Compare ED screenshots from Xbox and PC. They don't look the same. Also look at the "press 3 fix" for icy rings posted by Obsidian Ant and tell me this is isn't a bug but a downgrade...
Planets grapihics quality leaves a lot to be desired
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Compare ED screenshots from Xbox and PC. They don't look the same. Also look at the "press 3 fix" for icy rings posted by Obsidian Ant and tell me this is isn't a bug but a downgrade...
also anyone who works with or has a lot of experience with 3D rendering knows how much of a difference Subsurface scattering makes to the appearance of translucent materials. When its working i bet that Ice is going to look amazing
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Who told you that lol?? Many games are created with the lowest determinator in mind so it plays reasonable on that platform, then the developers take it from there.
But there are also examples where some games actually get platform exclusive effects - MGS on PC recieved a few more effects that the consoles couldn't handle.
It's not nonsense. For some games it probably is but overall, it's not nonsense at all.
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That wasn't a downgrade..... It was a glitch with in-game effects being turned off.
I watched the video and saw the same.... When I set quality to 360p lol!!!!!!!!
Try rewatching the same videos in 1080P and it's a WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT!!!!
@OP Before you're gonna complain at least watch and post screenshots from a rather highly compressed 1080P video not crappy CRT TV 360p res!
EK.
Try rewatching the same videos in 1080P and it's a WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT!!!!
@OP Before you're gonna complain at least watch and post screenshots from a rather highly compressed 1080P video not crappy CRT TV 360p res!
EK.
What the hell does the video resolution have ANYTHING to do with things like specular lighting, shadows, AO, reflections, particles, cracks and irregularities etc??
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I've never seen a game look worse on Youtube than ED...must be all the constant moving causing artefacting, even at 1080p.
Wait until you actually play it before complaining about graphics quality. You may still have a point, but you can't base it off a Youtube vid.
Wait until you actually play it before complaining about graphics quality. You may still have a point, but you can't base it off a Youtube vid.
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Maybe you missed it, but this is what I tried to say.
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Haha, I still remember that.
Battlezone I and II were just awesome concepts in their time, absolutely unique and yet very playable
Seeing that old Gameplay Vid really made me want it install it again.
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I kinda agree with OP, the surface looks very bland. I think it lacks contrast, and hope that from up close, the surface will have a more "grainy" look to simulate the dust, as well a many small rocks.
That said, I understand that without atmosphere, there can't be all the atmospheric condictions and interesting geological formations we could find on earth-likes, so there is a limit to what FD can do to make the planets look prettier.
That said, I understand that without atmosphere, there can't be all the atmospheric condictions and interesting geological formations we could find on earth-likes, so there is a limit to what FD can do to make the planets look prettier.
The graphics have nothing to do with the xbox. People who keep saying that they are dumbed down for the xbox are totally wrong. I can play in 4k. I didn't know xbox one could do that. That's one example. Graphics look fine to be considering the huge scale of everything.
This is, in my honest opinion, what Europa and planets should look like in ED:
All pics are taken from the Wanderers short film so I apologise for the crappy cropping lol.
Planets with atmospheres - probably impossible to achieve in the nearest future.
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This looks quite unimpressing imo.
No indicators that people actually lives there. No tracks, no giant parabole dish, tunnels should connect the different buildings, hangars look EXACTLY as the ones in the space stations, they should have domes or something where they could produce oxygen or something lol.
It just looks rushed and empty.
All pics are taken from the Wanderers short film so I apologise for the crappy cropping lol.
Planets with atmospheres - probably impossible to achieve in the nearest future.
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This looks quite unimpressing imo.
No indicators that people actually lives there. No tracks, no giant parabole dish, tunnels should connect the different buildings, hangars look EXACTLY as the ones in the space stations, they should have domes or something where they could produce oxygen or something lol.
It just looks rushed and empty.
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You're quite right.
When it comes to coding shaders, if the Xbox can't quite handle the power of a particular shader - guess what, it can use a different shader. Dev Studios are in a position whereby they can use different shaders on different platforms. You don't have to "dumb down" the look on one platform, to have it run acceptably on another.
The whole point of the footage seem to be a sneak peek of the descending mechanism, ...and kiario judges the graphics leave a lot to be desired... Way to go on missing the point entirely.
Agreed 100%. DBs video did look like a WIP so I will wait until actual release to judge. But this video of how to make planets gave me chills when I first watched it.
Having SpaceEngine to compare with (and even Infinity early videos), I'd say current state of Horizons planets appear to be much "early work in progress".
One of the reasons I didn't pre-order it. I intend to buy it when (if) quality improves and I can see it, and also when they actually add proper variety of planets unlike single rocky moon current kind.
One of the reasons I didn't pre-order it. I intend to buy it when (if) quality improves and I can see it, and also when they actually add proper variety of planets unlike single rocky moon current kind.
btw that first pic is not ispired from Europa...i think it is one of the Uranus or Neptune moons.
Would love to have graphics look like this, but i think Cobra engine is limitation. For me, what i have seen from all the screenshots and videos, it looks good enough for my taste (won't win any graphics awards), but understand desire to have more.
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I think it us unfair to compare because we don't know if Cobra engine is more capable than SpaceEngine or Infinity engine.
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I'm starting to believe the Xbox is holding back graphic in the PC version. It's just the way gaming is today it seems.