[Shivan Hunter]

With MV_Advanced

You either don't have MV_Advanced or you don't have normal maps on.

[Aardwolf]

Or they've got a card which doesn't support normal maps. I used to have one of those

[Spoon]

Or I have normal maps on, a card that supports it and MV_Advanced installed and you are just too blind to see the normal maps on that picture? 


For your viewing pleasure, that's the hatty without normals.

[Aardwolf]

Meh. I still think the lighting is unrealistic and icky.

[Droid803]

I'm used to much more exaggerated normal maps due to my lighting settings.

[ssmit132]

Or they've got a card which doesn't support normal maps. I used to have one of those

I heard that ATI cards have trouble with normal maps. I've got a HD 5770. Is it possible to enable normal maps on this, and if so how?

[Hades]

Or they've got a card which doesn't support normal maps. I used to have one of those

I heard that ATI cards have trouble with normal maps. I've got a HD 5770. Is it possible to enable normal maps on this, and if so how?

If my 9500m GS can handle normal maps very well then I'm sure the 5770 should do just fine with them.

[Fury]

I heard that ATI cards have trouble with normal maps. I've got a HD 5770. Is it possible to enable normal maps on this, and if so how?

That applies to old 1k series of Radeons and older. Anything since 2k series shouldn't have any issues with FSO.

[ssmit132]

That applies to old 1k series of Radeons and older. Anything since 2k series shouldn't have any issues with FSO.

Ah, okay, thanks

EDIT: Turns out I just didn't look properly at the ships

[Shivan Hunter]

I'm used to much more exaggerated normal maps due to my lighting settings.

That would be my mistake. Sorry Spoon.

[Firartix]

Is something wrong ? Did Spoon kill the whole community because of that normal maps stuff ?

There haven't been any new post here (correct me if i said it the wrong way, please o_O) for several days.
And this is supposed to be one of the most active threads in the whole HLP Forum.
I feel like FS2 is dieing, even if i know it's just being paranoid or idiot or both...

O yeah, don't punish me for making a such useless post please ! *runs away*

[Droid803]

This thread occasionally lapses into periods of dormancy, fear not.

[Shivan Hunter]

Just a random screenie from Storm Front: Prophecy. Not much going on.

[Mongoose]

Most of the college types are presumably preoccupied with finals.  It'll pick up soon enough.

[Thaeris]

Indeed...

 

...I need to get back on that, yes...

However, that's a sexy Perseus you've got there, Shivan Hunter! Perhaps after the Kulas gets started up once again (and hopefully finished), I should make a flying version of the Perseus for X-Plane? 

[Spoon]

Is something wrong ? Did Spoon kill the whole community because of that normal maps stuff ?

Oh no, not just because of the normal maps  >=)

[0rph3u5]

Why dont normal maps look that good on my (high end) PC?

[Commander Zane]

Indeed...

 

...I need to get back on that, yes...

However, that's a sexy Perseus you've got there, Shivan Hunter! Perhaps after the Kulas gets started up once again (and hopefully finished), I should make a flying version of the Perseus for X-Plane?  

Do it and I will love you forever.

Is something wrong ? Did Spoon kill the whole community because of that normal maps stuff ?

There haven't been any new post here (correct me if i said it the wrong way, please o_O) for several days.
And this is supposed to be one of the most active threads in the whole HLP Forum.
I feel like FS2 is dieing, even if i know it's just being paranoid or idiot or both...

O yeah, don't punish me for making a such useless post please ! *runs away*

I think it's because the current content we have has already been played to death, I believe when some of the stuff in progress comes out there'd be a 40 page boom within the duration of a week.

[jr2]

Why dont normal maps look that good on my (high end) PC?

prolly custom settings  - look for lighting settings in the wiki

[Androgeos Exeunt]

http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/Sample_Lighting_Settings

Try Herra Tohtori's or Spidey's light settings. Herra's gives extremely reflective ships, while Spidey's settings are a bit more even. On a personal note, I used Spidey's light settings when I took the ship images of the PCD Saturn and UEF Lao Tze for the wiki, and if I can ever be arsed, I would do the same for the retail ships in FS2_Open as well.