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#51

AGS Engine & Editor Releases / Re: AGS 4.0 - Alpha 21 for pub...

Last post by Baguettator - Sun 27/04/2025 05:37:32

Sorry for double post, I hope it's not too much "out of thread" if I ask here.


I would like to know how AGS 4.0 is "good" to manage games with high resolution (1920*1080), high quality graphics (like photos as rooms' background), BUT no animation ? I'm thinking about another Point'n click game of this kind, so I'm asking here.

ALso, if it's not a secret, what are the next improvement AGS 4.0 will get about that ? (speed in scripts/sprites management/memory...)

The best for me would be to host my game on the web, but I don't know if the game's size allowed to be hosted on web will be increased ? (with 1920*1080 sprites, it can be quickly heavy, and if I remember well, I have read that it was for about 300Mo max for a web port).

#52

AGS Engine & Editor Releases / Re: AGS 4.0 - Alpha 21 for pub...

Last post by Baguettator - Sat 26/04/2025 21:50:50

That's exactly what I mean Sorry for my bad english...

It could be a quality of life feature ! There is no reason it doesn't resize like buttons ?

#53

Beginners' Technical Questions / Re: General question about res...

Last post by Rik_Vargard - Sat 26/04/2025 18:58:39

I made the first part of my game at 1920*1080.
Then, after playing some games I realized that AGS did a great job even for 360*240 on a 1920*1080 screen.
So I'm making the second part of my game at 1280*720 and it works great!

#54

Beginners' Technical Questions / Re: Need help to get other fon...

Last post by Rik_Vargard - Sat 26/04/2025 18:50:07

I use Dafont. Make sure to click "more option" and then "100% free/Public domain".

Once you installed the fonts, you can add them by clicking on "Fonts" in AGS editor.

#55

Beginners' Technical Questions / Re: Need help to get other fon...

Last post by Barn Owl - Sat 26/04/2025 18:41:58

Ahoy,

There are many places to download free fonts online, such as https://fonts.google.com/

May the winds of productivity & creativity fill your sails!

#56

The Rumpus Room / Re: What grinds my gears!

Last post by VampireWombat - Sat 26/04/2025 16:10:26

I see your point, though when it comes to alienation, I feel like it's just as big of a problem with how these people will spread misinformation, and actively discourage people from getting professional help instead of seeking out blind validation online.

Plus using baby-ish terms like "neurospicy" instead of autism only serves to further stigmatize the actual term autism.

That is a genuine problem, which I feel is further amplified by many online commentators' treatment of any attempt at categories or sub-categories of the autism spectrum as somehow evil and fascist.

It grinds my gears that not only has there been a blatant attempt to rewrite history in regards to Aspergers syndrome; pretending that it fell out of use over Hans Asperger's nazi ties - it didn't, the diagnosis was retired because it was deemed to similar to high-functioning autism, and the diagnosis itself was never used while Asperger was active, but coined in 1976 by brittish psychologist Lorna Wing, but I've even seen people claim that the terms "high-functioning" and "low-functioning" themselves were an evil nazi invention.

The problem is, who benefits from a wide spectrum having all clear sub-categories removed? I sure don't. If I say I have Autism, it comes with the caveat that I also have to spend ages explaining where exactly I am on the spectrum and how my mind works, whereas if I say I have Aspergers, most people will just get the basic gist of it relatively easily.

And this doesn't serve people with high support needs either, because all this discourse that muddies the lines and people using baby terms instead of real diagnosis to describe autism only makes it harder for regular people to understand what it is and how it works, and if it's harder to understand, people will also find it harder to accept.

I admit to not understanding all of this. It's not helped at all by having grown up with media showing people with autism as either being savants or being non-verbal, or in the case of Mercury Rising I think the kid was both. I think Parenthood was the first thing I watched with someone who wasn't either. But his autism was treated more as a problem than being a part of who he is. My mom was even a special education teacher for a few years and she wasn't taught anything about autism beyond the "problem" type. It wasn't until a friend with Autism and ADHD had shared some information that made me think I might be neurodivergent in any way. Every week I'm learning something new, usually from Youtube videos by creators with Autism and/or ADHD. And since I avoid TikTok and most subreddits, I don't ever see these people who use the term neurospicy unless it's brought up by one of the creators I follow. There is damage being done in many areas by many people. Some intentionally, some unintentionally. And by now I think I've forgotten my point. I just know that apparently I care more about how people perceive neurodivergent people than I had realized.

#57

AGS Engine & Editor Releases / Re: AGS 4.0 - Alpha 21 for pub...

Last post by Crimson Wizard - Sat 26/04/2025 13:52:07

I'm using the last version of AGS 4.0, and it seems giving a slider a background image doesn't give it the same size as the image itself. So it's a bit annoying because you have to drag it manually or enter the right values in the editor panel.

If you mean that the slider does not resize when you add a image, similar to button, then it has always been like this.
Buttons are the only controls that resize to a new image.
I suppose it's not too hard to implement such behavior though.

#58

AGS Engine & Editor Releases / Re: AGS 4.0 - Alpha 21 for pub...

Last post by Baguettator - Sat 26/04/2025 12:11:45

Hi !

I'm using the last version of AGS 4.0, and it seems giving a slider a background image doesn't give it the same size as the image itself. So it's a bit annoying because you have to drag it manually or enter the right values in the editor panel.

Is it a bug ?

#59

The Rumpus Room / Re: What grinds my gears!

Last post by Blondbraid - Sat 26/04/2025 09:59:24

It's better to educate people who claim they're neurospicy than to mock them and make actual neurodivergent people feel even more alientated.

I see your point, though when it comes to alienation, I feel like it's just as big of a problem with how these people will spread misinformation, and actively discourage people from getting professional help instead of seeking out blind validation online.

Plus using baby-ish terms like "neurospicy" instead of autism only serves to further stigmatize the actual term autism.

I don't remember if it was before or after having watched a video about how some of those in power basically feel like high supports needs autistics have no place in society.

That is a genuine problem, which I feel is further amplified by many online commentators' treatment of any attempt at categories or sub-categories of the autism spectrum as somehow evil and fascist.

It grinds my gears that not only has there been a blatant attempt to rewrite history in regards to Aspergers syndrome; pretending that it fell out of use over Hans Asperger's nazi ties - it didn't, the diagnosis was retired because it was deemed to similar to high-functioning autism, and the diagnosis itself was never used while Asperger was active, but coined in 1976 by brittish psychologist Lorna Wing, but I've even seen people claim that the terms "high-functioning" and "low-functioning" themselves were an evil nazi invention.

The problem is, who benefits from a wide spectrum having all clear sub-categories removed? I sure don't. If I say I have Autism, it comes with the caveat that I also have to spend ages explaining where exactly I am on the spectrum and how my mind works, whereas if I say I have Aspergers, most people will just get the basic gist of it relatively easily.

And this doesn't serve people with high support needs either, because all this discourse that muddies the lines and people using baby terms instead of real diagnosis to describe autism only makes it harder for regular people to understand what it is and how it works, and if it's harder to understand, people will also find it harder to accept.

#60

General Discussion / Re: ACDOS.exe and acsetup.cfg ...

Last post by MannyMania - Fri 25/04/2025 22:37:46

Try running 'acdos.exe --setup' and see whether there are available options to change this.

Tried it but the game just launches with Digital audio and FM synth.

In my searching I've found more remakes with better resolutions!!! I couldn't get them to work in real Dos though.