[QUESTION] Why change distance?

[Tokio]

I have this script:

        dxDrawRectangle(screenW * 0.7549, screenH * 0.6933 - 1 -  (33*k), screenW * 0.2347, screenH * 0.0211, tocolor(0, 0, 0, 145), false)
		dxDrawText(v.text, screenW * 0.7535, screenH * 0.6933 - 1 - (66*k), screenW * 0.9896, screenH * 0.7144, tocolor(255, 255, 255, 255), 1.00, "default", "center", "center", false, false, false, true, false)

and different resolutions the distance grow, or lessen. Picture:

How to fix this problem? I want, that all resulotions distance the same. Thanks the help!  

And sorry for my very bad english!  

[Hale]

dxDrawRectangle(screenW * 0.7549, screenH * 0.6933 - 1 - (33*k), 1440 * 0.2347, 990 * 0.0211, tocolor(0, 0, 0, 145), false)
dxDrawText(v.text, screenW * 0.7535, screenH * 0.6933 - 1 - (66*k), 1440 * 0.9896, 990 * 0.7144, tocolor(255, 255, 255, 255), 1.00, "default", "center", "center", false, false, false, true, false)

Try this.

[Tokio]

21 minutes ago, Hale said:

dxDrawRectangle(screenW * 0.7549, screenH * 0.6933 - 1 - (33*k), 1440 * 0.2347, 990 * 0.0211, tocolor(0, 0, 0, 145), false)
dxDrawText(v.text, screenW * 0.7535, screenH * 0.6933 - 1 - (66*k), 1440 * 0.9896, 990 * 0.7144, tocolor(255, 255, 255, 255), 1.00, "default", "center", "center", false, false, false, true, false)

Try this.

now does not show in 800x600 

[IIYAMA]

I recent figured out that this is an easy way to calculate your absolute resolution to relative values:

local yourScreenYResolution = -- <fill in> 900 wasn't it?

local screenX, screenY = guiGetScreenSize()

local scalefactor = 1 / yourScreenYResolution * screenY

-- You created something of 50 pixels on 1440 x 900.
outputDebugString(scalefactor * 50)
-- And now it will be rescaled on all other resolutions correctly.

Try it and don't buy it.

[Tokio]

1 hour ago, IIYAMA said:

I recent figured out that this is an easy way to calculate your absolute resolution to relative values:

local yourScreenYResolution = -- <fill in> 900 wasn't it?

local screenX, screenY = guiGetScreenSize()

local scalefactor = 1 / yourScreenYResolution * screenY

-- You created something of 50 pixels on 1440 x 900.
outputDebugString(scalefactor * 50)
-- And now it will be rescaled on all other resolutions correctly.

Try it and don't buy it.

Sorry, i don't understand this.  How to add this to code?

[IIYAMA]

An X amount of pixels on your resolution is automatic scaled to all other resolutions.

 

This for example will create a perfect centred rectangle scaled for all resolutions:

dxDrawRectangle((screenW * 0.5) - (50 * scalefactor), (screenH * 0.5) - (50 * scalefactor), 100 * scalefactor, 100 * scalefactor, tocolor(0, 0, 0, 145), false)

 

 

[Addlibs]

The main problem with your code, why the length is smaller than the length of the text, is because the bar is relative on both axis, and 1440x900 is a different aspect ratio to 800x600. What you'd want to do is just look at, for example, the width of the screen.

local screenW, screenH = guiGetScreenSize()
local scaleFactor = screenW / 1440 -- higher resoultion than 1440 means scaleFactor > 1, lower means scaleFactor < 1.
dxDrawRectangle(0, 0, 50*scaleFactor, 200*scaleFactor) --This will draw a bar on the top left corner, on your native resoultion, 50 x 200 px, but on a 720x450 (half of your resolution), it would be 25 x 100 px, and on a 800x600 it would be 27.77 x 11.11 px