Alright, heres the deal. If you play in high detail mode and stretch the window to cover half of your screen, you can nearly triple your range of sight.

 

 

 

[hide=Example!][/hide]

 

 

 

Normally I would only be able to see a tiny bit of that.

 

 

 

This is useful in many situations, I'll name a few of my favorites here:

 

 

 

Slayer- Being able to click monsters that would normally be off screen is enormously useful. Normally on a waterfiends task I'd only see one or two of them at a time. Now I see nearly half of them, and I can monitor the dragons easily!

 

 

 

Fishing- At shilo village, I can see all the spots near the furnace. I also do not need to run or move my camera to see the spot past the bridge, I can check it while crossing. It saves alot of hassle when you want to raise your fishing.

 

 

 

Godwars- I can check the levels of aviansie, attack aviansie, and pick up drops all in one swift movement instead of running around like a madman. I havn't had the need to go boss hunting yet But I can imagine this being wildy useful at Saradomin's God Wars.

 

 

 

Castle Wars/Stealing Creation/Fight Pits/Ect.- You can see players/recourses from farther away, not only is this less clicking but running around trying to see stuff can get you killed.

 

 

 

I used to not play in HD because I feared lag. I've been playing in HD for weeks and it doesn't lag that much more often than Low Detail did, and any lag is made up for by being able to one click way more stuff.

 

 

 

If You have the requirements, give high detail a try!!

People play in low detail because:

 

They prefer it.

 

Their pc isn't compatible with the HD version.

 

 

 

They want too, showing things people already know isn't going to make them change their mind.

Most people play on low detail because their computer doesn't have the requirements for high detail.

 

And when I play and high detail, I play on High Detail (Small) for the reason I like to see what I'm doing, and not having super small items.

theirs different kinds of lag, connection lag and system lag.

 

 

 

 

 

for example, i can play on HD but, it causes jerky animations. So i choose no to, plus i rather play on low detail it feels less dirty ro something. Quality isnt my main concern anyway.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the lag you speak of is probably not system lag tho. I may be wrong, but i might not be. Whatever, I just dont see why a thread to hype up HD is needed.

Sometimes I hook up my laptop to my PC monitor and dul screen it. It look sa little odd in the middel, and there is angular distortion when your resolution is about 2400x800. Views are done from a point, not a large window, so using my setup I things look tilted at the edges. The problem is my laptop was not intended for that sort of thing, so I have to turn the AA off or suffer 5 frames/sec.

Wow, if only someone had thought of this sooner.

I play in low detail because I prefer it over high detail because I am used to it. I can run HD I do it when at GWD as you said for the wider screen. But since I do most of my clicking off the minimap I have no use for the wider screen and maybe a tiny bit of extra lag which is annoying in GWD and CW when your trying to stop someone or score. I think mainly because I find no need to run HD other than a few places I use low detail with absolutely NO lag which is just the best if your doing something important. Also the texture is a bit too much for my liking.

High detail also rocks if you're doing other things online.

 

 

 

I won't show a picture but say i'm doing somehting like making potions, in high detail and by adjusting how the screen is I can play rs with a small square strip about as wide as 1/8th of my computer screen (where in this square all i can see is the bank and my inventory and a bit of the chat box. So i can do other stuff while on the comp :D

I don't think the majority of people who play in low detail just happen to enjoy it more then high detail.

That picture reminded me the days without dual monitors. :(

 

 

 

The resizeable screen though should become available for low detail mode though, its so user-friendly to multi-tasking while playing runescape.

Like many others have already mentioned, most people who are in low detail want to go HD, but cannot because their computers cannot handle it. My old computer could barely run low detail let alone HD, but my new one is better. I can go HD, yet I notice frame by frame lag, so I just normally use low detail. But if I do update my computer sometime soon, I'll remember to go HD and avoid clicking and using the arrow keys like a madman, haahaa. I'd expect that to help while rcing, wcing, fishing, a cooking, as well as a multitude of other tasks. Thanks for the tip :)

i prefer low detail because you can click things in the game window faster.

 

 

 

it's better for training in my opinion.

This has been posted before... many times.

 

 

 

i prefer low detail because you can click things in the game window faster.

 

 

 

it's better for training in my opinion.

 

...what? It's the same speed...

I have quite a bit of lag in HD so I play low detail. I'm nonstop pking, so being lag-free is crucial. Fullscreen might be useful for a pker so I can see lots of things with ease, so I might consider doing it sometime.

I normaly play on high detail but my computer is nub and lags when I'm just on google :(

used to play in HD.. but i dint like those button tabs at the bottom of the screen, kinda far off to press. and i wasnt too comfortable with the shortcut keys too. yup. maybe ill switch back nxt time.

I tried playing on two side-by-side 22" monitors once, but everything outside my normal view range didn't render properly. Not really sure why...

LOL, did the other title not suit well? :lol:

LOL, did the other title not suit well? :lol:

 

 

 

people kept saying "noob its cause they got crappy computers" so I changed the tone a bit.

Yes, I for one love high detail myself. The extra view is excellent and the graphics look 10x better on a bigger screen. You should check out this extension if you like the extra space while you play in firefox.

 

 

 

Compact Menu 2 - What it does is takes File, Edit, View, History, Bookmarks, Tools, Help & throws it all into one drop down menu. You can also remove some buttons and extra space to maximize even more storage space while playing. The only thing I view in my firefox is the navigation bar (where you type your websites) I remove the menu bar and the status bar down at the bottom.

 

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4550

This has been posted before... many times.

 

 

 

i prefer low detail because you can click things in the game window faster.

 

 

 

it's better for training in my opinion.

 

...what? It's the same speed...

 

No, he's right, it's faster.

I see your point. I only play in the Small HD. The big one makes my screen shots messed up. Very good call about the view though.

cool, im gonna try it :o

Compact Menu 2 - What it does is takes File, Edit, View, History, Bookmarks, Tools, Help & throws it all into one drop down menu. You can also remove some buttons and extra space to maximize even more storage space while playing. The only thing I view in my firefox is the navigation bar (where you type your websites) I remove the menu bar and the status bar down at the bottom.

 

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4550

 

 

 

I've added this but do I have to customize it or anything to get it to work? Right now I still have all my menus separate. :wall:

 

 

 

Edit: Nevermind I figured it out. :thumbsup:

 

 

 

OT: I use low detail because my computer lags in high detail enough that it's not worth it.

People play in low detail because:

 

They prefer it.

 

Their pc isn't compatible with the HD version.

 

 

 

They want too, showing things people already know isn't going to make them change their mind.

 

Precisely. I get 2 frames per second. Which is weird because my hardware is way above what's needed. :\