Add economy overlay scaling by lL1l1 · Pull Request #7287 · FAForever/fa

lL1l1 · 2026-09-09T11:54:12Z

Description of the proposed changes

Adds necessary textures to work around limitations of the economy overlay being rendered by the engine, and implements the game option to use those textures.

Testing done on the proposed changes

Launch 5 instances with the launch script, and run this command for every player:

local t = { 0.8, 1.25, 1.5, 1.75, 2 }
import('/lua/user/prefs.lua').SetOption('econ_overlay_scale', t[GetFocusArmy()])
RenderOverlayEconomy(true)
CreateUnitAtMouse('uab1301', GetFocusArmy()-1,    0.00,    0.00, -0.00000)

0.8x

1.25x

1.5x

1.75x

2x

There is a gap between the left and middle textures for 1.25x and 1.75x scaling. I checked the texture files and found no gap so I think it's an engine issue with the awkward scale size.

Checklist

New code is annotated and has comments where useful
Changes are documented in a changelog snippet according to the guidelines.
The feature is conceptually approved and the approval documented (see the explanation
Request 2-3 reviewers from the list of reviewers and their areas of knowledge.

Approval

The feature is greenlighted through
- being a bugfix (it is iteration upon existing UI scaling)

Summary by CodeRabbit

New Features
- Added an Interface setting to scale the economy overlay across six sizes, from 80% to 200%.
- The selected scale adjusts the overlay’s visuals and text for improved readability.
- Changes require restarting the game if the overlay was enabled during the current session.
Localization
- Added translated setting labels, descriptions, and tooltips across supported languages.

This reverts commit f5c34cb6ebd3351cdccfb5045dddbc0b4fd382c4.

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Walkthrough

The PR adds an economy overlay scale option with six values from 80% to 200%. It adds tooltip and localization strings. The overlay selects scale-specific textures and scales font and offset values. The option requires a restart.

Changes

Economy overlay scaling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Scale option and UI text `lua/options/options.lua`, `lua/ui/help/tooltips.lua`, `loc/*/strings_db.lua`, `changelog/snippets/features.7287.md`	Adds the `econ_overlay_scale` option with six scale values, tooltip text, localized labels, restart descriptions, and a changelog entry.
Scaled overlay rendering `lua/ui/game/econoverlayparams.lua`	Maps scale values to texture suffixes, scales font and offset values, and marks the option as requiring a restart.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Options
  participant EconOverlayParams
  participant OverlayRenderer
  Options->>EconOverlayParams: Provide econ_overlay_scale
  EconOverlayParams->>EconOverlayParams: Map scale to textures and dimensions
  EconOverlayParams->>OverlayRenderer: Provide scaled overlay parameters

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 94a7d

The new overlay scaling option may not clearly require a restart, and users without a saved preference may encounter a broken economy overlay. Resolve these issues before merging.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: adding economy overlay scaling.
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Inline comments:
In `@loc/TW/strings_db.lua`:
- Around line 7549-7550: Update the Chinese locale strings for
OPTIONS_ECON_OVERLAY_SCALE_TITLE and OPTIONS_ECON_OVERLAY_SCALE_DESCRIPTION to
use the existing 經濟覆層 terminology consistently instead of 經濟覆蓋比例 and 經濟覆蓋層.

In `@lua/options/options.lua`:
- Around line 1065-1067: Add restart-required metadata to the econ_overlay_scale
option by setting restart = true alongside its existing default and custom
settings, matching the behavior of the ui_scale option without changing other
option configuration.

In `@lua/ui/game/econoverlayparams.lua`:
- Line 14: Update ScaleNumber’s scale retrieval so a missing econ_overlay_scale
defaults to 1, ensuring both texture suffix selection and numeric scaling use
the same fallback without multiplying by nil.

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hotcheese4444 · 2026-09-09T14:15:54Z

The default scale is unusable at modern resolutions. Please hotfix this in

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lL1l1 added 10 commits September 9, 2026 00:55

Add scaled econ overlay textures

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Test setup for using scaled econ overlay

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Record the script used

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Revert "Record the script used"

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This reverts commit f5c34cb6ebd3351cdccfb5045dddbc0b4fd382c4.

Create a game option for econ overlay scale

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Require restart upon changing option after activating overlay once

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Don't scale width for the middle textures

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Fix Cybran right side textures

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Add option tooltip

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Add AI translations for tooltip

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lL1l1 added area: engine related to engine bugs/limitations area: ui Anything to do with the User Interface of the Game labels Sep 9, 2026

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Merge branch 'feature/econ-overlay-scaling' of https://github.com/FAF…

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