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Article #190986Re: First Impressions on UT3
From: goPostal
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:20
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:20
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"Folk" <Folk@folk.com> wrote in message news:5lfbk3h58cpq6vrnet5c7c34g0osb506aj@4ax.com... > On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:08:16 -0700, "skippi" <spam@spam.net> wrote: > >>Okay, what's up with this!!! I read somewhere that turning down the Video >>sliders down for textures, etc would IMPROVE the dirty looks. So, I turned >>both sliders in the advanced menu down to "1" and things look BETTER?!? >>Not >>quite as ugly, not quite as dark and dingy. Is this for real, or is it >>just >>me? > > Nope, it's not just you. Maxing everything out makes thing look too > "busy", for lack of a better term. Turning both sliders down to 1 > don't make things look "better" IMO, but to me it does make other > players easier to see. But then I turned things way down in 2k4 as > well. The fast paced action of UT doesn't really need a lot of eye > candy. I've found myself doing that too sometimes. I'll crank the visuals way back and it does indeed help gameplay. It's much more bland but with grass and shit out of your way the players do stand out much better. I read once where the most elite 2K4 player have settings only slightly better than wireframe :)
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