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Re: VGA - SVGA: VGA sucks? No way...

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From: Terry Lin
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 1996 00:00

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> Is this so big problem to make everything equivalent at every
> resolution?

Yeah, actually it is.  All the bitmapped objects have to be redrawn
COMPLETELY in order to make them larger and with more detail.  Look at
Warcraft 2, now that's a game done right in SVGA, because all of the
sprites were drawn for SVGA in mind, if you use the same sprites on regular
VGA a soldier would encompass more than 1/12th of your screen space (a
sizable chunk).  In SVGA it only occupies 1/48th.

-- 
Terry Lin   <tl...@servtech.com>
Reality sucks, but coming back to it sucks even more

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From: "Terry Lin" <tl...@servtech.com>
Subject: Re: VGA - SVGA: VGA sucks? No way...
Date: 1996/12/05
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