Pretty much as title says I was hoping developers could let us choose NOT to have dynamic scaling go in effect on character/monster/shadow maps or terrain details . Yes detail scaling is a very nifty trick to make the game have playable FPS on most of the users PCs and it reduces FPS when turned off.
There are powerful CPUs/Graphics Cards available now compared to the ones GW was targeted at when it first came out (I remeber joining global events with a 9800). So I guess letting people with more powerful hardware get rid off ugly ^ shaped character heads and jaggy 2D palnes in palce of terrain geometry is not a bad idea.
I want to add that the scaling process on model/terrain details seems to be scaling the details down relative to their distance from users field of view regardless of user's hardware config. For example the IDS cave in mineral springs, show the rocks on the wall as jagged low-res 2D planes and they are not even 10 feet away from where I am standing, they wont turn into full 3D unless I get much closer and my computer specs is not bad at all.
Also when you zoom out the character's shadow detail is lost and it turns out to some ghostly barely visible shadow and your character's head becomes an arrow-head, all with every in-game graphics/VGA control panel options maxed at high resolution.
Things I mentioned above have been present for a good while now I just didnt find a good time to post about them on the forums.
Do you think there is a chance to get a feedback on this from developers? I would love to spare a good chunk of my FPS to get rid of those things I mentioned above. Anyone else thinking the same?
I love GW's gameplay but I also care a lot about graphics wich was the major reason I chose GW over the significant other game.
Cheers!
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