{"id":86011,"date":"2016-02-08T02:00:36","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T00:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=86011"},"modified":"2016-02-08T03:02:15","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T01:02:15","slug":"the-division-for-consoles-may-include-graphics-settings-for-better-visuals-or-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/86011-the-division-for-consoles-may-include-graphics-settings-for-better-visuals-or-performance","title":{"rendered":"The Division for consoles has settings for better visuals or performance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Graphical settings for a console game isn’t a new idea, Project CARS<\/em> allowed console users to sacrifice frames for prettier visuals last year<\/a>, but it’s certainly rare \u2013 making Tom Clancy’s<\/em> The Division<\/em> a rare breed indeed.<\/p>\n

As you know, The Division’s<\/em> beta revealed a few toggleable graphical settings<\/a> for the console versions: namely, sharpening and chromatic aberration, among a few others.<\/p>\n

These can turned on or off, affecting the overall aesthetic of the game but aren’t true graphical settings as they shouldn’t have any bearing on the game’s performance.<\/p>\n

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In a recent interview<\/a> with Team Epiphany<\/a>, The Division’s <\/em>developers mentioned being able to tweak, as-yet-unnamed, lighting effects in order to improve performance.<\/p>\n

“It’s actually great that we’re given the option you can actually disable certain lighting aspects to improve frame rates in the console versions. I don’t know another game that does that. So if you want to choose frame-rate over visuals, you can if you want.”<\/p>\n

The idea is to let players balance performance and visuals, but there was no mention of how far users can fall on one side or the other.<\/p>\n

Also, the console versions are meant to be capped at 30 fps, so how will affecting performance make that much of a difference? It may have something to do with reducing performance spikes.<\/p>\n

We can see it making a difference for the Xbox One version. Allowing players to lower the quality of lighting a tad in return for less of an impact from dynamic resolution scaling.<\/p>\n

Until the game releases, we can’t be sure these settings will ultimately be included.<\/p>\n