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Offline Nehemiah

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Smooth Graphics!
on: April 21, 2009, 08:21:22 am
Why are the graphics in the inferno mod so much smoother and more highly detailed than in the regular game and other mods for it that I've played?
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No no!  I love the mod!  That's just what Commander Ivanova says at the beginning of B5 season 3.
 

Offline Jeff Vader

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Re: Smooth Graphics!
Reply #1 on: April 21, 2009, 09:06:57 am
Uh, wat. The last time I played, Inferno was already somewhat outdated. The graphics were... well, graphics, but nothing groundbreaking.

Do you have the MediaVPs installed? They would boost the visual pleasure of the game quite a bit.
23:40 < achillion > EveningTea: ass
23:40 < achillion > wait no
23:40 < achillion > evilbagel: ass
23:40 < EveningTea > ?
23:40 < achillion > 2-letter tab complete failure

14:08 < achillion > there's too much talk of butts and dongs in here
14:08 < achillion > the level of discourse has really plummeted
14:08 < achillion > Let's talk about politics instead
14:08 <@The_E > butts and dongs are part of #hard-light's brand now
14:08 <@The_E > well
14:08 <@The_E > EvilBagel's brand, at least

01:06 < T-Rog > welp
01:07 < T-Rog > I've got to take some very strong antibiotics
01:07 < achillion > penis infection?
01:08 < T-Rog > Chlamydia
01:08 < achillion > O.o
01:09 < achillion > well
01:09 < achillion > I guess that happens
01:09 < T-Rog > at least it's curable
01:09 < achillion > yeah
01:10 < T-Rog > I take it you weren't actually expecting it to be a penis infection
01:10 < achillion > I was not

14:04 < achillion > Sometimes the way to simplify is to just have a habit and not think about it too much
14:05 < achillion > until stuff explodes
14:05 < achillion > then you start thinking about it

22:16 < T-Rog > I don't know how my gf would feel about Jewish conspiracy porn

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15:51 < Achillion> yes
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18:53 < Achillion> Dicks are fun

21:41 < MatthTheGeek> you can't spell assassin without two asses

20:05 < sigtau> i'm mining titcoins from now on

00:31 < oldlaptop> Drunken antisocial educated freezing hicks with good Internet == Finland stereotype

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11:50 < achtung> Surely you've heard of DVDA
11:50 < achtung> Double Vaginal Double ANal
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11:51 <-INFO > Kobrar [[email protected]] has left #hard-light []
 

Offline haloboy100

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Re: Smooth Graphics!
Reply #2 on: April 21, 2009, 09:16:10 am
the models just have textures and nothing else, isn't that it?

Inferno with better graphics than FSO? :wtf:
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Offline Nehemiah

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Re: Smooth Graphics!
Reply #3 on: April 21, 2009, 12:27:00 pm
Yeah, kind of.  Normally, when I run FS2 with FSO and the media VPs, the game still lags on high detail.  With Inferno, it doesn't.  I'm just wondering why that is.
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Offline General Battuta

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Re: Smooth Graphics!
Reply #4 on: April 21, 2009, 12:29:36 pm
Your computer isn't good enough, because FSO with MediaVPs is much more demanding?
 

Offline Snail

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Re: Smooth Graphics!
Reply #5 on: April 21, 2009, 12:44:19 pm
Because Inferno has outdated material.
 

Offline eliex

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Re: Smooth Graphics!
Reply #6 on: April 21, 2009, 04:20:40 pm
The models used in Inferno (at that time) haven't come 'round to be HTL'ed?

Mind you, it would be terrible if the juggernauts like a SH Gargant for example got HTL'ed . . .  ;)
 

Offline colecampbell666

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Re: Smooth Graphics!
Reply #7 on: April 21, 2009, 07:15:02 pm
Not really, detail boxing, optimization, and separate models for when you're doing a trench-run style mission (i.e only a small, detailed model.
Gettin' back to dodgin' lasers.
 

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Re: Smooth Graphics!
Reply #8 on: April 21, 2009, 09:03:00 pm
Aren't detail box'ed areas still loaded in memory, just not drawn like LODs?
It doesn't save that much if you have a whole lot of them everywhere. At least, I recall reading that somewhere.
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Offline blowfish

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Re: Smooth Graphics!
Reply #9 on: April 21, 2009, 10:03:06 pm
Quote from: Droid803 on April 21, 2009, 09:03:00 pm
Aren't detail box'ed areas still loaded in memory, just not drawn like LODs?

Yeah.  Though the idea is that they don't use render time when they are not necessary.
 

Offline Androgeos Exeunt

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Re: Smooth Graphics!
Reply #10 on: April 25, 2009, 02:19:22 am
Inferno runs smoothly because it was made in the year 2000. To remake all the ships such that they use all the features of SCP would take forever. That's why the patch only makes it SCP-compatible but does little else.
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Offline Snail

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Re: Smooth Graphics!
Reply #11 on: April 25, 2009, 10:25:53 am
More like 2003.
 

Offline Jeff Vader

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Re: Smooth Graphics!
Reply #12 on: April 25, 2009, 10:28:37 am
23:40 < achillion > EveningTea: ass
23:40 < achillion > wait no
23:40 < achillion > evilbagel: ass
23:40 < EveningTea > ?
23:40 < achillion > 2-letter tab complete failure

14:08 < achillion > there's too much talk of butts and dongs in here
14:08 < achillion > the level of discourse has really plummeted
14:08 < achillion > Let's talk about politics instead
14:08 <@The_E > butts and dongs are part of #hard-light's brand now
14:08 <@The_E > well
14:08 <@The_E > EvilBagel's brand, at least

01:06 < T-Rog > welp
01:07 < T-Rog > I've got to take some very strong antibiotics
01:07 < achillion > penis infection?
01:08 < T-Rog > Chlamydia
01:08 < achillion > O.o
01:09 < achillion > well
01:09 < achillion > I guess that happens
01:09 < T-Rog > at least it's curable
01:09 < achillion > yeah
01:10 < T-Rog > I take it you weren't actually expecting it to be a penis infection
01:10 < achillion > I was not

14:04 < achillion > Sometimes the way to simplify is to just have a habit and not think about it too much
14:05 < achillion > until stuff explodes
14:05 < achillion > then you start thinking about it

22:16 < T-Rog > I don't know how my gf would feel about Jewish conspiracy porn

15:41 <-INFO > EveningTea [[email protected]] has joined #hard-light
15:47 < EvilBagel> butt
15:51 < Achillion> yes
15:53 <-INFO > EveningTea [[email protected]] has quit [Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client]

18:53 < Achillion> Dicks are fun

21:41 < MatthTheGeek> you can't spell assassin without two asses

20:05 < sigtau> i'm mining titcoins from now on

00:31 < oldlaptop> Drunken antisocial educated freezing hicks with good Internet == Finland stereotype

11:46 <-INFO > Kobrar [[email protected]] has joined #hard-light
11:50 < achtung> Surely you've heard of DVDA
11:50 < achtung> Double Vaginal Double ANal
11:51 < Kobrar> ...
11:51 <-INFO > Kobrar [[email protected]] has left #hard-light []
 

Offline Snail

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Re: Smooth Graphics!
Reply #13 on: April 25, 2009, 10:31:32 am
That guy can sing pretty high, huh.

In the year two-thousaaaaaand :nervous:
 

Offline Jeff Vader

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Re: Smooth Graphics!
Reply #14 on: April 25, 2009, 10:33:29 am
LaBamba is legend.
23:40 < achillion > EveningTea: ass
23:40 < achillion > wait no
23:40 < achillion > evilbagel: ass
23:40 < EveningTea > ?
23:40 < achillion > 2-letter tab complete failure

14:08 < achillion > there's too much talk of butts and dongs in here
14:08 < achillion > the level of discourse has really plummeted
14:08 < achillion > Let's talk about politics instead
14:08 <@The_E > butts and dongs are part of #hard-light's brand now
14:08 <@The_E > well
14:08 <@The_E > EvilBagel's brand, at least

01:06 < T-Rog > welp
01:07 < T-Rog > I've got to take some very strong antibiotics
01:07 < achillion > penis infection?
01:08 < T-Rog > Chlamydia
01:08 < achillion > O.o
01:09 < achillion > well
01:09 < achillion > I guess that happens
01:09 < T-Rog > at least it's curable
01:09 < achillion > yeah
01:10 < T-Rog > I take it you weren't actually expecting it to be a penis infection
01:10 < achillion > I was not

14:04 < achillion > Sometimes the way to simplify is to just have a habit and not think about it too much
14:05 < achillion > until stuff explodes
14:05 < achillion > then you start thinking about it

22:16 < T-Rog > I don't know how my gf would feel about Jewish conspiracy porn

15:41 <-INFO > EveningTea [[email protected]] has joined #hard-light
15:47 < EvilBagel> butt
15:51 < Achillion> yes
15:53 <-INFO > EveningTea [[email protected]] has quit [Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client]

18:53 < Achillion> Dicks are fun

21:41 < MatthTheGeek> you can't spell assassin without two asses

20:05 < sigtau> i'm mining titcoins from now on

00:31 < oldlaptop> Drunken antisocial educated freezing hicks with good Internet == Finland stereotype

11:46 <-INFO > Kobrar [[email protected]] has joined #hard-light
11:50 < achtung> Surely you've heard of DVDA
11:50 < achtung> Double Vaginal Double ANal
11:51 < Kobrar> ...
11:51 <-INFO > Kobrar [[email protected]] has left #hard-light []
  

Offline Woomeister

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Re: Smooth Graphics!
Reply #15 on: April 25, 2009, 02:10:43 pm
 

Offline Snail

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Re: Smooth Graphics!
Reply #16 on: April 25, 2009, 02:17:58 pm
Well it was released in 2003. According to the website.
 

Offline Droid803

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Re: Smooth Graphics!
Reply #17 on: April 25, 2009, 02:46:00 pm
Yeah, released. I guess that the models were made, you know, before the release. :P
Also...where do the first two screenshots on the R1 Info page come from? I don't recall there being an "Escort Independance" mission with a Boreas present. Nor do I recall the Nemesis ever going against the Shivans.
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Offline Snail

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Re: Smooth Graphics!
Reply #18 on: April 25, 2009, 02:48:22 pm
Quote from: Droid803 on April 25, 2009, 02:46:00 pm
Yeah, released. I guess that the models were made, you know, before the release. :P
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Offline Woomeister

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Re: Smooth Graphics!
Reply #19 on: April 25, 2009, 03:06:47 pm
Quote from: Droid803 on April 25, 2009, 02:46:00 pm
Also...where do the first two screenshots on the R1 Info page come from? I don't recall there being an "Escort Independance" mission with a Boreas present. Nor do I recall the Nemesis ever going against the Shivans.
Retail Ch2 pics from wip missions
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