Petition for bigger map sizes

by **General Mayhem** on Sat Dec 29, 2007 1:16 pm

unriggable wrote:You need to update.

??

by **yeti_c** on Sat Dec 29, 2007 1:22 pm

http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_display.asp

Keep an eye on this...

As you can see - 56% of people use 1024...

Which is our min spec...

I can't see maps being made that will breach the current sizes until these levels drop...

You're time would be better off spent trying to devise a better UI for the site so that the entire screen (i.e. 1024 or thereabouts) could be used for the map instead of the current size... which is all that will fit with the bar down the left and the bar down the right.

C.

by **yeti_c** on Sat Dec 29, 2007 1:28 pm

Read this for detailed analysis...

yeti_c wrote:OK so the size limits are there for users using 1024x768?

So let's talk width...

The left bar takes up 200 pixels (ish)
The right hand side takes up 200 pixels (ish - I know this can get bigger but it also wraps...)

So this means we have a 624 pixel width limit...

So the absolute maximum for small maps is 630 -> This seems absolutely perfectly correct...

So Large maps are designed for a res of 1280x1024?

So 1280 - 400 = 880 pixels width <- so we have a little room to play with... but the 400 inflates slightly anyway so this makes us appear not too cramped... so 840 is probably a good number -> and probably scales better than 880 too!!

Height...

The top bar (in FF with tabs) takes about 230 pixels (I don't have any stoopid toolbars either...)

The bottom bit (including a windows task bar and status bar takes about 130 pixels... however this doesn't include the Dice bits... (Then again you could scroll to that and you'd only have 140 pixels of FF to deal with)

So 768 - 130 = 638

So 600/630 is again perfectly right...

So for large... we have 1024 - 130 = 894...

So again we've a little more leeway on the large maps... but again losing a few pixels on the map gives us much more clarity and allows people to see dice and so forth...

C.

PS - Don't get me wrong - I want bigger maps - but this is the analysis that you will need to either a) prove wrong, or b) change the UI to give more space...

by **unriggable** on Sat Dec 29, 2007 1:28 pm

General Mayhem wrote:
unriggable wrote:You need to update.

??

Cena-rules needs to update that list.

by **Coleman** on Sat Dec 29, 2007 1:48 pm

Probably a conflict of interest... but add me.

by **Nickbaldwin** on Sat Dec 29, 2007 2:10 pm

I use 1680x1050, so I'm all for it.

by **hwhrhett** on Sat Dec 29, 2007 2:18 pm

this is dumb.

by **fireedud** on Sat Dec 29, 2007 2:22 pm

I'll sign.

by **bonobo`s son** on Sat Dec 29, 2007 2:42 pm

agree and if it succeeds i am looking forward to maps like ww2 eatern and western front

by **DiM** on Sat Dec 29, 2007 2:57 pm

agree

by **Blitzaholic** on Sat Dec 29, 2007 2:59 pm

agree

by **gimil** on Sat Dec 29, 2007 3:28 pm

http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_display.asp

I dont know who posted these statistics i jsut found them popping up in my browser lol***

But they may show that 54% of users use but that in january 2007. There old statistics but they show that the 6 months between july 2006 and january 2007 there was a 4 drop in 1024x768 and a crazy 7% increase on higher resolutions. Considering these statistics are almost a year old i think a resolution increase should be considered assuming a similar trend is occuring.

by **Selin** on Sat Dec 29, 2007 3:30 pm

agree

by **Emperor_Metalman** on Sat Dec 29, 2007 3:31 pm

agree

by **Rocketry** on Sat Dec 29, 2007 3:36 pm

yup love to see larger maps.

by **0ojakeo0** on Sat Dec 29, 2007 3:38 pm

unriggable wrote:Include me.

by **whitestazn88** on Sat Dec 29, 2007 4:01 pm

im in cap'n

by **Minister Masket** on Sat Dec 29, 2007 4:50 pm

As long as everyone on the list isn't going to be permantly banned for this idea, sure put me on.

by **AndyDufresne** on Sat Dec 29, 2007 4:55 pm

Looks like a perfect Black List to me...

--Andy

by **super Mario 009** on Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:02 pm

I'm...

AndyDufresne wrote:Looks like a perfect Black List to me...

--Andy

...in...

by **MeDeFe** on Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:04 pm

Sure thing. I'm all for it.

by **unriggable** on Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:10 pm

cena-rules wrote:Here we go.

We the undersigned feel that the map size limits should be increased

1. cena-rules
2. Russianfire8371
3. Clive
4. Jesse710
5. lord voldemort
6. sparkyball
7. Sven Hassel
8. nagerous
9. frogger4
10. apey
11. mibi
12. tim02
13. Kaplowitz
14. unriggable
15. lalaland
16. militant
17. soundout9
18. hecter
19. Telvannia
20. Kalten
21. dezzy26
22. General Mayhem
23. The1exile
24. Coleman
25. Killer619
26. ghostlygirl
27. Nickbaldwin
28. fireedud
29. bonobo`s son
30. DiM
31. Blitzaholic
32. Selin
33. Emperor_Metalman
34. Rocketry
35. 0ojakeo0
36. whitestazn88
37. Minister Masket
38. super Mario 009
39. MeDeFe
40. the_fatty
41. oVo
42. baseballer72

just say you want it

for the love of god dont quote me

That's a big list.

by **AndyDufresne** on Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:14 pm

Out of the 10,000 plus active players...not so much.

--Andy

by **unriggable** on Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:15 pm

AndyDufresne wrote:Out of the 10,000 plus active players...not so much.

--Andy

Oh come on. How many people visited the forum in the last eight hours or however long this list has been up for?

by **cena-rules** on Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:15 pm

AndyDufresne wrote:Out of the 10,000 plus active players...not so much.

--Andy

how many post regularly in the forum and how many post in the foundry

thats a lot boy

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