Ah! This is a real issue for widescreen (multi monitor) gamers wanting to play GW2 with eyefinity enabled – a simple forum search proves the point.
Though I cannot tell anyone not to use ‘Flawless’ and would not, we all need to be aware that Anet has said, in a direct post regarding widescreen gaming, that we would be using ‘Flawless’ or any other third party software at our own risk!
I am a member of WSGF but have not used it for a while. As I understand it, Haydn ( the author of ‘Flawless’) updates the game ‘plugins’ as swiftly as possible after learning of any needed update. So it is possible that users may have to wait a few days for said update.
The questions that could be asked of Anet (and not in an accusatory way) are;
Did this new GW2 update deliberately ‘break’ the ‘Flawless’ tool or, maybe, make the launcher or game scan for ‘Flawless’ and shut it down?
Is it just an unhappy coincidence for ‘Flawless’ users that it is not now compatible with GW2?
I and others have stated that we do not want to resort to using ‘Flawless’ to correct the displaying of GW2 – we would much rather have a legitimate fix from Anet. With that in mind;
Why, when this matter has been known so long (we where promised that Anet is working on a fix 6 months ago) is Anet not responding to the community over this matter?
We eyefinity users feel let down – especially when we see reports that Nvidia surround is fully supported in GW2.
Yeah, we can create characters in single monitor mode. We can then log in and play GW2 in eyefinity mode very well too. However, amongst other issues, UI elements are still badly placed and cut scenes badly scaled for eyefinity users.
I asked for Anet to ‘throw us a bone’ in another thread about the eyefinity issues.
Now I ask that Anet either fix the issues with eyefinity, allow the legitimate use of ‘Flawless’ – it gives no advantage in game that would be unfair to other players (we can already play in widescreen), launch their own eyefinity fix utility or at the very least communicate with the players that this matter concerns.
Another question that comes to mind is; If a small independent developer (no offense Haydn) can fix the issues why can Anet not?
It seems to me that Anet is placing gamers in a horrible situation here – either do not use ‘Flawless’ and suffer the broken (from the gamer point of view) display(s) or use the ‘Flawless’ utility and risk the ban hammer for breaking T&C / user agreement.
I have been somewhat vocal on this issue in the forums and would hope that Anet would take account of my voice and those of others on the matter in a positive way and act in a positive manner. Most of all, I hope that Anet will not take any punitive action (either in the forums or in the game) against myself or others discussing this problem. It is not our fault that this issue exists!
EDIT: About the author of ‘Flawless’ – as I understand it, Haydn is a very busy person and though support through ‘Flawless’ is updated from time to time for many games, ‘Flawless’ may not be top priority for Haydn.
No rig in my sig? Only posted if needed!
It’s horrible for us that have gotten used to their world with peripheral vision to have to go back to one screen. I almost feel like I’m disabled in some way :/