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[PETITION] Official 4K Resolution Support Thread

ModWuks··181 votes·15,318 views

Update: The issue has for the most part been resolved in Patch 6.2! Thanks Riot!

HUD font size now properly scales with HUD settings, rather than system DPI settings. Sorry, 4k users!

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/game-updates/patch/patch-62-notes#patch-bugfixes

Hey everyone,

First of all, on behalf of us in the Wrenchmen Program (Wuks, Kao Atlantis, and Elduris), I wanted to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. We appreciate your patience and support over the past year, and we're also thankful for those who've popped in every now and then to help out another Summoner in need. Hopefully, everyone's planning on spending this break with loved ones (studying for midterms/finals can wait)!

For as long as I can remember, and increasingly over the past year, we've seen a large amount of Summoners having issues with League of Legends when they run on 4K resolution. And often, the solution we give that sometimes works is to change your desktop resolution to 1920x1080 and hope that it works. Well, with more and more computers and monitors supporting 4K resolution, I figure it's time to create an official petition thread that we can gather community support for regarding finally implementing 4K support. And because we send a lot of people to post in Miscellaneous whenever they're seeking this feature and their threads often get buried, we'll instead be sending them to this thread to post their support. The more people that Riot sees backing this feature, the better chance it'll be moved up on their development priorities. Hopefully, sometime in the near future, we'll no longer have to deal with huge fonts that make it difficult to read the scoreboard and other stats.

Thanks for your time, and if you support this petition, please leave an upvote and a reply below.

Cheers! Wuks

110 Comments

Battalion47 votes

My monitor is too good for the games I play!

First world problems. [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

Proxy3458 votes

Well practically every graphics card above $140 supports 4k resolution so why not? Lol

Besides LoL is still one of the lowest spec games out there so it would be interesting to see a video of a $160 graphics card playing LoL at 4k.

disregardable5 votes

Riot already provides a 4k option for the game. My $600 laptop gets like 20 fps at my max resolution (which is only 3200x1800), personally. The problem is that when they updated the HUD (remember the old one? 4 months ago? much larger and boxier?), they messed up the way the text scales in game. It's designed to only look good at 100% scaling, which is perfect if you have a 720p or 1080p screen. However, if you have a larger screen than that, Windows will look much smaller on your desktop, so you need to scale the pixels up to 150%, 250%, 300% of the normal size to be readable. The scaling that makes your desktop readable distorts most of League's text into a giant unreadable mess, where the old HUD did not do that.

It's complicated, and it's totally unnecessary, and it's disappointing that Riot hasn't fixed it in 4 months. http://i.imgur.com/7lnZPYL.jpg

Dangerous Man6 votes

I don't have 4k but support ya know

Delta F5085 votes

Signed. I don't use one myself, but all players and all resos should be supported.

Only Play Darius4 votes

4K gives unfair advantage as it allows users to see far more on their screen than players who can only afford lower resolutions

ModWuks6 votes

[{quoted}](name=Jelly Mac,realm=NA,application-id=cIfEodbz,discussion-id=qPqP8Ke8,comment-id=0005,timestamp=2015-11-26T22:10:38.715+0000)

4K gives unfair advantage as it allows users to see far more on their screen than players who can only afford lower resolutions

Hey Jelly Mac,

4K resolution is not the size of the screen but rather the pixel clarity and density of the screen. You still see the same frame of reference that all other players see (barring resolution ratios).

PeponiPoro2 votes

im pretty sure he was joking?

Frutz3 votes

+1 Playing with a 4K monitor is a real disadvantage in the game at the moment (Gigantic font, can't see seconds on screen, map icons tiny or just disappearing, ...)

OmniMoto3 votes

I don't have the monitor for a 4k resolution, but I most certainly believe that games should offer them [slayer-pantheon-rainbows]

Silents4293 votes

Well, with more and more computers and monitors supporting 4K resolution

Eh, this is pretty friggin inaccurate honestly, yeah newer cards are supporting 4k but we don't even have single GPU's that can do 4k with any meaningful impact, the people running 4k resolutions and doing it well are the colossal minority that isn't growing much at all.

I'm not saying they should up the support, but you make this out like 4k is going to be the new standard any time soon, which is ridiculous. 1080P only recently started becoming the normal for laptops, phones, and tablets etc.

ModWuks2 votes

{quoted}

Eh, this is pretty friggin inaccurate honestly, yeah newer cards are supporting 4k but we don't even have single GPU's that can do 4k with any meaningful impact, the people running 4k resolutions and doing it well are the colossal minority that isn't growing much at all.

I'm not saying they should up the support, but you make this out like 4k is going to be the new standard any time soon, which is ridiculous. 1080P only recently started becoming the normal for laptops, phones, and tablets etc.

I wouldn't say it's inaccurate that there are an increasing number of comouters that exceed the 1080p resolution. There's definitely a higher amount of these computers now than there were two years ago.

Silents4292 votes

4k won't be mainstream until 4k televisions are affordable, and single GPU cards are capable of 60fps 4k in games.

The time might come, but we have a lot of steps to get through before 4k becomes meaningful enough.

I am PewdiePie2 votes

{quoted}

Eh, this is pretty friggin inaccurate honestly, yeah newer cards are supporting 4k but we don't even have single GPU's that can do 4k with any meaningful impact, the people running 4k resolutions and doing it well are the colossal minority that isn't growing much at all.

I'm not saying they should up the support, but you make this out like 4k is going to be the new standard any time soon, which is ridiculous. 1080P only recently started becoming the normal for laptops, phones, and tablets etc.

In the US, that is true. Correct me if I'm wrong, but 4k is becoming pretty normal in other places like South Korea.

Baddest Hooker3 votes

+1 Add a loading screen for us UltraWideScreen(21:9) players and everyone will be happy! :D RIght now its ugly to have 2 black bars on each side of the screen when the game is loading...

Edit: By UltraWideScreen I mean 2560x1080p

Lanarrin3 votes

the human eye cannot detect the subtle differences in frame rate above 60 FPS, the same can be said about the difference in resolution from 1080 to 4k yeah the color quality and blah blah blah, those are stats and advertisements over exaggerate the difference for sales purposes anyway. so whats the point in Riot spending XXXXXX dollars on upgrading the servers and their drive and system to support 4k? seems like i would be more concerned with how my LCS goes than how 10% of the overly rich people play. JS. and LMAO Rolska!

disregardable6 votes

This doesn't have anything the do with the problem 4k users currently have. Riot already offers the game in 4k. In fact, the game formerly looked just fine, but as of patch 5.16 (4 months ago now) the game looks like this for high resolution users. When they changed the way the HUD looks, it fucked up everything for us. We can't see anyone's CS or KDA, summoner's names are huge, we can't see baron or dragon timers, we can't use the various damage/heal/shield pop-ups that come when you hit something or get hit. There is a fix you can make, but it's inconvenient and not everyone even knows it exists.

http://media.lolusercontent.com/api/embedly/1/image/resize?url=http%3A%2F%2Fimgur.com%2FxkJkwbf.jpg&key=a45e967db0914c7fb472fd4381e6c85b&width=425

Le Dauphin2 votes

I don't deny high resolution is mostly a luxury, but 1080p on 21" monitor at normal seating distance (2-3 feet) is really grainy, and anyone that's not literally/legally blind can tell the difference vs 4k (or even just 1440p) resolution without even side-by-side comparison. The "human eye can't tell" point is definitely at a much higher pixel density.

Sinlaire3 votes

incorrect. The human Eye can distinguish subtle differences in movement at up to 300 frames per second and scientists believe it possible for the brain to go upwards of 600 fps if it werent for processing the other 4 senses. Thats why there are Tv's at 60hz, 120hz, 240hz, and plasmas at over 600. Hz is just frames per second.

just like have blind people have better senses of taste touch and smell, the deaf have sharp eyes.

TeCoolMage2 votes

Actually, any Hz above 75 is usually to stop judder, as TV programs work in 24 FPS and computer games are made with the assumption that people play with monitors and not TV screens. Most monitors are 60-75 Hz.

FPS is not Hz. That would imply the TV I buy affects the quality of a channel. It'd be expensive to broadcast a show with extra frames that not everyone uses anyway, and fewer would criticize, much less stop watching, a channel simply because of lower FPS.

Blackridah3 votes

Pretty soon we'll need 8k support :P

JerrBear71 votes

{quoted}

Pretty soon we'll need 8k support :P

And 12K, I believe Project:Cars (Steam game) has 12K support already... 0_0

Blackridah2 votes

[{quoted}](name=The MLGPro Gamer,realm=NA,application-id=cIfEodbz,discussion-id=qPqP8Ke8,comment-id=00190000,timestamp=2015-11-27T04:38:46.699+0000)

And 12K, I believe Project:Cars (Steam game) has 12K support already... 0_0

hot damn

Solaxo2 votes

Why the heck are you playing this game on such oversized screen?

SlashStriker2 votes

whats the point if you have 20 inch monitor? Are the monitors that you use 100 inch?

I Main Swain2 votes

i use a 72 in flat screen

ModWuks9 votes

[{quoted}](name=I Main Swain,realm=NA,application-id=cIfEodbz,discussion-id=qPqP8Ke8,comment-id=00070000,timestamp=2015-11-26T22:44:39.546+0000)

i use a 72 in flat screen

For when you want your Teemos to be half a foot tall!

Keitron2 votes

Why must Americans always shove thanksgiving to everyone on the internet, other nations have different holidays you know.

ModWuks9 votes

-snip-

{quoted}

NA is for all of North America, Canada is part of North America- it's not just for U.S players.

Canada also celebrates Thanksgiving; just not today. The internet is about inclusion, but that's not to say that we should stop other people from celebrating their own holidays. If someone posted on the Boards celebrating their own holiday that we didn't necessarily celebrate here in America, I'm all for that!

ARequestOfDeath2 votes

well since Canada doesn't have any servers i have to play on the NA server

ill Omen6 votes

NA is for all of North America, Canada is part of North America- it's not just for U.S players.

ModWuks3 votes

{quoted}

NA is for all of North America, Canada is part of North America- it's not just for U.S players.

Canada also celebrates Thanksgiving; just not today. The internet is about inclusion, but that's not to say that we should stop other people from celebrating their own holidays. If someone posted on the Boards celebrating their own holiday that we didn't necessarily celebrate here in America, I'm all for that!

Keitron3 votes

Its like religion i respect them all but when you shove it down my face i want you to piss right the fuck off.

League of Potato2 votes

No one is shoving it in your face, you chose to click on this post. You chose to read it, and somehow you chose to be this butthurt about it.

Keitron3 votes

The title has nothing to do about the "holiday" and the start is blanketing with the "holiday" i choose not to read the post like honestly you don't see Christians on the board preaching their religion do you?

League of Potato1 votes

You're literally bitching about nothing. Get over it.

Keitron1 votes

Look in a mirror pal.

League of Potato1 votes

I'm not the one bitching about a fuckin holiday. It must suck always getting butthurt about absolutely nothing.

Keitron2 votes

Its called being annoyed if someone knocked on your day everyday for every holiday no matter if you heard of it or not would you not get annoyed?

Malicious Fury2 votes

I support this thread!

Now let's all support the pancake thread.

http://i.imgur.com/sDfuE.jpg

StrikeZone2 votes

I'll up vote this.

We also need support for 5760x1080 triple monitor. A more immersive exerprience. My suggestions for this would keep the HUD on the middle monitor. Make sure the mouse can move the screen from the middle Monitor only and not get lost on the side monitors.

ModWuks2 votes

I actually have 3 monitors, but if it takes up three screens, how can I watch my TV shows and look up game stats?

Just Cat2 votes

I do not own 4k monitor but i will support you![slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

ElysMustache2 votes

Okay, so my new 4K monitor came in the mail today. Sweet.

Two things desperately need fixing:

  1. The size of the in-game cursor.
  2. Minion health bar size.

I can't find my cursor when there is a lot happening on screen. Even with very little going on, the thing gets lost pretty easily. Honestly, I wish the dumb thing was easier to find in 1080 resolution sometimes. The problem with minion health bars is two-fold. First, they are just really small and that is annoying. But the second part of it is that it completely messes up your last-hitting, because it is different than what you are used to. Now, those sound kind of the same but are distinct in my head anyway.

Champion health bars could be bigger, but not a huge deal to me compared to the first two things.

As for the size of the menu text, I don't find this gamebreaking because although it is small, it is just as legible due to the high resolution.

Finally, the Launcher is downright miniscule. Again, I can see what I need to, but it is laughably small.

I'm sure I'll have more to say as I get a little more game time in.

Velasan2 votes

Just had this issue so here's an upvote!

DarkSoul25042 votes

I play LoL on a 4k 15.6" laptop. The text font is so big that most of the numbers overlap, and the cursor is so small that I miss most of my skillshots. Please fix this problem soon because it makes me really pissed.

humjack2 votes

+1

This is ridiculous, Riot. I shouldn't have to change desktop settings every time I want to start/end a round of LoL. Please fix this ASAP.

Redaga1 votes

now that we are on that, can we get better models/ textures for those that dont play on 300$ toaster?

ModWuks1 votes

'tis a request for another petition, but they've been pretty good on releasing regular visual updates for champions!

Redaga2 votes

I know they have updated em from what it was season 1, but with current tech, im sure they can do way better

(not this tier, but let me dream) http://imgur.com/oASgDM3

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