METAR and CWOP icon size with GRLEVEL3

George Sambataro

March 06, 2018 20:27

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I use grlevelx. When I upgraded from v2.21 to V2.7 the metar and cwop icons became too large.

I tried to get support with this last year but never had an answer. I went back to V 2.21. More info follows...

Last year Rick Hickman worked on a problem with the LARGE metar and cwops icons on 4K monitors using the latest versions of grlevel3 software.

He replied in the grlevelx forum that

"Yes, however all I learned is that all of the icons will have to be remade from scratch due to this DPI update. Since we don't have the original "master" files, this will take some time.

I never heard back about this problem which still exists.

Any updates??

See samples below of before and after version 2.21.

Ryan Hickman March 12, 2018 18:02 Official comment

Re-scaling all of these images requires re-creating all of them from scratch. As we don't have a designer on staff, this is work that has to be contracted out. Given we have over a thousand icons, this is going to take both money and a significant amount of time.

To override GR's DPI-scaling behavior:

(Make sure GR3 is closed.)

1. Open Windows Explorer / File Explorer.

2. Go to "C:\Program Files (x86)\GRLevelX\GRLevel3_2\"

3. Right click "grlevel3.exe" and go to "Properties"

4. Go to the "Compatibility" tab and check "Override high DPI scaling behavior. Scaling performed by:" and choose "System" or "System (enhanced)".

We're continuing to work to get these icons replaced. We hope to have an update on this during the upcoming severe weather season.

METAR and CWOP icon size with GRLEVEL3

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