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Subject: My text in Halo PC looks bad...
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The edges are all crooked and stuff... I've seen other people's text where the edges are all smooth and look good, but no matter how high I put my resolution, my text still looks bad. :(

  • 01.13.2007 4:44 PM PDT
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try lowering to to 640x480.

  • 01.13.2007 4:48 PM PDT

In high definition baby!

Change and decreased your resoultion like what Omnios said. 640x480 is the default resolution. Take a screenshot of it and see how it looks.

  • 01.13.2007 4:50 PM PDT
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That's odd. Give us a screenshot to see what it's like. You seem to already know that higher-resolution gives clearer text, what kind of PC do you have?

  • 01.13.2007 5:26 PM PDT
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Wait, doesn't the lower resolution make text worse? I can't even see the first half of my text in 640.....

  • 01.13.2007 6:51 PM PDT
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I have the worst graphical computer in the world (IBM THiNKPaD, Laptop), and my text looks great. Maybe try messing with your halo folder and increasing the size, or replacing it with another text?

  • 01.14.2007 1:00 AM PDT
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Posted by: Killyourightnow
I have the worst graphical computer in the world (IBM THiNKPaD, Laptop), and my text looks great. Maybe try messing with your halo folder and increasing the size, or replacing it with another text?
Wow, dude, there are far worse things to own than an IBM Thinkpad, trust me. Like PCs that aren't from this century.

  • 01.14.2007 5:45 AM PDT
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Well the defualt res is 840X680 or w/e and there I had smooth text, but to get better FPS i tried 640X480 and the text look horrible. So keep it on 840X680 for good text. ;)

  • 01.14.2007 5:28 PM PDT
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Same here, my text looks like crap, so I use a text console from conscar to make it look better.

  • 01.14.2007 7:18 PM PDT
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Posted by: Omnios
try lowering to to 640x480.

This is what I did on my old computer (a big ass pile) and it worked like a charm, kind of.

  • 01.14.2007 7:28 PM PDT
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Random...

  • 01.15.2007 12:21 PM PDT
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Wait, don't you mean 800x600 res? And if I'm not mistaken, I believe 640x480 is the defaut, not 800res.

  • 01.15.2007 1:02 PM PDT

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*hands Kim a crowbar*
Here you will need this to help you get your foot out of the back of your throat, looks llike its in there pretty deep. And what is that on your face? Egg?! *hands Kim a washcloth*

I am curious to see this so called bad text. I run my game at 1600x1200 and it looks phenomenal.

  • 01.15.2007 1:05 PM PDT
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Posted by: staticx576
I am curious to see this so called bad text. I run my game at 1600x1200 and it looks phenomenal.


Me too, I have no clue what the eff these guys are talking about, bad text? You actually categorize a simple text into "bad"? I don't even know how it looks bad in the first place, text is text as long as you can read the darn thing. Damn man.

  • 01.15.2007 1:10 PM PDT
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Posted by: lpjuunin
Posted by: staticx576
I am curious to see this so called bad text. I run my game at 1600x1200 and it looks phenomenal.


Me too, I have no clue what the eff these guys are talking about, bad text? You actually categorize a simple text into "bad"? I don't even know how it looks bad in the first place, text is text as long as you can read the darn thing. Damn man.
Text is "bad" when the edges of the letters are so jagged you're in danger of it poking your eyes out. But I do see your point.

  • 01.15.2007 2:26 PM PDT
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Posted by: Master Kim
Posted by: lpjuunin
Posted by: staticx576
I am curious to see this so called bad text. I run my game at 1600x1200 and it looks phenomenal.


Me too, I have no clue what the eff these guys are talking about, bad text? You actually categorize a simple text into "bad"? I don't even know how it looks bad in the first place, text is text as long as you can read the darn thing. Damn man.
Text is "bad" when the edges of the letters are so jagged you're in danger of it poking your eyes out. But I do see your point.


Does it look blurry due to the jaggedness? Unless that's the factor, text is still text. Read it, live with it, learn to love it ( =P ), and read it somemore. Unless you guys are still looking for a fix.

  • 01.15.2007 2:28 PM PDT