The amount of people unable to play with HD is quite minimal I think. Computer specs have improved lots with years so I'm sure most people have computers that aren't older than 5-6 years. My 4 year old PC ran HD easily.

 

My laptop is more than good enough, but since my pops is too cheap for windows, i cant play since for some reason signed java just wont work with the distribution i have.. Though, i've managed to play HD standard, not Full screen. Since windows and linux are two different worlds, most popular games wont work at all. (Though, you could run WoW flawlessly... -.-)

I managed to cut down the time of my Runecrafting runs, i managed to click on a NPC faster than the person standing next to me.

 

 

 

Really? I find that standard detail is better because you lagg less, have to move your mouse a shorter distance, and the bankscreen works faster.

 

 

 

I can play Runescape in HD Full options if I wanted to on my laptop but I don't want it to overheat which it can do easily when using a lot of graphics. However I believe Jagex stated somewhere that they were working on a fullscreen version of SD which would be nice as a lot of people like the bigger screen but can't handle HD, or choose not to use it.

My computer has problems with normal-sized HD, I can't even imagine how bad fullscreen would be. Also, it's 3 years old.

Does this advantage apply to the window sized HD (where it is the same sized as SD)? I have never used HD ever just due to preferences but this could be useful.

Well I don't think the advantages are too big. In boss battles the player with HD might be able to see the boss easier and get a better view at his health bar, and so most people say to battle bosses in HD unless your computer can't handle it (my comp can but I choose to stay in low detail even in boss battles). In pvp the advantage isn't that great either since long distance attacks (mage and range) have the same attack range in both graphics, although the low detail player might need to step in a few steps before they can see their target while the HD players can attack from further and let their character automatically run further.

I don't think it is that much of a disadvantage, the distance your mouse has to go (as someone has said) might even it out. I wouldn't know tho, my laptop has no problem running HD. So that is what I use, it goes without saying, if you have a better computer you're always gonna have a slight over on people that don't. Same goes with the internet connection. Just how it works with games.

A line has to be drawn between an unfair advantage and holding players back from enjoying themselves because some people can't afford a monitor/graphics card worth more than $50.

 

 

 

I really don't see the problem with this, especially as the disadvantage is not tied to an account, but specific to the computer you play on. So someone with a bad computer at home could go into an internet cafe (or whatever they're called) and play on par with your average HD player.

HD slightly increases loading times, which voids the argument that HD actually improves runecrafting. At least, that is my personal experience.

Wow, I hadn't actually thought of trying HD on my new (to me) laptop. I thought it was our WiFI. Looks nice, no lag.

I'm too used to SD honestly.

I know i'm not nearly as experienced with RC as some of the other people that have posted, but i have been able to cut down on my RC times by a bit. Like mentioned it might only be 1 - 2 runs (however i found it to be closer to the region of 3 - 4 runs) but in the end, even 2 runs an hour WILL make all the difference. I have a pretty old Laptop, about 3 or 4 years old and it runs HD without any lag. I do however have a pretty strong connection, so this might be whats helping me. But aside from that, like philip mentioned, the problem is not fixed to the ammount you pay but ritater to the machine you own. In my books this goes down as discrimination. "So what, you've got a bad computer. why should it be our problem? We will make those with more wealth get things done a little bit faster." This is just kind of the impression i get. The game should be equally fair for those with or whithout wealth. I don't want to sound like a moaning cow, but i am getting the wrong impression from Jagex.

Slightest of advantages?

 

 

 

Its a huge advantage in GOP, when i stretch my screen i can see more than double the area i can with standard detail.

 

 

 

But, its better than having everything out of proportion just to make it "fair" for people with low detail. How crappy would full screen HD look if everyone was huge.

 

 

 

Not many people honestly can't use HD.

If you can find another monitor, you can (or at least, last time I tried you could) stretch the game so far, the ground textures would stop rendering. Players, items, trees, etc still rendered fine though, so I guess it'd work quite well for rushing.

 

 

 

Edit: I'm talking even widescreenier than this:

 

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If you can find another monitor, you can (or at least, last time I tried you could) stretch the game so far, the ground textures would stop rendering. Players, items, trees, etc still rendered fine though, so I guess it'd work quite well for rushing.

 

 

 

Edit: I'm talking even widescreenier than this:

 

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wow thats way bigger, i usually use high detail but i lag if my laptop heats up.

Just to demonstrate what the widest and thinnest view would look like. (I could go wider if I had a larger resolution monitor.) I also use a self-made (not by me) java application to play RuneScape, so it allows me to use these weird sizes.

 

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HD slightly increases loading times, which voids the argument that HD actually improves runecrafting. At least, that is my personal experience.

 

For me the loading times are the same on SD and HD. My 3 years old PC can easily handle two RuneScape HD windows at once.

 

 

 

I prefer to play in resizeable HD because it uses nearly the same size of the screen but you have more room to click around. And when you close the chat box (and the inventory) you have even more room. By resizing the window to a wide window you can clearly see much more (up to 5 times than SD) and if you resize to a high window you can zoom a little bit in.

 

 

 

And those few inches don't really matter.

 

 

 

My girlfriend tells me an extra inch makes all the difference. :shock:

After testing out a stretched HD screen for pking, I have concluded that.. it sucks. Just the small HD already allows further sight, and the [developmentally delayed]ed button placements on the big HD made me die several times..

Going to armadyl in smallscreen is an absolute pain, I always use largescreen for that because it's much easier to see kree. In smallscreen if you're in a corner and he's in the middle you can barely see kree, I've had people ask to call when to change bolts because it's hard for them to see his HP.

 

 

 

But for runecrafting, crafting, prayer ect I prefer smallscreen because of the smaller distance between your inventory and objects on screen (altars, banks ect).

Going to armadyl in smallscreen is an absolute pain, I always use largescreen for that because it's much easier to see kree. In smallscreen if you're in a corner and he's in the middle you can barely see kree, I've had people ask to call when to change bolts because it's hard for them to see his HP.

 

 

 

But for runecrafting, crafting, prayer ect I prefer smallscreen because of the smaller distance between your inventory and objects on screen (altars, banks ect).

 

When using the abyss and ZMI altar for RC you can see a bigger part of the map when using HD so this means (especially with abyss) that when you are climbing thought the obsticle (or distracting eye's, etc.) you can often have the right rune portal right clicked already making this much faster.

Well...yes.

 

 

 

I always play on Liquid HD, it helps A LOT on Armadyl God Wars, Corporeal Beast (When you're stunning), Runecrafting, and pretty much anything because you have a bigger vision range, I can't see why people complain about this update

Some people can run HD but choose not too.

 

 

 

That'd be me I don't mind HD, but SD is better when doing certain activities like hunter for example.

Going to armadyl in smallscreen is an absolute pain, I always use largescreen for that because it's much easier to see kree. In smallscreen if you're in a corner and he's in the middle you can barely see kree, I've had people ask to call when to change bolts because it's hard for them to see his HP.

 

Heh, I usually just guess :oops:

I had been doing TD massacres in Standard Detail because that is what I usually play on.

 

 

 

I switched to HD full screen on my quite big monitor, took 30 minutes to get used to the new Tabs, and then realized the amount of advantage I had over SD. There were so many times I could switch to the right prayer at the right time compared to Standard Detail.

 

 

 

If your computer can handle it, HD is superior at any rate during boss fights when compared to SD.

I always play in HD. I mostly like the way the whip looks haha