Enemy render distance.

metacooler · Posted: 05-11-2019, 06:04:38 | Translate post to: ... (Click for more languages)

So I just started playing on the server and I've noticed that I have to practically be right on top of a mob for it to be visible. It's ridiculous. I really think that the radius needs to be increased. What do you guys think?

topgun750 · Posted: 05-11-2019, 10:10:35 | Translate post to: ... (Click for more languages)

metacooler wrote:

So I just started playing on the server and I've noticed that I have to practically be right on top of a mob for it to be visible. It's ridiculous. I really think that the radius needs to be increased. What do you guys think?

Hello metacooler and welcome to Freakz!

While I approve of the suggestion, and also think that having a larger render distance would increase the overall gameplay quality on our server, I am pretty sure this is close to impossible to be done. I remember we've had this discussion a few times already, and it always appeared that there's really not much we can do about it.

Perhaps somebody else will be able to give more detail as in why exactly this is impossible.

Nevertheless, I thank you for trying to contribute to the server with your suggestions. And once again - welcome to our server!

Kind regards,
GM Topgun

k0s · Posted: 05-11-2019, 10:41:35 | Translate post to: ... (Click for more languages)

It's not about the "render distance" but the phasing. Tl;dr if you're in some area X and another mob is in area Y you cannot see it. We did this due to some limitations on our current patch, but may be improved / removed at all once we move to a different patch.

For now, it will stay this way.

metacooler · Posted: 05-11-2019, 16:03:03 | Translate post to: ... (Click for more languages)

k0s wrote:

It's not about the "render distance" but the phasing. Tl;dr if you're in some area X and another mob is in area Y you cannot see it. We did this due to some limitations on our current patch, but may be improved / removed at all once we move to a different patch.

For now, it will stay this way.

Are you sure, because I found a post from 4 years ago asking about the same thing.

https://forum.wow-freakz.com/view-post-4612496.html

I just don't want to waste my time if it's not going to change.

Sarah · Posted: 05-11-2019, 16:18:12 | Translate post to: ... (Click for more languages)

Hello metacooler,

View distance is limited to 50 yards in the open world (this is not active in Dungeons, Raids, BGs, Arenas or otherwise instanced areas) to reduce server load, increasing performance and lowering lag.

It has been active for a long time and to my knowledge there are no plans to change it.

Best regards
Sarah

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