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Waaaaaagggh
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Posted - 2011.03.22 23:01:00 -
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Been playin eve for about 4 months. In the last month or so I've noticed my eyesight has gotten slightly worse.
The issue is that my eyesight never changes. I have the same pair of glasses I've had for over 6 years and each time I go for an eye exam, my prescription hasn't increased. And in just 4 months I've noticed more change in eyesight than I have in 6 years.
I play eve on a 15.4" 1080 screen. I could up the resolution but I run an alt and switching back and forth is a lot easier at fixed window mode.
Honestly I respect the age of the game. Back in 2003 there were no high res screens. But now it's just getting ridiculous. I know I'm not the only one who has issues with font size (lots of other threads).
CCP, please don't make my eyes any worse. I seriously have to get new glasses in a few weeks. Haven't had to do that in 6 years!! WTF 
I haven't voted for CSM yet. Whoever can promise to work on releasing that UI overhaul and add adjustable fonts gets my vote 
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Miilla
Minmatar
Hulkageddon Orphanage
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Posted - 2011.03.22 23:02:00 -
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Edited by: Miilla on 22/03/2011 23:02:51
Thats a low resolution you are playing at, and such a small screen size.
Go buy a cheap 24" monitor, not your iPad.
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Teranul
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Posted - 2011.03.22 23:04:00 -
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 Originally by: Miilla
Edited by: Miilla on 22/03/2011 23:02:51
Thats a low resolution you are playing at, and such a small screen size.
Er... I think you mean HIGH resolution.
I mean, I don't think 1280p is en vogue yet... 
But yeah, seriously, I didn't even know they made 15" 1080p screens. That's obscene!
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Miilla
Minmatar
Hulkageddon Orphanage
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Posted - 2011.03.22 23:06:00 -
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Originally by: Teranul
Originally by: Miilla
Edited by: Miilla on 22/03/2011 23:02:51
Thats a low resolution you are playing at, and such a small screen size.
Er... I think you mean HIGH resolution.
I mean, I don't think 1280p is en vogue yet...
But yeah, seriously, I didn't even know they made 15" 1080p screens. That's obscene!
Actually I meant it LOW, as I have played games on 2k or higher screens.
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Teranul
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Posted - 2011.03.22 23:11:00 -
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Well... you're special. 
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Miilla
Minmatar
Hulkageddon Orphanage
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Posted - 2011.03.22 23:13:00 -
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Originally by: Teranul
Well... you're special.
Yes, I am.
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Hired Assasin
Navy of Xoc
Wildly Inappropriate.
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Posted - 2011.03.22 23:22:00 -
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1200x1080? used to have a screen like that years ago, upgrades to a 26' 1900x1200
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Frau Klaps
Amarr
Trillionaire High-Rollers Suicidal Bassoon Orkesta
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Posted - 2011.03.22 23:28:00 -
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Get a proper monitor, this isn't an xbox game.
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Jane Griffin
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Posted - 2011.03.22 23:34:00 -
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Originally by: Teranul
Originally by: Miilla
Edited by: Miilla on 22/03/2011 23:02:51
Thats a low resolution you are playing at, and such a small screen size.
Er... I think you mean HIGH resolution.
I mean, I don't think 1280p is en vogue yet...
But yeah, seriously, I didn't even know they made 15" 1080p screens. That's obscene!
Ive got 3/4 year old dell xps laptop here with a 15" screen at 1980 x 1200. You are partly right though, they shouldnt make them but they do. Wallpaper looks incredible, everything else needs zooming :)
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Guillame Herschel
Gallente
NME1
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Posted - 2011.03.22 23:44:00 -
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Edited by: Guillame Herschel on 22/03/2011 23:46:02
Nobody can tell your clone is wearing reading glasses.
But seriously: I have to use reading glasses to play this game.
But then the iPod is not much better. Dark grey text on a black background is just as hard to read as EVE fonts. So even Apple ****s it up.
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Barakkus
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Posted - 2011.03.23 00:29:00 -
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Ya know, there are font size options in the client :P
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Tau Cabalander
Caldari
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Posted - 2011.03.23 01:03:00 -
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Originally by: Jane Griffin
Ive got 3/4 year old dell xps laptop here with a 15" screen at 1980 x 1200. You are partly right though, they shouldnt make them but they do. Wallpaper looks incredible, everything else needs zooming :)
I cooked 2 video cards on my 17" XPS laptop. The first one was under warranty. The second video card wasn't under warranty, and so I replaced the XPS laptop with a standard desktop that wouldn't cook itself, and had replaceable parts.
Gaming laptops shouldn't cook themselves 
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Spit Chew
Minmatar
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Posted - 2011.03.23 01:52:00 -
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Originally by: Tau Cabalander
Gaming laptop
I don't suppose you believe in the easter bunny too?
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Internet White Knight
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Posted - 2011.03.23 04:05:00 -
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That's right. You're not getting old, you're not spending too much time burping the bishop, it's Eve killing your eyesight.  |
Waaaaaagggh
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Posted - 2011.03.23 04:34:00 -
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Originally by: Internet White Knight
That's right. You're not getting old, you're not spending too much time burping the bishop, it's Eve killing your eyesight.
lol i'm 22...
anyways i realize that a 15.4" is kinda small for a 1080 screen (HP Envy 15). nonetheless i've had the laptop for over a year now, and never had an issue with small text. troll all you want, but last i checked, people want eve to have adjustable font...
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Novee InFeldspar
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Posted - 2011.03.23 05:09:00 -
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+eleventy miilion on this one.
Eve's fonts, for lack of a better word, are rubbish.
Best you can do is 13point expanded in the Esc options menu.
My eyesight ain't great (two detached retinas will do that to you). I play at 1920x1200, and given most Eve players aren't hyperactive 12-yr olds with 20/20 vision... and that high res screen are a lot more commonplace now than they were in 2003...
TL:DR - CCP needs to get with the program... a larger text size won't break the game, but it will make it easier to read.
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Boltorano
Fourth Circle
Total Comfort
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Posted - 2011.03.23 05:12:00 -
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If you think that's bad, try 2560x1600 on a 30" monitor. Your eyes will bleed.
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X201207
Caldari
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Posted - 2011.03.23 05:38:00 -
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You ever find that ore we mined together Waaaggghhh? Sorry about your eyes.
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Sealiah
Minmatar
Coffee Lovers Brewing Club
Care Factor
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Posted - 2011.03.23 06:50:00 -
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Hmmh, I play on 1280x1060, but a 19 inch screen, I guess the size is probably most important, so you don't have to lean forward to read something :P Although I could tweak it up a bit, but I like it this way.
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Dr BattleSmith
PAX Interstellar Services
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Posted - 2011.03.23 07:05:00 -
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Sue.
Take legal action.
Seriously.... They been ignoring users complaining about the blindness enducing fonts for years.
Apparently 2-3 years ago a typography expert was hired....... "nothing" was the result.
The fonts on the promo videos look a lot better now tho.
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Azhpol
Gallente
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Posted - 2011.03.23 07:08:00 -
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Try clicking the little A+ in the upper left of your chat windows... You might find it useful 
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Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
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Posted - 2011.03.23 07:13:00 -
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Originally by: Boltorano
If you think that's bad, try 2560x1600 on a 30" monitor. Your eyes will bleed.
I do 2560×1440 on a 27" ù it's perfectly readable.
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Adrian Idaho
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Posted - 2011.03.23 08:18:00 -
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Originally by: Waaaaaagggh
Originally by: Internet White Knight
That's right. You're not getting old, you're not spending too much time burping the bishop, it's Eve killing your eyesight.
lol i'm 22...
That would be evidence in favor of the bishop-theory...
But seriously, try distinguishing "8" from "9" in the PI extractor survey window. I have full eyesight and can see every single pixel, yet it is hardly possible. This sucks ass. 1920x1080 @ 21.5". |
Alonzo Harris
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Posted - 2011.03.23 08:28:00 -
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Not EVE's fault some people have monitors with too high/weird resolutions for it's screen size.
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Furb Killer
Gallente
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Posted - 2011.03.23 09:15:00 -
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Originally by: Alonzo Harris
Not EVE's fault some people have monitors with too high/weird resolutions for it's screen size.
True, but these arent weird but relatively normal. Fonts in eve are horrible
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Burnharder
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Posted - 2011.03.23 09:19:00 -
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You can get great large monitors for under two hundred smackers these days. There's really no excuse! Unless of course you don't have two hundred smackers, in which case I sympathise and suggest you get thicker lenses on your glasses. If they also cost two hundred smackers, I'm afraid I'm out of ideas...
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Zaqar
Pator Tech School
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Posted - 2011.03.23 11:10:00 -
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Originally by: Tippia
Originally by: Boltorano
If you think that's bad, try 2560x1600 on a 30" monitor. Your eyes will bleed.
I do 2560+1440 on a 27" ù it's perfectly readable.
Yeah no problems here on a 30". Eyes bleeding? Hardly. It's a high res, but it's also a very big screen so the pixel pitch is fairly normal (and even slightly higher than Tippia's 27). It's just like a normal screen with more area. OP's issue is using a very high res on a tiny screen.
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mechtech
SRS Industries
SRS.
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Posted - 2011.03.23 12:56:00 -
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I don't think the OPs screen is really that high a density. Old thinkpads had 1600x1200 in 15 inch screens. I think Eve needs better support for larger font, it's a real problem.
I've actually came to the same conclusion as the OP. I've spent thousands of hours squinting at small text doing industry and trading over the past 5 years, and my eyesight has definitely gotten worse (21 y.o., still young). It's probably computer use in general, but still... I have a feeling it's just part of the life of an eve trader 
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Alonzo Harris
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Posted - 2011.03.23 13:08:00 -
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Originally by: Furb Killer
Originally by: Alonzo Harris
Not EVE's fault some people have monitors with too high/weird resolutions for it's screen size.
True, but these arent weird but relatively normal. Fonts in eve are horrible
I have a completely bog standard 22" 1680x1050 Samsung, it's actually aging a bit. I have no problems whatsoever and actually I run multiple accounts running at 1600x1000.
Not doing the "if I don't have a problem no one has" but uhm.... yeah.
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The Snowman
Gallente
The Ascension
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Posted - 2011.03.23 13:40:00 -
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I tried Eve on one of the new LED Screens, a 37 inch in 1080p
With fonts on as large as they go, I couldnt comfortably play eve from my couch, I STILL have to move close to the TV.
problem is that the font on most of the UI doesnt change either.
so I agree... at first the font was a problem just for the few whiny people, then as the years have passed by it became an great annoyance for most people. And Now its just a massive problem for anyone who upgrades to the now industry standard 1080p
Even on my own screen I find that I cant really play eve for more than a few hours I get head ache's and then I get back aches because im always straining forward.
Time to fix this CCP? Id vote for any CSM member that puts this on the agenda ;)
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