Option to turn off fog or increase view distance

MrDenimChicken

Hey Zenimax,

Are there any plans to give players the option to increase the view distance and take away the fog? I know there are some programs like ESO launcher that allow you to reduce it, but it looks kinda bad when all the mountains in the distance look like mashed potatoes.

This is a beautiful game, but it would be the MOST beautiful MMO if you could actually see the mountains and forests sorrounding you within your own zone. Currently, I feel like I am in a bubble of fog when I play this game, and it kind of takes away from the feeling of being a part of a gigantic world, and I already have the view distance set to max.

Anytime you go up on the top of a hill or side of a mountain in this game, you can't really see anything in the distance because of the fog, and I think it truly handicaps the beauty. In Skyrim, when you climb a mountain and see the vastness around you, it is truly breathtaking. This game could conjure up some of those same emotions if it didn't have the fog!

Fog can be good for certain zones, but not every single zone. It's not just about making the game more aesthetically pleasing, it's also about making people feel like they are inside a vast, epic world where the possibilities are endless.

Laura

http://www.gamemodi.net/

its a mod that allows you to turn the fog off a lot of my friends use it.

I don't because my computer isn't top of the line.

discosoc

MrDenimChicken wrote: »

Fog can be good for certain zones, but not every single zone. It's not just about making the game more aesthetically pleasing, it's also about making people feel like they are inside a vast, epic world where the possibilities are endless.

I'd just like to point out that sometimes not being able to see vast distances like you want actually helps make you feel like you're part of an epic world where possibilities are endless. Mainly because when you set the draw distance high enough (for any game), you very quickly realize just how small the world maps really are.

ThePonzzz

I play on high graphics, so I don't get to experience all these ultra settings.

Divinius

If I had to guess, I'd say that the main reason they don't allow us to set the view distance farther than it is currently, is that they know that everyone would just crank it up to whatever the max was, and then come on the forums to complain the game is slow and choppy.

That said, I have a beast of a gaming rig that can easily handle this game, and I'd love to be able to remove the fog without having to resort to things like ESO Launcher.

powerLevelOver9000

+1 for a slider to set the distance aerial perspective aka the fog starts to appear.

Azzuria

Meh. I like that distant peaks are hazy. Growing up between the Alaska Range and Mt. McKinley ( that'd be the largest mountain in North America ) the Brooks Range I can tell you from personal experience that vast distances -do- look hazy, even on the clearest days.

powerLevelOver9000

It is not haziness, That is set by depth of field, it is the fog overlay. It is too close, like a bubble, you get out of the city, 100 meter later, you cant even see the city walls, lost in fog (even though some very distant objects show like far away mountains)