#Nexuiz single player gameplay full#

Increasing this improves your peripheral vision, but also makes everything seem smaller and thus reduces your ability to aim. By default, Nexuiz uses a fov of 90 degrees. It's also worthwhile to try increasing you field of view (fov) - the amount you can see to the left and right. In this regard, one of the first things to adjust is the brightness and contrast (in the settings/video menu), so that shadows are not too impenetrable, and areas of alternating light and dark don't create difficulties in tracking opponents.

#Nexuiz single player gameplay full#

Better to play the game in campaign mode with full visual effects to see how pretty it can be, and then, once you're over the initial craving for eye-candy, start tuning the game to be more functional in multi player. On the contrary, they make it harder to spot opponents or items and end up being frustrating.

Darkness and shadows can create creepiness and realism, but you simply don't notice these things in a fast-paced multi player battle. Although it may seem as if removing visual (and audio) effects will make the game less immersive by reducing the mood which the game designers were aiming for, in the long run it will make it much more rewarding and fun to play. So again, many players disable some of the visual effects, so as to make the game easier to play in this regard (things to turn off include Bloom, HDR, Gloss, Coronas and all the Realtime stuff in the settings/effects menu). Bloom might be nice to look at, but it is often just distracting when playing. Eye-candy also incurs performance hits on slower machines, which can make playing difficult. Similarly, eye-candy can make the game very appealing to look at, but can also act to obscure in-game events - the flares and smoke caused by rockets, for example, can make spotting your target much more difficult in the heat of battle. Because of this, you can hear others more easily, and thus react better. Headphones muffle external noises around you, and also make it easier to hear faint noises in the game. You can also improve your ability to hear in-game events by simply using headphones instead of speakers.

For this reason, many people turn off music while playing (set music in the settings/misc menu to off). Although music can enhance the feeling of a game by complementing the action, it can also obscure the sounds of other events - such as players shooting at you or picking up items nearby. Especially when playing against others the first thing you need to ensure is that you can hear and see well.