not realistic graphics

[kareca]

The graphics in v. 1.31 were very false, it seems we look at a drawing done by a child ... 1:30 more realistic.

[hchris]

Care to eloberate?

[gtanner]

Yeah does depend what you are talking about.

New trees/bushes etc much improved less cartoony, lush greener and pretty swwweeeet to be honest.

Older models letting down the new standard but that wasnt the point of the 1.31 patch.

[elegance]

Yeah does depend what you are talking about.

New trees/bushes etc much improved less cartoony, lush greener and pretty swwweeeet to be honest.

Older models letting down the new standard but that wasnt the point of the 1.31 patch.

I disagree. The new trees and bushes look terrible. Much prefer the old swaying ones.

[gtanner]

I disagree. The new trees and bushes look terrible. Much prefer the old swaying ones.

Swaying is good but if its a performance trade off i can live with the nicer looking flora.

[hchris]

I disagree. The new trees and bushes look terrible. Much prefer the old swaying ones.

Do you only dislike the new trees and bushes because they do not sway anymore?

Because then you don't dislike the new tree models, but the missing sway animation, which is quite a different issue.

[mouser]

Turn off post process to get a sharper image and a little more toned down color. A fps boost for me too.

[AHWULF]

No swaying trees saves some FPS.

[stdyhand]

I agree the new trees look horrible. The 1.30 trees appear far more realistic and seem to show more detail. I can actually see leaves but with the 1.31 trees and bushes they appear to be copied and placed there. It just looks too fake now.

The grass, buildings, rain, etc is all great. Nice work on all those. But hopefully more detail will go into the trees later to make them more realistic. Right now my main concern is just being able to even play the 1.31. I'm sure the rats will work out the rest in time.

[Bacon55]

I think some of you might be getting the LOD bug.

Driving into Remagen it looked as good as Arma 2, the new conifers are spectacular.

[dekard]

yeah, those trees are speedtrees.. so we didn't model them speedtree did..

http://www.speedtree.com/

[robhood]

maybe its the settings, but flying along low above the forests, they trees load detail about 30 meters infront and unload 30 meters behind my aircraft.

[cobra516]

maybe its the settings' date=' but flying along low above the forests, they trees load detail about 30 meters infront and unload 30 meters behind my aircraft.[/quote']

Noticed this as well - the same thing occurs in 1.30 - but seems to transition further ahead of the airplane - and the look of the tree once it transitions to its high detail LOD is closer to what it looked like in the distance. The visual difference/color between the far and near trees while flying is greater so it makes them really pop out at you when they load so close.

[mcketten]

LOL listen to everyone.

This game overall looks far more modern and superior to 1.30 and, I don't know about the rest of you, but I get better FPS and more smooth gameplay in 1.31 with max settings than I do in 1.30 with min settings.

Sorry, this complaint makes me giggle.

[ZeroAce]

LOL listen to everyone.

This game overall looks far more modern and superior to 1.30 and, I don't know about the rest of you, but I get better FPS and more smooth gameplay in 1.31 with max settings than I do in 1.30 with min settings.

Sorry, this complaint makes me giggle.

I wonder how that is possible. My system is chugging in large battles with everything turned up, but it runs like a champ in 1.30.

I've got a GTX 260 with something like 800-900 ram, I forget exactly.

I've got an intel 3ghz dual core.

4GB of RAM.

Maybe it has to do with the fact that I'm 32 bit vista, and you're win7 64, allowing you to use more RAM.

[mcketten]

I wonder how that is possible. My system is chugging in large battles with everything turned up, but it runs like a champ in 1.30.

I've got a GTX 260 with something like 800-900 ram, I forget exactly.

I've got an intel 3ghz dual core.

4GB of RAM.

Maybe it has to do with the fact that I'm 32 bit vista, and you're win7 64, allowing you to use more RAM.

vista hates games

[ZeroAce]

vista hates games

You're telling me that my simply upgrading to win7 I'll get better game performance?

I could get 64 bit, but I'm worried about breaking compatability with all my older games.

[cobra516]

My framerate in Vista 64 is literally about almost half of what it is in XP 32 bit. So I have a dual boot setup with Vista 64 for more modern games - and XP for the older games.

Seems that Windows 7 64 bit shows an increase in performance over Vista, so that's a good sign. I'll upgrade to that eventually.

Edited May 31, 2010 by cobra516

[ZeroAce]

I guess I should stop being lazy and dual boot. I might get win7 if it's that much better.

[mcketten]

I guess I should stop being lazy and dual boot. I might get win7 if it's that much better.

if you have a 64bit system and 4gb or more of ram there is no reason not to get win7, even if its just the vista->win7 upgrade

[Tigger6]

LOL listen to everyone.

This game overall looks far more modern and superior to 1.30 and, I don't know about the rest of you, but I get better FPS and more smooth gameplay in 1.31 with max settings than I do in 1.30 with min settings.

Sorry, this complaint makes me giggle.

I don't know but I suspect this might be some settings issue? The trees looked much better until some patch (like .40 or .39 or so) when the quality of the trees dropped to mickey mouse cartoon type for me. Especially forests look horrid from the air, just a dark green plane with bright green polygons.

[gtanner]

I don't know but I suspect this might be some settings issue? The trees looked much better until some patch (like .40 or .39 or so) when the quality of the trees dropped to mickey mouse cartoon type for me. Especially forests look horrid from the air' date=' just a dark green plane with bright green polygons.[/quote']

I agree with this one of the readmes does contain something like "majorly reduced tree textures" I didn't see any FPS gain but noticed it wasnt as nice, the LOD is just out of whack with the distance now, but then again maybe i wasn't meant to see performance gain on a mid end system.

[Hinfoos]

increas LOD range for trees and it will look good

[ZeroAce]

It would be nice to have the option of increased texture sizes and longer distance LODs if our system can handle it.

Most games that push the graphics limit have extensive customization options.

[kareca]

The version 1.31 was for the young ... who has good eyes ... for the more mature one was suffering. ...six years playing 3-4 hours a day .. now I can not stay longer than 20 minutes ...

...the sun is fading for me....

...is the end .. I'm dead!

Light to old please!