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view distance seriously low

PostPosted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 8:13 pm
by smellybumbum
the player/mob view distance is terrible i have all my settings on max getting 400 fps and there is players/mobs fading in and out in front of me, it really hurts the whole feel of an open world when you can barely see whats happening a certain distance in front of you, this is obviously a server side problem/settings can we have it turned up please...

Re: view distance seriously low

PostPosted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 8:34 pm
by Fuzedknight
I'm pretty sure the reason for this is how the server is able to handle so many people online at the same time. It was an intentional change.

Re: view distance seriously low

PostPosted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 8:37 pm
by alucard001
this is obviously a server side problem/settings


I don't know if i got this... are you saying it is a problem because of the server?

Re: view distance seriously low

PostPosted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 8:40 pm
by Trendy
A server side problem?? LOL man I hope you are trolling

Re: view distance seriously low

PostPosted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 8:41 pm
by Quickbowjob
This i did wonder what is the server side view distance setting?
Hope dev's will increase it..

Re: view distance seriously low

PostPosted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 8:42 pm
by OGTUCKER117
Quickbowjob wrote:This i did wonder what is the server side view distance setting?
Hope dev's will increase it..

u can change it theres a command for it

Re: view distance seriously low

PostPosted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 8:44 pm
by Quickbowjob
OGTUCKER117 wrote:
Quickbowjob wrote:This i did wonder what is the server side view distance setting?
Hope dev's will increase it..

u can change it theres a command for it


I have it on max but that's not server side.

Re: view distance seriously low

PostPosted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 8:52 pm
by FORTRAN777
I've heard developers reduced view distance so server can hold more players without crashing. I think that might be true considering my graphics are on highest and I still have the same 'problem'.

Re: view distance seriously low

PostPosted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 8:55 pm
by Kiah
He is correct. The server determines at what distance mobs/NPC's will be viewable. This saves the server bandwidth, because it can reduce the amount of data it has to be sending to each individual client.

I don't think it's something they'll be changing anytime soon, with the population the way it is.

Re: view distance seriously low

PostPosted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 9:01 pm
by Mimma
You can do it with this command:

/console SetCVar("cameraDistanceMax", 50)