anti-aliasing

staindreality

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2005

26 Mar 2005 at 13:07 - 1
i was just curious as to what anti aliasing does and is used for. sorry if dumb question just didnt know.

Spooky

Spooky

Bokusatsu Tenshi

Join Date: Dec 2004

Bellevue, WA

KEA

E/Mo

26 Mar 2005 at 17:59 - 2
Short form answer: Anti Aliasing is used to get rid of jagged edges when displaying images.

Agent Dark Bootie

Agent Dark Bootie

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2005

near trees

26 Mar 2005 at 18:28 - 3
Quote:
Originally Posted by Spooky
Short form answer: Anti Aliasing is used to get rid of jagged edges when displaying images.
in an easier way to understand it is this
ur screen isn't perfect.....
it cant project or portray straight diagonal lines and such
these are merely squares that are very small
like how if you look at a colored comic book(an older one more often) it looks like solid color but when close, it is merely a large amount of small close together dots
aa(anti-aliasing) makes thes squares smaller and therefor there are a significant amount added
and with the addition of more aa, your comp may go slower but your screen portrays a more crystal clear picture
i myself have aa up to 2x
this means that there are twice as many squares as the default
it goes a little slow at times but i am happy with acceptional image
plus most would agree that most games' default aa isn't very pretty.
i hope that helps lol

Weezer_Blue

Weezer_Blue

Elite Guru

Join Date: Feb 2005

Just a Box in a Cage

Hurry Up The Cakes [Oven]

26 Mar 2005 at 18:52 - 4
I turned by AA up to 4x to see if it would help a while ago, and it went really slow, so I turned it to 3x and then my computer bombed on me. A blue screen came up saying "windows has been shut down to prevent damage blah blah blah" and i had to hold the power button to get it to turn off. it did the same thing with 2x after that so i just turned it off. anyway, GWs graphics are good enough that you don't really need to make them a whole lot better. I'd turn my resolution higher but then everything looks tiny.

Agent Dark Bootie

Agent Dark Bootie

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2005

near trees

26 Mar 2005 at 19:02 - 5
Quote:
Originally Posted by Weezer_Blue
I turned by AA up to 4x to see if it would help a while ago, and it went really slow, so I turned it to 3x and then my computer bombed on me. A blue screen came up saying "windows has been shut down to prevent damage blah blah blah" and i had to hold the power button to get it to turn off. it did the same thing with 2x after that so i just turned it off. anyway, GWs graphics are good enough that you don't really need to make them a whole lot better. I'd turn my resolution higher but then everything looks tiny.
making your resolution higher is another way "shortcutting" around aa
i like tiny
i made a high rez
but since its a higher rez it mean the screen is bigger, not the squares and therefore there are more squares
like i said, its a shortcut around aa

Mss Drizzt

Mss Drizzt

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2005

communist state of NJ

26 Mar 2005 at 20:20 - 6
I also run at 1024x768 with 2x AA. I love they way it looks. This game is as visually appealing as DOOM3. Asome.

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

26 Mar 2005 at 21:04 - 7
i just double checked

mine is on highest quality including 4x aa and have no lag in fps

Agent Dark Bootie

Agent Dark Bootie

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2005

near trees

26 Mar 2005 at 22:27 - 8
Quote:
Originally Posted by Loviatar
i just double checked

mine is on highest quality including 4x aa and have no lag in fps


wow
i need ur comp
mine is teh suxors
lol
noob speak

Lews

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2005

Seattle, Washington

R/E

26 Mar 2005 at 23:06 - 9
Not sure what I run it on, lol. I've never tried to up the ante, how can I check?

Lews

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2005

Seattle, Washington

R/E

26 Mar 2005 at 23:25 - 10
12800 x 980 or something close to that.

2 AA

Almost high quality, don't think any lags.

NiteX

NiteX

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2005

Camelot

29 Mar 2005 at 20:31 - 11
1280x1024

16x AF

6xAA

60 frames constant.(With vsync)

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

29 Mar 2005 at 20:35 - 12
Quote:
Originally Posted by NiteX
1280x1024

16x AF

6xAA

60 frames constant.(With vsync)

you are running only the default 60 hz monitor refresh?

no screen flicker at all for you?

i run 75 hz refresh

Chev of Hardass

Chev of Hardass

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2005

Under a rock

zP

Me/

30 Mar 2005 at 00:19 - 13
I have my aa on 8xS and my refresh is at 60Hz
No flicker and nicely clear for a 21" used monitor.

Striker Shardale

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2005

Twin Cities, Minnesota

Serious Gaming -SG-

R/Mo

30 Mar 2005 at 23:27 - 14
Vert Sync, Anti-Al 8xS, Anisotropic 8x

BOOYA!

NiteX

NiteX

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2005

Camelot

31 Mar 2005 at 22:54 - 15
Quote:
Originally Posted by Loviatar
you are running only the default 60 hz monitor refresh?

no screen flicker at all for you?

i run 75 hz refresh
No, frame rates per second are much different than monitor refresh. I run everything at 75 hz.

Pharalon

Pharalon

Beta Tester

Join Date: Jan 2005

Carebear Club

31 Mar 2005 at 23:08 - 16
Quote:
Originally Posted by NiteX
No, frame rates per second are much different than monitor refresh. I run everything at 75 hz.
If you're getting steady 60FPS with Vsync, it means you're running the game at 60Hz screen refresh rate (unless your card can't handle more than 60FPS). If you've got the in-game refresh rate set to 75Hz, and you're never going above 60FPS with Vsync on, I'd /bug it (assuming your card is capable of sitting at 75FPS).

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

31 Mar 2005 at 23:23 - 17
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pharalon
If you're getting steady 60FPS with Vsync, it means you're running the game at 60Hz screen refresh rate (unless your card can't handle more than 60FPS). If you've got the in-game refresh rate set to 75Hz, and you're never going above 60FPS with Vsync on, I'd /bug it (assuming your card is capable of sitting at 75FPS).
a possibility is that the monitor glitched to its default 60 setting

i have had that happen several times when i thought i was running 75 and happened to look in passing and it was 60 instead

unless that happened there should be some variation

NEWater

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

01 Apr 2005 at 05:48 - 18
You don't have to use Vsync unless you're using an LCD monitor which refresh rate doesn't synch very well and does "ghosting" on you.

What anti-aliasing does is to gray out the half-pixels in the middle of the full pixels that are making this diagonal line look jaggy.

So in layman's terms, anti-aliasing removes jaggies from what you see in your game.

But, if you don't have a very good video card (which means, Geforce 4 MX or Ti, or Radeon 9200-9500), I wouldn't recommend you to enable it in today's games. It will only make your single-digit framerates worse.

Mathieas

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Apr 2005

30 Apr 2005 at 05:43 - 19
Oh sweet jesus,

Look guys, alasing is dinfed as a digital signal that is missrepresented... your lines or jaggies you see are being sent as a perfect diagonal but as many have stated are being missrepresented due to pixels.... Now Anti Alising mutisamples the images and fades the image acorss the edges of objects. In a way it does fade the full pixel..... but more acuuratly it renders the immage 2x or 4x or 8x in order to figure the proper fade... hence the performace loss. First, AA DOSNT ADD PIXELS OR MAKE YOUR PIXELS SMALLER only Resolution does this.

As for Vsyc no that is NOT ghoast ither... ghoasting is the LCD monitor inability to fade from full on WHITE to full off BLACK you see the LAG in the fade of the pixel of the LCD being on or off... Vsyce stops sheering... or missallignments in the image scanning... it Syncs your HORT refresh in a sense with the vert... has nothing what so ever to do with LCDs...

I do not mean to be the the know it all ass... but i dont want people worrying to changin settings over faulty advice.

Orker

Orker

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Apr 2005

30 Apr 2005 at 10:04 - 20
HI
im having problems playing the game

Spec is
1.9Ghz
512Mb Ram
Radion 9000 (the one on the box)
when i log on i just get a peach coloured screen
could someone say what may help
Thank you
could someone please help

Snowman

Snowman

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

Wales, UK

Devils Scorpions

W/E

30 Apr 2005 at 12:30 - 21
Alienware 3.46 P4
1 Gig 533 DDR2 Ram
Geforce 6800 ultra
x2 SATA 160 seagate drives on Raid0
21" Diamontron screen

GW Running in 1600x1200
4x aa.

game runs...sweeeeeeet

XD

funbun

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2005

I forget. Really. I don't know.

Mo/

30 Apr 2005 at 14:23 - 22
Yeah, I've got everything maxed out on my machine. no lags at all. GW is very hardware friendly. No need to buy $500 video cards just to play, lol
1280x1024 res
4x aa

I'm just running:
9600 pro
A64 3000+ @2.42Ghz
1 gig RAM