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CSGames94
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Posted: 16th Jul 2008 04:12
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Is there anyway to add high definition support for your games.
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IanM
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Posted: 16th Jul 2008 15:19
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As far as I know, high-definition is simply another term for high-resolution. So yes, if your graphics card can handle the resolution then DBPro can use it.

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Phaelax
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Posted: 16th Jul 2008 18:17
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HD pretty much means anything higher than 480i and typically 16:9 widescreen. My monitor does 1920x1200, which is more than 1080. So technically, you could say my computer is already higher def than your HDTV.


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CSGames94
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Quote: "Which is why HD / high-definition is a term that ONLY applies to television anyway. The whole question is nonsense. It's like asking if DBPro supports NTSC."


No it doesn't just apply to TV, because my laptop has an HD compatible screen. And There are video games the have to be HD compatible to use HD Graphics.
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CSGames94
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And Phaelax, do you have anything on that RTS Tutorial
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KISTech
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@Master13,

Try a search here in the forums for widescreen. There are a few pieces of code here and there that help you with aspect ratio when using a widescreen resolution so your scenes don't look horizontally stretched.

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Phaelax
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Quote: "That's marketing crap. "

I have to agree with this one.

@Master13,
I'm just now getting the rest of my pages for my website back online. I went ahead and uploaded the tutorial files again, so the links on my page should work now. http://zimnox.com/?page=dbTutorials


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IanM
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1080i or 1080p = 1920x1080 (@ 25 or 30 Hz)
720p = 1280x720 (@ 24, 25, 30, 50 or 60 Hz)
(i=interlaced, p=progressive scan / non-interlaced)

There also appears to be a '1080 compatible' type of display of 1366x768.

So this laptop I'm using is HD according to the 720p definition, and my other one is 1080 compatible ... yup, it's marketing crap!

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wind27382
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I agree with everyone else high definition is a made up term. dark basic is cable of it. when the say a game is high definition all they mean is that they took more time and added more detail.

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Phaelax
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Posted: 19th Jul 2008 10:39 Edited at: 19th Jul 2008 10:40
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A game console might claim HD because the video feed it would output to a TV may not always have been at high resolution.

As for frame rates, most countries use 24 and 30fps, though I think France is the only to broadcast at 60fps. Either way, checkout a display at 1080P at 120Hz instead of the standard 60, motion looks way better.


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