High detail day three.
Having given up on Runescape high detail mode because of severe lag I decided to do a manual windows update on my computer, it is scheduled to do an update every day at 3:00 am so didn’t expect it to need it, I was surprised it needed a critical update, the update was Vista service pack 1 which to me is a major update and why it wasn’t spotted on its daily scan I do not know, anyway I set it going and came back later all installed, decided to give high detail another try.
I tried it with internet explorer and had the same problem I had on the first day, it couldn’t create the cash file so I went back to Firefox, as expected it started straight away but with a difference in high detail the screen in the background wasn’t lagging, I didn’t go any further and decided to try it with Swiftkit, there was a problem with Swiftkit where the prayer level by the minimap was not visible, with their usual efficiency there was a patch that fixed it, I started up and it worked OK in normal mode and I then tried it in full screen and woot it worked.
I wasn’t very confident after all the problems I have had so did a treasure trail just for fun and to test its ability, I did the clue (Wish I didn’t what a carp result).
Screeny taken in normal detail as I cant screeny fullscreen with SK yet.
It all worked OK so I decided to do a slayer task full screen, I had 77 Steel Dragons, I was a bit concerned as a lag there can prove fatal but I had very little lag so gave it a go, and wooooah it was great, the screen is huge everything you are fighting is bigger, im not sure if you can see more area than the normal screen but the fact that everything is bigger makes it easier to pick up items, easier to click a monster and in all it is easier, not only this the fact that there is greater detail really makes a great playing experience.
It takes a while to get used to the controls at the bottom but that is mainly because I don’t normally look at the picture for the display in the inventory slot, I just know where it is and click it, its only a matter of time before clicking that is automatic, I like the transparency of the chat and inventory slot but it is off putting that you can not click on a monster in either of the lower panels, again its different and just a case of getting used to it.
My day yesterday was good as high detail, im not sure if it was the service pack that fixed the lag a better server I had logged into or any other possible reasons, I know I will be playing HD in future unless I need screen shots, I will resort to normal or use print screen and crop it, cropping takes up too much of my valuable time, I’m sure Zybex are onto a fix for screen shot in HD already.

















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