0818 Version - Camera Cut Scene Text

Leanthar · 08-19-06, 05:46 AM

The cut scene text is a little small and somewhat difficult to read (slowing down the reading speed in what is already a tight scene to complete the reading in time). I would recommend that the text be larger. It would also look better if it was larger I think.

Talan Va'lash · 08-19-06, 08:06 AM

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Leanthar - 8/19/2006 9:46 AM The cut scene text is a little small and somewhat difficult to read (slowing down the reading speed in what is already a tight scene to complete the reading in time). I would recommend that the text be larger. It would also look better if it was larger I think.

Can we do this? I think the only font size option is the client side "Use high resolution fonts." That or use floaty text which wouldn't work. The other option that might be better is to do it in a convo, you can interact with a convo window just fine during a cutscene, and just have the camera only move a certain distance each node, so it effectively pauses untill you hit continue. Would lose some of its cinematic-y-ness but would make it more readable.

Leanthar · 08-19-06, 09:14 AM

Hmm. I would prefer the text method as the cutscene is really nice. I thought you could do the text thing as I know the newly released 'darkness over dagerford' (or whatever it is) uses larger font. But perhaps not and if not then it is not worth the effort. It was only a suggestion.

Talan Va'lash · 08-19-06, 09:16 AM

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Leanthar - 8/19/2006 1:14 PM

Hmm. I would prefer the text method as the cutscene is really nice. I thought you could do the text thing as I know the newly released 'darkness over dagerford' (or whatever it is) uses larger font. But perhaps not and if not then it is not worth the effort. It was only a suggestion.

Hehe yah I was just playing that last night to get inspired. Most if not all of the cutscenes in that mod that I've seen so far (the beggining mostly) use convo's as the main way of delivering text. I'll watch them again and see if theres something I missed that we can use.

orth · 08-19-06, 02:09 PM

I'm really curious about this "larger font". Is this for certain? Anyone able to take a screenie?

Leanthar · 08-19-06, 02:52 PM

I just went to get a screenshot and noticed something. The opening scene is not a cutscene. It must be a movie or something like that. It has a map with large text under that map, that is what I was talking about above. I then let it go for a bit and later on when one gets in to the actual game there is a cutscene but the text is normal size.

So, it looks like what I was talking about was a movie with different text size in that movie--not a cutscene.

This request can be ignored it seems.

Talan Va'lash · 08-20-06, 02:16 PM

yeah, one of those "wish we could do that" things