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Is there a way to put the game into HD the same way you can with some for the GameCube, Wi with the dolphin emulator. Is there any free and open-source things that would do the same?

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  • evilmark444evilmark444 Member Posts: 6,951 Arc User
    ... the game is already in HD ...
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0 Arc User
    oh. hmmmm. Doesnt look like it
  • evilmark444evilmark444 Member Posts: 6,951 Arc User
    Are you able to link a screenshot so we can see what your talking about specifically?
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  • gjohnny1990gjohnny1990 Member Posts: 116 Arc User
    edited July 2016
    WTF?

    Is this a genuine question or a troll?

    Emulation is for you to be able to play old console games on a PC, this is already a PC game and one that's constantly updated at that.

    I actually logged in when I saw this thread, because... just wtf?
  • cross821cross821 Member Posts: 185 Arc User
    gotta be a troll, i can't see it any other way.
  • davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,690 Arc User
    Maybe the OP has a card that confused the auto-detection in the client, or has a really old card, and so all the settings are at minimum.

    Or maybe the OP thinks anything less than photo-realistic graphics needs a mod, even if that wouldn't fit the art style.

    But to answer the question: no, you can adjust settings but you can't install a "high rez texture mod" or suchlike.
  • evilmark444evilmark444 Member Posts: 6,951 Arc User
    WTF?

    Is this a genuine question or a troll?

    Emulation is for you to be able to play old console games on a PC, this is already a PC game and one that's constantly updated at that.

    I actually logged in when I saw this thread, because... just wtf?

    I think the emulation part was in reference to how some emulators can upscale the graphics of older games.

    If it's a troll it's not a very good one, so I'm more inclined to believe there's something wrong with the OP's graphics settings and they just always thought that's what it's supposed to look like.
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  • bloodyrizbloodyriz Member Posts: 1,756 Arc User
    edited July 2016
    Maybe the OP is a new player who joined for AoY, and is seeing the film grain.

    Sorry just playing devils advocate.​​
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0 Arc User
    Dont mean to troll. Was just kind of wondering of ways to boost the graphics. I didn't know the game was already in HD.

    The game looks good. I was just wondering if there are ways to make it look better on my end
  • daedalus304daedalus304 Member Posts: 1,049 Arc User
    Dont mean to troll. Was just kind of wondering of ways to boost the graphics. I didn't know the game was already in HD.

    The game looks good. I was just wondering if there are ways to make it look better on my end

    specs?
  • tom61stotom61sto Member Posts: 3,674 Arc User
    If you've got really nice graphic card(s), type the following into the chat window:
    /renderscale 2
    

    Most people only use this mode for screenshots, and may occasionally cause problems with crashing, but I've seen videos of it and it looks nice.
  • gjohnny1990gjohnny1990 Member Posts: 116 Arc User
    tom61sto wrote: »
    If you've got really nice graphic card(s), type the following into the chat window:
    /renderscale 2
    

    Most people only use this mode for screenshots, and may occasionally cause problems with crashing, but I've seen videos of it and it looks nice.

    Is there any way to make that stick? It seems to reset to 1 when changing instances for me, same with FOV.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0 Arc User
    tom61sto wrote: »
    If you've got really nice graphic card(s), type the following into the chat window:
    /renderscale 2
    

    Most people only use this mode for screenshots, and may occasionally cause problems with crashing, but I've seen videos of it and it looks nice.

    Didn't notice any difference
  • jaguarskxjaguarskx Member Posts: 5,945 Arc User
    The game unofficially supports up to 2560x1440 resolution.

    There is no option to select that resolution with a monitor that supports that resolution though. The game defaults to that resolution when playing in full screen mode though. Technically, the game may unofficially support 4K monitors, but I have not seen any comments of anyone playing on a 4k monitor with full resolution.

    Can't really help you out unless you provide screenshots or a better explanation of what you are see and what you are expecting to see. Also, be aware that when playing the TOS missions on a AoY captain, there is a film grain that is automatically applied and cannot be disabled. It is part of the nostalgia because Star Trek TOS was filmed back in the 1960's and film can degrade over time.

    I wonder... If Cryptic were to do story arc around the ST:TMP era, would they use "cigarette burns" when changing maps? A cigarette burn is term from the film industry to cue when a new reel is needed to be spliced in. It would generally appear as a black dot in the upper right hand corner when watch movies in a theater.
  • velimattialavelimattiala Member Posts: 111 Arc User
    jaguarskx wrote: »
    The game unofficially supports up to 2560x1440 resolution.

    There is no option to select that resolution with a monitor that supports that resolution though.

    Huh? There is for me, bottom of the list (highest possible, obvs). Defaults to that too.

  • jaguarskxjaguarskx Member Posts: 5,945 Arc User
    jaguarskx wrote: »
    The game unofficially supports up to 2560x1440 resolution.

    There is no option to select that resolution with a monitor that supports that resolution though.

    Huh? There is for me, bottom of the list (highest possible, obvs). Defaults to that too.

    Oh okay... I was relying on comments made by other players who stated they have a 2560x1440 resolution monitor, but did not have an option to select that resolution. Perhaps it was either a recent addition or it was a driver issue.
  • velimattialavelimattiala Member Posts: 111 Arc User
    Could be drivers or something else. Had my 1440p for three years now, STO has always been "correct" resolution wise.
  • lordpraesiuslordpraesius Member Posts: 19 Arc User
    I don't know if anyone has mentioned it yet, but the resolution scale slider may stop at 100%, but you can crank it up a LOT higher.

    Turn off anti alias, then type /renderscale 2.0

    That will double the texture resolution. It goes up to, I believe, 300% (3.0) and you can do it in increments like 2.5 for 250%, etc.
  • velimattialavelimattiala Member Posts: 111 Arc User
    That is true, I occasionally use it for screencapping. For example this one at renderscale 4 (1440p x4/10240x5760). Won't go higher than 4 though without crashing the game, I'm guessing runs out of gfx memory or something (4GB for me).

    https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16229638/screenshot_2015-07-20-19-06-26.jpg
  • siliconpsychosiliconpsycho Member Posts: 135 Arc User
    jaguarskx wrote: »
    The game unofficially supports up to 2560x1440 resolution.

    There is no option to select that resolution with a monitor that supports that resolution though. The game defaults to that resolution when playing in full screen mode though. Technically, the game may unofficially support 4K monitors, but I have not seen any comments of anyone playing on a 4k monitor with full resolution.

    Can't really help you out unless you provide screenshots or a better explanation of what you are see and what you are expecting to see. Also, be aware that when playing the TOS missions on a AoY captain, there is a film grain that is automatically applied and cannot be disabled. It is part of the nostalgia because Star Trek TOS was filmed back in the 1960's and film can degrade over time.

    I wonder... If Cryptic were to do story arc around the ST:TMP era, would they use "cigarette burns" when changing maps? A cigarette burn is term from the film industry to cue when a new reel is needed to be spliced in. It would generally appear as a black dot in the upper right hand corner when watch movies in a theater.


    They never were and have never been called "cigarette burns". Don't believe anything you are told in movies...

    They are called cue dots or cue marks, sometimes changeover marks and were used to indicate to the projectionist the end - 8seconds ( motor start) and end -1 second (changeover) between reels loaded on different 35/70mm projectors.

    Cinema projectionist (16mm, 35mm, 70mm, 2k and 4k digital) over and out


  • jaguarskxjaguarskx Member Posts: 5,945 Arc User
    I suppose "cigarette burns" is a slang term used by people not in the film industry.

    I did not get that term from a movie, rather from conversations with people talking about movies in general years ago. None of them were in the film industry, just general movie fans.
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