low graphics = advantage? what do YOU think??

[Hakkix]

Ok, i don't know if this thread has been made at some point but i would like to discuss something thats been on my mind for a few days. You know there was this popular thing in PUBG, where you would downgrade the graphics so there is almost no foliage? After everyone did that, they patched it out.

So i thought about it, in Hunt using your environment for stealth is very important. Many players like to camp by nearby bushes and grass so i wondered... Does lowering the graphics give you a potential advantage, so that you could detect hunters faster? Or let me ask like this: Would you say lower graphics give you an advantage over players with high graphic?

Please share your opinion about this ^^

[WhosYourDaddy]

If the devs add "Z" to prone, maybe. dont see any problem.

[Hakkix]

Originally posted by WhosYourDaddy:

If the devs add "Z" to prone, maybe. dont see any problem.

In which settings do you like to play?

[tekwoj]

I played both on low and mixed high settings. Most of the time high settings made game easier (of course motion blur and dof set to off).

[Hakkix]

Originally posted by tekwoj:

I played both on low and mixed high settings. Most of the time high settings made game easier (of course motion blur and dof set to off).

I see, but wouldn't more details confuse your eye more, making it harder to spot enemy hunters?

[Gravy]

I run all low just to stay at or around 60FPS.

The game seems pretty good at keeping at least a low quality object where something should be, the bushes may look awful far away but they're there for the most part. Noticably better than something like Post Scriptum (able to completely remove grass) or even PUBG (pea soup textures with a man running on them)

The only exception is that some windows have a tendency not to render at 100ish metres for me... which really needs to be fixed.

On the flipside though, Maxed graphics is beautiful and i have a way easier time seeing people with post processing and other lighting settings to high, makes it much more vibrant.

[Amur]

I do not think what low graphics give advantage in this game. I think it give only a problem with trees and bushes, since you cant see anything.

[DarkKrieg]

You cannot reduce foliage in this game.

Reducing graphics just gives you a blurry jagged view.

Higher settings will allow you to pick out hunters hiding in bushes because instead of a giant blob of colors, you can distinguish between the blades of grass and the Hunter amongst them.

Tldr higher settings are better

[Alcor]

lower graphics doesn't give you any advantage in this game.

[NullerGnuen]

Originally posted by DarkKrieg:

You cannot reduce foliage in this game.

Reducing graphics just gives you a blurry jagged view.

Higher settings will allow you to pick out hunters hiding in bushes because instead of a giant blob of colors, you can distinguish between the blades of grass and the Hunter amongst them.

Tldr higher settings are better

I feel like its the other way around.. I find it alot easier to spot hunters far away with low graphics, find it easier to spot them inside barns, through cracks and in most/some foliage.. Especially on the newest map.. Also, it seems like you get more texture glitches (they dont appear and you can see straight through) on low.

I think I've heard wizzdome say he plays on low settings to get the advantage but i'm not 100 % on this..

[APN34Z]

They did the same thing with this game, thats why ppl moan about a downgrade

[eW.MonitorZero]

So when they did the first performance patch they said they wanted to make sure to avoid the "You can't see me" "Yes I can" situations. Which they did with most foliage and other things.

The problem with all low settings here is that it doesn't render in some walls, windows, drapes, and mostly things on buildings. For a long time you could snipe up into most towers on low with a scoped weapon but I think that's been fixed.

But pretty much everything besides building related usually loads in. I only know this because I'm frames>quality so I nerf all the settings into the ground and it can get... weird..

[~ Vortex]

Originally posted by I> 👌:

I've got settings that allow for maximum competitive advantage. And it's fun to stand right in front of people and see them, while they cant see me. And nothing should be changed, because they can just run with the same settings I do instead of maxing the game for 'pretty graphics', nevermind Hunt doesn't look good at all on max.

Is that what salt & poverty does to people?

[DarkKrieg]

Originally posted by ~ Vortex:

Originally posted by I> 👌:

I've got settings that allow for maximum competitive advantage. And it's fun to stand right in front of people and see them, while they cant see me. And nothing should be changed, because they can just run with the same settings I do instead of maxing the game for 'pretty graphics', nevermind Hunt doesn't look good at all on max.

Is that what salt & poverty does to people?

Salt and too much wealth.