I played ao back in the days but i have a question is the new engiene automaticly used here?

[Sindbad]

So i have read the yhave an updated or new angiene, when i doenload on steam ha sit already the new engiene?

[Salamand3r-]

No.

[Kronovan]

Originally posted by Sindbad:

So i have read the yhave an updated or new angiene, when i doenload on steam ha sit already the new engiene?

No, the Steam download is just the old client. There's an updated client called the New Engine, but you can only download it from anarchy-online.com. To download it there, just click the [+] button next to 'DOWNLOAD' and then click the 'TRY NEW ENGINE' menu option.

I'm using NE and recommend it, but note that it doesn't change the polygons in the game - just updates the textures and shadows. Still much better looking and worth it IMO. It's prone to infrequent crashes in the more detailed areas - especially the Clan city or Tir. I've found that if I switch to 1st Person view in such detailed areas, that crashes are much rarer. I've never experienced a crash with the NE while in an instanced mission location and rarely in large dungeon areas like the Subway. The NE client requires a bit of optimization on your PC, for which there's good videos on how to at the Anarchy Online Discord channel.

[Sindbad]

okay thanks for the info

[playornot]

Would like to add, if you run anything RTX or ultra wide you may have issues
I run a RTX2080, ultra wide msi screen and 16 ram, 6 core so on.
I can play in 4k ultra wide mode, but it has to be windowed, and if i dual log it's an insta crash, unless I split screen or dual desktop.
I had to mess with the client setup for it to work right.
my NONE RTX system has no issues at all, I think the vid card is like.. ewww how old ?

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