Add More Advanced Options Settings

Like alot, I am running GW on a fairly low end system. And even in some fair sized PvP I still get playable frame rates.

However, one of the uber things that alot of people have issues with is things in the enviroment, and things in towns.

For towns, well theres not much to be done other than switch districts to something less populated, but there are tweaks they can implement;

In-Town tweaks

- Have a toggleable option for showing or not showing Guild Capes.

I think this will save some resources Client side, all the calculations of cape colors, and their movement when the player moves, has to add up on the Client, especially in towns.

- Have a toggleable option for "buildings" to show or not show

Think of post-searing Ascalon. Now imagine the increase when you take out capes (a toggle option) and say; all the little "huts" the NPC's stand around. That's less poly's to be drawn, less models to be drawn, just less resources used.

- A toggleable option for scaled charcter model/texture quality based apon distance

Say yer 100 feet away from someone, in post-searing Ascalon. They look kinda stick figureish. The closer you get, the more detailed the become. This could be a scaleable option based apon the users preference, similar to "draw distances" (more on this later)


Out of Town (instances) tweaks (note these are probably most important)

- First and foremost, add a "fog" or "draw distance" option thats toggleable via the menu. While I love the eye candy in the game, seeing for 10 miles can cripple some machines. I can live with 1/3, hell 1/5th, of the draw distance, and in my case I know it'd triple my frames. Now imagine people with better systems, even more performance. Hardcore PvPers will want ever last ounce of juice they can squeeze to help them fight

- Second most important is enviroment effects needing a toggleable option.

Snow, looks awesome, especially with the creaking trees and wolf howling sounds. But its a resource hog. Same with the "glimmering" lava rocks in the volcano areas. Same with the oceans in the Kryta area. You need an option to disable these, especially in towns (beacons perch comes to mind...100 people or more + snow = slideshow for some people)

- A toggleable option for scaled charcter model/texture quality based apon distance

Same as in towns, but for the instances outdoors.



Overall tweaks

- In-game gamma tweak

Like most games, an ingame gamma tweak specific just to GW (no, not setting the gamma on my desktop, some people may wany GW's gamma at one setting and their desktop at something else)

- Selection of various fonts

More of a nitpick, some may agree. I'd like to change to some other fonts



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Some of these I think we DO need (enviroment effects toggleable, and a scaleable draw distance). It'd increase performance for some people ten fold.

Discussion welcome

Very good suggestions.

It's unfortunate that the best, least controversial threads get the least /bumps.

You have noticed that at longer distances, environment objects like ruined buildings and such essentially get replaced by low-resolution sprites, right? It's generally done well enough not to be glaringly obvious, but on the right occasions looks utterly hideous.

I've tried PvP HoH and while I'm in it I'd have to guess at about 8-10 FPS. Because of all the graphics going on around you with people using spells casting spells and so forth along with the eviroment like you said it can drain your computer dry easy.

Before any of you say "Turn your graphics down ya n00bie" news is I can't and before you say "Go get a better computer!" Why should I when this one runs everything else fine, GW can be a resource hog with some of its un-needed visuals. Ask yourself. While your in PvP or PvE do you stop in the middle of a fight and say "ahh, that plant looks nice here with the rain/snow falling down" or "ahhh, that lava flowing out of that rock looks really cool" ??? You don't do you, therefore its un-needed correct?

Just cut down on some of the graphic designs that are un-needed to produce better performance thats all.

Agreed 100%