Command Ops 2 LnL owners can now activate Steam versions!

[JasonPratt]

Command Ops 2 has been on Steam for several months, but those of us who bought it on LnL's own site have been unable to convert our accounts to Steam until now.

UNTIL NOW!  <:-) :bd:

http://forums.lnlpublishing.com/threads/steam-keys-for-lnlp-customers-now-available.3611/

God help you if you didn't keep the information for logging into your LnL account, maybe. ;) Early reports are that the system (once you log in) works flawlessly tho.


Note 1: originally the devs said they were going to focus on finishing Volume 8, Patton's Charge, before doing the Steam keys. However, I noticed a week or two ago that the devs said they were going to prioritize doing the Steam keys now instead of Vol8, and in fact had expected the functionality last Thursday or Friday (in time for the start of the Steam Summer Sale, perhaps coincidentally. ;) )

So this doesn't mean Vol8 is finished, although it might mean the package has been delayed somewhat more than expected.


Note 2: the volumes are part of the Steam sale, and are currently US$15 each (or 50% off).

[Barthheart]

Have they fixed the scaling problem for larger screen formats?

[-budd-]

No, and it won't get fixed unless more revenue comes in from what dave says so hopefully steam sales will help. To add to what Jason said, there' s also a commander's pack with all modules at 63% off....  http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/2738/Command_Ops_2__Commander_Pack_II

[JasonPratt]

Actually, the devs took a big step forward in fixing the UI scaling problem earlier this year, with a little help from me: it turns out modern systems use newer versions of their fonts, which they hadn't realized before. That's a big reason why some but not all of their fonts have had problems scaling properly.

The problem hasn't been solved, but it's closer.

For most systems though it isn't hard to manually solve the problem. Just find the UI scaling slider or radio buttons on your desktop display, and disable or normalize it. On all modern systems, this is set up to be magnified by default, because the high resolution of modern systems would otherwise make fonts and other things look tiny.

The downsize of course is that now your fonts and icons and such look tiny on your desktop! But if you change your desktop resolution to 720 or something like that, they'll be back to normal (if blurrier).

The devs also launched a new patch back in the spring which solved another ongoing interface problem where menu screens were blacked out on some systems.

[Barthheart]

Actually, the devs took a big step forward in fixing the UI scaling problem earlier this year, with a little help from me: it turns out modern systems use newer versions of their fonts, which they hadn't realized before. That's a big reason why some but not all of their fonts have had problems scaling properly.

The problem hasn't been solved, but it's closer.

For most systems though it isn't hard to manually solve the problem. Just find the UI scaling slider or radio buttons on your desktop display, and disable or normalize it. On all modern systems, this is set up to be magnified by default, because the high resolution of modern systems would otherwise make fonts and other things look tiny.

The downsize of course is that now your fonts and icons and such look tiny on your desktop! But if you change your desktop resolution to 720 or something like that, they'll be back to normal (if blurrier).

The devs also launched a new patch back in the spring which solved another ongoing interface problem where menu screens were blacked out on some systems.

Yeah I read all that on the LnLP forums... but none of those things made the UI usable, for me, in the free demo so I'm not buying in until I hear that it's fixed.

[JasonPratt]

I should add that on Surface pads and maybe also laptops with integral graphic chips, which have trouble anyway scaling for resolutions less than their full screen, there's a half-step extra needed to make the interface work. I don't recall what offhand, although I'll try to remember to look it up tonight (in case I get a chance to show the system to Bro this weekend, necessarily on the Surface). It isn't hard to do, I just don't remember it.

[JasonPratt]

Yeah I read all that on the LnLP forums... but none of those things made the UI usable, for me, in the free demo so I'm not buying in until I hear that it's fixed.

I'm very surprised about that, but I've heard there are a few people who still have some kind of problem.  O:-)

(This may be the problem that's fixed by putting the updated fonts in their library, which is really something they should do I agree. I doubt they'll ever fix the UI scaling problem since that's simply a legacy effect of how old their engine is, and how they made it originally. Despite propaganda I MEAN MARKETING about how they rebuilt the engine from the ground up to be different from COPs1. ;) )

[Yskonyn]

Actually, the devs took a big step forward in fixing the UI scaling problem earlier this year, with a little help from me: it turns out modern systems use newer versions of their fonts, which they hadn't realized before. That's a big reason why some but not all of their fonts have had problems scaling properly.

The problem hasn't been solved, but it's closer.

For most systems though it isn't hard to manually solve the problem. Just find the UI scaling slider or radio buttons on your desktop display, and disable or normalize it. On all modern systems, this is set up to be magnified by default, because the high resolution of modern systems would otherwise make fonts and other things look tiny.

The downsize of course is that now your fonts and icons and such look tiny on your desktop! But if you change your desktop resolution to 720 or something like that, they'll be back to normal (if blurrier).

The devs also launched a new patch back in the spring which solved another ongoing interface problem where menu screens were blacked out on some systems.

I have helped with this after contacting them for my 4K screen res problems. :)
Jason and I are the LnL Grogheads Helpdesk. :)

[Barthheart]

Actually, the devs took a big step forward in fixing the UI scaling problem earlier this year, with a little help from me: it turns out modern systems use newer versions of their fonts, which they hadn't realized before. That's a big reason why some but not all of their fonts have had problems scaling properly.

The problem hasn't been solved, but it's closer.

For most systems though it isn't hard to manually solve the problem. Just find the UI scaling slider or radio buttons on your desktop display, and disable or normalize it. On all modern systems, this is set up to be magnified by default, because the high resolution of modern systems would otherwise make fonts and other things look tiny.

The downsize of course is that now your fonts and icons and such look tiny on your desktop! But if you change your desktop resolution to 720 or something like that, they'll be back to normal (if blurrier).

The devs also launched a new patch back in the spring which solved another ongoing interface problem where menu screens were blacked out on some systems.

I have helped with this after contacting them for my 4K screen res problems. :)
Jason and I are the LnL Grogheads Helpdesk. :)

Yskonyn, you got it working on your 4K screen? That's what I'm running and have had no luck at all....

[JasonPratt]

What operating system?

[Barthheart]

Win 10.

[mirth]

Win 10.

There's yer problem

[bbmike]

Win 10.

There's yer problem

Luddite.

[Barthheart]

Win 10.

There's yer problem

Luddite.

Cut him some slack... he's French after all.... 

[mirth]

Same excuse I use for rounding my counters.