resolution limit in twd?

[Turban]

well -- i also said i would continue to use 1280x1024 even if they upped the resolution limit higher. however i believe we should focus on keeping new players in this zone, and the low(ish) limit is not helping with that at all.

how about having twdd3/4 with 1680x1050, and see if it gets played more and how people like it? also, i don't mind twdt having a higher resolution allowed, but even then i'd be stuck using 1280x1024 windowed. never have and never will play full screen. :wub:

twjd/twbd = resolution doesn't matter at all, so what's the problem with increasing resolution in those arenas? a step to the right direction. :wub:

[kthx]

You guys already whined and complained your way through five years and managed to get a widescreen resolution, so shut the fuck up already with all this crap. Keep shit how it is already.

[Arobas+]

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[Turban]

by those statistics, higher resolutions than 1280x1024 aren't that uncommon at all. and at least those statistics are somewhat of reliable, at least compared to the ones ara posted. ;p

either way, i'm fine with any resolution limit, i'd be fine even if they lowered the resolution limit. however, i'm speaking for the new players (a good bunch of them) who quit because of the resolution limits. whatever.

[Zeebu]

hey lets all agree this battle will never end

i am fine with trying to raise the limits

of course i dont play twdd that much. even in twdd some people would be alright with raising the limits. others with more of a rush heavy playstyle probably wouldnt.

derp deh derp

in bd and jd its less of an issue i would say. i wouldnt mind the limits raised to be able to finally use my whole monitor when i bother to hook my laptop up to it. usually i use 1280x800 anyways so look at the flying fuck i give.

anyways. i sent a pm to summa a couple days ago saying to try for a limitless or raised limit twdt just to see how it goes. if the limitless arenas tank, its a bad idea. if the majority like it, its something to be considered. we are already on an uneven playing field due to lag. its not like this will throw a twist into this dying game that we cant get over.

[Turban]

i believe limitless would be a bit.. uh, weird. but whatever. limiting it to 1680x1050/1980x1200 would do the trick, or one resolution higher than that. with no limit, people could start using their TVs. :wub:

not that it matters. super hard to play with such a big screen!

[Azada]

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My resolution is set to 1366 when i visit twd.trenchwars.org because that is what I "have" to set it to for TW, and I don't want to be bothered switching back and forth. My monitor actually supports all of these resolutions. My aspect ratio is not good to run 1440 though.

[Twenty Four]

Changed my mind, just played someone who had a high resolution and they just ran the entire time and strayed.

Removing the max resolution will just give us a world of TOMAs, NO THANKS!

-24

[Turban]

by high resolution do you mean 1980x1200 or 1680x1050? either way, i would want to see the resolution be lifted to at least 1680x1050 and see if people like it -- at least for twdt. that resolution doesn't make a big difference, at least

back to afk!

[Stylez]

yes turban, it's about fun, not who has the deepest wallet or the most available space on their desk

really, if losing 160 pixels one way or 124 pixels the other way makes this game so unenjoyable for you then just uninstall it, there's the door, don't let it hit you on the way out

and the reason we need consistency between twd and twl is simple, i don't want to hear any bitching from people who play the entire offseason in 1680x1050 and suddenly get squeezed to even the playing field when the season starts

and no, right now changing the resolution limits for twl is not something i want to do, but humid is probably doing it for twdt and if that goes well i may consider it

That's exactly what happened to me last season...

Though I blame myself, my comp was fucked up for the longest. I didn't get it fixed until about the last few games and even then I didn't play on my PC until the final game. I didn't realize the resolution limits differing from twd to twl were so great.

It's quite difficult to go from a 1600+-1200+ res to w/e the twl max res was or w/e my graphics card and monitor would allow. I mean, just imagine being in the NFL wearing a certain type of eye wear to correct your vision, then being told in the final match of the playoffs to remove them "shut up, best analogy I could think of".

[Turban]

money: since im banned from forums can soeone post on forums in this thread that styles is afaggot for me? thx http://forums.trenchwars.org/showthr...058#post761058

done!

and yes, you're a fag! fagfagfaggotryfag!

- money

[Stabwound]

It really has nothing to do with losing pixels or whining about being able to see more of the screen; the annoying thing about the current res limit is that if you have an LCD monitor larger than the limit you have to play in windowed mode or it's stretched and looks like shit. I hate playing windowed and I'm sure a lot of others do, too.

I don't play DD/LD/elim but I'm assuming it would be the only league that may suffer from having a much larger limit of 1920x1200. I don't see how it would be much of an issue at all in BD/LB/base since extending to 1920x1200 is just going to give you a bit farther down view of the base. Would it really be that big of a deal in JD/LD/baseelim, either?

What if the limit was raised for the 2 leagues and not warbirds? Or would it actually be an issue for javs too?

[Burnt]

What if the limit was raised for the 2 leagues and not warbirds? Or would it actually be an issue for javs too?

I would think higher resolution would be an advantage in javs, often times you get hit by a bomb fired from off screen and if you had higher resolution those would be a lot easier to avoid. Same thing with aiming bombs from off screen, if you see people on your screen more with higher resolution, it's easier to aim at them.

I would think higher resolution would be an advantage in javs, often times you get hit by a bomb fired from off screen and if you had higher resolution those would be a lot easier to avoid. Same thing with aiming bombs from off screen, if you see people on your screen more with higher resolution, it's easier to aim at them.

edit: going by what Arobas+ posted, 6815 people have an advantage over the 8405 people (even more than that if you count people that can't reach xxxx X 1024, like laptop users) that use resolutions lower than that. Kinda makes you think.

Considering 1280x1024 is the most used resolution, it doesn't make sense to make the limit any lower than that. If you were to increase it to 1680x1050, then the users with that and higher would have an advantage over everyone else. 1680x1050 and higher has 5644 users (20%) and users below that add up to 22600 (80%.) So I don't think it makes sense to give 20% of the people an advantage over the remaining 80% by increasing the limit to 1680x1050.

[Stylez]

money: since im banned from forums can soeone post on forums in this thread that styles is afaggot for me? thx http://forums.trenchwars.org/showthr...058#post761058

done!

and yes, you're a fag! fagfagfaggotryfag!

- money

The irony of this is you're the one riding my dick.

Though for a guy who has to cross his eyes to see straight and supports his kid/s on food stamps, I'd have to say a white trash guy like you certainly makes for an intellectual argument. -_-

[Turban]

higher resolution limit in TWLB and TWBD would not give any advantages to those that have a higher resolution available, hence changing the resolution limit in that league/division would be nothing but fair to those that want to use their native resolution.

it is not an advantage even in TWLJ and TWJD, considering for most of the part over 85% of the kills in that league/division is done within close range, basically anything from suicides to short distance shots, and the remaining 15% will be either team kills, "strays" and real strays. no one that is smart would start aiming from far range to kill people, as it's not smart, not efficient and completely kills the teaming that is going on -- plus almost no one would die to those bombs anyways. you would maybe hit one out of 10-20 bombs with luck by shooting from long distance all the time, unless you have a great aim and your opponent sucks... a lot.

team kills are obvious and you know who to blame for them for most of the time. Basically either when you get 2FER'd with an enemy because of your team mate, or when your team mate shoots a terrible bomb (intentional or just plain bad) and kills you/your team with it.

then there is these "strays" that Burnt was talking about, which are easily dodgeable even with a lower resolution than 1280x1024, unless you or your opponent suck hardcore and don't know how to play the ship. basically what I am talking about are the shots that are fired from a long distance, such as a bomb fired from base towards spawn (even if the resolution was increased to 1980x1200, it would only give an additional x176 pixels to dodge those) or bombs that are shot from long distance inside the base. These bombs are easy to dodge with most resolutions, thus you are the one to blame if you die to these kind of bombs. javelin bombs aren't fast at all compared to warbird bullets, not to mention they are bigger and easier to see too! just have to stay away from the walls and learn to react on time (aka: don't be a retard).

then there's the real strays, where most of the deaths happen after "real kills" (see above if you forgot what I meant with that) and basically these situations happen when..

- you successfully dodge a bomb and some idiot from your team catches it when the bomb wasn't aimed for him/her. a lot of deaths happen because of this shit -- more than you want to admit.

- bomb that bounces back from the wall in a weird angle -- that shit is way too common and annoying as hell, but doesn't kill too often as most good people already "know that it could happen" and move away on time.

- weird bombs that fly in sick angles and end up hitting you (either directly, as a 2fer or as a lev). doesn't happen too often, though.

or any similar scenario to those three. these are what i would call "strays" rather than the far range shots which are easily dodgeable with any resolution above 800x600 (still doable with that resolution, just a bit harder as you actually have to focus with that resolution).

uh, so ..

tl;dr:

- higher resolution does not give a big "advantage" in TWLJ/TWLB.
- most kills in TWLJ are done within close range, and only a very small percent of kills are done from long distance -- and those bombs are easily dodgeable unless you suck.
- you die to teamkills, stray 2fers and real strays WAY more often than to far range shots, unless you suck.
- i hate to post when i'm tired, and this shit probably did not make any sense at all.

^fml. fuck me, that post made it seem like i actually cared. rofl.

1280x986 FOR LIFE! WINDOWED! [can't play with 1280x1024 with this resolution, unless i go full screen.. but i will never.. ever.. play full screen!] :wub:

fail!