FAO FRONTIER: List of Graphical Changes / Issues for since Patch 1.3

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Kris

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Some of my screenshots today in 1.4 Beta. I think improvements from 1.3 :)
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Insomnia

Insomnia
Aye improvements has really been made to the graphical fidelity in the 1.4 beta. Especially in and around the asteroid field. The CQC asteroid maps looks stunning and I hope the 1.4 release will feature that wonderful lighting and atmosphere.
 

Oheck

Oheck
I really do hope that they bring things back up to par in 1.4. I find it kind of depressing really, having been gone for so long, remembering how awesome some of these asteroid fields looked. Now? They not only lack the fog as stated in here, but the contrast while in there is completely washed out. Will I never see stuff like this again? I hope I do..
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hiciacit

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What happened to the graphics?

I've been playing a bit of ED again the past weeks after being away for a while (stopped playing around the time the wings update 1.2 got released), and I've been having the feeling something is not quite right with the graphics. Couldn't quite put my finger on it, until I came across some old screenshots to compare to. A good example is the asteroids; these are from January:
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And this one was taken with the current version, it's in the same RES:
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Notice the asteroids at the far end of the ring and how they abruptly become 'shiny' (has nothing to do with the fact that the star is above the ring plane, it looks the same at a lower angle). I've been going through the graphics settings trying to find out if something was changed, but I can't seem to get it right. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks!
(Not sure if it's related, but there's also this very annoying 'Preparing shaders' thing that can last over a minute every time I boot the game and I don't recall it being there before.)
 

777Driver

777Driver
fixed in 1.4, not perfect but a massive improvement over 1.3.

What card do you? The shader build only takes a few seconds on my rig, it only happens once after you change certain settings in the menu.
 
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anikaiful

anikaiful
777Driver said:
The shader build only takes a few seconds on my rig, it only happens once after you change certain settings in the menu.
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It should happen only once, but for example in my case the shaders are built every single time I start ED (and I've not changed my settings since dinosaurs went extinct).
 

Roybe

Roybe
anikaiful said:
It should happen only once, but for example in my case the shaders are built every single time I start ED (and I've not changed my settings since dinosaurs went extinct).
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Huh...I always have to build the shaders to...thought this was working as intended!
 

Agony_Aunt

Agony_Aunt
hiciacit said:
I've been playing a bit of ED again the past weeks after being away for a while (stopped playing around the time the wings update 1.2 got released), and I've been having the feeling something is not quite right with the graphics. Couldn't quite put my finger on it, until I came across some old screenshots to compare to. A good example is the asteroids; these are from January:
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And this one was taken with the current version, it's in the same RES:
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Notice the asteroids at the far end of the ring and how they abruptly become 'shiny' (has nothing to do with the fact that the star is above the ring plane, it looks the same at a lower angle). I've been going through the graphics settings trying to find out if something was changed, but I can't seem to get it right. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks!
(Not sure if it's related, but there's also this very annoying 'Preparing shaders' thing that can last over a minute every time I boot the game and I don't recall it being there before.)
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There was a dev post or two on the topic last time it came up. But as 777Driver noted, its getting changed again.
 

777Driver

777Driver
hiciacit said:
Ah cool, thanks! Guess it will be fine in 1.4 then. I have a GTX970, btw.
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Shouldn't be taking a minute with a GTX970, 10 seconds tops. Btw, try the new Nvidia drivers, they work very well with ED

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anikaiful said:
It should happen only once, but for example in my case the shaders are built every single time I start ED (and I've not changed my settings since dinosaurs went extinct).
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Definitely doesn't happen every time I start the game.. That's strange
 
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