A n00b question

[Lord Mango]

Ive been playing STW a while now but i see all these nice graphical close up screenshots. Im wondering how you get in that close to see units and how the graphics are that good? Do i need to increase my resolution?

[Skidrowpunk]

Welcom Lord Mango http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif. Are you talking about the Rome: Total War screenshots? And, nobody is a n00b, there is just some people who are new.

[Lord Mango]

Erm, no ive seen a lot of close ups but i cant zoom in that far, or get the brill graphics they show

[Skidrowpunk]

I'm really no expert, but can you give me a link to the screenshots. Maybe it could be some issue with your computer.

*It should be welcome, not welcom*

[Lord Mango]

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/screenshots_library/dir_20/vortal_pic_10253.jpg


thats the best i could find. There were ones in as close as the pics in the inside cover of warlord edition with that detail. It was a bunch of guys fighting inside a castle wall on the RTS portion of the game with good detail. I couldnt find the ones from b4 sorry

[Skidrowpunk]

I should've said it before, but I was a little short on time. If you can post your system specs here it would be a lot easier.

Have you updated your game with the latest patch and updated your video card with the latest drivers?

[ichi]

IF you haven't patched the game with the latest 2.01 version

Right-click on the icon that you use to start the game.
Click on Properties.
Find the Target line; it should read something like . . .
C:\Program Files\Total War\Medieval - Total War\Medieval_TW.exe -strictserver

be careful here.

Click on the line at the end, and then add the term -ian

this should allow you unlimited camera.

ichi

[Gregoshi]

Greetings Lord Mango. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif Welcome to the Org.

Have you used the - key on the keypad to lower the camera as far down as it will go?

One other consideration is your graphics card. I remember when barocca was showing me some screen shots from his PC for a mod he was making. I was floored at how much better and more detailed his screen shots were. According to barocca, there are two sets of graphic images used in the game - a hires set and a lowres set. The game apparently evaluates which is best for your PC and uses that set. I was using a Voodoo3 at the time and was getting the lowres images. I don't recall what kind of graphics card he had at the time. So that may be another possible explanation.

[Lord Mango]

Thanx Ichi thats just what i was lookin' for ill try it. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif