When opening NeoLemmix normally, this is what I see:
System scalingThe experimental version appears like this (note that I have screenshotted more or less the same screen
area as before):
Application scalingAlso note that these images have been greatly reduced in size for ease of comparison in this post.
Meanwhile, the F2 Menu is also different. Normally (for me), it appears like this, with the (preferred) old Windows system font:
System scalingWhilst the experimental version appears like this, with a font which appears much crisper but is more difficult to read, and the icons are all clustered together in a smaller area, which seems incorrect (
Note that, unfortunately, the screenshot fails to capture just how slim this writing appears on my screen, possibly due to resizing. So, I have attached the original screenshots below for better comparison):
Application scalingI therefore have to set scaling to "System (Enhanced)" (in a 150% scaled environment) in order to get the desired result. The trade-off is that the game area and panel appear about 75% of the size that NeoLemmix is capable of displaying (and therefore becomes too
big at 2 x Zoom) but since I mostly play windowed anyway this is never
really a problem:
System scaling - How my play window appears at 1 x ZoomSystem scaling - And again at 2 x Zoom - note that the level area is now too big to fit the windowMeanwhile, this is how the play area appears at 2 x Zoom when allowing NeoLemmix to do its own scaling:
Application scaling at 2 x Zoom - Note that the level now fits perfectly, and the panel is biggerThis is as it should be, of course, however the Menu now becomes much more difficult (for me) to read. I therefore prefer to use Windows scaling at the cost of (relatively) reducing the size of the level and panel (my full reasoning for this is listed at the end of this post).
So, to summarise as best as I can, I use the following Windows scaling settings:
This makes NeoLemmix
bigger, so I can play at 1 x Zoom and have everything appear about 75% of what it is capable of
at 2 x Zoom when NeoLemmix is doing its own scaling.
The experimental build
forces its own scaling, so I have to set it to "System (Enhanced)," which was not necessary previously (i.e. leaving the Windows DPI setting unchecked resulted in System scaling anyway).
I hope that's as clear as I can make it. I'll try to clarify further if needs be.
My reasoning for preferring system scaling for NL, for curiosity's sake:
* Whilst the unzoomed panel at 150% appears about 75% smaller than the zoomed panel at 100%, this is fine for Windowed mode and I'm used to it by now
* Similarly, the 1 x Zoom level area at 150% appears about 75% smaller than the 2 x Zoom level area at 100%, which isn't ideal. However, it is fine for Windowed mode, particularly if I ever need to slightly reduce the size of the NL window for any reason
* 2 x Zoom is arguably more useful at 150% scaling than 3 x Zoom is at 100%
* The F2 Menu is far easier (for me) to read at 150% system scaling