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sweetswami77
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#1 Old 2nd Sep 2014 at 11:17 PM
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I'm on my partitioned 27" iMac. I changed the screen res to 2560x1440 and set the graphics level to Ultra, and it's still blurry when I zoom in on my sim. It's fine zoomed out and looking at the whole lot, but that's not how I play. Anyone else having this issue?
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Puremin0rez
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#2 Old 2nd Sep 2014 at 11:44 PM
I think what you're describing is the new Depth of Field effect.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_of_field

It "blurs" things that are out of focus. Basically tries to simulate how our eyes work IRL but no game ever does it right :P
GreenCats
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#3 Old 2nd Sep 2014 at 11:46 PM
Quote: Originally posted by Puremin0rez
I think what you're describing is the new Depth of Field effect.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_of_field

It "blurs" things that are out of focus. Basically tries to simulate how our eyes work IRL but no game ever does it right :P


This is useful to know - thank you.

Do you know if there's a way to turn it off?
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#4 Old 2nd Sep 2014 at 11:47 PM
Allegedly one can turn off that kind of effect somewhere in Game Options. (Don’t have the game yet myself, but it might be worth a look)
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#5 Old 3rd Sep 2014 at 12:15 AM
Quote: Originally posted by plasticbox
Allegedly one can turn off that kind of effect somewhere in Game Options. (Don’t have the game yet myself, but it might be worth a look)


Game Options - click the "uncompressed Sim textures". That should crisp things up a bit. I read that somewhere, I also just kept clicking different combinations till I found something I liked.

Edit to add screens of a Sim closeup and my settings.



Sisaly
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#6 Old 3rd Sep 2014 at 12:35 AM
How are you playing on a Mac?
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sweetswami77
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#7 Old 3rd Sep 2014 at 12:36 AM
Thanks for your replies. For me it wasn't the uncompressed sim texture, it was the post processing effects. I unchecked that box and it looks much better now! Don't know how they messed that up so badly, but I'm glad there's an option to turn it off. Thanks for all the help!
sweetswami77
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#8 Old 3rd Sep 2014 at 12:37 AM
Quote: Originally posted by Sisaly
How are you playing on a Mac?


I run a dual boot. My Mac has a Windows partition.
Sisaly
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#9 Old 3rd Sep 2014 at 3:01 AM
That's pretty cool. Didn't know you could do that. Thanks.
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#10 Old 3rd Sep 2014 at 3:11 AM
pretty cool on that UI
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