fonts trouble

[skel]

hello , i have a fonts trouble under linux / voodoo3
not all fonts i can adjust the "ship" one, but the "sell, buy , weapons" menu fonts don't change and they are quite unreadable (some char look odd)

thanks for vs and for the help

[ace123]

Maybe you could take a screenshot of VS so I know what you mean (GIMP has a screenshot aquire option in I think the file right click menu

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[skel]

this is how i see the fonts

[ace123]

Hmm... That does look terrible

Well actually we don't draw the fonts. The glut library does it, so I don't know if there is and easy way to solve it without hacking at the source code.

Actually it looks like there is no antialiasing. Since this is linux, you probably have built it from source.

Could you try modifying a few things in the source file to see if it makes the text readable.

(Sorry if you already know C++, as I am assuming you don't to avoid confusion.)

In the file src/gui/glut_support.cpp (around lines 257 and 278) at aroung Try commenting out the lines saying:

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glEnable(GL_LINE_SMOOTH);

And make them look kind of like

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//      glEnable(GL_LINE_SMOOTH);

Then run make at the vegastrike directory to reuild VS

See if it then looks better or worse or the same.

If it still looks bad, adding a line right before the one you commented out saying:

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glLineWidth(2);

and a line after the second thing you commented out saying:

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glLineWidth(1);

This will make the text thicker (hopefully easier to read) and restore it to normal at the bottom.

Again you will have to run make begore you can test it.

If it still looks bad try 3 instead of 2 (even more thick)

tell me if either one of them works or doesn't work.

[skel]

thanks for you answer ,
you assuming good i don't know c++ so the tips are not un-welcome
but alas i haven't compiled vegastrike i just grabbed the debian packages
i can't try to compile it now (i have big trouble with apache/php to resolve first)
but i'll try it as soon as i can
thanks

[ace123]

Oh yeah, well if you are using the deb packages, it isn't as easy...
Unfortunately the values are hard coded into the source for the docking screen, so you will most likely have to live with it...