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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Pyro on March 06, 2000, 05:47:00 PM
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We're thinking about dropping support for 640x480 resolution. Does anybody here use that setting and if so, what difference do you get between 640 and 800 on your machine? TIA.
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Doug "Pyro" Balmos
HiTech Creations
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Pyro..
Read the last line of your signature (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
If it aint broke... I do have a few Squadies in 640x480. I never did ask them why. Think maybe some guys like the idea of seeing big targets.
I run my system at 800x600 cons just to damn small at higher resolution.
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[This message has been edited by Wardog (edited 03-06-2000).]
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Using 800x600 here. Its weird, but when I went to 1024x768 my gunnery went south for the winter. I couldn't ping anything until I put it back to 800x600. I was getting 40-60 FPS with the higher resolution... not a whole lot better with the lower.
What was the question again?
AKDejaVu
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What wardog said, I would still use 640 as the cons are bigger, but I decided to go with 800 by 600 just because the guages and ammo, fuel counters are more crisp and easier to read, other than that I would be in 640. higher than 800 and I start to dislike it.
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I was still using the 640 resolution until last Saturday. It aids me in the visual aspect of the game. I have to squint now-in my golden years.....50+ (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
I would still like to be able to use it too! WHY...because it is convenient, it mimics other games and SIMs I enjoy, and it would make flying AH less troublesome. In other words, I ain't gonna pay $30 to have to rearrange my computer......just to fly and die here! That MIGHT be a bit much to consider....if ya get my meaning.
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[This message has been edited by K-KEN (edited 03-06-2000).]
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lol you just have to fire point blank to hit stuff in 1600x1200 and everything looks purtier (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
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I'm getting about 20 fps in 640 res, 30 in 800 res with a P2-266/V550. My desktop is 800 res and I think that having to switch to 640 is causing lockups on my system, either entering AH or exiting.
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Is it really easier to play @640x480 or 800x600? Can someone explain? Hmmm, I usually play @1280x1024 or 1600x1200, now I understand why my gunnery sucks (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
Gatt
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In WarBirds, at least for me, more res = more
chances to score hits. Can't understand why
so many people prefer lower res to improve
the aiming skill...
I've not verified it yet, but if lower res
implies bigger objects, this is a serious
bug in the 3D representation.
And now a question for Pyro. I dont use 640
res mode, it is slower for me than 1024, but,
anyway, why to supress 640 mode? Wich are
the beneficts doing so?
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Is it easyer to aim with lo res??? i think i must try this out hehe (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
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[This message has been edited by Maniac (edited 03-07-2000).]
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i use 800x600 because it yields the best performance FPS wise and it's a good compromise between Field of View and visibility of objects.. (e.g. in 640x480 the field of view seems to be much smaller and in 1024x768 the airplanes get freaking small (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
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[This message has been edited by Duckwing6 (edited 03-07-2000).]
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I'm getting an average of 30 now in 800 res, even with debug DirectX drivers. So I won't be using the 640 anymore.
-sudz-
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Last time when I did use 640 res, it was when I still had that P133 (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
I don't know if something has changed during versions, but back then, 800x600 resolution gave out same performance while having alot better graphics..
640x480 were horrible if compares to all other resolutions that AH uses.
If I remember right, 800 resolution had even higher FPS.
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The reason we want to drop 640 is because we don't believe we can support it properly. The artwork is really optimized for 1024 and we don't think the gauges are legible enough in 640. There doesn't seem to be much of a performance difference from 640 to 800, so we'd prefer to drop 640 altogether.
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Doug "Pyro" Balmos
HiTech Creations
"If it's stupid but works, it's not stupid."