Dungeon Master Forum

Hello!

I have this big black area below the game that doesn't really do anything.

Is it possible to change the size of the game window (reduce the amount of vertical pixels)?



Thanks!

Unfortunately, no. 640x480 is pretty hardcoded currently.

Thanks, and no problem! I saw in another thread that it was possible to add graphics to the GUI, I'll try adding some borders and headers.

Don't forget that some of that black space is used by the text messages that pop-up during game play. You'll need to account for that in whatever you design. (There are ways to adjust the size of the text area but it involves a some coding which it seems you want to avoid?)

Thanks, Gambit! The text areas are already sort of factored in, but there's still more than enough screen estate left. I'll have to check the original DM and some other dungeon crawlers again to get some ideas on how they used the spare space.
And yes, I'd like to avoid coding whenever possible It's just too 'risky' for non-coders to write anything too complicated, I guess.

...unless I can copy&paste something

Don't forget that original DM was designed for 320x200. As DSB runs in a "doubled" window, you might expect that to be 600x400, but it's not, it's 640x480 -- so there's an additional 80 pixels of black space that never gets used.

For my own re-design of DMs interface, I've made that extra space a feature and have re-designed everything to use it all

By the way, I like the style you've chosen for your game. Very unusual and distinctive. You definitely have a unique flavour here and I'm intrigued to see more.

Oooh, so that's why! I should've checked my screenshot dimensions

Thank you!
I'm looking forward to see your custom interface! I've watched the video of your character selection screen recently and it was phenomenal.

By the way, I can't seem to find the thread that described how to add graphics to the GUI... Would you happen to know where to look?

Thanks!

--- EDIT: Found it!

--- EDIT 2: Or did I...?
I didn't I sent you a PM if that's okay.

I got your PM and replied

It worked perfectly!



Thank you very much, Gambit! Your help is very appreciated.