Might and Magic: Switching to landscape mode screws up text

[namandixit]

Emulator version: 1.2.7.8-play

Game version: 1.0.0

Game resolution: 240x320

Device: Moto G4

Android version: 7.0

Description of the issue: While the text renders correctly in portrait mode; as soon as devoce is rotated to switch to landscape mode, the text size increases by a large factor. If the device is rotated back to portrait mode, the increased text size persist.

Initial Portrait:

After switching to Landscape:

After switching back to portrait:

[namandixit]

Added: Simply starting the game in Landscape mode (as opposed to starting in portrait and then switching to landscape) has the same problem. Also, toggling Immediate Mode does not fix the problem.

[oatmeal01]

have you tried adjusting the font

[namandixit]

@oatmeal01 I tried all the all four options in Presets under Font options, none of them fixed the problem. Is that what you meant by "adjusting the font"?

[oatmeal01]

Here's the solution/fix:

Run the game in 128x128 font preset.

[namandixit]

@oatmeal01 No, it does not seem to have fixed the problem (the font size is a bit smaller than before but the size is still too much)

[namandixit]

@oatmeal01 That is what I did in above screenshot. To be sure, are you running 240x320 version of the game. (Maybe different versions do things differently)

EDIT: Okay, so playing around with font settings don't really change anything substantially (either in the normal portrait mode, screwed up landscape mode or screwed up portrait mode).

[oatmeal01]

Reso: 240x320

Game without tweaking font

run the game in 128x128 font preset without checking scaled pixel.

[namandixit]

@oatmeal01 In your fixed screenshot, the line © 2004 Gameloft takes up more that half the width but in my original unscrewed potrait screenshot, it only take only ⅓ of the screen width. I think that while it feels like it got fixed on your device (probably because your phone has a different resolution than mine), the problem is still there - it's only more easily detectable on my device.

[namandixit]

Wait, if I switch off the virtual keyboard in game settings, the problem fixes itself (of course, I can't play the game anymore without a keyboard). This is one weird bug.

EDIT: This keyboard layout works:

And this does not:

This game however required the1 key which is not available in the first layout (up-left does not work).

[oatmeal01]

Font tweaking works fine. Sample image below. 240x400 COC: Red Alert without tweaking font

font preset 128x160

[namandixit]

@oatmeal01 It does not on my device (Moto G4 with Android 7.0). Also, check my last comment, it's most probably an emulator bug.

[nikita36078]

Yes, it is a virtual keyboard bug, I will fix it soon.

[nikita36078]

Fixed.