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I did have Subnautica on my list, but I couldn't find a good deal for it. I'll have a look again in the Christmas sales, though.I also noticed when activating my Assassin's Creed: Origins key that I actually still have three other assassin's creed games unplayed in my account - Revelations, III and Black Flag.
Now I can't decide if I should go through these first (which presumably would take ages...) or just skip straight to Origins. I can't remember what was happening in the overall AC storyline anyway so I guess I wouldn't be missing that, but are any of those worth playing before Origins?
I also noticed when activating my Assassin's Creed: Origins key that I actually still have three other assassin's creed games unplayed in my account - Revelations, III and Black Flag.
Now I can't decide if I should go through these first (which presumably would take ages...) or just skip straight to Origins. I can't remember what was happening in the overall AC storyline anyway so I guess I wouldn't be missing that, but are any of those worth playing before Origins?
Nahhh no real need. Origins is set way before them anyways (excluding Odyssey which is the latest one) so there is no in game story overlap like you did in some of the earlier ones. Similarly the real world stuff (outside the Animas) is kept pretty light so also no real issue. I mean the other's are solid games in thier own right, but not missing anything plot wise really.
Saying that, one day playing black flag may be worthwhile along with revelations, both solid games in thier own right.
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Ah, right. Cheers.
I do remember III getting mixed reviews on release.
I like the look of Origins from what I've seen, but Black Flag was well-liked too from what I recall?
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Dying Light's an excellent game however, In ultrawide the hud does not expand fully as you can see with the mini-map, It's not a break the game issue but when there's an event on** there's rows of text inside the red box which is annoying as you can't get rid of them unless you turn the whole HUD off.
Does anyone know of a fix?
If you do I'd love to know.
**Events has become rarer over the last year so not as big a deal as it was, I just thought it'd be worth mentioning.
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Dying Light's an excellent game however, In ultrawide the hud does not expand fully as you can see with the mini-map, It's not a break the game issue but when there's an event on** there's rows of text inside the red box which is annoying as you can't get rid of them unless you turn the whole HUD off.
Does anyone know of a fix?
If you do I'd love to know.
**Events has become rarer over the last year so not as big a deal as it was, I just thought it'd be worth mentioning.
I think Dying Light had no proper scaling for the HUD even through the XML/config files as the whole HUD was a single unit rather than multiple parts, so everything moved together. The best I think you could do was to move the whole HUD to the right, which wasn't great either as it moved everything on the left side with it as well so it looks like an off-centre UI... but since the radar and quest info were really distracting compared to the health meter it arguably wasn't as bad. I think there might be a mod for it on Nexus Mods or you can try to manually make the changes to the hud.xui file.
Yup black flag was a blast to play. Revelations was a nice, more so if you were into Ezios story arch as that game finished it off. 3 was kind of meh.
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Cool.
Well, it's here, up and running. First impressions are great.
No dead pixels I can see - hooray!
I can't detect any backlight bleed (thought this room may not be dark enough yet)
There is IPS glow , but it's very minimal except in the bottom left, but that disappears when I lean back in my chair. Plus I'm still on 55 brightness, which probably should come down a touch.
There are colour warmth variations at lower brightness levels. When I knock the brightness below 50, there becomes a noticeable coldness to left side and warmth to the right side of the display. At 55 brightness, it's not really noticeable (though that is a touch too bright). Needs some playing with, but nothing terrible.
Very pleased/relieved!
BUT, the game I was playing before it arrived doesn't support UW natively
- will have to look for a fix.
Well, it's here, up and running. First impressions are great.
No dead pixels I can see - hooray!
I can't detect any backlight bleed (thought this room may not be dark enough yet)
There is IPS glow , but it's very minimal except in the bottom left, but that disappears when I lean back in my chair. Plus I'm still on 55 brightness, which probably should come down a touch.
There are colour warmth variations at lower brightness levels. When I knock the brightness below 50, there becomes a noticeable coldness to left side and warmth to the right side of the display. At 55 brightness, it's not really noticeable (though that is a touch too bright). Needs some playing with, but nothing terrible.
Very pleased/relieved!
BUT, the game I was playing before it arrived doesn't support UW natively
- will have to look for a fix.
Cool.
Well, it's here, up and running. First impressions are great.
No dead pixels I can see - hooray!
I can't detect any backlight bleed (thought this room may not be dark enough yet)
There is IPS glow , but it's very minimal except in the bottom left, but that disappears when I lean back in my chair. Plus I'm still on 55 brightness, which probably should come down a touch.
There are colour warmth variations at lower brightness levels. When I knock the brightness below 50, there becomes a noticeable coldness to left side and warmth to the right side of the display. At 55 brightness, it's not really noticeable (though that is a touch too bright). Needs some playing with, but nothing terrible.
Very pleased/relieved!
BUT, the game I was playing before it arrived doesn't support UW natively
http://www.wsgf.org/dr/life-strange/en
Let me know if it works
And welcome to the Ultrawidemasterrace!
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http://www.wsgf.org/dr/life-strange/en
Let me know if it works
And welcome to the Ultrawidemasterrace!
Cheers! It is glorious!
But, regarding Life Is Strange - does this note "Update: since the release of Episode 3 black bars enforce a 16:9 picture in all resolutions !" mean that the fixes no longer work? (It looked a bit complex/wonkey anyway, tbh).
Downloading The Old Blood, as that is listed with support on WSGF.
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LOL - Yes, this, this and this
A simple thing but somehow gives you the feels
Oh... also wanted to add, I just remembered these posts and fired up my BR of Deadpool 2.
Ohhhh yeah! The film just filling the screen looked amazing! I hadn't expected just how cool that would look. I anticipate some movie nights in front of my PC in the build-up to Christmas!
Cheers! It is glorious!
But, regarding Life Is Strange - does this note "Update: since the release of Episode 3 black bars enforce a 16:9 picture in all resolutions !" mean that the fixes no longer work? (It looked a bit complex/wonkey anyway, tbh).
Downloading The Old Blood, as that is listed with support on WSGF.
Ahh, didn't spot that.
Yeh, looks like the devs scuppered any UW support.
Oh well, plenty of other fish in the ultrawide sea.
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