3D Stereoscopic Issues

[A.N.]

For the attention of any the developers working on this game who happen to read this and of course all fellow players, I'd just to say just how good this game looks in stereoscopic 3D. Or at least it did, until the most recent patch earlier this month. My system blank screened and locked up completely. It's the one major reason why I avoid automatically patching all of my Steam games. Thankfully, Steam only relatively recently gave the option of not forcing the player to use the latest patch if they wanted to continue to play a Steam purchased game.

I still use NVidia's 3D Vision 2 system, with an Asus 3D monitor. Thanks to the guys over at Helixmod, they optimised the 3D configuration for X Rebirth to improve the stereoscopic visuals even further. I only wish that the developers of so many games could invest in just one 3D monitor in order to explore their own games' hidden stereoscopic 3D potential. Stereoscopic 3D is not for everyone, granted. But, it's great to have the option available. I understand that Egosoft's developers, aren't ruling out the possibility of an Oculus Rift option down the line. That of course sounds very promising indeed. Speaking as a VR user, VR is obviously a more intense experience, but 3D stereoscopy is still a more than good enough halfway house. Enhanced visuals, but still relatively relaxing to play compared to VR. I will just say for the record, that Elite Dangerous looks great using the Oculus Rift.

Should another patch be in the offing at some point in the future , the 3D stereo community, (and yes, we are still out there), would be most grateful to any developers here to give these observations your consideration.

[UniTrader]

i bet EGO would be interested in the .dmp file if one has been created. i think best is to mail it to info@egosoft.com together with the Game Version and what you did before the Crash, even if it does not seem related at all.

And there was no automatic patch earlier this Month - current Version has been 2.2 for iirc about 3 months now and the Beta Patches have to be installed explicitly.

[A.N.]

My version's 2.20. I must have blocked any updates for quite some time now, and just given in to temptation by allowing the update sometime during this month. So the version prior to 2.20 must have been working okay in 3D stereo. Additional 3rd party wrappers for 3D stereo optimisation that I'd previously installed, not withstanding. There's no .dmp for X Rebirth unfortunately. I don't look forward to having to try to create one, but I'll have a go at it. I'll let you know how I get on. Thanks for the swift reply by the way.

[A.N.]

Well, I tried it again. Same result. Blank screen, total lock up. Ctrl-Alt-Del didn't work. Used the power button to restart, just like before. That's with 3d Vision left on. With 3d Vision switched off prior to loading, the game works fine of course. No .dmp file was created incidentally. I'm quite sure the hard working devs at Egosoft have had their hands full with this game, and messing around with 3D stereo would understandably, not be too high up the list. It's just a pity, as it's a real joy to play in that way. You don't know what you're missing.

Do you by any chance, have any further insight at all from colleagues as to the future direction of enhanced 3D or even Oculus Rift development for this game? I'd certainly appreciate some feedback on the subject if you know anything.

[D.O.S.]

Hi
I can play in Nvidia 3D Stereo Mode without any Crash problems
I am not useing the Helix mod for now as it has not been updated in some time & the Author is not planning any updates till the Patching of XR is finished

Link to Helix mod http://helixmod.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/ ... =BP_recent

I agree with the OP that developers should invest in atleast 1 Monitor set-up for 3D as it adds so much more depth & feeling of Scale to the game