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Eh, I don't want to debate here. I know a bit about programming and where bugs come from, but that is neither here nor there. Blurred visuals is the issue. I'll wait and see what gets fixed and chalk it up to development. My concern is that it's getting too easy to justify this kind of change to *agile development* and say *oh well we just have to deal with it*. This type of development is what is causing people to leave the game.

 

Why the doom and gloom? Fear leads to over reactions and over contemplation. It is possible we are all over reacting. Although over reacting about a future event is worse because we ought not to react to events that have not happened yet. We cannot anticipate everything and chances are over anticipation and over thinking takes all the fun out of things. Maybe do some jumping jacks and crack a few jokes and make light of the disaster. But for the love of god don't go buy a lottery ticket thinking all our problems will go away if we win...

Oh so if you did win what do you do? I had so many great scenerios many of then involved a well timed F word. However I kind of settled on the more clever approach of just showing up to work (I had a boss that was similar to that obsidian general dude)... I thought if I just wait for him to start his list of insults I could smile and say oh wait i need to go get some coffee. This would clearly be followed up with commands and threats to get me to sit down at my desk which I would ignore and ask him if he wanted anything.... then I woukd just drive away. I might even drop back by a few months later with a vinte carmel machado and stroll into their weekly meeting and say Hi everyone oh hey Tri here's your drink. (His name was Tri, pronounced Tree), this was the most fun thing and the insuts and outburst scenarios probably would have ended up with him looking like the victim and getting the cops called or some other drama to take away from the big win.... so humor ended up being the best exit idea since reacting is what he realy craved... he could literally feel my anger.

Actually my real exit was far funnier than that and far more subtle than I could have planned it. It even had my manager holding back her laughter, and she supported Tri in evey way. I too find it funny now.

 

I understand the need for LOD and related changes, but we don't all have the same hardware. I'd really appreciate the addition of a slider so we can adjust the distance at which this kicks in.

Example:

 

I wasn't trying to be condescending at all. Just clarifying that sometimes conflicts arise in the process and the blur is temporary. My apologies ifanyone interrupted what I said as rude or condescending. Just trying to soothe the frustration.

 

I was going through the Add-On Store to make sure the Wiki was up to date, and didn't see the Hospitaller sign available. Is this only available in Plain Wood in-game, or was this an oversight?

 

So much this. +1000 this. A thousand times this. There was no need for this. There should have been no desire for this.
Making the game blurry, at all, in any way, should never even have been considered, never mind implemented badly.
If there is no toggle, nor slider, for a visual/video option BEFORE you put it in the game, then don't put it in!

 

Adding blur across the viewport acts as though our avatars are near-sighted.. my eyes blur out the other areas naturally, and if I want to focus on something in the distance in the game, I want to be able to do so, with my eyes and the avatar's viewport. Probably should remove the blur.. plus it slows my machine down.. something does since this patch came out... I think it's the blur.

 

The blur is really starting to wear on me - so much so that it has become distracting and is taking away from my enjoyment of the game.

If the DoF is there for artsy screenshots, give us a slider to manipulate... If the blur has been introduced as a measure to find some thriftiness in bandwidth, maybe try an association with video quality settings.

 

Buhuhu Blur.
It was said is Buggy. It will be fixed.
Must have been a solid Update if the sky is falling because of Blur.

 

There are actually multiple problems with distance blurring: the blur is too strong; it occurs too abruptly; it affects some foreground objects; it only blurs the interior of objects, leaving their outlines sharp; the sharpening operation makes the outlines even sharper; the sharpening operation completely kills antialiasing.

 

Great feedback about the Depth of Field but I suggest you start a thread about it in the Feedback Forum so the feedback can get collected in one place. Putting it here means it will likely not get seen by the developers who need to see it.

 

@DarkStarr

How about if @Berek creates the thread and asks that all feedback be put there. That way maybe you can avoid all the different threads....

 

It certainly would help to separate it out. Here is an existing thread on the discussion:

https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/forum/index.php?threads/depth-of-field-seems-off.53583/

 

Yeah I'm frustrated with this change and so I am taking a break from trying to play. Not looking at blurs is very soothing to my eyes.

 

Completely understandable Duchess. Thank you for your support and understanding

 

It looks like @dallas or someone caught this and added the Hospitaller Sign to the Add-On Store. Thanks! (one minor copy/paste error, it says "emblazoned with the Water Magic symbol"...)

 

+1 to that, It should just be part of the New You thing, especially since people are paying with the special coins that are near-equivalent to real money.