WAR (Warhammer Online)

Great news!  Patching disks now and can't wait.  I was a little disappointed with the quality of the graphics in OB and this news really puts a sparkle back in my eye.  Thanks for the news, now I just gotta wait for another 34%

 Great info!!!!!! thanks a bunch!!

I too got the pre-order physical game, but never loaded it and used my beta files.

Originally posted by Fyendiar

If the dvd version gives better graphics than a new beta client download+patched up then my frustration will return with a vengeance! I bought the dvd's, tried to install and the bloody thing kept giving errors, simply refusing to install even the first disc. So I was forced to download the beta and patch it up.

An earlier post in this thread also mentioned clearing the cache as a resolution.  You may want to give that a whirl to improve your Beta client.  G/L

Cache could be important.  Something else I noticed is that before in Scenarios or in RvR with a good bit of people on screen I would start to stutter, or lose a couple frames and since I installed this I have not had it happen at all.  It seems like better graphics but at the same time more stable. 

It could just be that I installed while they had the 4 hour+ downtime though.  Hard to say really. 

Simple fix.  As stated earlier. Just delete the cache folder from the Warhammer beta folder. 

Deleted the cache, no difference. The graphics are nice, but not as sharp as the screenshots posted earlier, good enough though. Just still annoyed they shipped those stupid dvd's a lot of dvd-drives can't even read without getting errors. (european version btw).

Hmm maybe someone will make an .iso of the dvd's and upload them at some point.  Keep an eye on torrentz.com.  It isn't pirating because you would have to buy a key anyway.  If someone else doesn't do it maybe I will sometime.  I know a lot of friends in Europe are having us buy them the package and send the key over.  I bet .iso's will be floating around soon.

I'm going to install the full install soon. I will be taking screenshots of the game on low settings before and after, and documenting my FPS in exact situations for a fair comparison.

You know what else I noticed? Lighting is so much nicer now. I mean, the ocean, I went to Norden's Watch and instead of the usual deep blues, I saw the sunlight reflecting off it beautifully. The textures were less blurred, the light off plate was very specular. The guards standing in the night in robes even, had moonlight glinting off the leather of their spauldrons. It is an overall improvement all around. Also, yes, not one hiccup in RVR tonight or Scenarios, its more stable than ever. I've only crashed once in 6 hours.

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Oh and those who havnt done so yet, right click your system tray icon for your Nvidia controller and open the control panel, add War to your list of programs for it, and put Anti-Aliasing at 8xs and Anti-scopic Filtering at 16x. Save the changes and load up the best Warhammer of your life!