I hope this is a major typo

So the patch notes said that Anti Aliasing was added to the preferences. So I figured I'm bored let me go look at the preferences to see if anything else changed. When I mouse over Anti Aliasing this is what it says!



I'm really hoping this is major overlook and that they really didn't take time to add the drop down but the feature isn't officially in the game yet.

Dumb question of the day: just what does Anti aliasing do? :blink:

Interesting Jon. I remember before the last Turkey day weekend beta we had AA but then it was removed in one of the later builds. I was hoping to see it come back. Do you see a visible difference when you enable it? This may just be an incorrect tool-tip text. I can't wait to get home from work and try it out.

@Seannewboy - That's not a dumb question. Basically it makes everything look smoother (but can reduce performance depending on system resources and configuration. AA reduces the amount of jagged edges you see on all the models. I'm gonna really geek out here :P , here's the definition from Webopedia:

In computer graphics, antialiasing is a software technique for diminishing jaggies - stairstep-like lines that should be smooth. Jaggies occur because the output device, the monitor or printer, doesn't have a high enough resolution to represent a smooth line. Antialiasing reduces the prominence of jaggies by surrounding the stairsteps with intermediate shades of gray (for gray-scaling devices) or color (for color devices). Although this reduces the jagged appearance of the lines, it also makes them fuzzier.

Here is an example for those who are visual like myself.



Although it may not seem like a lot when you add up all the lines in this game into a massive image it can make a huge difference to the overall look and feel.

Wow! I hope this is something added and soon. Love the smoothness and look.

Per the bioware forums Dev tracker:

"Hi folks, Just in case you missed it, we added the following to the Known Issues thread earlier today:
Anti-aliasing is currently disabled for ATI 6900 series graphics cards.
Holograms will disappear during conversations if players modify their preferences to turn off bloom while anti-aliasing is on.

To give you all some more insight, the ATI issue is due to a severe graphical glitch and we are in discussions with ATI to resolve this. Thank you for your patience."