Aion: The Tower of Eternity

L2Phantom · Post by **L2Phantom** » 12 Jul 2009, 17:40

Has anyone tried this on triple screen yet? They have had multiple beta weekends and I'm itching to pre-order it, but its really going to suck if its just single screen compatible!

Gladi · Post by **Gladi** » 12 Jul 2009, 20:47

If I remember correctly from chinese beta, it worked. Without any problems ;)

L2Phantom · Post by **L2Phantom** » 13 Jul 2009, 00:47

Great news, thanks so much!

Azul · Post by **Azul** » 07 Aug 2009, 06:45

I've been playing in beta and while the game will allow you to access 5040 x 1040 (in my case), it is very difficult to play due to the fact the camera will not pan back far enough (even on max distance settings) to give you a good sense of depth.

Post by **Gilly** » 07 Aug 2009, 07:11

yeah they camera is awful even for my liking on a single 1680x1050 screen

Nosferatu05 · Post by **Nosferatu05** » 07 Aug 2009, 21:28

Maybe there is a command to expand the camera even more like you can do in WoW. Don´t know the command and Aion eather but try asking in there forum might help.

Azul · Post by **Azul** » 08 Aug 2009, 07:32

Just for grins, I sent in a ticket to NCSoft as the official forums aren't back up until the next beta play session. I asked if it was possible to look into the camera distance and got the following response:

Modifying the camera follow distance beyond what the game has hard coded is not possible. The best bet is to provide a suggestion on the Beta forums so the developers can consider making changes. Please let us know if you have further questions.

So basically the resolution is supported but everything in-game appears so up close. I wonder if there's an .ini file that can be modified to change the camera distance?

L2Phantom · Post by **L2Phantom** » 08 Aug 2009, 23:23

Yeah played in the beta weekend and I experienced this problem. Totally unplayable in PvP.

chillrage · Post by **chillrage** » 09 Aug 2009, 03:12

how close is close? do you have some screenshots? please elaborate :)

mancur · Post by **mancur** » 13 Aug 2009, 05:47

Aion appears to be rendering the game in a VERT- fashion across multiple monitors, which is extremely disappointing.

To see the problem, look here for screenshots and description:
http://www.aionsource.com/forum/images-art-video-sound/14909-aion-5040x1050-warning-large-files-10.html

From the screenshots above, it appears that your field-of-view when running 1680x1050 x3 would be equivalent to someone running one monitor 1680x350! Meaning, you gain no more horizontal information than a single monitor setup, and you lose 1/3 of the vertical information.

If anyone can confirm differently, please do.

I'm going to file a bug report on the official forums this weekend. I'll post a link here when I do, so please pile on and let them know this is a problem.

Azul · Post by **Azul** » 13 Aug 2009, 05:51

Nice work mancur and I'll definitely be submitting a report this weekend as well. Hopefully the devs fix this.

Post by **Gilly** » 13 Aug 2009, 10:38

on 1680x1050 i had *slightly* more FoV than my GF's machine at 1280*1024.. but not a lot :(

Post by **Gilly** » 14 Aug 2009, 19:55

ill post up screenies... they fixed the camera zoom

set in options....

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/1074/aion0000ell.jpg 1680*1050

comparison screenshot... 1400*1050

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/7277/aion0001vwc.jpg

EDIT (7245891274891) looks like the FoV does increase in the WS setting in game at least, without vert-

at least to my eyes :P

mancur · Post by **mancur** » 14 Aug 2009, 22:12

Gilly, I assume you're running triple-screen? If so, do you have a screenshot of 5040x1050 also? That's where the VERT- is coming into play.

Thanks.

Post by **Gilly** » 14 Aug 2009, 23:40

just a single nec screen :) no TH2GO for me

mancur · Post by **mancur** » 15 Aug 2009, 01:58

Hey guys,

The widescreen Bug Report on the beta forums has been posted!

To all who are interested, please add your voice so we can show NCSoft there are a number of people greatly disappointed by this.

Aion: Widescreen (multi-monitor) display broken/unplayable
http://betaboards.aiononline.com/showthread.php?t=19823

mancur · Post by **mancur** » 18 Aug 2009, 16:32

So, if NCSoft never fixes this, what are the chances of either making a 3rd party utility or modifying an existing one to correct for the FOV?

I think there was already an external fix for the Crytek engine (Far Cry), which Aion is based on.

Any ideas?

Azul · Post by **Azul** » 19 Aug 2009, 08:16

I tried the Crytek engine fix developed for Far Cry and didn't have any luck

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/node/#comment-

I really hope that the release version fixes this. I'm not looking for an advantage just a decent widescreen scaling solution.

L2Phantom · Post by **L2Phantom** » 19 Aug 2009, 16:54

Regarding 3rd party fixes, I've heard that Game Guard is easily bypassed so I'm sure it can be done.

Anirk · Post by **Anirk** » 24 Aug 2009, 17:29

I sent in a ticket to ncsoft regarding this issue and I suggest everyone do the same.

I am awaiting a response...

It is quite disappointing that this highly anticipated title has this kind of a problem, I was really looking forward to playing this game via 3 monitors

Widescreen Gaming Forum