SHIV - Graphical Features; What would you like? - Page 3

Sulikate · 11-27-06, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by GakunGak

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Originally Posted by VON_CAPO

Resolutions of 2560x1600, 1920x1200 and 1680x1050.

Wow, easy now.... 1600x1200 max, but, he he, support as SH3 for low-end video cards as FX5200... And 1.3 and 2.0 pixel shader switcher!

Any official release date, if available?

Agreed. And I hope they USE SM 2.0; come on, this is next-gen!

Incubus · 11-28-06, 01:31 AM

-Definitely model watch crews emerge from/enter back into the submarine.

-No more lighthouses/similar light effects piercing solid objects

-water droplets visible on periscope/binoculars

-Textured sea floor. In Das Boot the sub was saved when it smacked into a hill of sand underwater, preventing it from going any deeper and getting crushed. Underwater mountains and stuff would be nice- some of the areas of the pacific (like the marianas) have EXTRME changes in depth.

11-28-06, 03:45 AM

Imagine you complete every objective in the game and decide to go home...
On the way back you bump into a mountain at 70 meters depth....:hmm:
Anyhow, I just hope that the game won't be late for release.....

And bugs-free as much as possible....:rotfl:

Sulikate · 12-03-06, 07:20 PM

Hey guys, take a look at this list of graphical improvements the Devs just announced

(see the Aces of the Deep and Marine Sims preview)
http://www.aotd-flottille.de/phpkit/...&contentid=358

Some of the best:

-Animated crew members basing on „skeletons“.
-Moving objects in the interior: if you raise the periscope you also see it in the interior.
-Nautical chart in high resolution, displaying depths and shallows (no metric values, just visual).
-Higher amount of polygons of the water, resulting in a much more detailed and living surface (see dev-video part 2).
-Self-generating clounds, continously changing during the day and weather conditions.
-High-detailed ship models with high resolution textures, bumpmapping and new shaders. (shader 2.0)
-Standard resolution 1024 x 768, higher resolutions are freely selectable, additionally a widescreen option has been implemented.
-Water and waves are now much more detailed and extravagant.
-Ships now have bullet holes (see screenshots). The damage model has been extended in a way that smaller ships need holes at the water line in only two sections for flooding and sinking.

THE_MASK · 12-03-06, 07:24 PM

DX10

Sulikate · 12-03-06, 07:29 PM

I'm so happy they've implemented shader 2.0. Finally we will have some decent water physics and effects: Next-gen is here!

Sulikate · 12-04-06, 09:16 AM

Something I just noticed while watching the second Dev diary: the light coming from the lighthouses still goes trough the sub... I hope they fix it.

The General · 12-04-06, 09:45 AM

I ask, and have been asking, for only one graphical feature:

A SLIGHTLY TRANSPARENT WATER SURFACE, i.e: a sub running just under the surface is visible if directly overhead (weather permitting). And vice-versa you can see surface craft immiedietly above, if your looking up from just beneath the surface.

The current system is a non-transparent surface and the extensive use of bitmaps to represent reflections. It looks very good, but is not the real thing. I wonder why they chose this way to do it, any ideas?

The General · 12-04-06, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Sulikate

Something I just noticed while watching the second Dev diary: the light coming from the lighthouses still goes trough the sub... I hope they fix it.

What second Dev Diary? There's only been one to my knowledge.

_Seth_ · 12-04-06, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by The General

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Originally Posted by Sulikate

Something I just noticed while watching the second Dev diary: the light coming from the lighthouses still goes trough the sub... I hope they fix it.

What second Dev Diary? There's only been one to my knowledge.

HanSolo78 · 12-04-06, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by The General

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Originally Posted by Sulikate

Something I just noticed while watching the second Dev diary: the light coming from the lighthouses still goes trough the sub... I hope they fix it.

What second Dev Diary? There's only been one to my knowledge.

The second is available here:

http://www.marinesims.de/site/silent...r-4/sh4-7.html

I think all of the screenshots are kind of photoshop artwork.
The video displays much fewer graphical details and these screenshots are kind
of misleading! I hope the final game offers such graphics as displayed at the shots.
Then I´ll buy the game!!!

Sulikate · 12-04-06, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by The General

I ask, and have been asking, for only one graphical feature:

A SLIGHTLY TRANSPARENT WATER SURFACE, i.e: a sub running just under the surface is visible if directly overhead (weather permitting). And vice-versa you can see surface craft immiedietly above, if your looking up from just beneath the surface.

The current system is a non-transparent surface and the extensive use of bitmaps to represent reflections. It looks very good, but is not the real thing. I wonder why they chose this way to do it, any ideas?

I agree. That would be something nice to see in SHIV.

Safe-Keeper · 12-04-06, 11:17 AM

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A SLIGHTLY TRANSPARENT WATER SURFACE

It'd be so awesome to use the external cam and watch a destroyer depth charge a sub from above, then. Watching the depth charges hit the surface, sink, blow up, and rock the sub.

12-04-06, 02:28 PM

I would also like to see sub breaking into pieces from DC/crush depth....
Men down on deck...
Very nice thing with moving periscope at the dev video....

But I wonder what they are going to think of next...:hmm:
Maybe fishing from the deck?

The General · 12-04-06, 03:26 PM

Wow, thanks guys for pointing me in the right direction for that second diary.

Dunno why they haven't posted it on the official sight. :hmm:

The water and sky in SH4 looks incredible!

12-03-06, 07:20 PM	#34
Sulikate Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2004 Location: South Korea Posts: 834 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Hey guys, take a look at this list of graphical improvements the Devs just announced (see the Aces of the Deep and Marine Sims preview) http://www.aotd-flottille.de/phpkit/...&contentid=358 Some of the best: -Animated crew members basing on „skeletons“. -Moving objects in the interior: if you raise the periscope you also see it in the interior. -Nautical chart in high resolution, displaying depths and shallows (no metric values, just visual). -Higher amount of polygons of the water, resulting in a much more detailed and living surface (see dev-video part 2). -Self-generating clounds, continously changing during the day and weather conditions. -High-detailed ship models with high resolution textures, bumpmapping and new shaders. (shader 2.0) -Standard resolution 1024 x 768, higher resolutions are freely selectable, additionally a widescreen option has been implemented. -Water and waves are now much more detailed and extravagant. -Ships now have bullet holes (see screenshots). The damage model has been extended in a way that smaller ships need holes at the water line in only two sections for flooding and sinking. __________________ Se flutua e não fala quack, afunde-o!

12-03-06, 07:29 PM	#36
Sulikate Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2004 Location: South Korea Posts: 834 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	I'm so happy they've implemented shader 2.0. Finally we will have some decent water physics and effects: Next-gen is here! __________________ Se flutua e não fala quack, afunde-o!

12-04-06, 09:16 AM	#37
Sulikate Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2004 Location: South Korea Posts: 834 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Something I just noticed while watching the second Dev diary: the light coming from the lighthouses still goes trough the sub... I hope they fix it. __________________ Se flutua e não fala quack, afunde-o!

12-04-06, 09:45 AM	#38
The General The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Mountain Ash, Wales, U.K. Posts: 1,548 Downloads: 179 Uploads: 3	Transparent surface I ask, and have been asking, for only one graphical feature: A SLIGHTLY TRANSPARENT WATER SURFACE, i.e: a sub running just under the surface is visible if directly overhead (weather permitting). And vice-versa you can see surface craft immiedietly above, if your looking up from just beneath the surface. The current system is a non-transparent surface and the extensive use of bitmaps to represent reflections. It looks very good, but is not the real thing. I wonder why they chose this way to do it, any ideas?

11-28-06, 01:31 AM	#32
Incubus Planesman Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 195 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	-Definitely model watch crews emerge from/enter back into the submarine. -No more lighthouses/similar light effects piercing solid objects -water droplets visible on periscope/binoculars -Textured sea floor. In Das Boot the sub was saved when it smacked into a hill of sand underwater, preventing it from going any deeper and getting crushed. Underwater mountains and stuff would be nice- some of the areas of the pacific (like the marianas) have EXTRME changes in depth.

11-28-06, 03:45 AM	#33
GakunGak Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Imagine you complete every objective in the game and decide to go home... On the way back you bump into a mountain at 70 meters depth....:hmm: Anyhow, I just hope that the game won't be late for release..... And bugs-free as much as possible....:rotfl:

12-03-06, 07:24 PM	#35
THE_MASK Ace of the deep . Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,226 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 73	DX10

12-04-06, 02:28 PM	#44
GakunGak Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I would also like to see sub breaking into pieces from DC/crush depth.... Men down on deck... Very nice thing with moving periscope at the dev video.... But I wonder what they are going to think of next...:hmm: Maybe fishing from the deck?

12-04-06, 03:26 PM	#45
The General The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Mountain Ash, Wales, U.K. Posts: 1,548 Downloads: 179 Uploads: 3	Wow, thanks guys for pointing me in the right direction for that second diary. Dunno why they haven't posted it on the official sight. :hmm: The water and sky in SH4 looks incredible!