CoD X Files

[Jaws2002]

Here's a quick comparation between the sun rise in new and old versions.

New version:





Older version:







As you can see they replaced advanced lighting engine with some cheap grey HDR.

[recoilfx]

Jaws, I am not sure what you mean by landscape color vs lighting. The colors/lighting system is responsible for how the textures will look on the screen.

AFAIK, textures weren't changed, and people overwhelmingly voted for the new lighting algorithm.

You could argue about dawn/dusk being less dramatic (which I agree with you), or that oceans should be more blue and reflective (seems like people don't really care either way), but it's definitely not garbage compare to the old version.

There are definitely issues with CloD(my personal pet peeve is the glare) and if I remembered correctly, the devs are still 'tweaking' the colors. Send Luthier your comparisons, maybe they'll take notice.

[adonys]

performance problems are no excuse to dumb down a the graphic engine, offering additional graphics settings was all that was needed.

yet, this discussion is pointless at this stage, friends. we have to wait for the new graphic engine, and see (no matter what they've said, it won't look the same) first, then we can start talking about graphics..

[FS~Phat]

I like the new lighting but one thing I would really like is if they could work on general aircraft visibility. Hopefully the new engine will be better in this regard. Not just the transition from dot to silhouette either, aircraft are almost impossible to sight if they are viewed from above against the landscape at any angle. From war footage and my time flying in commercial airlines, I can say planes should be easier to identify and track against the landscape.

I hate these kind of comparisons, because the game engine is completely different, but I think if they could emulate the aircraft visibility of wings of prey, maybe toned down a little to make it a little harder it would be ideal.

[Liz Lemon]

Originally Posted by Jaws2002

As you can see they replaced advanced lighting engine with some cheap grey HDR.

They didn't replace the lightning engine with HDR. Its been there since the beginning of the game. All that was changed is how that HDR is used (and some other thigns...)