re: The Characters are pixeling when smalled
Post by: kinan___rod on Sat 17/11/2012 21:21:11
Oh thanks man, that helped alot.
Title: Re: The Characters are pixeling when smalled
Post by: Ghost on Sun 18/11/2012 20:25:14
As a rule, you want the parts of your room where important stuff happens be at a scaling level of 100%. Scaling is nice to give a sense of perspective and dimension when a character walks around, though.
Title: Re: The Characters are pixeling when smalled
Post by: kinan___rod on Wed 21/11/2012 12:39:53
Thanks, I will keep this in mined. :)