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FPSC Classic Product Chat / Why does everyones games grafix blow mine away?

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m4marksman
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Posted: 30th Mar 2010 09:01
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I look at screenies from Kravenwolf and others and their grafix are just unbelievable along with the lighting. What do I have to change for it to look like that! My computer isn't even that bad...

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Sandante
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Posted: 30th Mar 2010 14:06
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I think a good videocard and some experience.

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Shadowtroid
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Posted: 30th Mar 2010 14:28
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Plus the lightmap quality may have something to do with it.

Go into your setup.ini file. Find lightmapquality= and change it to a higher number. I usually use 35.

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Bugsy
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Posted: 30th Mar 2010 19:32
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turn on AA and AF to 16x
turn lightmap tex size and quality to incredibly high
add detail to your level designs and spend time on them (I spend about 8 hours in total in each room)


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Z 4SS4SS1N
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Thank you shadow troid, I was having a similar problem and I think that that fixed it. I also changed the resolution and aspect ratio to match my screen size.
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Bigsnake
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Quote: "(I spend about 8 hours in total in each room"


A little too much exaggeration

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SikaSina Games
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Posted: 3rd Apr 2010 22:39
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Quote: "I look at screenies from Kravenwolf and others and their grafix are just unbelievable"


It's about editing the textures. Sometimes they can look realistic, others seem like they've just been drenched in ink splodges. You don't exactly need a new PC, it's the way the textures are displayed and the lighting quality which gives stunning graphics, not just shaders (I use FPSC x10 which should have top-notch shaders but I never use them xD and my levels still look good).

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Bugsy
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Posted: 4th Apr 2010 00:41
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Quote: "A little too much exaggeration"


that's not even a MINUTE of exaggeration.
from pre-drawing, to sketching from multiple angles, to layout, lighting, to fixes, to revisions, to testing. usually more than 8 hours.


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GreenDixy
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@Bigsnake

Some people spend days on just small little sections. So 8 hours is undercutting it. If the section is done right, After detailing etc. You can spend minimum of 10 to 15 hours on a small section. You wouldint think so but it happens more often then not.

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Wolf
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Quote: "I look at screenies from Kravenwolf and others and their grafix are just unbelievable along with the lighting. What do I have to change for it to look like that! My computer isn't even that bad..."


Talent hasn' t anything to do with your computer... graphics are artworks...some can..others don' t.



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Bugsy
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I totally agree, unixfreak. it used to be I'd spend more, but i've got my style of level design down to a science.


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Soviet176
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Posted: 4th Apr 2010 03:22
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Look at the guy who made avatar, I heard he used a crappy labtop!

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rolfy
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Posted: 4th Apr 2010 06:04 Edited at: 4th Apr 2010 07:22
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Quote: "Look at the guy who made avatar, I heard he used a crappy labtop!"


Dont know where you heard that, usually takes a render farm to produce these, do you have any idea how much processing is in one frame for these scenes at the kind of resolution required.
Take a look at the mile long credits for 3d production, what guy in particular?

$ 300 million U.S. dollars movie costs for computer generated animated special effects and principal photography
$ 200 million U.S. dollars for promotion advertising and distribution in multiplexes theaters cineplexes

$ 500 million U.S. dollars grand total film movie production budget

That crappy laptop sure did cost a lot.

Production video from Pirates of the carribean:
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Shadowtroid
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Posted: 4th Apr 2010 23:01
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I still think he just needs to up his lightmap quality.

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Bigsnake
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Posted: 5th Apr 2010 00:25
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Quote: "from pre-drawing, to sketching from multiple angles, to layout, lighting, to fixes, to revisions, to testing. usually more than 8 hours."


That would take hrs yes

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