Multisample Techniques Bug Fix

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Noticed Tuesday, every time when I exit game completely and log back Multisample Techniques stops working even when in Settings it’s set to x8. To get it to work I need to first turn Multisample techniques to 2x and set it back to x8. But after I quit the game and log back, edges are like Multisample would be set to None.

If you are experiencing this issue here is your fix…
I used an addon Tool to create an Addon that Sets the MSAA to 8x at login automatically! To do the same

There is a wow addon page that will compile the addon for you.
https://addon.bool.no/
Call the addon whatever you want. Put MSAA Fix for the title. The paste this into the body

local f = CreateFrame("Frame")
f:SetScript("OnEvent",function(self,event,...)
  -- stuff to run on login goes here
  C_CVar.SetCVar("MSAAQuality",3)
end)
f:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_LOGIN")

It should look like this. https://i.imgur.com/gFlZmO9.png

After that Download it and place it into your World of Warcraft>Retail>Interface>Addons folder. Then verify the addon is loading in game and has a check mark next to it like this… https://i.imgur.com/IMuelTh.png. PLEASE NOTE the addon will not load until you log into a character. Dont expect it to be fixed on the character select screen until you have done so.

FYI: I did make a bug report in the bug report section also. Re-posted here for visibility to help others experiencing the same issue

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That explains why my game looked so pixelated when I leaned close to my monitor last night.

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100% it was driving me nuts! The fix above lets you create an addon that sets it 8x at login or reload.

You can do the steps above and confirm its working by setting Multisample Techniques to 2x then using /reload and it will be 8x.

Small note: if you want it to be 4x instead of 8x change the 3 in the code above to 2. 1=2x, 2=4x and 3=8x

WIthout this addon the Game will reset to Multisample Techniques disabled at load even though it says 8x. Quite annoying

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I’ll probably just wait for an official fix but it’s good to know that I wasn’t crazy when I thought my game looked a little worse. I was really concerned that it was my GPU but thankfully it isn’t.

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Just saying… creating the add-on and putting it in the folder takes about 30 seconds and it also ensures the issue will never happen again.

Blizzard has yet to even acknowledge this is an issue. If you want to wait on a fix that’s your prerogative. When it comes to the add-on that’s a guaranteed fix I pretty much done the work for everyone and I posted it here so folks who cared about it could get a quick fix. I mean it is a rather annoying issue

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Thank you for this! I was just venting about this issue today and came looking to see if it was happening to anyone else.

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I think based off your comment in the other thread you did something wrong when it comes to installing the addon fix. I replied in that thread to it trying to help you figure out what it is…

Pasting the reply here for visibility in case anyone else needs to see the complete steps.

Did you unzip the file you download and place it inside the addons folder? You cant just download it and place it in there.

Did you confirm the addon shows up on your addon list in game? If it does not you did something wrong. You made need to click load anyway or something.

When making the addon it should look like this on the site
https://i.imgur.com/gFlZmO9.png Then you download it. Unzip the file. then place the “MSAA Fix” folder in your World of Warcraft>Retail>Interface>Addons folder.

After that confirm the addon is Enabled in game. If the Addon Making website looks just like this https://i.imgur.com/gFlZmO9.png and you confirm the addon shows up on you addon list in game and has a checkmark next to it. You should see this. https://i.imgur.com/IMuelTh.png This way you know its actually loading. After that you should be all set. If you do not see it on your addon list in game with a check mark you did something wrong.

It 100% works I use it daily. As a side note the addon wont fix the issue until you log into a toon. It wont be fixed on the character select screen