Vanguard: Saga of Heroes

Post by **skipclarke** » 22 Jan 2007, 20:46

Widescreen Grade: A
Multi-monitor Grade: A

Read Full Detailed Report - Vanguard: Saga of Heroes

Vanguard: SOH is the MMORPG from Sigil Online. Unfortunately it is no longer online.

Gizmo · Post by **Gizmo** » 22 Jan 2007, 21:54

Thanks for the info and shots Ibrin

I find it pretty funny how SOH is only -vert when Ryan Elam, Director of Technology at Sigil Games was saying how it was "quite simple" to support widescreen....i guess theres widescreen and then the widescreen and i dont feel - vert is true widescreen its just a simple hack and stinks of rush support not real support for WS gamers

i can only hope they fix this in retail and provide true +horz widescreen
i was looking forward to trying this MMO but untill WS is fix they wont be getting my money...

Post by **The_cranky_hermit** » 22 Jan 2007, 23:40

C+. Widescreen support is pretty much identical to World of Warcraft (games that lack a singleplayer mode aren't penalized for stretched FMVs).

Post by **skipclarke** » 23 Jan 2007, 00:19

Thanks for the info and shots Ibrin

I find it pretty funny how SOH is only -vert when Ryan Elam, Director of Technology at Sigil Games was saying how it was "quite simple" to support widescreen....i guess theres widescreen and then the widescreen and i dont feel - vert is true widescreen its just a simple hack and stinks of rush support not real support for WS gamers

i can only hope they fix this in retail and provide true +horz widescreen
i was looking forward to trying this MMO but untill WS is fix they wont be getting my money...

I still have his and Brad's email, I'm going to direct them to this topic and ask if WS support will be "corrected" at retail release, or with a patch.

blueyedsoul · Post by **blueyedsoul** » 23 Jan 2007, 02:35

I hope the answer doesn't come back as "Well you can just zoom out..."

Post by **skipclarke** » 23 Jan 2007, 02:47

I hope the answer doesn't come back as "Well you can just zoom out..."

Any my answer will be, "That's a shame, as that's not providing true widescreen support."

Post by **skipclarke** » 23 Jan 2007, 06:44

I emailed the folks at Sigil, and Ryan responded very quickly with this:

We will have widescreen support, Ibrin.

It is coming soon, it just is not in yet.

Blame slow programmers like me. =)

Ryan

This is good news indeed. I'll keep logging in every few days to see if the widescreen support has been added.

blueyedsoul · Post by **blueyedsoul** » 23 Jan 2007, 07:50

I blame Ryan! Just kidding, that is indeed a very good prospect. I hope we see it soon.

Gizmo · Post by **Gizmo** » 23 Jan 2007, 13:04

I emailed the folks at Sigil, and Ryan responded very quickly with this:

We will have widescreen support, Ibrin.

It is coming soon, it just is not in yet.

Blame slow programmers like me. =)

Ryan

This is good news indeed. I'll keep logging in every few days to see if the widescreen support has been added.

Thats Very good news :)

Many thanks for taking the time to email them and post the info for us
i look forward to your updates on there WS progress :)

Cheers
Gizmo

Post by **skipclarke** » 23 Jan 2007, 15:54

And one more update:

OK should have a patch coming in the next couple days with Widescreen support. It auto-generates the field of view using the current aspect ratio... may consider this a bad thing, but it means you can't see a 4:3 "view" on a 16:9 monitor...but this also means you can run it on 4:3,
4:4, 16:9, 16:10, 43:7... whatever is coming (though 43:7 would look
really funky).

I don't think anyone wants to run 4:3 on a 16:9, when it's Hor+, so I don't see that as a draw-back.

Post by **The_cranky_hermit** » 23 Jan 2007, 23:23

it means you can't see a 4:3 "view" on a 16:9 monitor

What does this mean, exactly? Is this behavior different from any other 3D game that supports 16:9 well?

Post by **skipclarke** » 24 Jan 2007, 00:46

it means you can't see a 4:3 "view" on a 16:9 monitor

What does this mean, exactly? Is this behavior different from any other 3D game that supports 16:9 well?

Not sure. I will be testing 1600x1200 whenever they patch it.

Nadger · Post by **Nadger** » 07 Mar 2007, 02:39

Vanguard fully supports true +horizontal widescreen now.

Post by **The_cranky_hermit** » 07 Mar 2007, 05:23

Can you show comparison screenshots? Or maybe do a report for the updated version?

Nadger · Post by **Nadger** » 09 Mar 2007, 00:16

Okay i took 3 screenshots. One at 1600x1200, one at 1600:1024, and one at 1600:900

I sized them down to fit well in this page but I have some unscaled screenshots as links below.

I also left my interface on to show it does not distort.

1600x1200

1600x1024

1600x900

I do notice a little distortion of the 3d object near the edges of the screen. Objects appear wider at the edges then they do at the center.

Here are the links to the unscaled screenshots without interface:

http://turtlehair.net/nads/van/4x3-2.jpg

http://turtlehair.net/nads/van/16x10-2.jpg

Post by **The_cranky_hermit** » 09 Mar 2007, 01:42

Vanguard is now certified.

Post by **skipclarke** » 09 Aug 2007, 02:19

Nadger's pics aren't hosted anymore, but we got them and they can be seen in the Detailed Report

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/wiki/index.php/Vanguard:_Saga_of_Heroes

P-Storm · Post by **P-Storm** » 09 Aug 2007, 10:31

Damn, true hor+ trough the programmers, nice work :D

Something what more devs have to do i think :wink:

Exmortis · Post by **Exmortis** » 28 Apr 2012, 16:31

Incase anyone actually reads this, Vanguard has been announced as going F2P (Free to PLay) summer 2012. Exact date is not known, but a full dev team is being assembled now, they have started rolling out bug fixes, and getting game migrated onto SoE market place. Dev team size is unklnown, but we have a dedicated game producer, technical director and creative director. VG has not had that kind of dex support in 4yrs. Seems SoE is going to make a valiant effort to recreate game interest and bring in more players.

Has and will be some growing pains until then, game has been left for 2yrs no work, and it has had no previous inegration to SoW's market place.

First of the new content will roll out after F2P.

MMO players, this is a must play game. And with F2P it wil;l be free to give it w try.

I play eyefinity, have since its inception with my 5870 and now 7970. Some texture issues with 7970, some fixed with 12.4 new ones added :) I am putting feedbacks in to cat crew with every revision. Game is based on Unreal 2.0 engine, alot of games share that engine.

I will try too remember to take some screenies, BTW screenies for VG look terrible thru game engine, unreal 2.0 strips much of the in game settings when taking them, they do not look half as good in game. I do not have an external screen cap, maybe I will look for one.

itpaladin1 · Post by **itpaladin1** » 30 Aug 2012, 03:46

Who ever wrote, "Unfortunately it is no longer online", is wrong.

It never went offline and is now FTP with restrictions.

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