Re scaling and Resolutions

[xDVexan]

So, I have been looking for a few hours now trying to find how to scale things properly. I can't find anything helpful and most things don't work. Is there a lib for rescaling? I know LOVE has the love.graphics.scale() func. but It doesn't seem to work well.

[pgimeno]

That's not very specific. love.graphics.scale() does what it's supposed to do, but I'm not sure what you're expecting to get.

- If you expect pixelation instead of interpolation, you can set love.graphics.setDefaultFilter("nearest", "nearest").
- If you are trying to reduce images to under 50% of their size, you'll need to activate mipmaps for them to look good, and the first parameter of setDefaultFilter should be kept at "linear".
- If you're rendering text and you want it to not look pixelated or blurred, you need to create fonts appropriate to the resolution you choose.

[ivan]

Sure, the scale function works perfectly you just have to study the documentation to figure out how it works.
Now there are more difficult problems involved with scaling, especially if want to avoid stretching, etc.
Another solution is to use a scene graph:
https://github.com/2dengine/love.scene
With the scene graph, you are basically rendering everything to a "viewport" which can be scaled and resized automatically.

[crystal]

simply do

myW, myH = 500, 900
W, H = love.graphics.getDimensions()
scaleW, scaleH = W/myW, H/myH
...

love.draw()
love.graphics.push()
love.graphics.scale(scaleW,scaleW)
--draw game stuff
love.graphics.pop()
end

if you want to avoid stretching you must use same scaling factor for width and height

[zorg]

myW, myH = 500, 900
W, H = love.graphics.getDimensions()
scaleW, scaleH = W/myW, H/myH
...

love.draw()
love.graphics.push()
love.graphics.scale(scaleW,scaleW)
--draw game stuff
love.graphics.pop()
end

You are assuming that the height is larger than the width; that's usually only the case with phones, not desktops; a better method would be to have one scaling variable that uses the minimum of W/myW and H/myH (if you want dynamic letter/pillar-boxing; use maximum if you want to cut off the excess on the larger axis), because that's a better solution.

[xDVexan]

simply do

myW, myH = 500, 900
W, H = love.graphics.getDimensions()
scaleW, scaleH = W/myW, H/myH
...

love.draw()
love.graphics.push()
love.graphics.scale(scaleW,scaleW)
--draw game stuff
love.graphics.pop()
end

if you want to avoid stretching you must use same scaling factor for width and height

Forgot about this post, thanks for all the great replies! I am using this and it works perfectly!