I don't know why they won't support less than 1024x768. I realized that once I get in the 3D game (tab through optoins) everything works great at 1024x600. It's only the 2D main selection screens. Seems like a small fix to allow for support for this resolution. It doesn't affect main gameplay, only the 2D buttons. That should be a very simple fix.

Considering netbooks are quickly becoming popular, it would seem like a good business decision to support this. But who am I but a feeble consumer who bought *TWO* copies and can't use one of them because of lack of support.

Lack of support or lack of reading the system requirements? 

Simple fix?  that's hillarious.

A lot of netbooks are 1024x600.

My EEE is.  Please consider this.

Umm, I beg to differ.

Visit www.gameeer.com and I also have an Asus N10J which has a nVidia 9300m GS 512MB in it.

Netbooks weren't really on the scene when Sins was under development, but now they're coming forward in force, and appears 1024x600 is the standard res for these machines. I can get games over eight years old to work with 1024x600, why not one relesed recently?

Sins runs fine on Intel GMA950 with minimum graphics settings with 1024x600. Runs great with 9300m GS with medium/high detail.

These days, it seems any time someone asks for support for something not already supported it results in great resistance. It wouldn't be asked if it wasn't really a desired feature. I'll be happy with a constructive response from a dev, and at least a layman's reason why it can't be supported. But at a minimum, they owe an honest owner this response.

In order to really support a lower resolution; the entire UI would need to be rearranged or rescaled, at a minimum. And no, that's not trivial, because it'd mean a lot of the art being completely redone.

Bear in mind that currently, the game is designed around the expectation that the user will have x amount of space available on the screen at a bare minimum, and the UI is designed based on that. Knock off nearly a quarter of that screen real estate and you're talking some pretty significant redesign, because the existing UI would then be taking up a lot larger portion of the screen. Not to mention that some segments are already full-screen height on their own (research screen, etc.).

Add on top of that, you now have a UI that is way too small for high-resolution users (who are much more common than netbook users, I'd bet). Some people on high resolutions have even said it's too small as-is.

Figuring that in, you're now looking at having two or three entirely separate UIs for the game (and no, raster rescales by the game engine aren't going to cut it, it'll look horrible). Given that, it should become apparent why this isn't something the devs would be in any hurry to do.

However, this is definitely something modders could look into. There are already some that dispose of the backdrops and compact the UI, so it wouldn't be a long leap for someone to take such mods and work on them further to make them friendly to 600px resolutions.

Thank you so very much kryo for your constructive response. I understand and respect your comments about this.

Are you aware of any groups or sites that I can visit that might be working on such a mod or be open to investigating it?

How about my other suggestion to have a small text in the upper right corner that states which button is highlighted so at least if you're tabbing through the UI you can know what's selected even though you can't see it. This could be an option even in a config ini that would turn it on. Wish I had the time and skills to do such a thing myself.

Thanks!

Around here I assume first that I misunderstood if someone sounds  . . . off.   Glad it seems to be the case here again. 

Ok, just so I'm clear, here's what I'm saying. Below picture is all I can get with my 1024x600 view running 1024x768. Red box represents my 1024x600 screen. Yellow text in red box in upper right represents my quick fix for possible ini option to display what button is highlighted if you're tabbing through fields, so that if it isn't visible you can at least know what's going on. Once in game, it runs well at 1024x600 res.

Here, I cropped and photoshopped what 1024x600 would look like if menus were to adjust accordingly. I think there was one or two screens that would need some finagling to fit, but the rest are all straight forward. 

That sounded a little more threatening than expected. But anyway, the devs already stated that they are not looking into that type of support soon due to the production issues. There's also the mod's they mentioned. Also, for portable gaming, how could you possibly try to play Sins so sparatically? For only $40 (although it's probably cheaper now) you could get a copy of The World Ends with You and try to 100% it. Those pins should last you about a year if you play as much as you talk like you do. (that was not advertising at all, just stating the facts )

Just a point outside of the rest of the discussion: He doesn't want to play The World Ends With You, he wants to play Sins of a Solar Empire. Duh.

I wasn't demanding anything.  My "supply" and "demand" language in my post is a matter of economics:  I desire mobile entertainment.   I've purchased from Stardock, so they know I'm willing to buy.   IF THEY WANT ME TO KEEP BUYING FROM THEM THEY'LL NEED TO MEET MY NEEDS.  

Get it?  This is not a whiner demanding free stuff.   This is a legitimate customer who's saying:  If you want to keep my business, you'll include feature X or Y in the next release.  If you don't, my business goes to Nintendo, or Sony, who are right now providing me with better mobile entertainment than you are.

If it sounded threatening, it's because it was meant to.   I'm a real customer, I get a say in this, according to Brad Wardell.   My threat to cease buying from Stardock was not idle, either.

Frankly, the excuse that  its' a non-standard resolution is lame, and also untrue.  It's the standard resolution on netbooks, which are now a large chunk of the PC market.   Furthermore, the only things needed would be a few changes to the UI in only one resolution.   Since the UI must be redrawn at every different resolution size ANYWAY, there's no real reason, other than sheer stubborness on the part of development, why this wouldn't work.

No in-game changes need to be made, the game works fine once play starts.  It's only the menus that need to be altered slightly.    

Slight aside to a previous poster:  I do indeed own "The World Ends With You".   I intend to begin playing it on the go soon, once the other games in the queue are finished.