Jeez I hate that I saw this thread :( Was excited to run out and get SH4 tomorrow, I cut my sub-sim teeth on Silent Service II way back in 1990 and have been waiting 17 years to get back in the Pacific! This is making me think twice but I imagine I'll get it anyway. (What can I say, I ain't the brightest light that shines!)

Personally, I blame the mod community for this (tongue-in-cheek here, OK?) Look what they did for SH3, they turned it into the game that UBI should have released to begin with, and all for free! Can you blame UBI/devs/whoever? I'm sure they were going "Let's just get the game released. The mods will finish it for us and make it a game worth playing, and it won't cost us a cent! Meanwhile we'll make big $$$ on the hype we've generated!!!"

Let's try to look on the bright side, in 6 months or so hopefully, the modders will give us the game we paid UBI for! You guys that make the mods RULE!!!

It seems several pages are missing, maybe pre-forum crash.

Possible! I see one person stating an issue at this point. We can not doubt his pictures. Does anyone else have any?

Also, I read the interface can be changed. Is not he interface the buttons and dials?

Upscaling a dated 1024x768 resolution to higher resolutions, rather than natively supporting them, may likely be a show stopper for many.

There's a thread at the official forum in the community tech help section saying the same thing.

First let me state that I remember seeing a screenie from the French site that showed a drop-down box of available resolutions and there were MANY that went up to 2900(?) something or other.

Secondly, I was thinking that w/o AA I would run the game at a higher resolution to side-step the issue. Oh well. :nope:

Third, this is horrible! How could they even think to release a sim in this state after all the promises made? :down:

I'll ask again, is it the interface meaning the dials and such on the bottom that will change to higher resolution? I don't know.

:roll:

No doubt a fix for this will come out. But seriously are some of you going to dump SHIV because of resolution issues? Then go back to your desk duty! I dont care much whether zagged edges are all over my boat, tis really about the gameplay.

SHIV is v1.0 or might even be v0.09 so dont be quick to uninstall the game, wait and have faith in the dev's or modders.:)

Yes, as clearly evidenced by the screen shot snippet that started this thread, the instruments and other "UI" elements are in the correct resolution, while the 3-D world components (you know, the stuff that *matters*) are in low rez and stretched to fit in the high rez window.

Just today, I was trying to get a good range on a large cargo, when the mast kept flickering in and out of visibilty due to the aliasing of such a low rez... and I thought to myself, "well on wednesday I'll be looking at a nice high rez 1680x1050 image."

So ya, this hurts. And for gameplay reasons.

I would love to see more folks screenies confirming this issue. I have seen 1 persons screenies, and 2 or 3 more saying they have the same issue..... anyone?

Yes, more evidence is needed.

What I'm getting at is this, the interface is changed to higher res but the 3D world is not change able. In the UBI forums the developer stated interface.

"Sound off like you got a pair!"
 

How many in this thread have got sh4? EVERYBODY ELSE LAY OFF A MINUTE.

Calm down. I never said I have the game. I can see the screenshots like everyone else.

I only stated that widescreens need to run in their native rez or they look crappy. My old games still look good at forced 4:3 (easily set in video card panel) sizing but they need to run at my monitor's resolution (not widescreen)to look good. If they don't have an option to run at my native resolution then they look better on my old CRT.


I'm not joining any lynching party, but If they advertise widescreen support the needed resolutions are implied. Everyone knows this.

I'll wait and let the dust settle before ordering this game. Perhaps it will be resolved.

Perhaps that is the issue. It supports higher resolutions but not on LCD widescreen monitors?

Nobody on this thread even owns a copy of SH4, is that it?

I've just watched the interview video again. It's where he talks about improvements in regards to SH3. About the resolutions he says: "Another improvement to SH3 is that you can play in any resolution you want or your computer can handle".

Nowhere he says that it refers to interface gauges and buttons alone.. which IMO would also be silly if it's just the interface gauges and buttons but not the rendered area-- as this would matters most esp. without AA (higher res could make up for this).

Ryan

you still believe in santa(in germany it's the christkind)? :know::cool:

let's imagine it's a bug and not a feature, they need to fix it as fast as pssoible. :nope:

Well I must say this is dissapointing for the big reso brigade, of which I used to be one of.....Had a CRT that went well over 1600X1200, now I have a viewsonic 1280X1040 but its superfast at 2ms refresh....

About the Reso being capped at SH3 levels....I'm betting that one of the very first mods that will make it's apperance will be a Resolution hack.....Yes it was done for SH3 and it will probably be done for SH4....Do NOT worry....I wish I could remember the modder but it was a great mod that let you run ANY reso after the mod was run, well not really a mod but a hack of a .dll...The main thing was you needed a program from Microsoft to actually start the hack process and once it was all done and you installed the provided d3d.dll and another small file....you could then open the .cfg and WRITE in ANY reso you wanted and voila....You had SH3 running in glorious 1600X1200 or any other res for that matter
With regards the NO FSAA..I'm sure again there will be a work around...Nvidia users will probably use nHancer and FORCE AA on the game.....Plus with every new version there always adding to the profile list, wouldn't be hard to get SH4 on there HDR+AA@16Q just like Oblivion....on a 8800GTX...

Early days yet.....I'm sticking with my order.(Delux Collectors) We have great modders here that can work up miracles......I BELIEVE IN THEM....

Deep Six

Hmm I've played SH1 for years and the ships were flat and a 2d control room with the full 16 colors.
Think I can handle 1024x768 and still can have fun with the game.

Mud