Graphics Need Updating
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I bought a 50in 4K TV last week and the game looks phenomenal on it! It plays very smooth maxed out with GTX980M's in SLI.
Also - make sure you choose a TV with HDMI 2.0 (which most/all 4K ones should have) and preferably with DisplayPort 1.2. I went for the Panasonic TX-50AX-802b which has both and was lucky having the DisplayPort as I've only managed to get it working through that method so far - at 60hz anyhow.
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Around planets is where ED really shines, especially around ring systems and earth like planets. It's the empty space that need some makeup, give or take the loss in "realism". Add clouds, gases, meteors, high res nebulas, etc.. Everything else can be improved with post processing injectors imo.
It's not down to a matter of opinion. It's a matter of fact. The higher res textures and higher poly count of ED make any model in BF2 look like something a kid came up with.
Yeah - however even though it's an obvious troll, I find it hard not to respond...
I mean - if you look hard enough you will see graphical "corners being cut" in any game - it's just that the OP has focused on the incidentals, the lowest common denominator, if you will.
Step back, look at the ship models, look at the shading, the lighting, the curved corners on the hulls, the damage modelling, the nebulas - the huge amount of screenshots in this thread are easy testament to the graphical quality in the game.
Poly count isn't everything - there's a hell of a lot more going on under the hood.
There's always room for improvement, that goes without saying, but claiming that the graphics are below par or are of an "x years old game" isn't just disingenuous, it's plain short sighted.
I mean - if you look hard enough you will see graphical "corners being cut" in any game - it's just that the OP has focused on the incidentals, the lowest common denominator, if you will.
Step back, look at the ship models, look at the shading, the lighting, the curved corners on the hulls, the damage modelling, the nebulas - the huge amount of screenshots in this thread are easy testament to the graphical quality in the game.
Poly count isn't everything - there's a hell of a lot more going on under the hood.
There's always room for improvement, that goes without saying, but claiming that the graphics are below par or are of an "x years old game" isn't just disingenuous, it's plain short sighted.
I can understand someone thinking the grahics arnt good in ED.. but with that said, theres nothing out there to compare it to on the same level. You cant use Battlefield.. thats an inner city FPS game.. thers a lot going on in a very small ammount of area.. and if you really take a look around the graphics are not that great. They cut corners all the time. Tiled textures for buildings.. low rez debris.. sprites all over the place.. backgrounds which are cardboard cutouts of scenery but its blurry so you dont notice.. and your stuck in a 300m box and cant go anywhere else..
SC, same thing.. its a different approtch, you cant just get in your hornet and zip off to a star 300LY away your stuck in your little box fighting.. or... you only have 50 places to go, not 2 billion.. Each one of those 50 places is hand crafted and can be a little more detailed because you see what they want you to see.. you dont think there is a rendered, full res, opposite side of the planet do you? no.. they just make the one side look fancy because you cant ever go to the other..
The textures in the ships of FD are amazing. thats not coming from a fanboy.. thats comming from a former game designer.. the textures on the planets are amazing considering the 40 billion planets out there arnt all created and tailored by hand.. the sheer fact you can literally pick a star in our entire galazy and just simply go there is mind boggling.. no other game gives you this kind of freedom because your always contained in the companies little box, because they want to much control over what you see. FD lets the engine generate your visuals for you.. and thats pretty cool.. for what it is, FD is doing an amazing job.. there can be improvements down the road like adding nicer clouds or making nebulas more volumetric when you pass through them instead of just hazy, but that stuff is just fluff and very minor overall.. id rather have the freedom to do what i want with slightly less graphics, then be stuck in a defined box, or a defined path clicking "space to proceed" as some sort of "action" in the game i MUST do because if i dont, i have to start over like stupid COD or BF SP..
SC, same thing.. its a different approtch, you cant just get in your hornet and zip off to a star 300LY away your stuck in your little box fighting.. or... you only have 50 places to go, not 2 billion.. Each one of those 50 places is hand crafted and can be a little more detailed because you see what they want you to see.. you dont think there is a rendered, full res, opposite side of the planet do you? no.. they just make the one side look fancy because you cant ever go to the other..
The textures in the ships of FD are amazing. thats not coming from a fanboy.. thats comming from a former game designer.. the textures on the planets are amazing considering the 40 billion planets out there arnt all created and tailored by hand.. the sheer fact you can literally pick a star in our entire galazy and just simply go there is mind boggling.. no other game gives you this kind of freedom because your always contained in the companies little box, because they want to much control over what you see. FD lets the engine generate your visuals for you.. and thats pretty cool.. for what it is, FD is doing an amazing job.. there can be improvements down the road like adding nicer clouds or making nebulas more volumetric when you pass through them instead of just hazy, but that stuff is just fluff and very minor overall.. id rather have the freedom to do what i want with slightly less graphics, then be stuck in a defined box, or a defined path clicking "space to proceed" as some sort of "action" in the game i MUST do because if i dont, i have to start over like stupid COD or BF SP..
Look for the External Debug Camera prefix in your keybindings options menu.
Yes am enjoying very much.
Was dogfighting in a RES earlier and the detail of other ships skimming by me was staggering, like watching a film.
Never tried the Rift but this must be next best thing.
Spot on. ED is often a beautiful game and I definitely am stoked to be back in the Elite universe and enjoy the graphics the majority of the time. The problem is that I have seen the hubble photos and I really miss the grandness of real space. Nebulas in-game seem really tiny. I would love to get close to something like this below. Sometimes I think it almost might be a little too realistic as most of space is probably just dark and not that spectacular.
I really hope they don't do the over-the-top nebulae everywhere thing. I like space to look like space.
It is interesting how there are posts comparing it to 'real' images.
A lot of people seem to forget that these things are not seen with a 'real' camera, or but rather stuff made for detecting a much much wider range then just the visible spectrum, sure they look amazing, but that is not what you would see with your eyes.
That said has anyone actually found a system, where a moon or such is infront of the planet between it and the sun and seen if its shadow if projected onto the planet?
A lot of people seem to forget that these things are not seen with a 'real' camera, or but rather stuff made for detecting a much much wider range then just the visible spectrum, sure they look amazing, but that is not what you would see with your eyes.
That said has anyone actually found a system, where a moon or such is infront of the planet between it and the sun and seen if its shadow if projected onto the planet?
