Strange large chat text size.

[Fehi]

This is going to be my first post in this forum. So I figured that I should get the support out of the way. Now before I post this let me state that I have recently took a long hiatus away from this mod. From April to last week or so. (Side note: Very happy to see many changes)

I boot up the mod, Get in game, and notice something along these lines.

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/8879/helena0003tr6.gif

As you can notice the chat is pretty large and if you squint you can see someone standing there. This is why this is a problem. It is hard to see what is going on in that portion of the screen when there is a lot of chat going on.
(Side Note: Before you ask. I was talking about how I have a dark maul but can't use it due to the skill requirements now needed for it and many weapons. Before the hiatus I could use any weapon in the game it seemed.)

Does anyone know a possible solution? I can not change my monitor resolution as it is a wide screen and is very picky about it. It is stuck at 1440 X 900.

Keep in mind this is not exactly a game stopping bug. It is more of an annoyance then anything but it can be hindering in some areas.

 

[Shadeska]

Looks normal size to me.

And to everyone else, don't post stupid responses to this guy. It is his first post in the forum.

 

[Jelly]

Wow, that text is huge. Isn't there a cvar to change that? I'm thinking something like ms_txthud_size?

 

[Fehi]

Looks normal size to me.

And to everyone else, don't post stupid responses to this guy. It is his first post in the forum.

Well it seems kinda large to me and stupid responses are pretty much common amongst any forum. So I am expecting them.

Wow, that text is huge. Isn't there a cvar to change that? I'm thinking something like ms_txthud_size?

I just tried it. Does nothing it seems. I dunno but now that I realize there are some console commands to go by that I could not find previously I am going to fiddle with them until either the trivial problem is solved or my computer explodes.

People keep this in mind. You don't need to help me in this trivial problem. I just find it annoying.

:Edit: Why am I also getting a slight hint of "Your an idiot." directed at me From that sentence?

:Edit 2: Turns out it does help and that I was to stupid to realize it. Thank you Jelly for your help. I was just to stupid to know the command. Someone lock this thread and trash it.

 

[Fadda]

Nah don't trash it. More help for more problems.

 

[Jelly]

Actually I didn't mean any offence, and I noticed too, after posting, that it might have contained a bit of sarcasm, but I didn't bother rephrasing my answer. :roll:

 

[Fehi]

Well upon some further testing it actually just shortens the max number of chat messages on screen. It helps but Not much.

 

[CrazyMonkeyDude]

(Side Note: Before you ask. I was talking about how I have a dark maul but can't use it due to the skill requirements now needed for it and many weapons. Before the hiatus I could use any weapon in the game it seemed.)

Ah, yes. This is the case. It's a slight niusance, but it does give you something to look forward to in your newbie grinding, and even higher levels need to do grinding to fully weild the potential of the better weapons.

For example, the weapon Dark Sword requires Swordsmanship Proficiency 30 to be able to use it to its full power.

 

[Fehi]

(Side Note: Before you ask. I was talking about how I have a dark maul but can't use it due to the skill requirements now needed for it and many weapons. Before the hiatus I could use any weapon in the game it seemed.)

Ah, yes. This is the case. It's a slight niusance, but it does give you something to look forward to in your newbie grinding, and even higher levels need to do grinding to fully weild the potential of the better weapons.

For example, the weapon Dark Sword requires Swordsmanship Proficiency 30 to be able to use it to its full power.

I know. I am happy to see that as well. No longer are the day's of empty grinding for now there is a reason to go the distance.

 

[Sabre]

ms_txthud_decaytime #
Might also be useful, it cuts the time that the text stays on screen.

 

[Thothie]

I had a similar issue causing text to be chopped in half on every line, for I too, run at a strange res (actually, that there's also the default res on my laptop). The only solution I've found is funky:

If yer used to your Hud text being some other size, go to the \gfx\vgui\fonts folder of your favorite mod, ie.
\Steam\SteamApps\<your_ccount_name>\half-life\<mod_you_like>\gfx\vgui\fonts

You will see files along the lines of:
960_Briefing Text.tga
960_CommandMenu Text.tga
960_Primary Button Text.tga
960_Scoreboard Small Text.tga
960_Scoreboard Text.tga
960_Scoreboard Title Text.tga
960_Team Info Text.tga
960_Title Font.tga

You'll see a set of these for each resolution the mod supports. (640_xxx, 800_xxx, etc. etc.)

Copy the files from that mod to the same folder in MSC.

Rename the number prefix to match your resolution. eg. in your case:
960_Title Font.tga
becomes
1440_Title Font.tga

Hopefully MSC will then use that font set for your system. Using low res font sets (eg. 640_ ) will make for smaller text in game.

It's a Steam thang, for some reason they did away with scalable fonts (too blurry, they figured, I guess).

Might be a "todo" for the 1.1 installer: make sure there's a font size defined for all conceivable resolutions.

 

[Fehi]

It reduced the size of most of the text. But not the chat messages when they are sent. Added all the fonts you listed. Did you forget a few? I dunno I am just running down the list of "s**t that might work but might not".

 

[Thothie]

Hmm... It changed the font on mine, but gods if I know which one the chat text actually uses... (I'd have to color code the TGA's or *gasp* look at the client-side code - even then it seems to be one of those internal Steam functions, so it may not appear there.)

 

[Orochi]

Yeah, it's a monitor issue, if your computer/laptop is widescreen (16:10) then you will likely get this issue running in a widescreen resolution , I know I did.