Size of digital numbers in cabviews

[INRDfan]

Hello all,

I recently downloaded Open Rails, and I love it, however, I can't help but notice something a little odd. With some cabviews, digital display numbers are somewhat larger than they should be, as seen in the attached screenshot.

readout new.jpg

I couldn't find much information on this elsewhere on the forum. Is this a known thing, or is it more likely hardware/software settings on my end?

[EricF]

The digital displays are highly configurable -- much more so than in MSTS.

There's more information in the official Open Rails documentation here.

I also wrote a how-to on a blog page here.

[R. Steele]

Eric's right, read the blog, also information on forum posts, search ORTSfont. I like using microsofts gaming font Quartz MS, looks very nice in digital displays. I believe you can use any font that can be found in your font folder.
Add the line
ORTSfont ( 8 0 "Quartz MS" ) as the last line under each digital entry in your CVF...

8 = font size, adjustable in whole numbers for the size you desire

0 = 0 for regular 1 for bold

"Quartz MS" the font style you wish to use

Using the Cab Editor in the tool set and saving settings will wipe out the ORTSfont line. Nothing can be done about that. Make a back up copy of any CVF that you have added the ORTSfont line to, make positioning adjustments by manually changing the numbers or make adjustments before adding the ORTS font line.

[INRDfan]

Read your blog post... very informative. Made the changes in just a couple minutes. Much better and more appealing to look at. Thank you both!

[EricF]

Just a note, I think some people have found that Quartz MS isn't on their system. It seems to get installed with certain versions of the XNA framework. I think when ORTS switched to XNA 3.1, the font wasn't included any longer. There's another package of just XNA fonts available from Microsoft, though, which does have it. There are plenty of other LED/LCD segment fonts, though, that are free and work just as well too.

[R. Steele]

Just a note, I think some people have found that Quartz MS isn't on their system. It seems to get installed with certain versions of the XNA framework.

Try this link >>>>>>>>> http://xbox.create.msdn.com/en-US/ed...lity/font_pack
Quartz MS is archived in this downloadable font pack, just checked link and it is still good.

I found and posted it during a thread discussion at Elvas....check out posts 52, 53 and mine at #73, you were active on this thread also, which was when Carlo Santucci was implementing the ORTSfont line. You had some good feedback and great screenshots, Fine stuff, Thanks.
link to original thread>> http://www.elvastower.com/forums/ind..._fonts__st__40

[R. Steele]

. There are plenty of other LED/LCD segment fonts, though, that are free and work just as well too.

Whoops forgot to ask...any pointers to these other LED/LCD segment fonts. I'll try searching, also.
Thanks again Eric, also MSTS-Roundhouse is a fine site ... when I frst found it, my erstwhile, overprotective Antivirus nanny program went a little nutz thinking the site was suspicious....OF COURSE Not so....but it was funny. Thanks for the contributions to the knowledge pool out there.

[EricF]

It's the #*&! pop-under ads... One of these days, I hope to hitch onto my wife's web host for her business site with a domain of my own. (Domains are cheap. Hosting is silly expensive, at least for a cheap Yankee like me... ) For now, I'm stuck with a one of the less-offensive free hosts that will support Wordpress. A good ad-blocker will usually get rid of the pop-unders. Technically, because I was an early adopter, I'm supposed to have zero ads forever. They're sort of weaseling out with no banners, but one pop-under per unique visitor per day. Web ads are a mixed bag -- sometimes they've tweaked off my antivirus here on these forums, too.

Thanks for remembering the link for the XNA fonts pack -- It was early in the morning, before work, and no time to go hunting it up!