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Should there be an option to turn off Ship Effects?

ismellfear2ismellfear2 Member Posts: 35 Arc User
edited June 2016 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
The below image is just an minor small example of how the ship effects look, they get very laggy in big battles not to mention you lose immersion when all that effect galor is going on... I think there should be an option to turn that off. Anyway what do you guys think?
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Should there be an option to turn off Ship Effects? 86 votes

Yes
88%
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No
11%
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  • gradiigradii Member Posts: 2,824 Arc User
    Yes
    if you mean those ugly red lines over that Voth Dreadnaught, Definitely.
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  • r5e4w3q2r5e4w3q2 Member Posts: 341 Arc User
    edited June 2016
    Other then Sensor Analysis, "Ship Effects" seems like a poor name for these effects. Most of the visual effects come from BOffs abilities, Captain abilities, traits or gear sets rather then the ship itself.

    I would like to turn off some of the effects, but a all on or all off option would not help me.​​
  • ismellfear2ismellfear2 Member Posts: 35 Arc User
    Yes
    gradii wrote: »
    if you mean those ugly red lines over that Voth Dreadnaught, Definitely.

    That is exactly what I mean, and that's only the beginning, every big battle I'm in I normally can't even see my ship or the enemy ship... just giant light effects all around showing me that I am debuffing, buffing, attacking, and more.
  • fiberteksyfirfiberteksyfir Member Posts: 1,207 Arc User
    Yes
    I think there should be a way to hide some of these. Some maps actually freeze completely for me.when enough of this stuff is going on
  • equinox976equinox976 Member Posts: 2,305 Arc User
    Yes
    Yes, why not?

    Does not affect anybody else.

    The 'effects' in the game have become a little too over the top. Even with a high spec PC my system lags with all the silly things going on.
  • ismellfear2ismellfear2 Member Posts: 35 Arc User
    Yes
    r5e4w3q2 wrote: »
    Other then Sensor Analysis, "Ship Effects" seems like a poor name for these effects. Most of the visual effects come from BOffs abilities, Captain abilities, traits or gear sets rather then the ship itself.

    I would like to turn off some of the effects, but a all on or all off option would not help me.​​

    I was just wording it overall the effects that happen to you or an enemy ship during a buff, debuff, attack, and so forth...
  • dracounguisdracounguis Member Posts: 5,358 Arc User
    Yes
    Some of the effects are very cartoonish. I understand trying to make it easy to see what's going on, but with there being so many powers now, some get a bit excessive to be different from other effects.
    Sometimes I think I play STO just to have something to complain about on the forums.
  • davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,657 Arc User
    It depends. Some visual effects are useful, some look nice. Maybe a set of toggles to disable groups or even specific effects.
  • davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,657 Arc User
    edited June 2016
    - double post, forum lag, need to disable some forum visuals ;) -
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  • ismellfear2ismellfear2 Member Posts: 35 Arc User
    Yes
    nabreeki wrote: »
    Absolutely not. The effects add a little atmosphere to the fight. It's not the game's fault people have bad computers.

    My computer is fine with handling it, you completely miss the point here. I am saying it ruins the immersion for me as I can't even see the enemy ship at times nor my ship do to all the buff, debuff and other effects my ship and their ship shows while in battles, especially big ones.
  • officerbatman81officerbatman81 Member Posts: 2,761 Arc User
    No
    They help you know if a ship effect is working, if you turned them off you may never know something is not triggering when it should.
  • freightstopperfreightstopper Member Posts: 232 Arc User
    Yes
    officerbatman81 wrote: »
    They help you know if a ship effect is working, if you turned them off you may never know something is not triggering when it should.

    There's the little boxes under the target box for that.
    nabreeki wrote: »
    Absolutely not. The effects add a little atmosphere to the fight. It's not the game's fault people have bad computers.

    Bad computers isn't the problem, default graphic settings being maxed out without a way to change them is a problem.

    If you had been reading any of the threads made about problems with STO graphics you'd realise that they can melt high-end gaming rigs whilst newer games, that often have much higher system requirements, run with no problems at all.
  • officerbatman81officerbatman81 Member Posts: 2,761 Arc User
    No
    Its easier to see combat effects on your ship than keeping track of those little boxes, it's more obvious. Did you memorize all the pictograms? I haven't. And in the heat of combat i aint looking down at that mess.
  • phenomenaut01phenomenaut01 Member Posts: 714 Arc User
    edited June 2016
    Yes
    nabreeki wrote: »
    Absolutely not. The effects add a little atmosphere to the fight. It's not the game's fault people have bad computers.
    officerbatman81 wrote: »
    They help you know if a ship effect is working, if you turned them off you may never know something is not triggering when it should.


    So you are opposed to the OPTION for others to turn off the effects if they don't find them as useful as you do?

    I fully support this. Unfortunately, I don't think it's something that can be done. At least not easily.
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  • mustrumridcully0mustrumridcully0 Member Posts: 12,963 Arc User
    No
    In demorecord, perhaps.

    Overall I think they should go for a bit more subtlety with the SFX. Maybe a revamp couldn't hurt.

    Some effects are fine, like Gravity Well or Tyken's Rift. But everything happening on the ship itself can quickly become overwhelming.
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  • ismellfear2ismellfear2 Member Posts: 35 Arc User
    Yes
    mustrumridcully0 wrote: »
    In demorecord, perhaps.

    Overall I think they should go for a bit more subtlety with the SFX. Maybe a revamp couldn't hurt.

    Some effects are fine, like Gravity Well or Tyken's Rift. But everything happening on the ship itself can quickly become overwhelming.

    Lol, Gravity Well and Tyken's Rift have NOTHING to do with the effects were talking about, as you can see in the picture it's about the overlays on the ships when buffing, debuffing, and so forth... I love the effects of Tyken's Rift and Gravity well.
  • sennahcheribsennahcherib Member Posts: 2,823 Arc User
    Yes
    nabreeki wrote: »
    Absolutely not. The effects add a little atmosphere to the fight. It's not the game's fault people have bad computers.

    it is not a matter of good or bad computers, it is a matter of all the skills used at the same time; a space fight looks like a firework; I know that you like the disco balls, but come on! those visuals are very annoying ;)

    If players like these visuals, they keep them enabled, and those who don't like them, should have an option to disable these effects. btw, i have a good computer, and each time that i do a stf my eyes bleed :p
  • cidjackcidjack Member Posts: 2,017 Arc User
    No
    All these comments and no one has mentioned the visuals can trigger headaches and other medical issues? Where are the people with the tin foil hats? Man these forums are getting weak.
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  • ismellfear2ismellfear2 Member Posts: 35 Arc User
    Yes
    crashdragon wrote: »
    If your card and/or PC can't handle it and you can't afford a new one, sure makes plenty of sense. =3

    Not just that but also players who like the immersive experience don't get that in giant battles, more just a light show :P
  • phenomenaut01phenomenaut01 Member Posts: 714 Arc User
    Yes
    cidjack wrote: »
    All these comments and no one has mentioned the visuals can trigger headaches and other medical issues? Where are the people with the tin foil hats? Man these forums are getting weak.

    Wait...are you for an option to disable the visual effects or against the option? Sorry, I'm confused.
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  • scarlingscarling Member Posts: 708 Arc User
    No
    I have no care either way, I just voted no in the name of anarchy. I like all the disco effects however.
  • alcyoneserenealcyoneserene Member Posts: 2,413 Arc User
    Yes
    Absolutely not, options are for the weak, casinos need their lights, improved UI design is cheat, buy a better rig cause I'm rich, visit your doctor and pop chems, *incoherent rambles* /s

    It's been asked before, art devs said shout more, people shouted more, not much happened.
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  • warpangelwarpangel Member Posts: 9,427 Arc User
    Yes
    Momentary activation icons for abilities like Tac Team are OK. But having everything semi-permanently covered in a bizarre mishmash of glowing abstract patterns looks like an acid trip.

    The OP's screenshot isn't even bad. It gets way, way worse.
  • sqwishedsqwished Member Posts: 1,475 Bug Hunter
    Yes
    I'd like the option to turn them on and off as I see fit.​​
    Oh, it's not broken? We can soon fix that!

  • conkav22conkav22 Member Posts: 8,146 Arc User
    Yes
    I think they can be harmful to some players experience, not mine, but maybe those who are big into everything looking like in the shows,

    Anyway I don't see how a toggle option could hurt anyone. People who like the effects can leave them on, people who don't can turn them off.​​
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  • ismellfear2ismellfear2 Member Posts: 35 Arc User
    Yes
    hokus83#5804 wrote: »
    The only visual effects I want are shields and weapons. everything just looks like mess of garbage on the screen

    Exactly, I'm not talking about getting rid of all that stuff, only the garbage light show that goes on when you are in battles, especially giant ones.
  • comrademococomrademoco Member Posts: 1,694 Bug Hunter
    edited June 2016
    No
    All I see is people explaining their 'opinion' on why it shouldn't be on/off option and then getting replied with an explanation on why that is wrong from the 'yes' side....

    I said No because, why break something that is not broken. Now to wait for someone to tell me why I'm wrong.


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