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Offline Tolwyn

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The official Saga eyecandy' corner
Hey,

I missed this one, so here is the favourite thread again. Post here if you have anything (un)important to say. Even if you don't, please post, I need love.

Now that we have pleasantries out of the way: let's get going with The official Saga eyecandy' corner thread!

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Re: The official Saga eyecandy' corner
Wow. I think my Eyes just died from a sugar overdose. Verrrrry Nice.  :nod:
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Re: The official Saga eyecandy' corner
Updates! Normalmaps! Kamranis! WOOT!

EDIT: AAAAAHHH! And shadows too!
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Damn, I knew fake screenshots (e.g. first thee pictures are actually renders) were too much. :lol:
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Re: The official Saga eyecandy' corner
If nothing else it proved how much the engine would benefit from shadows =)

 

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Yeah, that would be cool, but then everybody would need a PC like one for "Crysis" in order to play Saga....
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Re: The official Saga eyecandy' corner
We're talking VERY simply stencil shadowing here. And there are even more efficient algorithms out there. The problem is that the engine already isn't very performant and basically requires a compete rewrite of the graphics engine part based on modern shader technology.
And possibly a better scene-management too.
But let's not move off topic.

 

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Very nice, I like the new textures. The old Kilrathi ships' textures looked kind of sterile, but these are a distinct improvement.
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Re: The official Saga eyecandy' corner
We're talking VERY simply stencil shadowing here. And there are even more efficient algorithms out there. The problem is that the engine already isn't very performant and basically requires a compete rewrite of the graphics engine part based on modern shader technology.
And possibly a better scene-management too.
But let's not move off topic.

bobboau put in stencil shadows eons ago and promptly ripped them out

even on the HTL rendering engine the thing became a SLIDESHOW
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I rember using them and they worked pretty well on my old system, except for Battle for Endor missions.
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Not to mention, that most people had TNT2/Geforce 1 GPUs back in those days. I would love to see shadows making it back into the engine, even if not everybody could use those. ;)
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Re: The official Saga eyecandy' corner
Not to mention, that most people had TNT2/Geforce 1 GPUs back in those days. I would love to see shadows making it back into the engine, even if not everybody could use those. ;)
And hopefully the option of turning them off.

I downloaded that shadow build, and I think it worked pretty well for me.
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Re: The official Saga eyecandy' corner
We're talking VERY simply stencil shadowing here. And there are even more efficient algorithms out there. The problem is that the engine already isn't very performant and basically requires a compete rewrite of the graphics engine part based on modern shader technology.
And possibly a better scene-management too.
But let's not move off topic.

bobboau put in stencil shadows eons ago and promptly ripped them out

even on the HTL rendering engine the thing became a SLIDESHOW

Which is another proof of how inefficient the engine already is and that the graphics engine badly needs a complete modern rewrite. But anyway, as Tolwyn pointed out.. there is better hardware around now and there are more efficient shadows than stencil shadows. E.g. there is a very efficient combination of shadowmaps and stencil shadows out there...

 

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Re: The official Saga eyecandy' corner
Yeah, that would be cool, but then everybody would need a PC like one for "Crysis" in order to play Saga....
My poor little box (laptop with an intel onboard video card) runs at 5 FPS with backgrounds on, 30+ if they're off. Must be more detailed than those of Freelancer.
Arrrgh.

 

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Tolwyn’s reputation for risk taking with other people’s lives was considered  to understate the facts. The admiral’s willingness to sacrifice anyone or anything to achieve his objectives had long been lauded in the popular press. He was “the man who got things done”.- Colonel Blair

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Re: The official Saga eyecandy' corner
Yeah, that would be cool, but then everybody would need a PC like one for "Crysis" in order to play Saga....
My poor little box (laptop with an intel onboard video card) runs at 5 FPS with backgrounds on, 30+ if they're off. Must be more detailed than those of Freelancer.

I think that you should have less problems in the future with the introduction of the skyboxes. Then again, it will come down to how much video memory your GPU has. Maybe skyboxes will be a solution for you, maybe they won't.
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Re: The official Saga eyecandy' corner
With its cheap and modular design, the Sha’kar-class transport can be configured to carry anything important to the Kilrathi war machine, including armaments, fuel, general supplies and personnel. Slow, under-armed, under-armored and susceptible to attack by even the lightest Terran fighter, these cannon fodder transports rely on fighters or other capships for protection.

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Awesome.  These new texture jobs make the ships look a lot more like the ones in the WC4/WCP Cutscenes.
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I must say tolwyn, this looks mighty interesting... :nod:

 

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Thanks! Wait till you see the rest of the fleet. ;)
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