SOMI:SE Show verbs/items if cursor at bottom of screen via AHK
Nothing big, but this has bugged me enough to learn to use AutoHotKey (which is really brainf... for somebody used to C-like languages 
) to fix it.
It doesn't really do anything spectacular and isn't very well written either (first try, remember?), but it gets the job done.
When you go to the bottom of the screen (within 32 pixel to be precise, if you need to change it just edit "edgeActivateBorder := 32" to whatever number you need) it will, depending on which half of the screen you're on either pop up the verb list (left half) or verb list+inventory (right half).
To use it, just install AutoHotKey and associate ahk files with it.
Then drop the code attached below into your Monkey Island Special Edition directory. Rename it to whatever-you-like.ahk (the .ahk part is important, the rest doesn't really matter). (Edit: Added a ZIP file that you can just download and extract, without renaming it)
When you now double click on it, it should open via AutoHotKey and immediately launch SOMI:SE.
Thanks to Derrick and his post on W&G Controls via AHK, which gave me the idea and also roughly told me how to do it.
WARNING: THIS MAY SKIN YOUR CAT AND SERVE IT TO YOUR GRANDMOTHER FOR BREAKFAST
I don't think it will, but you never know. Anyway, it comes with absolutely no warranty.
Any feedback would be very welcome
) to fix it.It doesn't really do anything spectacular and isn't very well written either (first try, remember?), but it gets the job done.
When you go to the bottom of the screen (within 32 pixel to be precise, if you need to change it just edit "edgeActivateBorder := 32" to whatever number you need) it will, depending on which half of the screen you're on either pop up the verb list (left half) or verb list+inventory (right half).
To use it, just install AutoHotKey and associate ahk files with it.
Then drop the code attached below into your Monkey Island Special Edition directory. Rename it to whatever-you-like.ahk (the .ahk part is important, the rest doesn't really matter). (Edit: Added a ZIP file that you can just download and extract, without renaming it)
When you now double click on it, it should open via AutoHotKey and immediately launch SOMI:SE.
Thanks to Derrick and his post on W&G Controls via AHK, which gave me the idea and also roughly told me how to do it.
WARNING: THIS MAY SKIN YOUR CAT AND SERVE IT TO YOUR GRANDMOTHER FOR BREAKFAST
I don't think it will, but you never know. Anyway, it comes with absolutely no warranty.
Any feedback would be very welcome
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The black bars on my screen are only about 20 pixels or so wide; definitely not enough space for all the verbs. When I switch between modes, the playscreen shrinks to make space for all of the verbs.
Perhaps there is mismatch between their available resolutions and your monitor's aspect ratio. If I switch from 1920x1080 (native resolution) in the game to 1600x1200, I get a noticeable black box around the game screen (video drivers are set to preserve aspect ratio and not stretch the image to fill the screen). It still needs to shrink the playscreen to fit the verbs, however.
16/9 vs 4/3
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16/9 vs 12/9
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16 vs 12
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0.75
25% of your screen will only show black for most games that are available on consoles as well.
I would have still prefered something easier to use though.
I hate to break it to you, but there is indeed black bars in wide screen, i my self are running 1680x1050 16:10 widescreen, and voila i have pretty please black bars.
You see these magical black stripes above and below monkey island. Well, they're magical because not everybody can. Only you.
The reason is that many TVs and monitors ("widescreen monitors") are not good enough to show them, so they just cut them away.
Boy, are these poor souls missing out. You see, these stripes are not really black, they just appear black because your tiny mind would be unable to comprehend. In reality, they are windows into another, wonderful dimension.