Lighting setting: LOW, a cheat!?

[LahLahSr]

Re: Lighting setting: LOW, a cheat!?

The bigger issue here is: if people, who own mega-rigs, turn down their settings to get that comparative competitive edge - what else are they willing to do to get ahead?
Spending hundreds of hours, looking at a game that's been artificially reduced in visual quality just to get a possible advantage, tells you something about a persons' priorities and level of obessiveness...

...chalk another one up to the stats...

Cheers :-)

[machstem]

Re: Lighting setting: LOW, a cheat!?

What are you gonna do? Not everyone has SLi Nvidia 7900 GTX's

I have one 7800GT 256mb and I can have everything to full settings, including 4xaa, AND I crank up the setting even more by pushing the AA to 8xaa on my nvidia videocard. You definitely don't need SLi to play this game on everything HIGH 1280x1024

As for the low graphic settings, I always know who has low settings..by how well they see me....try playing POE2 with your graphic settings set to the highest, it's even more difficult considering the brush and other high obstacles. It's so damn difficult to see infantry some days, but I manage and get by!

PEACE

Clans... bring out the best in people.

I was JUST going to say something about that.

Can't commit to an enjoyable game, it has to be a competitive game..

Oh well, to each their own.

PEACE

[DOGGiE52]

Re: Lighting setting: LOW, a cheat!?

Not a cheat, IMO
The thing is many HAVE to use the low setting as it is a big system hog.
This being the case, if you want to even the playing field out or your a big stat Whore, yes you have to use low setting.
I personally don't use the low setting because my system is pimp and the low setting looks lame.

Well I have thought of this too, and I actually think I'll start using lightning off and all other on, because in the daytime when the sun shines in, it's often hard to see your opponent.

[solofowaffles]

Re: Lighting setting: LOW, a cheat!?

so u guys dont like the lighting well i do(i saw it ata friends house)and because i liked it so much ill give u my uber high rig for one of urs,it comes with 512 mb of ram!a nvidia 5500 fx!!!!(pci)and it is uber 1337.

[BulletToothTony]

Re: Lighting setting: LOW, a cheat!?

I would like to make a point. I haven't read the whole thread so forgive me if it has been said before. I play on mostly low settings. I have played on medium to high. When I want 20 fps I do. Low gives me 50 fps. But my point is this. I think high has its advantages too. Like shadows. The few times I have played with them on. I see peoples shadows around corners before I see them. That helps. I see peoples shadows on the ground that are on a roof above me. That helps. With effects. On high I see the smoke trail from the m203 and know where it came from. That helps. So I think the door swings both ways. Just depends on the situation. And if you want fair. Go compete in the real world. Sports are one of the few places where you find a level playing field. Online it will never happen. Only a LAN party were everyone has the same PC and the same length of cord to the server will it come close to a level playing field.

[cliffro]

Re: Lighting setting: LOW, a cheat!?

I'm in a clan too, but never have i been asked to lower my settings for an advantage in any game we play competitively(just one, AA). I started playing PC games back in 98 and the reason for switching was the superior graphics, so i will not reduce the quality for an edge. I'd rather die in an awesome enviroment then kill in a dull one

[imported_funk3h]

Re: Lighting setting: LOW, a cheat!?

Hehe, low-meduim GFX ftw.

[disfigured]

Re: Lighting setting: LOW, a cheat!?

Chimming in..........

It can't possibly be a cheat. By definition alone. A cheat would have to be something standard that gives everyone an advantage over everyone else (to some extent) , who is not using "the cheat". So those who can't display advanced lighting effects are automatically cheating? Those who can display them, even though graphics have never fallen into the realm of exploit or a league standard, are cheating if they don't turn them off?

It doesn't add up.

I took them off for a while. BF2 has notoriously hign ends of the spectrum when it comes to lighting. Dark is pitch black and light is blinding sometimes. At least with my rig and the drivers I've been using that has been the case. I think it is a disadvantage to leaving them on high. Even if this is the case community wide, turning them down, or no being able to use them, is really a stretch when describing something as a cheat.

I recently put them back on and had forgot how good things look with "maxed" lighting effects (in all categories). It affects other aspects of graphics, not only the corners of dark rooms.

[JTF2_darkloop]

Re: Lighting setting: LOW, a cheat!?

definately a cheat

umm.. no.
think about it
how is that cheating

[Sloi sauce]

Re: Lighting setting: LOW, a cheat!?

It's just a way for the engine to give some of the "Basic Requirements" crowd a bit more performance. In all honesty, I don't see what the big deal is: just put your lighting on LOW if you're so concerned about having an even playing field.