Ken Levine responds to BioShock widescreen issue - bit-tech.net Forums

CardJoe · 22nd Aug 2007, 11:45

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/08...screen_issue/1

BioShock widescreen cropping got you down? Well then here, help yourself to the Levine-Apology Plasmid!

Bauul · 22nd Aug 2007, 11:48

I bet you it gets fixed in the first patch.

Phil Rhodes · 22nd Aug 2007, 11:51

Well that's astonishingly easy to fix anyway, isn't it? Just wind up the FoV angle. Probably a one-line code change.

Phil

Jamie · 22nd Aug 2007, 12:07

Nice to see a response, hopefully he will announce that they will not be changing anything.

Ramble · 22nd Aug 2007, 12:15

And I thought avatars were only meant to reach 85x85. For shame.

Hopefully they'll fix the bug.

K · 22nd Aug 2007, 12:17

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Originally Posted by Jamie

Nice to see a response, hopefully he will announce that they will not be changing anything.

That's a pretty negative reaction. It contradicts what the developers originally said about widescreen too.

A good fix would be the option to play in either FOV in widescreen, HOR+ or VERT-, it's a ridiculously simple fix either way.

Jamie · 22nd Aug 2007, 12:24

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for getting more FOV in the game but games don't make themselves and at some point there was a decision to extend vertically onto 4:3 and not to give widescreen more FOV than standard format.

K · 22nd Aug 2007, 12:29

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Originally Posted by Jamie

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for getting more FOV in the game but games don't make themselves and at some point there was a decision to extend vertically onto 4:3 and not to give widescreen more FOV than standard format.

Before or after they confirmed the complete opposite?

BioSniper · 22nd Aug 2007, 12:38

There is a slight typo in the article;

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Apparently, the game will display perfectly in 4:3 ration

May want remove the N on the end of ratio there.

Vakuum · 22nd Aug 2007, 13:12

I just hope they fix the AA issues in Vista so I can enjoy this game even more

Seems WinXp users are able to force AA on this game, but no luck for vista users as of yet in either dx10 or dx9.

Jamie · 22nd Aug 2007, 13:34

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Originally Posted by K

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jamie

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for getting more FOV in the game but games don't make themselves and at some point there was a decision to extend vertically onto 4:3 and not to give widescreen more FOV than standard format.

Before or after they confirmed the complete opposite?

I bet the confirmation came from someone who didn't know or didn't bother to find out what the developers had or were doing.

Silver Shamrock · 22nd Aug 2007, 14:33

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Originally Posted by Jamie

I bet the confirmation came from someone who didn't know or didn't bother to find out what the developers had or were doing.

The confirmation came from Chris Kline, a lead programmer. This has been pointed out to you in a previous thread and even says so in the actual article itself.

wafflesomd · 22nd Aug 2007, 17:28

Who cares?

mikeuk2004 · 22nd Aug 2007, 17:56

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Originally Posted by wafflesomd

Who cares?

Exactly

Everyone else, Shut up and play the dam game.

Id be more worried if the game is a flop than the aspect ratio.

On another note. What does FOV mean? I hate all these abbreviations.

Jamie · 22nd Aug 2007, 17:57

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Originally Posted by Silver Shamrock

The confirmation came from Chris Kline, a lead programmer. This has been pointed out to you in a previous thread and even says so in the actual article itself.

Yes because he has a good track record for being correct doesn't he.

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Originally Posted by Chris Kline

Theres support for full scene Anti Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering with HDR and Shader 3.0 on the newer graphics cards like the Nvidia 8000 series and the later Ati ones

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Originally Posted by mikeuk2004

Exactly

Shut up and play the dam game. Id be more worried if the game is a flop than the aspect ratio.

On another note. What does FOV mean? I hate all these abbreviations.

Field of view

Awoken · 22nd Aug 2007, 17:59

FOV - Field of view probably

mikeuk2004 · 22nd Aug 2007, 18:03

ah, now I get you

Cheers for clearing that up.

ElZog · 22nd Aug 2007, 18:16

It's the use of securom that is annoying me, rather than this problem which has already been fixed (a member of the 2k forums has apparently made a patch for it). I hope the anti securom patches come soon (from official or otherwise sources) as I really hate software like that when I am a legitimate owner of the game (securom limits the user to 2 installs of the game, including on the same computer if the OS is changed). Also I hear the limited edition DVD and soundtrack are really crap and many of the figurines are arriving broken.

Game should be awesome, but seriously, so many things have suddenly popped up today.

DougEdey · 22nd Aug 2007, 18:20

No, the issue has been responded to.

Basically this is what happens when you use securom.

Install Game -> Securom checks server -> Server says 0 have been installed -> Securom marks game as installed -> Servers record it as #1
Install game -> Securom checks server -> Server says 1 have been installed -> Securom marks game as installed -> Servers record it as #2
Install Game -> Securom checks server -> Server says 2 have been installed -> No more installs
Uninstall Game #1 -> Securom checks server -> Server says 2 have been installed -> Securom marks game as uninstalled -> Server goes to #1
Install on 3rd PC -> Securom checks server -> Server says 1 have been installed -> Securom marks game as installed -> Server records 2 installs

Basically it's 2 concurrent installs, you MUST uninstall the game before reformatting or upgrading hardware

Fod · 22nd Aug 2007, 18:25

that should probably time out after, say, 3 months...

22nd Aug 2007, 12:07	#4
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22nd Aug 2007, 18:20	#19
DougEdey I pwn all your storage Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Southampton Posts: 13,933	No, the issue has been responded to. Basically this is what happens when you use securom. Install Game -> Securom checks server -> Server says 0 have been installed -> Securom marks game as installed -> Servers record it as #1 Install game -> Securom checks server -> Server says 1 have been installed -> Securom marks game as installed -> Servers record it as #2 Install Game -> Securom checks server -> Server says 2 have been installed -> No more installs Uninstall Game #1 -> Securom checks server -> Server says 2 have been installed -> Securom marks game as uninstalled -> Server goes to #1 Install on 3rd PC -> Securom checks server -> Server says 1 have been installed -> Securom marks game as installed -> Server records 2 installs Basically it's 2 concurrent installs, you MUST uninstall the game before reformatting or upgrading hardware __________________ Burnout: Paradise Stats!XBL: DougEdey Bindi PSN ID: DougEdey Twitter

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