2014-03-06 08:09

Sorry if this has already been posted, I'm not reading through 60+ pages :pI tested this back in January and couldn't get it to happen to me, in fact I had the opposite issue where it would only show ultra no matter how many times I fiddled with the settings and redeployed/reconnected/relaunched the game. But having just tested this again today it definitely happens to me now. I just spent about an hour testing to figure out what's going on, here's my results:E.g starting the game with 'terrain decoration' set to 'low' then setting it to 'high' will look completely different to starting with 'terrain decoration' on 'ultra' then setting it to 'high'. Here are my screenshots that prove this:Low:started on low: https://www.dropbox.com/s/aragsdy50gy286o/L_TD-low.jpg [dropbox.com]started on medium: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9a4y58mliqixx6n/M_TD-low.jpg [dropbox.com]started on high: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9pxh79nmayluc0m/H_TD-low.jpg [dropbox.com]started on ultra: https://www.dropbox.com/s/53qdnh3oy1qxx01/U_TD-low.jpg [dropbox.com]Medium:started on low: https://www.dropbox.com/s/dztrw6kzz6nnyhm/L_TD-med.jpg [dropbox.com]started on medium: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ay2ow8vdd4ubioz/M_TD-med.jpg [dropbox.com]started on high: https://www.dropbox.com/s/y7nt3f2cdwg3aq5/H_TD-med.jpg [dropbox.com]started on ultra: https://www.dropbox.com/s/3qzinc8lgd7o02e/U_TD-med.jpg [dropbox.com]High:started on low: https://www.dropbox.com/s/50isj0g7mz90mnm/L_TD-high.jpg [dropbox.com]started on medium: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jzrkscz5qk5e313/M_TD-high.jpg [dropbox.com]started on high: https://www.dropbox.com/s/x4yy41bcaqjjh7a/H_TD-high.jpg [dropbox.com]started on ultra: https://www.dropbox.com/s/uk0ia4ky551b6yk/U_TD-high.jpg [dropbox.com]Ultra:started on low: https://www.dropbox.com/s/wafsnh3shq9vl9f/L_TD-ultra.jpg [dropbox.com]started on medium: https://www.dropbox.com/s/cjm9m4sn3ytgl1d/M_TD-ultra.jpg [dropbox.com]started on high: https://www.dropbox.com/s/i62b590h277jvm5/H_TD-ultra.jpg [dropbox.com]started on ultra: https://www.dropbox.com/s/swaplp6pu5j2t7z/U_TD-ultra.jpg [dropbox.com]This is insane. It gets worse, the following applies to each of the 4 settings once you are in the game:low = highmedium = ultrahigh = mediumultra = lowSo if you are currently set to 'Ultra' and just leave it, that will give you roughly the equivalent of somewhere between medium and high.1) Ensure 'terrain decoration' is set to 'ultra' before joining a game or starting a new map.2) Join a game or start new map and set 'terrain decoration' to 'medium'.3) Redeploy. You will now have real ultra setting.NOTE: This is not permanent! You will have to do thisyou join a game, andyou start a new match! If you know your game is already permanently set to ultra(or whatever setting you desire). Locking write permissions on your config file does not do anything.Tests were done under Win 8.1 on a 4930k+780ti.I sincerely hope the developer(s) responsible for this get fired on the spot, because if this isn't reason to fire someone then I don't know what is. What a mess.