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What does "AA Full Screen Off" mean ?

If your computer can handle it and you are running full screen move the AA slider over to turn it on. Full screen off is is for windowed mode.

NYWhiskey wrote:If your computer can handle it and you are running full screen move the AA slider over to turn it on. Full screen off is is for windowed mode.

No, it actually isn't, although that seems perfectly logical. Note that there are two settings that refer to screen size: there's the "Full Screen" check box and then there's "Full Screen" below the AA slider, which is not actually a setting, but seems to be a report of a setting. Since RW3 is stable enough on my computer to enable me to <Shift>-<Tab> in and out of it, I always check the "Full Screen" box, but that little report line always reads "Full Screen Off", so it's evidently referring to something else. Another little detail that RSC continues to keep under the covers ... or perhaps they don't know, either?

If you move the slider to SSAA it will read on so it must be reporting on the AA

Hi Group,
In my opinion using Full Screen under the Anti-Aliasing slider is a misnomer. Full Screen under the Anti-Aliasing is actually indicating the Super Sample option being used. The first Super Sample option is 1 x 2 meaning the software will render the screen at double width and single height then scale it down to your selected screen size. The second option is double height and single width and so on for 2 x 2, 2 x 3, 3 x 2 and 3 x 3. Also notice that once you start using the Super Sample option, the Multi-Sample option is switched to off. In my opinion RSC should change the name of this option from Full Screen to Super Sample.

Regards,
Rich S.