A very interesting idea indeed. I really do hope to see that some day.

Thanks guys. Actually I have done some insane testing on this.
The pros are the following:

PROS
*854x480 resolution (AKA faked widescreen) does not slow mugen down at all like the 720p and other resolutions as you are only increasing the length of x axis.

Ive tested for framerate drops on 100's of the heaviest stages I know of with oversized sprites etc, with the heaviest chars (AH/Blazblue/GGX) and it is barely diff from 640x480 in 4vs4 mode, even with systemexplod/precache etc set at uber max in mugen.cfg

*Screenpacks and lifebars are easy as piss to make and position obviously.
just set System.def localcoord = 852x480.

*Character localcoord needs to be changed to half of 852, so character.def localcoord = 427 must be added to all character def files.
This is easy and you can do a universal text change on all def files via notepad++ and loads of other text editor programs hence this is also easy as piss.

Example of system.def localcoord = 854x480 / char localcoord=427
- See how all you need to do is reposition stuff, add some extra shit to make it fit?



CONS
*This is what happens to BG FX even after localcoord = 427 is added.
If you dont replace or resize the fx sprites, you need to manually add a scale = 1.3,1.3
to the relevant explod. I need to figure out a universal fix for this.........hmm.....
Notice the big ass black gap on the right?



*Mugen 1.1 auto fixes this issue, making this WIP obselete even if I do manually patch millions of chars as it uses this in mugen.cfg

Code:

 ;Stage fit mode.
 ;0 - stage drawn to width of screen (may crop stages with tall aspect)
 ;1 - stage shrunk to fit into screen
 ;Ignored if RenderMode=System (forced to 0)
StageFit = 1

 ;System fit mode.
 ;0 - system drawn to width of screen (may crop motifs with tall aspect)
 ;1 - system shrunk to fit into screen
 ;Ignored if RenderMode=System (forced to 0)
SystemFit = 1

I have tested and it does fix the problem, but 1.1 alpha3 is still broken as hell and not worth my time yet.

Because you need to add localcoord = 852,480 to [stageinfo]
It screws up stage bounds on some stages. THe stage should have ended at the edge of the castle to the right.


So again...another issue.....unless I can figure out a universal text change/fix or a find a team of stage updating monkeys.

That looks cool as man! I hope you get it done some day

Fake Widescreen? That's the first time i've heard of that. I'll make sure to try it out.

Yo.
I always do that to stages cuz i like the fake widescreen mode is easy and fast to do most of the time.

MP wrote:Fake Widescreen? That's the first time i've heard of that. I'll make sure to try it out.

What he said...

I see a lot of users are following the V-Nix/Phantom Blood style resolution. I couldn't get it to work sadly.

Dissidia wrote:I see a lot of users are following the V-Nix/Phantom Blood style resolution. I couldn't get it to work sadly.

Its easy Diss, one of us could show you the result on your SP if you like. BRB....

Do we have to set the localcoord for all the characters to the new resolution?

Yo PhantomD, perhaps making a WIP thread would be a good idea since we're all hooked to this screenpack

Watta wrote:Do we have to set the localcoord for all the characters to the new resolution?

Yo PhantomD, perhaps making a WIP thread would be a good idea since we're all hooked to this screenpack

yes. all chars need to have localcoord = 427 added for fake widescreen mode.
I would make a WIP thread if I can find a solution to patch the universal "640x480 hyper fx bg screen getting cut off" issue - for now how about a separate discussion thread?
I'll create one now.
(currently testing diss's SP. post screenies shortly)