Bigger level of zoomin

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Bigger level of zoomin

August 05, 2010, 02:55:42 pm

I wondered if there is any possible level of highr zoom, I don't care if it will look ugly, I just want to see it zoomed. Can I modify smth to get that?

Re: Bigger level of zoomin

Reply #1 – August 05, 2010, 03:57:53 pm

I think theoretically, you can develop a patch for this, yes.

Re: Bigger level of zoomin

Reply #2 – August 05, 2010, 04:02:51 pm

how?

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Reply #3 – August 05, 2010, 04:41:13 pm

You can get 4x zoomed in and 8x time zoomed out. I fail to see the point of further zoom in ... try a nightly first.

Re: Bigger level of zoomin

Reply #4 – August 05, 2010, 10:42:08 pm

Quote from: eddielexx – on August 05, 2010, 04:02:51 pm

how?

This is a community developed project, in many (most?) respects, so if you know how to program, write a patch yourself and submit it for consideration. I believe all the simutrans code is done in C and C++. If you don't know anything about programming, this is probably a doomed idea, as I've never seen a request for anything like it before (which indicates to me there's little interest in it, and therefore nobody who's likely to write the code for it).

Re: Bigger level of zoomin

Reply #5 – August 06, 2010, 08:09:54 am

Eddie, since you are working on the Simutrans 3D concept, it might be good to check the current drawing code anyways. Such a patch could be a good training for getting a better understanding of Simutrans' code.

Re: Bigger level of zoomin

Reply #6 – August 07, 2010, 11:00:05 am

I suspect that any further level of zooming in would only make the graphics look rather blocky.

Re: Bigger level of zoomin

Reply #7 – August 07, 2010, 01:10:54 pm

I find myself sometimes wanting further zoomed out though!

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Reply #8 – August 07, 2010, 08:46:04 pm

Very easy to to this. Just look at simgraph16.cc rezoom_img(). You will need a better interpolations routine; you may find one in OpenTTD extra_zoom_level_branch (which make 4x with more advanced zoom function.)