CoD X Files

[Jaws2002]

Here's a simple comparation between the first beta for this patch and the latest install:

official version:



older version:



new, improved version :



Older version:




They just turned a masterpiece in total garbage.

[Jaws2002]

Ah BTW, where did that beautiful sunset go? Go ahead fly at dawn or dusk with this last version of the game. Try to recreate this:

[bongodriver]

and you guys qualify these claims despite the fact the new engine is still being reworked and is awaiting a major patch.........

Originally Posted by bongodriver

and you guys qualify these claims despite the fact the new engine is still being reworked and is awaiting a major patch.........

Well its before and after, not to difficult to work out.

[Jaws2002]

Originally Posted by bongodriver

and you guys qualify these claims despite the fact the new engine is still being reworked and is awaiting a major patch.........

We were already told by the developers that the game is going to look the same as now.

[bongodriver]

Originally Posted by Jaws2002

We were already told by the developers that the game is going to look the same as now.

The oppinion on which screens look better is going to be subjective, but claiming the new ones look like garbage is laughable....clearly the ramblings of yet another of the 'COD broke my heart and I'm going to make sure the world knows how I feel' gang.

[bongodriver]

I see reflections in both sets......which specific reflections are you talking about? the glint from the pilots eyes?

[Foo'bar]

Originally Posted by Jaws2002

Here's a simple comparation between the first beta for this patch and the latest install:

They just turned a masterpiece in total garbage.

You're really think that the older version screenshots looking better?

[addman]

I have to say those before and after screenshots are very subjective to ones taste. Technically, maybe the before shots with the water reflections and all are more advanced but I don't like all that "bling glitter", I actually prefer the latest ones with the more greenish matte looking sea (reminds me very much of how the sea looked when going fishing with my dad on the Swedish west coast as a kid, very greenish kind of sea). So technically maybe they've toned it down for performance reasons (?) but artistically I actually prefer the current version. There are two sides to this, technical and artistic IMO.

[Jaws2002]

Originally Posted by addman

I actually prefer the latest ones with the more greenish matte looking sea (reminds me very much of how the sea looked when going fishing with my dad on the Swedish west coast as a kid, very greenish kind of sea). So technically maybe they've toned it down for performance reasons (?) but artistically I actually prefer the current version. There are two sides to this, technical and artistic IMO.

I know very well how the seea looks. I worked at sea for five years on cruise ships.
The light and sky collor is part of how the sea water looks. The collor of the sky reflects in the water. Under cloudy sky the water looks greenish, under blue sunny sky the sea looks blue. This effect was very well captured by the last lighting engine. Now it looks the same, suny or not.

Here are two shots from the older version with clouds and without:

under cloudy sky:



Sunny sky: