Motion blur and other anoying effects

NeonSamurai · 06-11-09, 12:25 PM

Time for a little general rant (not aimed at a specific game but in general).

I don't know about the rest of you but motion blur effects and other effects in games drive me nuts. I see them as being utterly pointless.

For one thing my eyes are perfectly able to blur fast moving things on my monitor naturally. I don't need a game adding to it. Second its usually so seriously over done so that the entire world becomes an unrecognizable mess the moment you turn a corner, or spin the camera around.

This brings me to camera motion blur, where the view blurs when you move the camera. Does your vision ever blur when you turn your head? So why on earth are they making cameras blur. And with fast camera motion our eyes will blur the image naturaly.

I have to say im getting sick of all these gimick display effects which don't make the game look better or more real, but make it worse and ugly. The realy bad ones even make my eyes hurt or can give me a headache after a while. Worse stilll is those games where you can't even turn them off. On top of it these stupid effects waste computer resources and cost frame rate. I wish devs would stop bothering with this crap which doesnt make the game look better, but worse, and stop adding things that we already do naturaly.

Anyhow rant done

Dowly · 06-11-09, 12:50 PM

Aye, I agree. Arma 2 and Crysis comes to mind when thinking of games that doesnt need it.

Task Force · 06-11-09, 12:53 PM

I think the motion blur looks good in screen shots. (And I think you can turn motion blur off in crysis, dont know about arma.)

Wolfehunter · 06-11-09, 04:23 PM

ME has it to. I turn it off bugs the hell out of me. The only way I see blur if I had to much to drink muahahahahaa.

NeonSamurai · 06-11-09, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Task Force

I think the motion blur looks good in screen shots. (And I think you can turn motion blur off in crysis, dont know about arma.)

Ya it can look good in screen shots by depicting speed, but thats because a screenshot is a still picture.

Tachyon · 06-12-09, 12:11 AM

Wish there was some way to turn it off in Arma 2, and the annoying Bloom effect too. The eyes...OH THE EYES!

stabiz · 06-12-09, 05:07 AM

Oh, bloom is the most annoying effect. Game developers sometimes think that world looks radioactive.

HunterICX · 06-12-09, 05:12 AM

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Originally Posted by stabiz

Oh, bloom is the most annoying effect. Game developers sometimes think that world looks radioactive.

Agreed on that point.

HunterICX

Dowly · 06-12-09, 08:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tachyon

Wish there was some way to turn it off in Arma 2, and the annoying Bloom effect too. The eyes...OH THE EYES!

Ask and it will be given to you.

Kegetys' no bloom no blur mod:
http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=5852

Tachyon · 06-12-09, 10:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dowly

Ask and it will be given to you.

Kegetys' no bloom no blur mod:
http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=5852

*Worships Dowly*

Dowly · 06-12-09, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Tachyon

*Worships Dowly*

And so my conquest for Earth begins..

Task Force · 06-12-09, 10:58 AM

with your 1 follower...:rotfl:

Raptor1 · 06-12-09, 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tachyon

*Worships Dowly*

False Gods? Heretics shall be burned to the stake...

Anyway, I don't like the blur too much either, but I can live with it...

HunterICX · 06-12-09, 11:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dowly

And so my conquest for Earth begins..

the world that ends at your balcony

HunterICX

Dowly · 06-12-09, 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HunterICX

the world that ends at your balcony

HunterICX

You bastard.

06-11-09, 12:25 PM	#1
NeonSamurai Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Socialist Republic of Kanadia Posts: 3,044 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Motion blur and other anoying effects Time for a little general rant (not aimed at a specific game but in general). I don't know about the rest of you but motion blur effects and other effects in games drive me nuts. I see them as being utterly pointless. For one thing my eyes are perfectly able to blur fast moving things on my monitor naturally. I don't need a game adding to it. Second its usually so seriously over done so that the entire world becomes an unrecognizable mess the moment you turn a corner, or spin the camera around. This brings me to camera motion blur, where the view blurs when you move the camera. Does your vision ever blur when you turn your head? So why on earth are they making cameras blur. And with fast camera motion our eyes will blur the image naturaly. I have to say im getting sick of all these gimick display effects which don't make the game look better or more real, but make it worse and ugly. The realy bad ones even make my eyes hurt or can give me a headache after a while. Worse stilll is those games where you can't even turn them off. On top of it these stupid effects waste computer resources and cost frame rate. I wish devs would stop bothering with this crap which doesnt make the game look better, but worse, and stop adding things that we already do naturaly. Anyhow rant done __________________ SH3 Newbie Guide Links and other helpfull stuff

06-11-09, 12:53 PM	#3
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I think the motion blur looks good in screen shots. (And I think you can turn motion blur off in crysis, dont know about arma.) __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

06-11-09, 04:23 PM	#4
Wolfehunter Crusty Capt. Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,752 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 25	ME has it to. I turn it off bugs the hell out of me. The only way I see blur if I had to much to drink muahahahahaa. __________________

06-12-09, 12:11 AM	#6
Tachyon Captain Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: India Posts: 514 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Wish there was some way to turn it off in Arma 2, and the annoying Bloom effect too. The eyes...OH THE EYES! __________________ My propellor is faster than yours!!!

06-12-09, 05:07 AM	#7
stabiz Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 4,224 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	Oh, bloom is the most annoying effect. Game developers sometimes think that world looks radioactive. __________________

06-11-09, 12:50 PM	#2
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Aye, I agree. Arma 2 and Crysis comes to mind when thinking of games that doesnt need it.

06-12-09, 10:58 AM	#12
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	with your 1 follower...:rotfl: __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"