A comparison picture with "High" and "Low" graphic

Cao Ky H·Jun 17, 2014·16 votes·7,752 views

That would be interessting.

17 Comments

MayuriK12Jun 18, 20144 votes

As someone who loves League, I was initially worried when I saw the VU. Okay I was ecstatic at first, but I wanted to be able to play it still. I play League with the lowest settings because:

I play League on a laptop.
It's not the latest laptop either, and it has other stuff on it.
My internet connection isn't the best, and too much activity from my family eats bandwidth.

So in other words, I want Riot to do the best they can for us by updating the Rift, but I want to be able to participate in it and see their marvelous gift, even on low settings.

AukuJun 18, 20144 votes

The updated Rift contains less polygons than current SR, I believe. If you are running on low settings you should not notice a drastic change in performance; if anything, an increase.

Also, bandwidth will not alter your framerate, but of course your gameplay experience.

X DoctorDoctor XJun 18, 20142 votes

you are correct, it will actually be the same on your computer, if not easier for it.

MayuriK12Jun 19, 20141 votes

After trying it on the PBE, it does work smoothly, provided my laptop isn't warm/hot when I start it up. Thank you Riot!

ZanzabaarrJun 18, 20142 votes

Its totally reasonable for Riot to be making the game more accessible in lower end hardware but all this effort into going into one direction is really out shadowing the other side, and being a better than average computer user makes me disappointed to hear so much about low end optimization and not so much about high end graphical fidelity.

I understand that this is mostly about optimization but maybe a commentator mode with some sparkly overdone particle effects would be ridiculous and have that little bit more appeal to broaden the audience exponentially but you know, that might be just me. Nami

Smokey JoeJun 18, 20142 votes

These are screenshots of differences using the slider settings on Medium Quality.

Smokey JoeJun 18, 20142 votes

These are screenshots of differences using the slider settings on very low.

Smokey JoeJun 18, 20142 votes

These are screenshots of differences using the slider settings on Very High quality.

twisted fate topJun 17, 20141 votes

Agreed. Maybe some other settings too, like with and without shadows?

probst9999999999Jun 17, 20141 votes

I too would like to see this. I am very disappointed with the level that the current graphics go to, I get that they are trying to make the game playable on low end hardware but I want to see more scalability, possibly adding an ultra setting or something. As it is right now the shadows on maximum settings are still blocky, there is no reason for that. Low end people can turn them off entirely if required. I also want to see how it works at ultra wide resolutions, the current game distorts (a FOV issue) and does not show animations for the stuff on the far sides.

AbiwonKenabiJun 18, 20141 votes

They mention in the live stream that the way the camera is on current SR gives a fish eye lens effect. This was fixed in Howling Abyss and they're doing the same thing with the new SR as well, which should fix the distortion issue I believe.

YogeesHDJun 17, 20141 votes

my crappy computer cant run this lol

The MechEJun 17, 20142 votes

Actually, it'll be no more intensive than current SR apparently (on the proper setting of course).

The MechEJun 17, 20141 votes

Yeah, I'd also like to see this. I'm not sure if they're there yet though.

nafiahnafJun 18, 20141 votes

are the minions blue and red on the vu or is that just in colorblind mode?

XarazelJun 18, 20141 votes

i hope the teams are now Red/Blue instead of Blue/Purple. being colorblind, i sometimes cant tell which minions are mine and which are the enemys since Blue and Purple look so similar