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Title: What resolution are you guys playing at?
Post by: onehotz on November 27, 2002, 08:49:13 AM: Hi all,

I am currently playing AH at 1024X768 resolution, but damn planes and such seem soooo nsmall to me, even when close. Why is that? The proportion of percieved size as opposed to distance seems all wrong to me. Is it just me?

What screen resolutrion do you play in. Are there advantages to one resolution over another? Besides Frame Rate?

Thanks,

RINGER
Title: What resolution are you guys playing at?
Post by: bloodstain on November 27, 2002, 09:05:53 AM: I play at the Max resolution. Makes things smaller unless you get a bigger monitor. Crisper IMHO.:D
Title: What resolution are you guys playing at?
Post by: Sox62 on November 27, 2002, 09:16:36 AM: 1600 x 1200 here...that's with an XP2000 and Geforce Ti4400.
Title: What resolution are you guys playing at?
Post by: Fancy on November 27, 2002, 11:27:01 AM: It's nearly impossible to really portray far distances through sie on a computer. For that matter, it's hard to perceive far distances IRL. I agree that it can be confusing (I play at 1024x768 as well) but that's really what icons are for. If out of icon range you probably need not worry about it unless it's a little bigger than a "dot" or if it seems to be moving significantly.
Title: What resolution are you guys playing at?
Post by: ccvi on November 27, 2002, 12:21:14 PM: 1600x1200

Things close (not more than very few k yards away) are visible a lot better than on slower resolutions.

Things further away, aka dots, are harder to see. Seems like dots are the same amount of pixels, thus smaller at higher resolutions. But maybe they're just visible earlier (extremely small dots) so they're easier to see when they are visible on smaller resolutions.

For close range (few k) viewing it's great, anything else is visible easier on dar regardless of the resolution.
Title: What resolution are you guys playing at?
Post by: vorticon on November 27, 2002, 01:15:19 PM: 1024*768

gotta make sure you have a MINIMUM of a 17 inch monitor (with recall off)
thats the best res before it gets to small (for me anyway)
Title: What resolution are you guys playing at?
Post by: Innominate on November 27, 2002, 02:42:08 PM: 1600x1200
It's nice being able to ID planes beyond icon range.
Title: What resolution are you guys playing at?
Post by: Ack-Ack on November 27, 2002, 09:28:53 PM: 1024x768x32bit on a 19 inch monitor.

ack-ack
Title: What resolution are you guys playing at?
Post by: Innominate on November 27, 2002, 09:40:01 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Ack-Ack
1024x768x32bit on a 19 inch monitor.

ack-ack

Holy pixelation!
Title: This is sad....
Post by: HeLLcAt on November 27, 2002, 10:06:32 PM: I have a PII 400 MHZ 7.65GB Hard Drive Dell computer with a 32MB GeForce 2 Video Card and I play the game at 1024 x 768 and average frame rate is low 30's on a 15" monitor.
Title: What resolution are you guys playing at?
Post by: Tsingis on November 28, 2002, 05:41:40 AM: 1200x768 32bit on a 17"
For some reason 1600x1200 shows only partial enlarged picture with updated radeon8500(64MB)/256MB/AMD1600+XP, but screenshots show full view, monitor adjusting having no effect.
Title: What resolution are you guys playing at?
Post by: snafu on November 28, 2002, 01:13:09 PM: 1280*1024 here 20" monitor

I think the isue of the size of the other planes is probably related to the field of view you have in the non zoomed mode. You have a wider field of view than you would get in real life which makes the planes seen smaller than they would normally appear, (Bit like a rear view mirror in a car - "Objects may be closer than they appear" etc).

TTFN
snafu
Title: What resolution are you guys playing at?
Post by: ccvi on November 28, 2002, 03:25:12 PM: Quote
Originally posted by snafu
You have a wider field of view than you would get in real life

If you had the field of view you have in AH you probably wouldn't pass the medical required for a pilot license...
Title: What resolution are you guys playing at?
Post by: fuzeman on November 28, 2002, 05:31:28 PM: I fly using 1024x768x32bit with a XP1500+ cpu, GeF4 Ti4200 64Mb on a ViewSonic 19" monitor.

fuzeman
Title: What resolution are you guys playing at?
Post by: Urchin on November 28, 2002, 08:39:26 PM: What does TTFN mean?
Title: What resolution are you guys playing at?
Post by: MANDOBLE on November 29, 2002, 12:59:25 PM: 1600x1200x32 (60-75 fps)

XP2100, GF3 Ti500, 256MB DDR333
Title: What resolution are you guys playing at?
Post by: fuzeman on November 29, 2002, 06:04:31 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Urchin
What does TTFN mean?

Not positive and guessing more than anything... but could it be:
Ta Ta For Now ?

Similar to a 'See you later'.

Am I close?

fuzeman
Title: What resolution are you guys playing at?
Post by: snafu on November 29, 2002, 06:05:55 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Urchin
What does TTFN mean?

Ta Ta for now :) Yea I know, sad really but you did ask.....

TTFN
snafu
Title: What resolution are you guys playing at?
Post by: Urchin on November 29, 2002, 06:35:18 PM: Lol, next time I won't ask then...
Title: What resolution are you guys playing at?
Post by: JustJim on November 30, 2002, 01:56:18 AM: 1600x1200 32bit On A 21" Samsung SyncMaster 1100p Makes For Nice Picture.

XP2100 Geforce Ti4400 128mb anti alias 4x, Aniscopic Filter Off

Nvidia 40.72 Drivers

Nice And Clean I Used To Use 1024X768 32bit On Same Set-up.

I Didn't Notice Much On Size Changes When I Switched Resolutions.

But Now I Can See GV's From 3k To 4k Away Pretty Easily, Much Easier With Clutter Off.

So I Would Say If You Have A 19" Or Larger (Monitor That Is) Try Higher Resolutions Out You May Like It Alot.