Little wide-Screen Clarification Please - Page 2

Jim Sachs · 06-07-2009, 09:45 PM

I've considered it (and the program already does some of this if the aspect ratio of the window warrants it), but I already take a lot of heat for having so much water showing at the top. I consider it a good balance of visuals vs. performance.

rps · 06-09-2009, 09:34 AM

Originally posted by Dale:

Just so B737 (SWA Pilot?) will be clear on this - if you uncheck Auto Pan, your fish will swim "out of sight" at the sides of the simulation. I don't personally find that to be a drawback, but it's worth mentioning.

Yes, but is that *really* an issue? It's not like anybody will be looking at a TV hanging on the wall, and asking "Wow, is that a real aquarium? It's only 2" thick..."

I think that you could set up a large LCD panel, turn off auto-pan, and then just scroll MA3 to any desired part of the tank. (Personally, I like to have the cave just a little left of center, so I can see the conch shell to the left, and the clams to the right.) I don't look at the screen so much as a "virtual aquarium", but more like a "window to the ocean" - the fact that fish swim "out of view" does *nothing* to dispel the illusion.

~Ralph S.

06-07-2009, 09:45 PM	#21
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,791	I've considered it (and the program already does some of this if the aspect ratio of the window warrants it), but I already take a lot of heat for having so much water showing at the top. I consider it a good balance of visuals vs. performance. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

06-09-2009, 09:34 AM	#22
rps Registered Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 57	Originally posted by Dale: Just so B737 (SWA Pilot?) will be clear on this - if you uncheck Auto Pan, your fish will swim "out of sight" at the sides of the simulation. I don't personally find that to be a drawback, but it's worth mentioning. Yes, but is that really an issue? It's not like anybody will be looking at a TV hanging on the wall, and asking "Wow, is that a real aquarium? It's only 2" thick..." I think that you could set up a large LCD panel, turn off auto-pan, and then just scroll MA3 to any desired part of the tank. (Personally, I like to have the cave just a little left of center, so I can see the conch shell to the left, and the clams to the right.) I don't look at the screen so much as a "virtual aquarium", but more like a "window to the ocean" - the fact that fish swim "out of view" does nothing to dispel the illusion. ~Ralph S.