About shadows and weather

[barkas]

To say it first, I like the new trees.

What I don't like are the new shadows and the new weather.

Both are 5 years behind the state of the art.

For me most buildings don't have shadows at all, and everything that has a shadow has a gray blob, not a precise shadow.

For example the tiger has a rectangular shadow and its gun doesn't have any shadow.

Plus, the sun is not bright enough - HDR anyone?

The rain has a static position relative to the viewpoint, not to the world, as it should be, meaning raindrops move with you.

And despite those shortcuts, the performance is not good, it's slower than the current game.

So I urge you to take the time and do it right, even if the patch comes a month late.

[angriff]

To say it first, I like the new trees.

What I don't like are the new shadows and the new weather.

Both are 5 years behind the state of the art.

For me most buildings don't have shadows at all, and everything that has a shadow has a gray blob, not a precise shadow.

For example the tiger has a rectangular shadow and its gun doesn't have any shadow.

Plus, the sun is not bright enough - HDR anyone?

The rain has a static position relative to the viewpoint, not to the world, as it should be, meaning raindrops move with you.

And despite those shortcuts, the performance is not good, it's slower than the current game.

So I urge you to take the time and do it right, even if the patch comes a month late.

Did you change the time in the game from high noon?

[barkas]

No, but it doesn't matter, the shadow resolution was not really anything to write home about.