GML A virtual measuring tape?

[jb skaggs]

I am making a virtual measuring tape. 2D

My question is should the screen resolution be addressed at all?

currently my scale is roughly 500px=11 ft

or would that even matter regardless of resolution?

Maybe there is a better concept but I am thinking to simply measure the px convert to my scale between the tape head object, and the tape body object and then draw a repeating texture for the actual tape?



thanks JB

 

[Tthecreator]

Yes there is such a thing, and it's called pixel density.
Look at this: https://docs.yoyogames.com/source/dadiospice/002_reference/windows and views/display_get_dpi_x.html
There's one catch however, OS's and users can set custom dpi settings. On android for example changing the dpi using root is easy. On windows the dpi is 96 by default on any screen.

 

[jb skaggs]

Yes there is such a thing, and it's called pixel density.
Look at this: https://docs.yoyogames.com/source/dadiospice/002_reference/windows and views/display_get_dpi_x.html
There's one catch however, OS's and users can set custom dpi settings. On android for example changing the dpi using root is easy. On windows the dpi is 96 by default on any screen.

Thanks