Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars ... TripleHead

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 20 Jun 2007, 22:21

Find the ... etqwconfig.cfg ... in (Vista) ... C:UsersUser NameDocumentsEnemy Territory Quake Wars Public Betabase ... open it with WordPad

Change these lines ... to ...

seta r_customAspectRatioV "1"

seta r_customAspectRatioH "4"

seta r_aspectRatio "-1"

seta r_customHeight "1024"

seta r_customWidth "3840"

seta r_mode "-1"

Post by **g00seberry** » 20 Jun 2007, 22:51

Wow, great that it's all good n proper....

But what awful, AWFUL graphics. Megatexture my arse.

skeeder · Post by **skeeder** » 21 Jun 2007, 03:33

demos never come with high end textures.

Reason #1 is download size...and reason #2, why put all the whistles on a non-finished product?

Apple · Post by **Apple** » 21 Jun 2007, 05:22

Wow, great that it's all good n proper....

But what awful, AWFUL graphics. Megatexture my arse.

Its just the beta.. I'm sure it will be improved.

It seems the game isn't designed for triplehead. Notice how the tree's and mountains aren't rendered properly at the sides. Your not supposed to see them like that I'm sure... They go like that when not in view on a normal setup with one monitor but with triplehead you see it.
Although the tree's dont really look great anyway....

:WWTH2Go

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 21 Jun 2007, 08:40

Sorry guys ... I think that is as good as it gets ... those screenshots were with everything at MAX ...
Here is one with everything at MIN ...

It seems the game isn't designed for triplehead. Notice how the tree's and mountains aren't rendered properly at the sides. Your not supposed to see them like that I'm sure... They go like that when not in view on a normal setup with one monitor but with triplehead you see it.
Although the tree's dont really look great anyway....

Actually I think it all looks good in TH ... and the sidescreen distortion is normal for TH ...
http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/node/7185

Also ... in game it doesn't seem half as bad as it is in the screenshots ... that goes for textures etc. on MAX and the distortion ... I also think the trees aren't so bad either ... :? ... :lol: ... are my standards dropping ... ? ... :lol:

The mega textures do help the distant land look fine ... no tiling ... it kinda tricks the eye and looks very good.

Apple · Post by **Apple** » 21 Jun 2007, 10:30

Its not the distortion, I know thats normal and doesn't bother me at all. Its how the tree's look like flat 2d sprites on the sides in some of the screenshots.

I do think the graphics over all are pretty good though, and the full game will most likely be awesome!

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 21 Jun 2007, 10:52

Oh yeah it is odd how the trees on the sidescreens look like that ...
I think it is just the way the trees go as they go further into the distance ... and the sidescreens tend to kinda magnify things sometimes.

Being on the sidescreens it isn't too much of a problem as those sidescreens are just for adding to the immersion your too busy concentrating on the center screen ... I hadn't really noticed them until you pointed it out.

Post by **g00seberry** » 21 Jun 2007, 13:27

demos never come with high end textures.

Reason #1 is download size...and reason #2, why put all the whistles on a non-finished product?

I'd put money on the released product looking IDENTICAL. They won't be making graphical changes at this stage.

Textures may look good in the distance, but when they look useless close up, what's the point? I guess i should reserve judgement till i actually play it though, jumping to conclusions based on screenshots atm.

How about a high-res fraps Paddy? :)

ajg · Post by **ajg** » 21 Jun 2007, 14:18

Not very pretty is it. Think BF looks better than this

HomerJR · Post by **HomerJR** » 21 Jun 2007, 22:38

Not very pretty is it. Think BF looks better than this

Nope. I know it's subjective with how things "look" but having played both engines now I give the ET:QW the nod over the ageing BF2 engine.

And thanks Paddy for the TH settings! I downloaded the client last night and tried the game on the beta servers. It seems to play pretty well for a beta. No doubt they'll be problems, but then that's what testing is for.

With this being one of the first few DX10 enabled online battle games, hopefully it holds me until Crysis and UT3 come out.

Violent Ken · Post by **Violent Ken** » 21 Jun 2007, 23:17

AWESOME!! so when is it over? when should i order the dx10 pc?! :D :D :D

Valken · Post by **Valken** » 22 Jun 2007, 03:17

Paddy,

Do you mind giving us some FPS numbers in triple head? Both at max and min graphics? I just ordered a 8800 640 GTS and wonder if that will be enough.

Looks great to me! Can't want for UT3 and Crysis by the end of the year!

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 22 Jun 2007, 08:15

There are frame rates displayed in the top right corner ... of the screenshots.
fps varied quite a bit ... and were a bit strange ... some times up ... some times down ... :?
If you look the fps were the same on max and min settings ... :? ... :shock: ... :lol:

Since I took the screenshots I have found this for tweaking the fps ... http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2042

H0Ju · Post by **H0Ju** » 23 Jun 2007, 19:47

There are frame rates displayed in the top right corner ... of the screenshots.
fps varied quite a bit ... and were a bit strange ... some times up ... some times down ... :?
If you look the fps were the same on max and min settings ... :? ... :shock: ... :lol:

Since I took the screenshots I have found this for tweaking the fps ... http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2042

My ETQW client refuses to start if I have FRAPS running, so I can only say that at 3840x1024 with full detail on it runs as smooth as silk. I don't pretend to have a normal computer though, so take that for what it's worth.

A great "battlefield" game for TH2G!

But when at the 3840 res, the scope view for the Covert Ops or Rocket Launcher dude are really squished to the point of unplayable. Not too troublesome for the RL as you just wait to get lock and it doesn't matter if you can see them right or not. But for the sniper it's useless and sort of a shame.

Also, ETQW supports the LCD screen on my G15 keyboard. Nothing really special as the same player stat info is on the HUD, but nice just the same.

cheers

starfighter · Post by **starfighter** » 01 Jul 2007, 19:20

Let the Quake Wars begin !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 02 Jul 2007, 19:06

Beta Patch out ... now with bots ... http://www.fileplanet.com/178662/170000/fileinfo/Enemy-Territory:-Quake-Wars-Beta---Patch-#1

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 02 Jul 2007, 19:42

Oh no ! ... after the patch I can't get TripleHead to work .... :(

Violent Ken · Post by **Violent Ken** » 03 Jul 2007, 01:38

soo. i installed and what does the patch even change? i was hoping for another map or more players :?

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 03 Jul 2007, 08:10

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ENEMY TERRITORY: QUAKE WARS(TM)
PUBLIC BETA README
Last updated 6-25-2007
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Patch vers 1.1
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CHANGE LIST
- Improved prediction
- Memory leak fixes (mostly for servers)
- Bots activated
- Server browser fixes
- Punkbuster activated
- Fixes for various compatibility issues

:wink:

JohnnyWakko · Post by **JohnnyWakko** » 04 Jul 2007, 07:15

Does this mean I need Vista to play Quake Wars? What about UT3? I thought both of these were DX9.

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