set_video_mode not implemented on any platform

[TiZ-HugLife]

At first I thought it was just X11 on Linux, but then I thought to check some other platforms, and it's not implemented on Windows or Mac OS either.

Most games have in-game resolution switching, and that's not possible without this implemented.

[TiZ-HugLife]

Soooo... this is at 1.0 and still nobody has said absolutely anything about this. Seriously, how do you let a project hit 1.0 without at least saying something on this and on #4? The documentation still does not indicate that it's unimplemented. This is a rude surprise to anyone who tries to use it, and is symptomatic of the general lack of polish throughout the entire project. I'm sure adolson will come rip me apart for saying such things here, but I don't care. #4 is also completely ignored, and that's arguably more important than this issue.

Seriously, what's the deal here? If you have no intention of implementing this function in the near or even far future, at least indicate in the documentation that the function currently does nothing. Half of what makes this so frustrating is that there's nothing to indicate that it doesn't do anything, no acknowledgement that there is a problem.

[adolson]

You're absolutely right. Though it has been recently discussed on the devel mailing list, nothing implemented yet. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/godot-engine/Sy5OWmmRiqc

Feel free to submit pull requests.

[TiZ-HugLife]

Thanks for responding. The main thing is being able to change the window size programmatically for testing purposes and for configuration purposes. I want to be able to be like, "Okay, this looks right at 1024x768. How does it look at 1366x768? Okay, looks right. Now how does it look at 640x480?" And of course, being able to implement a configuration screen within games.

According to the devel thread, there are Viewport functions for this? I see the size override functions... what would I use to change the size of the window?

[reduz]

run the game with -r if you want to try different resolutions,
or make it windowed and resize the window yourself

On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 6:54 PM, Trent McPheron notifications@github.com
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Thanks for responding. The main thing is being able to change the window
size programmatically for testing purposes and for configuration purposes.
I want to be able to be like, "Okay, this looks right at 1024x768. How does
it look at 1366x768? Okay, looks right. Now how does it look at 640x480?"
And of course, being able to implement a configuration screen within games.

According to the devel thread, there are Viewport functions for this? I
see the size override functions... what would I use to change the size of
the window?

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[TiZ-HugLife]

Yes, but what about programmatically, inside the game? This is what I would expect set_video_mode to do.

[reduz]

set_video_mode will be gone and replaced by set_fullscreen

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Yes, but what about programmatically, inside the game? This is what I
would expect set_video_mode to do.

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[TiZ-HugLife]

I feel like you're dodging my question. How are programmers supposed to set the resolution (be it window size in windowed mode, or buffer size in the Unity-esque fullscreen mode) through GDScript? Is this just something you're not going to support? You can't make a respectable configuration menu without this; it irks players to have to restart the game every time they change a configuration setting. Every other engine that I can think of off the top of my head allows changing the resolution at runtime. You probably don't want to be the only kid on the block that can't do it.

[reduz]

you can make an external configuration menu, like most games nowadays do

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I feel like you're dodging my question. How are programmers supposed to
set the resolution (be it window size in windowed mode, or buffer size in
the Unity-esque fullscreen mode) through GDScript? Is this just something
you're not going to support? You can't make a respectable configuration
menu without this; it irks players to have to restart the game every time
they change a configuration setting. Every other engine that I can think of
off the top of my head allows changing the resolution at runtime. You
probably don't want to be the only kid on the block that can't do it.

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[TiZ-HugLife]

"Most games"? That's preposterous. I can't remember the last time I played a PC game that forced you to configure things outside of the game. Basically only ports of console games are all I can think of. Heck, even some console ports let you do it in-game; stuff as old as Need for Speed Underground 2 springs to mind.

[adolson]

(Edit: ^^ Lots of Unity games require this... But then there are Unity games that let you change settings in-game too. So Godot should be able to do both as well, in my opinion).

I thought we could change the window size without restarting? Restarting to
change settings really is annoying. set_video_mode itself can go away, but
in addition to the fullscreen check and toggle, we should be able to set
the size of the window from code (and the title, which I submitted a PR
for). And we should also be able to toggle maximize via code and at launch.

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you can make an external configuration menu, like most games nowadays do

On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 7:28 PM, Trent McPheron notifications@github.com

wrote:

I feel like you're dodging my question. How are programmers supposed to
set the resolution (be it window size in windowed mode, or buffer size
in
the Unity-esque fullscreen mode) through GDScript? Is this just
something
you're not going to support? You can't make a respectable configuration
menu without this; it irks players to have to restart the game every
time
they change a configuration setting. Every other engine that I can think
of
off the top of my head allows changing the resolution at runtime. You
probably don't want to be the only kid on the block that can't do it.

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