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Offline goodgimp

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Is there any way to change the font size?
« on: February 08, 2013, 04:08:53 pm »
Had someone ask me if there was a way to change the font size so that they could play this from the couch via controller. I wasn't able to find an option in game, so thought I'd ask here.

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Re: Is there any way to change the font size?
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2013, 04:09:40 pm »
Nope, there's not and can't be -- that causes all manner of problems in terms of sizing the GUI.  What are they having trouble reading, though?
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Re: Is there any way to change the font size?
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2013, 04:16:23 pm »
Nope, there's not and can't be -- that causes all manner of problems in terms of sizing the GUI.  What are they having trouble reading, though?

I figured as much, but it never hurts to ask - I'll let them know. Regarding what they're having a hard time reading, I don't know specifically but I imagine it would be most of the text, if you're playing across the room on the couch or whatever.

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Re: Is there any way to change the font size?
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2013, 04:25:08 pm »
I gotcha.  Yeah, it's not really designed for that unfortunately.  We really have to work to squeeze all the text into the game as it is!
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Re: Is there any way to change the font size?
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2013, 09:11:40 pm »
This is sad. I dont like to play with joypad near the pc. If i want to play with a joypad, i like to relax far from pc. But i cant read anything. I missi so much the mouse controls :(
because that, i cant play anymore

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Re: Is there any way to change the font size?
« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2013, 09:15:08 pm »
This is sad. I dont like to play with joypad near the pc. If i want to play with a joypad, i like to relax far from pc. But i cant read anything. I missi so much the mouse controls :(
because that, i cant play anymore

I'm sorry to hear that, but there's nothing I can do about that.  The game would be worse to have mouse controls, by far, and that's not on the table.  And there is not enough room on the screen for text that is any larger.

You can always use a smaller screen resolution on your TV and that may help -- that increases the font size in a different way.  If you try to run the game at 1080p resolution on your TV you can do that, but it will be tiny.  So that may actually be a solution.

But beyond that, the keyboard or gamepad controls on a PC are what the game is designed for.  This is a PC game, primarily, and the TV screen isn't something it has been designed around.
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