As well as being a 3D user, I'm a Shield user, and I find it weird how the [url="https://forums.geforce.com/default/board/136/general-discussion/"]Shield forum[/url] has 10 stickies, while we have none. Ok, 10 is actually a bit ridiculous, but there's some useful information there, especially regarding technical setup. I can't help thinking that we could do with a sticky here, since people tend to spend a lot of time here answering the same sorts of questions.
Do you think we could use one? If so, what are the odds we could get one? Is that something Steve@Nvidia could set up and/or would be interested in? And what would go on it? Some ideas off the top of my head:
-Links to Helix Fix and 3dsolutiongaming, with brief explanations
-differences between 3dvision1, 3dvision2, 3dtv, projectors, dvi, hdmi, etc.
-how and why to set up convergence
-explanation of 3dmigoto
As well as being a 3D user, I'm a Shield user, and I find it weird how the Shield forum has 10 stickies, while we have none. Ok, 10 is actually a bit ridiculous, but there's some useful information there, especially regarding technical setup. I can't help thinking that we could do with a sticky here, since people tend to spend a lot of time here answering the same sorts of questions.
Do you think we could use one? If so, what are the odds we could get one? Is that something Steve@Nvidia could set up and/or would be interested in? And what would go on it? Some ideas off the top of my head:
-Links to Helix Fix and 3dsolutiongaming, with brief explanations
-differences between 3dvision1, 3dvision2, 3dtv, projectors, dvi, hdmi, etc.
-how and why to set up convergence
-explanation of 3dmigoto
I was thinking this the other day, specially when some game fixes are buried in the threads for wrappers with thread titles newbies won't know anything about. Its hard sometimes for me to remember where some stuff is and I read the forums a few times a day for the last 2 years.
We could definitely use shortcuts to the OpenGL fixes for RAGE, Riddick etc. as the thread they are in doesn't have a page index for the fix links as far as I remember.
+1 for a convergence guide also.
I was thinking this the other day, specially when some game fixes are buried in the threads for wrappers with thread titles newbies won't know anything about. Its hard sometimes for me to remember where some stuff is and I read the forums a few times a day for the last 2 years.
We could definitely use shortcuts to the OpenGL fixes for RAGE, Riddick etc. as the thread they are in doesn't have a page index for the fix links as far as I remember.
Great idea, Volnaiskra. Now that you suggest it, it sounds like it's past due.
Maybe separate stickies for separate fixes:
- Helix Mod fixes
- OpenGL fixes
- 3Dmigoto fixes
- other fixes
Maybe getting cluttered there. Perhaps it's best to have a single Fixes sticky linking to Individual fix stickies?
Projectors might deserve their own sticky, as that involves both 3D Vision and 3D TV Play. Perhaps 3D TV Play troubleshooting deserves it's own.
Lastly, I think the idea of a convergence guide should be merged with depth, for a general 3D calibration guide which also includes things such as depth hacks and where they are/aren't needed.
Great idea, Volnaiskra. Now that you suggest it, it sounds like it's past due.
Maybe separate stickies for separate fixes:
- Helix Mod fixes
- OpenGL fixes
- 3Dmigoto fixes
- other fixes
Maybe getting cluttered there. Perhaps it's best to have a single Fixes sticky linking to Individual fix stickies?
Projectors might deserve their own sticky, as that involves both 3D Vision and 3D TV Play. Perhaps 3D TV Play troubleshooting deserves it's own.
Lastly, I think the idea of a convergence guide should be merged with depth, for a general 3D calibration guide which also includes things such as depth hacks and where they are/aren't needed.
Yeah, I think so. My suggestion would be, at the minimum, to make stickies for all the commonly asked questions about basic 3D Vision knowledge. I mean, there are five posts a week asking what the difference is between 3DV1 and V2, and what the heck 3D TV Play is.... the forum would be a lot cleaner I'm thinking. I mean, it's not going to stop those redundant threads from being created (because people don't typically search OR go to sticky threads anymore) but at least we can one-reply them "Read the sticky" and then close the thread.
Yeah, I think so. My suggestion would be, at the minimum, to make stickies for all the commonly asked questions about basic 3D Vision knowledge. I mean, there are five posts a week asking what the difference is between 3DV1 and V2, and what the heck 3D TV Play is.... the forum would be a lot cleaner I'm thinking. I mean, it's not going to stop those redundant threads from being created (because people don't typically search OR go to sticky threads anymore) but at least we can one-reply them "Read the sticky" and then close the thread.
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I emailed SteveK@Nvidia 2 months ago about this, and he said they would look into it. I offered to help write content. As you can see - not happened yet...
I emailed SteveK@Nvidia 2 months ago about this, and he said they would look into it. I offered to help write content. As you can see - not happened yet...
I think it's obvious why there aren't stickies already, and it's because nvidia offers no dedicated forum support. which is honestly ridiculous. I've seen amazing forum support from freeware forums (mediaportal in particular) and it's crazy that multimillion dollar companies haven't got a clue that dedicated forum support allows their customers to actually find answers themselves rather then constantly writing support tickets. It's clear Nvidia would rather stick to dealing with support tickets and leave the forums just to users rather then take the logical step of incorporating the forums into their support system and maintain an updated faq/knowledge wiki.
If there was even one support employee dedicated to the 3d vision forum that also dealt with 3d vision support tickets the forum would OBVIOUSLY be much cleaner with solution stickies of problems they get tickets for every day as well as a faq wiki that they could simply link support tickets to for users to figure out their issues effectively. Basically their support department hasn't taken the steps to make every ones life including their own much easier.
I think it's obvious why there aren't stickies already, and it's because nvidia offers no dedicated forum support. which is honestly ridiculous. I've seen amazing forum support from freeware forums (mediaportal in particular) and it's crazy that multimillion dollar companies haven't got a clue that dedicated forum support allows their customers to actually find answers themselves rather then constantly writing support tickets. It's clear Nvidia would rather stick to dealing with support tickets and leave the forums just to users rather then take the logical step of incorporating the forums into their support system and maintain an updated faq/knowledge wiki.
If there was even one support employee dedicated to the 3d vision forum that also dealt with 3d vision support tickets the forum would OBVIOUSLY be much cleaner with solution stickies of problems they get tickets for every day as well as a faq wiki that they could simply link support tickets to for users to figure out their issues effectively. Basically their support department hasn't taken the steps to make every ones life including their own much easier.
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- 3dvision glasses w/ emitter. (usually run games in 2D at 100hz with lightboost and forced adaptive vsync)
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The wierd thing is that the "old" Forum (before the 6 month shutdown due to hacking) did have stickies, so it seems there was a (possible) deliberate removal (since all the other user threads were resurrected and are now/still available in this "new" Forum). The SLI Forum has stickies so I can't see why this one does not. The SLI forum has 176k comments going back 8 years, and 3DVision has 130k comments going back 9 years, so there is not a massive difference in activity - it would be interesting to see the past 3-4 years activity on each (since 3DVision was released as a product), since clearly the first 3-4 years of the 3dvision forum was probably much less heavily populated, and hence the numbers somewhat skewed to more recent years. **EDIT the last 38 pages of the 656 3DVision pages represent 3 years (of the 9) of postings. I can't be bothered to scroll through any more pages, but I suspect that SLI and 3DVision *current* activity are probably very closely matched.
The wierd thing is that the "old" Forum (before the 6 month shutdown due to hacking) did have stickies, so it seems there was a (possible) deliberate removal (since all the other user threads were resurrected and are now/still available in this "new" Forum). The SLI Forum has stickies so I can't see why this one does not. The SLI forum has 176k comments going back 8 years, and 3DVision has 130k comments going back 9 years, so there is not a massive difference in activity - it would be interesting to see the past 3-4 years activity on each (since 3DVision was released as a product), since clearly the first 3-4 years of the 3dvision forum was probably much less heavily populated, and hence the numbers somewhat skewed to more recent years. **EDIT the last 38 pages of the 656 3DVision pages represent 3 years (of the 9) of postings. I can't be bothered to scroll through any more pages, but I suspect that SLI and 3DVision *current* activity are probably very closely matched.
I think that Nvidia's own "care factor" has a lot to do with it. I'm sure that 3Dvision users far outnumber Shield users, yet the Shield forum has 10 stickies, and an active staff that collects feedback and incorporates it into firmware updates.
This is all no doubt because Nvidia sees 3D as a waning niche, while they see the Shield as one that may be highly lucractive if nourished enough.
Though with the recent increase in activity from Nvidia over here (3D compatibility mode, Steve@Nvidia taking an interest in the forum), maybe things are improving.
I think that Nvidia's own "care factor" has a lot to do with it. I'm sure that 3Dvision users far outnumber Shield users, yet the Shield forum has 10 stickies, and an active staff that collects feedback and incorporates it into firmware updates.
This is all no doubt because Nvidia sees 3D as a waning niche, while they see the Shield as one that may be highly lucractive if nourished enough.
Though with the recent increase in activity from Nvidia over here (3D compatibility mode, Steve@Nvidia taking an interest in the forum), maybe things are improving.
Yeah... maybe... I'll believe it when I see them update the control panel so they actually mention there's a screenshot hotkey.
We definitely do NOT want to see some of those old stickies return! There was at least one where they said they would take questions and respond. They gave ONE response and from then on the topic just became a trap for new forum users to post in and wonder why nobody was responding.
Stickies would be nice for sure but there's another way - your own signatures. Make yourself a little web page somewhere and point at it. Then keep posting just like you are now. It's not as effective as a sticky thread but it should still work pretty well.
Yeah... maybe... I'll believe it when I see them update the control panel so they actually mention there's a screenshot hotkey.
We definitely do NOT want to see some of those old stickies return! There was at least one where they said they would take questions and respond. They gave ONE response and from then on the topic just became a trap for new forum users to post in and wonder why nobody was responding.
Stickies would be nice for sure but there's another way - your own signatures. Make yourself a little web page somewhere and point at it. Then keep posting just like you are now. It's not as effective as a sticky thread but it should still work pretty well.
The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. Instead of altering their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views ... which can be very uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering.
Do you think we could use one? If so, what are the odds we could get one? Is that something Steve@Nvidia could set up and/or would be interested in? And what would go on it? Some ideas off the top of my head:
-Links to Helix Fix and 3dsolutiongaming, with brief explanations
-differences between 3dvision1, 3dvision2, 3dtv, projectors, dvi, hdmi, etc.
-how and why to set up convergence
-explanation of 3dmigoto
We could definitely use shortcuts to the OpenGL fixes for RAGE, Riddick etc. as the thread they are in doesn't have a page index for the fix links as far as I remember.
+1 for a convergence guide also.
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Maybe separate stickies for separate fixes:
- Helix Mod fixes
- OpenGL fixes
- 3Dmigoto fixes
- other fixes
Maybe getting cluttered there. Perhaps it's best to have a single Fixes sticky linking to Individual fix stickies?
Projectors might deserve their own sticky, as that involves both 3D Vision and 3D TV Play. Perhaps 3D TV Play troubleshooting deserves it's own.
Lastly, I think the idea of a convergence guide should be merged with depth, for a general 3D calibration guide which also includes things such as depth hacks and where they are/aren't needed.
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(I don't venture off into other Nvidia forums so did not notice it was an available feature)
Great idea.
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If there was even one support employee dedicated to the 3d vision forum that also dealt with 3d vision support tickets the forum would OBVIOUSLY be much cleaner with solution stickies of problems they get tickets for every day as well as a faq wiki that they could simply link support tickets to for users to figure out their issues effectively. Basically their support department hasn't taken the steps to make every ones life including their own much easier.
- Dual gtx 660 SLI
- I5-4670K @ 4.1GHZ (dog chip, very unstable overclocking)
- 8gigs 1600 ram
- Asrock z87m extreme 4
- Asus VG278HE 3d vision LCD monitor
- Viewsonic PJD6211 3d vision DLP projector
- 3dvision glasses w/ emitter. (usually run games in 2D at 100hz with lightboost and forced adaptive vsync)
- Windows 8.1 64bit
- Silverstone SG10
Rig: Intel i7-8700K @4.7GHz, 16Gb Ram, SSD, GTX 1080Ti, Win10x64, Asus VG278
This is all no doubt because Nvidia sees 3D as a waning niche, while they see the Shield as one that may be highly lucractive if nourished enough.
Though with the recent increase in activity from Nvidia over here (3D compatibility mode, Steve@Nvidia taking an interest in the forum), maybe things are improving.
We definitely do NOT want to see some of those old stickies return! There was at least one where they said they would take questions and respond. They gave ONE response and from then on the topic just became a trap for new forum users to post in and wonder why nobody was responding.
Stickies would be nice for sure but there's another way - your own signatures. Make yourself a little web page somewhere and point at it. Then keep posting just like you are now. It's not as effective as a sticky thread but it should still work pretty well.
The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. Instead of altering their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views ... which can be very uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering.
-- Doctor Who, "Face of Evil"