[Graphic] - An Option to reduce the lightning/effects (Alt. way to solve this is provided)
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edit: Manually lower the texture quality reduces the intensity of lightning and spells effect.
How to lower the texture quality:
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The only option to reduce the effect at the moment is to manually change the texture quality. 1. Locate production_config.ini (I found mine in C:/user/user/My document/My Games/Path of exile. 2. Open it with notepad. 3. Find "texture_quality" and change its value to 4 (1 = highest texture, 4 = lowest texture) -> "texture_quality=4" 4. Save & Exit, start the game. Turn the particle and effects off with 3rd part program "particle mod tool" (BANNABLE):
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Google it if you want but remember, it is bannable.
" Screenshot with the result: http://i.imgur.com/fbq0dAP.jpg First of all, I want to thank all you people who are involved in this game. The game is really fun and entertaining. In my opinion you guys have nailed the soundtrack and environment/atmosphere, it is dark and cool... I love it and just wanted to give you guys some input and suggestions. The suggestion: - An option to reduce the lightning or effects in game. Reason: The lightning and effects is stealing all the unwanted attention which leads to some kind of blindness. This is especially noticeable in darker environments, like in the caves and dungeons. When playing with three or more players the pain to ones eyes is even greater. Almost makes you blind and dizzy after playing more than one hour. By reducing the effects, I think will lead to a more active gameplay where you spend more time on positioning, kiting, helping teammates out and less time on localizing monsters or surprising death. My thoughts: I know that this feature is not easy to implement and that it will take long time, but I really think this option is necessary if you want to enhance the gameplay when playing in groups greater than three, because as it is now it is like a big chaos and the eyes get overwhelmed by all the blur and effects. Because of the blindness, that leads people to play passive and ineffective because they cannot really see what is going in the game and have problem distinguishing between friend and foe when fighting. And please do not get me wrong, I enjoy all the effects, they are really great when you are playing alone, my suggestions is more for enhancing the group play experience. Let me hear your thoughts on this guys! :] Other threads related to this issue:
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[graphic] option on/off visual effects spells/skills others pl
http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/202593 Disable Skill Effect http://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/18s04i/disable_skill_effects/ Please let me turn off other characters spell effect http://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/17w7rz/please_let_me_turn_off_other_characters_spell/ Spell Effects Need to be *Drastically* Toned Down/Removed https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/143724 Option to hide enemy effects https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/179151 Option to turn off party members effects/summons http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/190590 Let us turn spell effects down http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/139447 Grafic-Option ->Reduced Visual-Effects of Skills,Spells,Auras http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/100755 Disable Effects (Video Option request) http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/140586 We NEED options to reduce graphical clutter http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/16654 Area of Effect , Summons, Auras , and FPS Drops (Chime in if you have them) http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/111563 Last edited by wajdjaj#2085 on Mar 4, 2013, 5:10:22 PM
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They have already stated that they will not remove lightning effects, as it takes away from the environment look and feel that was intended.
I read the official post somewhere in the forums.. look it up Beta member since: 0.9.8f (April 23rd 2012)
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I can only find this:
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" that is it, he is the visual effects designer. After thinking about it.. they may be willing to put in a way to reduce the effects... but ya... removing is out of the question according to Russell Beta member since: 0.9.8f (April 23rd 2012)
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I just hope some developer read this and are aware that this issue is bigger than it seems.
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Just download Particlemod.
Implement /players x already
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I totally agree, but...
" Legend has it you can go even lower. But beware the descent into darkness, for it is the stuff of nightmares. Last edited by glovedust#4039 on Feb 27, 2013, 11:31:21 PM
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Thanks for the suggestions, the particle mod works well and together with the lower texture this is so good!
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Awesome suggestion and alternative way to solve it.
Hoping to see an in game solution soon! |
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What I would specifically like out of the devs is two different things:
1, which is performance related, and that would be to be able to reduce the qualtity/qualtity of the particle effects. 2, which is quality of life related, and that would be to be able to control the transparency of other players effects (perhaps with a slider). In order to expeditite the handling of this, I'll say that if it's not in the GUI but in the text file, I'm okay with that. As they approach the final release of the game, they should consider having one of those test modules which optimizes #1 for performance. But that's just a final polish thing. I also have another request, which is closely related, and that is: 3, please do something about summons. I'm not sure what, but do something. |
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