Difference between revisions of "Torley/Viewer setup"

Revision as of 09:40, 22 May 2013

As of May 2013, from out-of-the-box official Viewer installation:

General tab
- Name tags = Off
- Away timeout = never
Graphics tab
- Quality and speed = Ultra. Also see related photo checklist.
- Click Advanced and enable Depth of Field.
Sound & Media tab
- Mute Streaming music, Media, and Voice Chat unless needed.
Move & View tab
- Single click on land = No action
- Double click on land = Teleport to clicked point
- Click Other Devices for JOYSTICK CONFIGURATION. Use these settings (as of Feb. 2013) and be sure to uncheck Avatar.
Notifications
- Uncheck When my friends log in or out
Setup
- Maximum Bandwidth = 10000 kbps (This should be the default!)
Advanced
- Cache = 1024 MB
- Check Allow Multiple Viewers
- Check Show Advanced Menu
- Check "Show Developer Menu

CameraDoFResScale (Blur Quality) = 0.25
- Lowered from the default of 0.7 so that there's more of a gradual ramping when you zoom into a subject. Can provide some analogue-feeling "diffuse blur", like smearing Vaseline on the lens.
CameraFNumber = 1
- Adjust per scene: lower it to something like 0.05 if zoomed out and shooting tilt-shift-style cities
CameraFieldOfView = 0.1
CameraFocalLength = 250
- Lower it for sharper background and vice-versa.
CameraMaxCoF (Circle of Confusion) = 20
CameraFocusTransitionTime = Increase this to 1 or even 2 seconds for certain machinima shots.

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 ** '''Single click on land''' = '''No action'''
 ** '''Double click on land''' = '''Teleport to clicked point'''
+** Click '''Other Devices''' for JOYSTICK CONFIGURATION. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/torley/8445560466/ Use these settings (as of Feb. 2013)] and be sure to uncheck '''Avatar'''.
 * '''Notifications'''
 ** Uncheck '''When my friends log in or out'''