What do you think could make a good FPS better in terms of graphics?

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Posted by meneedit on May-28-2004 05:03:

What do you think could make a good FPS better in terms of graphics?

If you ask me, they have been making the same mistake for years:

it doesnt matter how HQ your textures are, how hi res it is, how many decals. it all boils down to smoothness.

I think that anti-aliasing makes all the difference

all they would need to make is an anti-aliasing engine that smooths out all jagged lines.

what lines you ask.

well, because a FPS is 3D the angles are always changing. Say for example that you are standing in front of an area where the wall meets the floor. the lines are jagged at the join because you always have the ability to change perspective.

Now i'm no expert on graphics, but I do know one thing...

the engine would work by looking at each color and the surrounding colors then look at a reference file that tells it which color blends with which.

the downside:

would probably require 8 gig processor and a shit load of ram

Posted by meneedit on May-28-2004 05:36:

sounds good too!!!!!!!!!!

you just reminded me of how badly I want that game

Posted by Tranc3 on May-28-2004 06:03:

Most anti-aliasing is done directly on the card...not software-based. The main reason is because anti-aliasing is really fucking intensive. Until video card technology gets significantly better (or they start making cards for people with water/peltier/evaporative/etc cooling systems), you aren't going to see a drastic change in anti-aliasing. The code for it is pretty hard to optimize any more than it is already.

Posted by nchs09 on May-28-2004 06:05:

*cough* nerds *cough*

Posted by Tranc3 on May-28-2004 06:21:

quote:
Originally posted by nchs09
*cough* nerds *cough*

Well that's an interesting solution. Just hire a bunch of nerds to come next to your computer and crunch the numbers for your anti-aliasing engine.

Posted by nchs09 on May-28-2004 06:21:

quote:
Originally posted by Tranc3
Well that's an interesting solution. Just hire a bunch of nerds to come next to your computer and crunch the numbers for your anti-aliasing engine.
hehe i didnt get that either.. but i did laugh for some reason

Posted by Radagast on May-28-2004 06:38:

I don't see the need for graphics that are any better than Quake 2's.

Posted by meneedit on May-31-2004 00:19:

quote:
Originally posted by Tranc3
Most anti-aliasing is done directly on the card...not software-based. The main reason is because anti-aliasing is really fucking intensive. Until video card technology gets significantly better (or they start making cards for people with water/peltier/evaporative/etc cooling systems), you aren't going to see a drastic change in anti-aliasing. The code for it is pretty hard to optimize any more than it is already.

yeah, I hate the fact that its only the cards that have anti-aliasing
because there is no way to set the anti-aliasing for games only. which means it blurrs the shit out of ordinary windows stuff

Posted by meneedit on May-31-2004 00:21:

quote:
Originally posted by Radagast
I don't see the need for graphics that are any better than Quake 2's.

Posted by yujie__ on May-31-2004 01:29:

r500 / nv50 and athlon fx 60 that can do 8aa/32af free
2 gig ram
solid state harddrives
liquid cooling
21" lcd with response of less than 5ms or the best 22"monitor
thx speakers

Posted by Turbonium on May-31-2004 04:35:

quote:
Originally posted by yujie__
r500 / nv50 and athlon fx 60 that can do 8aa/32af free
2 gig ram
solid state harddrives
liquid cooling
21" lcd with response of less than 5ms or the best 22"monitor
thx speakers

Radeon X1600 XT
Dual core Pentium-M @ 6GHz (Conroe)
4GB RAM
4 solid state HDs in RAID-0
liquid cooling, as mentioned
22" Trinitron
THX speakers

You have been bested, TAKE THAT!

Posted by BTG on May-31-2004 06:26:

farcry sucks.

Posted by MoonMan on May-31-2004 15:19:

I think real time rendering of "Industrial Light & Magic " type of effects in games is getting closer & closer. I mean that Unreal 3.0 engine is just

Posted by meneedit on May-31-2004 23:16:

wait a sec! I just noticed something about that first far cry shot....

for f00k sake!!! why wont they make things round in games!!!?

It can't be that demanding on your vid card!

oh well