FSAA/Anti-aliasing/Major resolution problem (merged)

[difool2]

What the heck is FSAA? I gather it smooths lines out or something. I know what
antialiasing is...

[flintlock]

Full scene anti-aliasing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-aliasing

[StandingCow]

In the brand new screen shots, one of them has some HORRIBLE jaggies...

2nd pic in the 2nd row.
http://www.worthplaying.com/article....thread&order=0

[NefariousKoel]

Originally Posted by Gizzmoe

The beta testers have signed a NDA and can´t give you any informations.

Yep!

The beta testers would have to stab you directly in the carotid artery and dump you over the side with brand new concrete shoes just to cover up the evidence.

[flintlock]

This is the lead beta tester.



This guy enforces the NDA:

[Ark]

Originally Posted by Gizzmoe

The beta testers have signed a NDA and can´t give you any informations.

I have been under various NDAs for the past 8 years, I know how they work...I also know they don't all work the same. Not everything is always covered under an NDA. It all depends on, well, the NDA.

I find it discouraging that something so simple as "Does FSAA work with SHIV?" can't be revealed as if it is this huge mystery....only to be unvieled after release...you know, after most people have already bought it.

Encyclopedias of ships, preview videos, screenshots, dev. diaries, etc.. seem to weasel out....but this one question can't be answered. OMGZ...NOT TEH FSAAZZZ QUEST1ONZ!!! lol

[Boris]

Seth, if SH4 has FSAA, Blink twice :rotfl:

[Ark]

Originally Posted by Boris

Seth, if SH4 has FSAA, Blink twice :rotfl:

Hahaha

[Torcher]

Originally Posted by Guido

you guyz do know that the current hardware could only do one or the other, its not ubis fault, on the 360 of course it could do both with its unified architecture.
The new 8800 can also do both, fear not ye sea dogs............ upgrade upgrade upgrade. lol

EDIT : btw If shift page up turns on bloom, does pressing it again disable it? as it didnt seem to on my vista x64 install.

ATI cards have the "Chuck Patch" built in now to allow both HDR and FSAA

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread....ighlight=chuck

Post #16

[McBeck]

Ark,

2 facts for you:

1) SH4 is based on the SH3 engine. Comparisons to other games are N/A

2) SH3 had software rendered FSAA. I think is was the PgUp and PgDn buttons that regulated FSAA in SH3

Hopefully the above will settle this

[cappy70]

Heck,,when I Beta tested ( internal ) "Hidden & Dangerouse 2" we had a pile of NDA's and we signed off "our lives"

[Gizzmoe]

Originally Posted by Ark

I find it discouraging that something so simple as "Does FSAA work with SHIV?" can't be revealed as if it is this huge mystery....only to be unvieled after release...you know, after most people have already bought it.

Every piece of information you find about SH4 on the Internet or elsewhere had been approved for release by Ubisoft or the devs. It´s not like that information about FSAA can´t be revealed, it´s just that either no-one officially asked them about that yet and thus they haven´t given out the information, or they don´t find that information important enough to say anything about it.

[Elder-Pirate]

This looks more like a painting rather than an in game pic. Sometimes the way SH 4 is shown the more I'm dissapointed ( that's sometimes ).

[Ark]

Originally Posted by Gizzmoe

Every piece of information you find about SH4 on the Internet or elsewhere had been approved for release by Ubisoft or the devs. It´s not like that information about FSAA can´t be revealed, it´s just that either no-one officially asked them about that yet and thus they haven´t given out the information, or they don´t find that information important enough to say anything about it.

I get what you are saying, but seriously, how hard would it be for Ubisoft to just say "Yes" or "No"?

A few things:

1. It was asked in the official "Ask the devs thread" on the Silent Hutner forums at the Official site.

2. "Important enough to answer"? What about the consumer? I would hope that they, as a company, would put the needs of their customers first. Maybe I'm just being idealistic.

On a side note, Ubisoft has been known to "touch-up" photos. *COUGH GRAW PC COUGH*

[flintlock]

Originally Posted by Elder-Pirate

Sometimes the way SH 4 is shown the more I'm dissapointed

In which way specifically? (Not criticizing, simply curious).

If you're referring to some screens resembling paintings, I think that's a testament to how well the graphics have been refreshed (obviously edited shots notwithstanding).