Rats can easily improve the graphics with an open source upscaler ESRGAN (Enhanced Super-Resolution Generative Adversarial Networks)

[aismov 600]

What does PSNR stand for?

I never liked graphs with a Y axis that doesn't start at 0. Easy way for ppl to manipulate stats for the exact reason you said. On the graph diff looks HUGE... But the numbers are only 0.5 difference.

[markecc 0]

PSNR is peak signal to noise ratio.

[aismov 600]

LOL, in that case that graph is a completely different beast. A S/N difference if 0.5 vs the absolute magnitude... 100k iterations should be fine!

[xanthus 231]

Any updates?

[aismov 600]

Just got emailed a work in progress:

[caydel 36]

Leaked in-game footage:

 

[markecc 0]

2 hours ago, xanthus said:

Any updates?

 

Hatch got the textures and i'm training the model.

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2 hours ago, aismov said:

Just got emailed a work in progress:

 

LOL

[Elfin 185]

Thanks markec! It would be great if the effort results in a more aesthetically pleasing game experience. I do think this would lower the threshold for players deciding to join the game. 

Continue please.

 

[aismov 600]

22 hours ago, Elfin said:

Thanks markec! It would be great if the effort results in a more aesthetically pleasing game experience. I do think this would lower the threshold for players deciding to join the game. 

Continue please.

 

I can't begin to say how huge if a difference better textures would make. All you have to do is read the steam reviews... graphics is a big issue. And that is from players who tried the game. We have no idea how many look at the screenshots and pass it up for that reason alone.

[markecc 0]

Current progress

 

 

 

It takes time though, because i'm refining the techinque and each time I test i have to re-train the model from start but it's getting better

[aismov 600]

Looking really great!

 

[Augetout 381]

I am doing my level best not to get too caught up in the 'textures are going to drastically improve via this method', plan---------but gosh I hope it works as well as folks have said it will.

 

[dog3 19]

We need a BOINC project to farm out all the texture iterations.

[caydel 36]

22 hours ago, dog3 said:

We need a BOINC project to farm out all the texture iterations.

Just embed the BOINC client in a WWIIOL binary. The whole time you are playing, you are also training the model....

[Elfin 185]

On 2019-01-27 at 4:13 AM, augetout said:

I am doing my level best not to get too caught up in the 'textures are going to drastically improve via this method', plan---------but gosh I hope it works as well as folks have said it will.

 

I hear ya. There won't be 10,000 players subbing perhaps, but hey... even if some small portion of that pony up... could be good. 

 

 

[markecc 0]

Progress update

 

[Augetout 381]

good!

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[markecc 0]

the above is made only out of this

 

 

[madrebel 607]

that's pretty phenomenal. what about ground textures? any of those yet?

[markecc 0]

I don't have the ground textures yet

[caydel 36]

This has been interesting thread to watch. I'm not sure what to make of the results, until we see them actually wrapped around a full model.

This seems to work very well for organic materials and textures where some entropy or randomness is expected. It works less well where there are known and expected geometric shapes such as round rivet heads and rectangular steel plates on the hull texture. In this context, it makes it resemble impressionist paintings when you look at them closely here in the forum. I'm curious how they will look when applied to full models - will they mesh in well with the current artistic direction of the game?

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It works less well where there are known and expected geometric shapes such as round rivet heads and rectangular steel plates on the hull texture.

Yea, although i'm still training the model, the last 2 pictures that you see are  the model that i'm currently training but it's already improving, from impressionist painting to game textures, although i cannot tell by how much it will look better because it's all new to me also.

Here is latest rivet

 

Edited February 1, 2019 by markec

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Edited February 3, 2019 by markec