[NightFright]

Well, maybe it can be solved with some sort of def magic, but right now, I wouldn't know which one. I will keep experimenting, e.g. by omitting orig_size commands, hoping to find a fix. Normally it should be the same as using a low-res widescreen statusbar.

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Proportions seem right with these settings:

texture 2462 { pal 0 { file "hires/tweaks/hud/hudfin1920.png" orig_sizex 370 orig_sizey 34 artquality } }

However, the background tile is showing, even with statusbar scaling at 100%. Not sure if extending the whole thing on both sides even further would do the trick.

[Phredreeke]

Yeah, this is another example where it would be good if these could be composited on runtime. Right now outside the 4:3 window is just dead space.

[Roma Loom]

Also from what I see definitely there's some offset dependency for the text/numbers from the size/definition of the statusbar texture

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[NightFright]

Hmmm... in the current HRP, the digital font isn't using any offset at all. It looks like this:
texture 2472 { pal 0 { file "highres/screen/fonts/digital/2472.png" } }

Thing is I have the Megaton assets working here in widescreen without issues. It probably stands and falls with bar width. Right now it seems to behave like a 370px wide (roughly) lowres bar. We need to get to 428px.

You have to change the dimensions of the 8-bit art, otherwise EDuke32 will always fit it into 5:4 space. So you have to fake a widescreen statusbar by pretending it's wider via orig_sizex, so the highres replacement will do the same. 428px is the right value to cover the entire screen width (in 16:9 at least).

[Roma Loom]

I've just noticed that also the game stretches the original statusbar by height a bit and I was calculating mine from the ingame screenshot, that's why it went wrong

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[NightFright]

So I guess this means adjustments are needed?

[Roma Loom]

NightFright, on 17 February 2024 - 11:21 AM, said:

So I guess this means adjustments are needed?

Yeah, I see no choice rather than add a bit more metal to the sides

[NightFright]

By pure trial and error, I've found that something like 2220x174 would do the trick. (Your current statusbar resized to 1920px, then extended by 150px on each side (white is placeholder space):


It may not be exact math, but it gives you an idea about how much extension is needed.

Cons:
- Ammo display isn't perfectly centered
- Whole image apparently gets squeezed/compressed

I still believe the only way to make it look right is with Megaton-like measures. Even if it defies common logic. You'll end up with a distorted image otherwise.

[Tea Monster]

I have made some of my source files available on GitHub. Perversely, for the monsters and props from HHR that were never used in the HRP as they were deemed to be too far away from the original designs.

I don't mind going through my archive and uploading some stuff.

[NightFright]

That'd be great. If not for the HRP itself, maybe Github can be used for storing source files. Even though that can also get a bit heavy regarding filesize...

[0815Jack]

ok

here are the source files to my contributions. I don't have Photoshop anymore, so I can't edit anything

 hrp_0815Jack.zip (7.09MB)
Number of downloads: 328

[Tea Monster]

Nice to see a bit of work (however fleeting!) happening here.

[NightFright]

Hey, we still don't have all textures together, you know. Once the menu stuff is handled, if anyone feels up to it... The to-do list is still good.

[Roma Loom]

Was procrastinating with some other Duke related stuff, I'll put PNG here for now, and then upload PSD with help layers to create this tile from scratch after I'll handle the text related routine.
[edit] reuploaded the pic

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[NightFright]

Maybe could be a bit darker, but otherwise very good.

[Roma Loom]

NightFright, on 24 February 2024 - 01:54 PM, said:

Maybe could be a bit darker, but otherwise very good.

yep, I've tried to match it to Duke3D color/levels-wise quickly but it started to look not that metal shiny. I'll try next time with fresh look

[Roma Loom]

Oh, found the way to convert it to indexed color image with pure Duke3D palette

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[NightFright]

Great. Like this the text overlays should also be much easier to read.

[Roma Loom]

#2445

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[NightFright]

Looks really good! Also a very solid font choice. I guess the other tiles should be a bit easier after this one.

[Roma Loom]

NightFright, on 01 March 2024 - 12:08 PM, said:

Looks really good! Also a very solid font choice. I guess the other tiles should be a bit easier after this one.

Thanks, the font was not a choice but rather getting eye cancer while making vector shapes off 5 pixel tall letters :harold_hiding_the_pain:
But now we have TTF of it which will be uploaded once the PSD is done with all them screens

[Roma Loom]

The link to 4k PSD src https://drive.google...iew?usp=sharing

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[NightFright]

Faster than I thought! Now we need to figure out a way to use these without looking distorted. But I think it's only the statusbar which may cause issues. At least the way it is right now.

[Roma Loom]

This works almost with orig_sizex 428 orig_sizey 34, nuke logo is stretched a bit but as I've learned from discord channel:

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Hendricks266:
DOS Build uses non-square pixels
The assets are 320x200 but they are applied as 320x240

I've launched megaton and saw the same problem with nuke sign - stretched a bit.
So as much as I judge all this stuff I still gonna finish those lunar apocalypse textures from to-do list.

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[NightFright]

Those still hadn't been done? I thought Ep.4 was the only one left by now. Well, the more, the merrier.

[JacketAU]

Truly, an inspiration!

Could you maybe drop a kinda dot point of what the goals are for this project so I can maybe tackle some of them and help too please? I'd really love to be a part of something like this with you guys.

[gt1750]

So I have replayed the first 3 episodes with HRP and Polymer after like 10 years and was surprised how good it can look (mostly in episodes 1 and 2, because those were properly maphacked with lights, episode 3 looks a bit meh)

One thing that bothered me the most was the inconsistency between enemies, most notably pigcops looking quite outdated... So I gave the tired old MD3 a little re-skin

If anyone wants to try it out: Download

[gt1750]

I have updated the skin according to feedback on Discord, added all the palette variants and the frozen model skin: Download UPDATE (link in the previous post is invalid)

[Hudson]

gt1750, on 20 March 2025 - 02:41 PM, said:

I have updated the skin according to feedback on Discord, added all the palette variants and the frozen model skin: Download UPDATE (link in the previous post is invalid)

duke0039.png

That looks really good, great job!

[gt1750]

Hudson, on 29 March 2025 - 07:54 AM, said:

That looks really good, great job!

Thanks!

I've updated the Enforcer, download HERE