PaxTheGreatOne.9472

Bump , I had hoped there would have been at least some consideration of this issue. An example of the opening screen. Yes, it works. I can play NP. BUT see for yourself: top quarter and bottom quarter are cut off. https://i.imgur.com/x06Ubm4.jpg Historic 4:3 (= oldschool like 1440x1080,1200x800, 1024x768) 5:4 (= oldschool like 1280x1024 (though I still have my 2001 IIyama Screen) Present 16:9 (mostl modern screens: 1920x1080, 2560x1440, or 3840x1440) 16:10 (productivity screens 1920x1200, 2560x1600 increasingly rare) 21:9 Ultrawide monitors (2560x1080, 3440x1440, 5120x2160) Variations on present and new native 32:9 Dual monitor setups (spanned sets of 2x 1920x1080 or 2x 2560x1440, or even 2x 3840x2160) and since 2017 new Dual-Wide gaming monitors (5120x1440p or 3840x1080p NATIVE) (see Samsung Galaxy G9, Or G9 Neo, Samsung C49HG90*, Samsung C49J890DKR*, LG UltraWide Dual QHD, Acer Nitro EI491CRP, AoC Agon AG49UCX2, Asus ROG Strix XG49 , Lenovo Legion Y44w*, LC-Power LC-M49-DFHD-144-C, Philips 498P9* e.o. ) 48:9 (Triple monitor setups (spanned sets of 3x 1920x1080 or 3x 2560x1440) ) The dual and triple monitor setups have been around since 2005 at least. The native setups DualHD and DualQHD are becoming more common since 2017 and 5 years is a lot in the industry. But as their sizes are non standard some things need to be corrected. I personally do not mind seeing my movies ingame 16:9, nor do I mind the selection part in my screen based upon a 16:9 picture. It retains the functionality if done so, and keeps the game playable! I do like my 8:9 area on both sides to be rendered though, but I cannot see the map and the chatbox in 1 go, as they are a meter or 3 feet apart at this moment Have the technical team look at the issue at least. I doubt I'm the only person playing on a setup using 5120x1440p, 3840x1080p native or 2 1920x1080p, 2 2560x1440p , or 2 3840x2160p spanned monitors (32:9). I do think there will be people using 3 1920x1080p or 3 2560x1440p

Well hi there. I know this seemingly is a pretty underwhelming problem on the one hand, and honestly a frustrating one on the other. Ingame: Most movies are being fit to screen and I miss the top and bottom quarters, same for character selection and character creation. Human, Sylvari and the rodents from Rata Sum fit the screen fine, however Charr and Norn do not in the character selection screen they are not easily accesible. Also the things with the codes (the skiffs as you will) project the codes above the top of my viewable area. I noticed the symbols after I went searching and looked as far up as possible which also tends to be hard in cliffheavy regions. Playing on a 5120x1440 screen. Any (simple) ways to fix this? (Other then just playing split screen and thus 16:9 which fixes this problem?)

I tried ingame: Ideal isn't working, ING bank Tried onsite, no porblems purchasing my expansion

BUT content could be fixed easily for the pictures.... 32:9 seems like half of a 16:9 screen, however if it is just handled like a normal screen and a 1080 or 1440 or 2160 height limitation would be in place the chracters would be rendered without corruption.... the height is the limiting factor , the width seems important but on a single 49" screen or 2 or 3 27" screens even on 2 24" screens you'll have plenty to watch on a screen if it fits . looking at the knees to the neck of my characters feels... well.... lacking... However with bezels in case of double screens maybe a shift left or right might be considered. place it on 1/4 or 3/4 in that specific case , make a selectord for 1/4, 1/2 or 3/4 and have the thing caught.

I received my 49" 5120x1440p monitor recently as well. I'd say the proportions of the screen are completely the same as the resolution people see while playing on 2 regular 1920x1080 FHD screens or 2 2560x1440 UHD screens. There is just no bezel in the middle. For developers it would probably be the same as a spanned 2 screen setup, just place a second screen and evaluate. 2 and 3 screen solutions and resolutions have been supported by the game since.... well 2012. Playing on 2 or 3 monitor setups has been a thing for well over a decade now, almost 2 even... I played on 2 1080p monitors since 2011 myself and had a second monitor available since 2007 and I was pretty late adopting a second monitor.... However the UI problems and movie problems remain. This said: The UI and the movies might well be adapted to be played unaltered but fitting to screen, not stretched but limited by the lowest cap, I do not mind seeing my characters scaled down in the selection screen so they fit, nor do I mind a bar or sideblocks in a 16:9 encoded film when I can watch it properly. Not seeing the top and bottom 25% is a bit annoying though. Just a comparison: Legacy 4:3 (or to easily compare: 12:9 (or 16:12))Originally people had 4:3 (CRT and later TFT) monitors, the introduction of flat panels made more room for new resolutions but a lot of 4:3 TFT screens were made in the beginning. 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1200x900 1600x1200. For a small period of time a screen proportion with increased depth was also used 16:10, it extended the screen a bit downwards.However they were mostly used between 2005 and 2010 and were shoved aside by the upcoming 16:9 market.So in the end: replacing 4:3 was 16:9 the 1920x1080 (1080p or F(ull)HD) monitor, "Normal monitors" (16:9) and upscaled derivatives 16:9 this proportion , the follow up to 16:10 screens and 4:3 screens, had more options like the 1368x768 laptop, (WXGA)1600x900 laptop, (HD+)1920x1080 (1080p or FHD) 2560x1440 (1440p or QHD), 3840x2160 (2160p or UHD or 4K)7680x4320 (4320p or 8K)"Dual-xxxxp Setups, Double screens and Triple Screens" (32:9 and 48:9)multimonitor setups were possible already so Double and Triple 1080p FHD monitor setups arose, and later Double and Triple 1440p QHDSome of these dual combinations were actually taken in production as a single monitor with advances in electronics allowing 4k60hz and thus dual1080p and dual1440p over 1 cable (which are less pixels then 4K, dual 1080p is 50% of the pixels of a 4K screen, dual 1440p is 87% of the pixels of a 4K screen) : 3840x1080 (dual 1080p or WFHD or D(ual)FHD, 32:9 proportion), either in 1 monitor or 2 monitors combined 5120x1440 (dual 1440p, or WQHD, D(ual)QHD, 32:9 proportion) either in 1 monitor or 2 monitors combined7680x2160 (dual 2160p, or WUHD, D(ual)UHD or Dual 4k, 32:9 proportion) as far as I know in 2 monitors(, but if they can make 8k monitors these will appear as well)With the release and the lowering of prices of bigger resolution monitors triple monitor solutions became also more common, they have the advantage over classic 2 screen dual setups that bezels are not in the center of the screen, however the proportions are even more extreme 5760x1080 (triple 1080p, 48:9 proportion).7680x1440 (triple 1440p, 48:9 proportion)Ultrawide monitors (21:9)A wider field of view was the wish leading to 16:9 and this wish inevitably led to even wider monitors sporting a 21:9 proportion: 2560 × 1080 (UWFD)3440 × 1440 (UWQD)5120 × 2160 (UWUD / 5K2K)How to compare:The GPU will calculate most resolutions without problems, and 1 thing should be observed. In nearly all these resolutions there is 1 common part in the proportions, with 16:10 being the 1 exception:12:9 (=4:3) (Legacy)16:9 (Standard)21:9 (Ultra wide)32:9 (Double or Dual)48:9 (Triple) If we normalize the x:9 including the 16:10 exception we would get this complete list of proportions (excluding setups requiring vertically placed monitors):120:90 (4:3) (Legacy)144:90 (16:10) (early HD)160:90 (16:9) (Standard)210:90 (21:9) (Ultra wide)320:90 (32:9) (Double or Dual)480:90 (48:9) (Triple) So looking at this: CONCLUSION:Suggested size of the characters on the character selection screens:The maximum height of the character on the character select screen would also be in a 9:9 proportioned part placed in the center of the total screen size. This would cure all problems with non standard monitor setups once and for all. Suggestion for Movies and cut scenes:Yes, universal movies for all horizontal screens would probably be 120:90 in proportion (so 12:9 or legacy 4:3) in size with a heigth of the height part of the proportion in the screen, so no loss of view would arise, stretching the sides to 160:90 (so 16:9 proportions) would allow for a 1080p/1440p/4K/8K picture but it should be noted the both sides would not be visible on legacy 4:3 or 16:10 monitors (horizontal cropping) or both 4:3 and 16:10 could have small black bars on top and bottom (vertical cropping), which is no huge problem at all. Double and triple setups would use the basic 16:9 videos and cut scenes, maybe with an added feature placing the video on the left or right screen or the center to have less interference from bezels, this would allow for complete visibility of the movie without loss , and I mostly use the huge screen area more for immersion during gameplay. So sizes of the character on the character select screen, and video sizes would be deductible now:So on my 32:9 5120 x 1440pixel screen, the size of the character should be 1440x1440pixels (max, so Charr and Norn) and video 16:9 so 2560x1440So on the 21:9 2560 ×1080pixel screen, the size of the character should be 1080x1080pixels (max, so Charr and Norn) and video 16:9 so 1920x1080So on a normal 16:9 1920x1080pixel screen, the size of the character should be 1080x1080 pixels (max, so Charr and Norn) and video 16:9 so 1920x1080So on a huge 21:9 5k2k 5120x2160pixel screen, the size of the character should be 2160x2160 pixels (max, so Charr and Norn) and video should be 3840x2160So on a legacy 4:3 1600x1200pixel screen, the size of the charatcer should be 1200x1200pixels (max, so Charr and Norn) and video should be preferably: 1600x900 with bars or alternatively: 2133x1200 with clipping Note: When considering vertically mounted screens as well:However if one would allow for rotated screens (9:16) as well, you'd end up with a 9:9 proportion being the viewable center for all possible screen resolutions. This consideration of vertically place monitors would add a lot of added options, but a 3 screen vertically mounted setup would lead to a 27:16 screen size and it's not incompatible with my suggestions. The video image could be scaled up with little loss, using a 12:9 picture which would mean a minor loss in viewing area. .The character could be kept on a 9:9, so the character on the character select screen would not be displayed on 3 monitors at once, causing 2 bezels to be in the FoV... In all cases emphasis should lie that the focus of movies are shown in the center of the video which is the 9:9 center, comparable to the character select screen. This center should be available for view in any case with all monitor setups, with only vertical multi screen setups requiring additional attention to the size of the videoframe, because this setup is the only one which c-/would require resizing if people would not mind the bezels interfering in their videos and character select screen. which is arguably better then not seeing up to 50% of movies or characters on 32:9 and not seeing up to 66% of movies and characters on 48:9 triple screensetups TL:DR I suggest to have the char select and movies be made to fit the screen, unclipped, unstretched.Because I rather see a smaller character completely and the movie completely then just the mid 50% on full width.To make this so I suggest the characters on character select are made to fit a 9:9 square on the 12:9(=4:3), 16:9, 21:9, 32:9,48:9, 16:10, 9:16, 18:16, 27:16 or other proportioned screens. this would be centered in all cases, except maybe the dual setups (32:9) and (18:16) where a bezel might interfere, there a slider might be of use to select 1/4 (mid left screen),1/2 (centered) or 3/4(mid right screen) of the screen for both video and character op character select placement (comparable to the position horizontal slider in the menu as is available now, which is mostly used to move the character from the bezel).

Oh,... it's a bear. I figured it be a fat hyena, which happens if you farm noobs and PvE-ers trying to find a way to get a Gift of Battle to fed your mount.the armor does fit with Warbringer, The bandages are a biut slim maybe. But all in all good effort. On the few occasions I still log in I still play WvW now and then, and it would suit my char warrior perfectly.

maybe options to trade in my stack of teleports to friend to an account bound perma teleport to friend,same for other consumables (bank, vendor and BL pickup) when you have 100 get an account bound perma one at a vendor.or a vendor for the mystic forge stones I have 400 or so of those. allowing for easy buy leggy parts or something. I would be really happy to trade these in most have been collected for 7 years now.

I'll settle for a normal tome now, instead of a contraption to house all scrolls... we have scrolls for the cities (all of them IIRC, so black citadel, The Grove, LA , etc. )we have scrolls for the crafting areas, the mad realm, the place where we picked up the griffon, home portal stone and a few more...Then we have not yet began considering the LS scrolls... you'd get a drop down list bigger then your screen.

Just to stay consistent. Would "The Devs/Creators/Staff" be so kind as to add a Season 5 Tome?So I can have my: Living World 3: Season 3 Portal TomeLiving World 4: Season 4 Portal TomeIcebrood Saga Season 5 (or Whatever) Portal Tome...all together. Just follow the same system, only receiving scrolls from this season.Please? Pretty Please? -That's some nice tomes you have there! Thanks!

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The Icebrood saga 1:Finished 1st story step, DC-ed back to start screen, unable to restart story or get back into map (no WP). Symptom:Crash/DC upon confirming exit story part. (I did retain the mastery.) Issue solved, now to get my main in theis map... (TY for the move)

I'm still upgrading my guild hall. Not that most will ever see it though. Save a few friends who joined it to stay in touch, but who are now mostly ghosts in Tyria. I have 1 member who is active. My guild is now lvl 30. My goal has always been to get to 40 and get the extra part unlocked. If I continue this I might make it before my 1st characters turn 10.... I used to be into alting and dye collections, still miss well.... 14 to 20 dyes or something. I made Dungeoneer yesterday, so that's completed.... Been here since headstart and was active for nearly 6 years, I 'm taking more and more time of. I noticed my completion ism vanished with PoF, since I have not bothered with meta' s, be it in completionism, builds, procurement of further shinies or objects, just doing some dungeons, map the new map, buy an Gh upgrade and leave again. Provided I have relevant currency. Occasionally I log into Wvw feel at home then leave due to the lack of tags.

no fall damage reduction would complicate WvW for newer players without mounts or gliders....

I still log in, though less frequently. There are still active guilds, quite a lot actually, the big ones work by word of mouth only.

Great, We will see this soon^tm for a small amount of gems at a BLTC near you!