And the jaggies. That DBX shouldn't look like that just from image compression.
New Planet Tech is KILLER of Exploration (all terrain is tiling/repeating/not procedural/random)
- Thread starter BlackMaze
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Holy s**t that ultra for capture makes SO MUCH difference. It feels like thats how the planets are suppsoed to be generated. No gly LOD loading. It does hammer FPS but omg looks so much better.
You aren't seeing the full problem. Just because one may not notice the repeating patterns by looking at the surface entering orbit, one WILL feel the fact there is a pretty limited set of tiles for entire regions on planets. "This feels familar" Yea, he may not know exactly why, but he sense it..Boring ice planets bother me less if there are some diamonds in the rough. It actually gives some extra purpose to exploration, finding those rare lovely planets! That's why I left that thread on a positive note, because there was ample proof provided that there are some really nice planets in Odyssey.
But the pictures in this thread (particularly the one I'll include below) that clearly show blatant, obvious, ugly pattern repetition, that really kills it for me. I know we all have different tolerance levels for things, but for me, that's right up there with Elephant Butt Leather and Dancing Disco Shadows. To be clear, I'm talking about the huge macro-level "in your face" canyons and such. I'm more tolerant of small repeating cracks in the ground that you basically have to circle to identify.
BTW, I'm not a fan of repetition in clouds in Horizons, either. Every single planet has a dozen hurricanes going at the same time? I don't like it! Butit's not a game-breaker for me, because I rarely get that close to non-landable planets to observe this, whereas AFAIK the OP is focusing on new landable, explorable planets.
As some planets don't seem to do this, I hope it's a bug. However, it might just be because those planets are just dealing with colour variations rather than actual geological regions.
I don't know for sure, but it's worth looking into more.
Well, they dont look like actual planet because that will took a lot of resources for a more detailed preview. You can see actual planet by enabling UltraforCapture or just deal with that fake preview algo. Maybe they will improve it in the future, who knows.
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Not going to comment how the forum engine does not support their own screenshot format, or that I probably can't attach the 100MB hi-res bmpAttached my screenshots of Wyrd B 2, with Ultraforcapture. My favorite one is the last one, I took that off the surface after glide, about 1km from in the air.
EDIT: are you kidding me forum engine, where are my attachments? Okay gimme sec, I need to upload this somewhere.
Hope it helps.
Thats what Im saying. This is a REAL representation of a planet.
Well, that's how they get the "ingame footage" and not being sued for false advertising.So that's how they get their pretty shots eh?
boutta try this on my 2060
Don't worry, with the abysmal frame rate on my 2060, ultra and ultraforcapture make barely any differenceSo that's how they get their pretty shots eh?
boutta try this on my 2060
Go for it.
Come on, on lonely planets I still get about 50 frames on a 2080Don't worry, with the abysmal frame rate on my 2060, ultra and ultraforcapture make barely any difference
On the bright side, you can now cook with your computer, I call that an improvement, and I don't see why you are mad !Don't worry, with the abysmal frame rate on my 2060, ultra and ultraforcapture make barely any difference
(some random white knight probably)
Fun fact, mine doesn't go to 90 like someone who posted some screenshots xD I think my windforce is happy at around 77-80 right now. And really, I can get decen frames when the planet has no settlements. CZs and big towns, all best are off.
It doesn't help that one of those patterns looks somewhat like a chicken's profile. Second image, upside down chicken. Once seen never unseen methinks...Not going to comment how the forum engine does not support their own screenshot format, or that I probably can't attach the 100MB hi-res bmp
EDIT: are you kidding me forum engine, where are my attachments? Okay gimme sec, I need to upload this somewhere.
These ice crags seem to be the same, just mirrored
I think aliens would laugh at earth, if it had geological formations like these.
Please Fdev first acknowledge this is not intended and then fix it asap. There will be always ugly or boring looking planets, but it has to be plausible. This is not the case with 90's voxel-like terrain graphics.
I think aliens would laugh at earth, if it had geological formations like these.
Looking at the high number of reported planets. I have gone ahead and created an issue tracker for this one. I urge everybody to go ahead and tick "can replicate" with as many examples as they can provide.
Thanks everyone!
Thanks everyone!
That's okay, even half the problem bothers me, so you have my support.