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EULA, too.

I don't trust EA after trying to legitimize installing a rootkit on my machine.
And I don't trust them not doing it again in the near future.

That sadly means I'll have to pass on Mass Effect 3. Passing on Dragon Age 3 is easy, given how abysmal DA2 turned out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_frLNCnjnY

I want that in a DLC! :)

Those of you using the inexpensive adapter for an eyefinity setup probably encountered the problem:
your displayport monitor sometimes switches to 640x480 resolution, breaking the eyefinity display group. no possibility of resetting the resolution.

Something that worked for me: physically ...

This adapter allows you to connect a third display to your eyefinity graphics card without requiring you to buy an expensive active displayport adapter cable (>$100).



One source for this particular adapter is here:
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330379051140

For ...

Took some time but I got my problems sorted out.
I had occasional problems with the analog monitor not being recognized after changing the catalyst setup. Had only 640x480 on the vga display for a time.
I solved it by swapping one display for the other, starting the detection process from ...

Hey, I just got my adapter, too!

IT WORKS!!

I got it from ebay (retailer sits in hongkong) for about €13 and he shipped it to germany without shipping fee:
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330379051140

PS: I'm using it with a Radeon HD 5850 and three 19'' DVI/VGA ...

Don't get your hopes up.

It looks like the developers are intentionally boycotting surround gaming (and widescreen resolutions) because it apparently gives an unfair advantage to players with better hardware.

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/02/11/dont_buy_global_agenda_editorial

I ...

A bit offtopic but useful and not widely known:

You can even make HD-Playlists !

First you have to have a playlist, of course. But youtube only displays then in low quality. And even if you hit the HD button, the next video will be LQ again.

However, if you add a &hd=1 to the url in ...

instead of changing the FOV you can simply change the Terminal zoom.


fRenderedTerminalZoom=72

I'm playing with the scanlines-setting. if that helps improving readability i'll post it.

I just noticed that the latest expansion didn't have a solution yet, so I added one for the expansion and one for the best civ mod ever: Fall from Heaven

Step 1: Backup the originals. Really, I mean it.
Step 2: Edit Beyond the Sword files.
I'll just put the changes here. Replace the ...

yeah, you can edit the CIV4DetailManager.xml (all of them - there's one for the main game and one for each expansion) like this:

<Fader>
<Name>CAMERA_MAX_DISTANCE_FADER </Name>
<!-- <Value>0.75</Value>
-->
<Value>0.5</Value>
&lt ...

akatei is correct ... Changing the FOV should remove the Vert -

no, he isn't.

fov get's you more horizontal scope, true, but do not get to see whats cropped due to the vert- .

you basically get a triple zoom ... and thats unplayable if you're inside buildings.

FOV ain't the problem.
-vert is the problem.

Hi,

I managed to change the resolution by changing the .SystemPostal2.ini , but it's cropping vertical instead of enlarging horizontal, which isn't very playable.

does anyone have an idea how to change that?

thanks!

Enjoy a REALLY far out zoom:

open the config.wtf file located in the WTF folder.

Find the entries for cameraDistance and replace them with
SET cameraDistanceA "50.000000"
SET cameraDistanceB "100.000000"
SET cameraDistanceC "200"
SET ...

Since the latest patch efficiently eliminated the mod we need a a small workaround:

Open the file %path%World of WarcraftWTFConfig.wtf

Find the line
SET cameraDistanceMaxFactor "2"
an change it to
SET cameraDistanceMaxFactor "5".

Now you got your maximum possible zoom back.

the mod simply lets you zoom out farther than usual, provided the enviroment lets you.

Those who despaired because of the poor field of view can now relax a bit

Without camera mod:


With camera mod:


This should make the game more playable.

Simply install this mod: http://www.curse-gaming.com/en/wow/addons-2478-1-improvedcamera.html

Then open the settings ...

Any idea how to set the aspect ratio to surround values ?

I know the basic stuff (see http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/node/ but since you're limited to the preconfigured aspect ratios (4:3 16:9 16:10) everything looks pretty warped.

nah, since i have dvi output only. :)