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Offline Skuzzy

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Someone mention Alpha?
« on: August 29, 2014, 01:05:54 PM »
The Alpha has been coming along well, and the testers have been a huge help.  <S>  Most of the work has been in making sure things are stable, optimizing performance, and ironing out the graphics.

With that in mind, here is a comparison of where we were and where we are, with specific regard to the trees.

Here is an early screenshot we released of our progress.  Note the blobs in the trees as they get farther from your view.


As we progressed, we felt the trees could be done better and so Hitech and Waffle decided to take another swing at them.  Here is where we are today.  Yes, the count and placement of the trees has changed, and might continue to change, but we feel the look of the trees, as they get farther from your eye point is better now.


The different frame rates are due to the two different computers used in taking the screenshots.
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Re: Someone mention Alpha?
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2014, 01:08:23 PM »

Nice trees.

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Re: Someone mention Alpha?
« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2014, 01:09:41 PM »
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Re: Someone mention Alpha?
« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2014, 01:39:03 PM »
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Re: Someone mention Alpha?
« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2014, 01:48:53 PM »
lookin good hitech creations ! well worth the wait  :rock
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Re: Someone mention Alpha?
« Reply #5 on: August 29, 2014, 01:59:02 PM »
Looks awesome. Thanks for the update
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Re: Someone mention Alpha?
« Reply #6 on: August 29, 2014, 03:07:10 PM »
Good stuff.

Question - are the 2 different PC's from the list of HTC PCs that have been listed fairly recently?  I only ask because their specs were pretty common and modest, and those FPS numbers are excellent. I think that bodes well for many worried their systems won't be up to the new version.

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Re: Someone mention Alpha?
« Reply #7 on: August 29, 2014, 03:28:42 PM »
The first system is an Intel E8400 CPU, 4GB of system RAM, and an NVidia GTX 660 w/2GB of video RAM.
Second system is an Intel E6550 (2.3Ghz), 4GB of system RAM, and an AMD 4850 w/1GB of video RAM.
Both running Windows 7 64 bit.

Performance is still being evaluated as we go through the Alpha, so it is still too early to make any statements as to the hardware requirements.
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Re: Someone mention Alpha?
« Reply #8 on: August 29, 2014, 03:41:03 PM »
Excellent work so far.  :aok
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Re: Someone mention Alpha?
« Reply #9 on: August 29, 2014, 05:02:57 PM »
I'm half tempted to ask to be let in, so I can see if my Radeon 5770's can handle it. :headscratch:


Yeah, the trees look MUCH better now.  Very nice. :aok
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Re: Someone mention Alpha?
« Reply #10 on: August 29, 2014, 05:06:39 PM »
Will the trees still be bullet proof?
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Re: Someone mention Alpha?
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Re: Someone mention Alpha?
« Reply #12 on: August 29, 2014, 05:56:07 PM »
yall really trying to temp me to come out of retirement  :aok
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Re: Someone mention Alpha?
« Reply #13 on: August 29, 2014, 07:55:39 PM »
Will the trees be perked?
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Re: Someone mention Alpha?
« Reply #14 on: August 29, 2014, 08:14:48 PM »
Gonna be sweet, I just pray my comp can keep up and keep it fast enough to be able to fly without screen freezes. Very nice work though guys it looks great
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