HT: Suggestions that can SIGNIFICANTLY increase AH2 quality

[straffo]

Err what is your reference season ,time of day and part of the planet ???

I mean is it over ETO,MTO,PTO ?

In the case of ETO it can vary a lot depending of the region for example Normandy is not like PACA...


Just look here :
It's how it look here (during spring)

[Gixer]

I hope the terrain and sea graphics aren't "IT" for AH2 as they are. Currently they look so bad it puts me off playing the game altogether even as a Beta.



...-Gixer

[Ghosth]

No gizer they are part of the stock tiles for terrains. But once nuttz & some of the other map makers get through with em it will be a whole nother ball game.

[Stat]

Hallelujah!  Finally some answers to a question I posted two weeks ago (http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=117127). Excellent thread!  Bottom line, the gloomy/dark problem is the one reason I rarely do Warbirds II/2004 anymore and shifted over to AH a while back.  I loved the FM and ballistics but could not accommodate to the murky graphics.  Now, AH II looks like I’m always in a night fight with half the number of retinal rods I need to track the target.  Forget it when the bogie drops below the horizon while over the ocean because then it becomes practically invisible!  These post are right on track.  Hopefully these suggestions are within the capabilities of the new AH II graphics engine.  I haven’t noticed a response from HTC yet.

[ergRTC]

outside Leiden, The Netherlands last week.



I know a couple of people that would never leave the ground if they had graphics like that.

[kamori]

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kalamori

[Pyro]

Originally posted by Captain Virgil Hilts
Since both HiTech and Pyro were here today I was hoping they'd weigh in on what's been posted here, but maybe they're waiting for more or there's some stuff we don't know about yet.

We agree with the premise of this thread and it is something we're working on to try and improve.

[Paul33]

When I first saw the screenshot you posted nopoop, I thought it was real. Then I realized it was AH. WTFG man! If only it were actually like that

[Kweassa]

We agree with the premise of this thread and it is something we're working on to try and improve.

 Thank you for noting the suggestion with such patience as ever Pyro

 Will be looking forward to such improvements!

[Captain Virgil Hilts]

Originally posted by Pyro
We agree with the premise of this thread and it is something we're working on to try and improve.

I was pretty sure that was the case, I figured you had something in the works and just hadn't said anything.
Thanks,

[Halo]

Bravo Kweassa and Pyro for giving us hope for superlative sky, sea, and ground settings.  

Gorgeous graphic backgrounds make all the difference between an okay experience we accept grudgingly and an exciting immersion we can't wait to repeat.

[straffo]

I've found a good source of aerial pictures for Normandie :

http://www.dday04.com/
this one is more general :

http://www.francecoastline.com/

[AWCHKRS]

Originally posted by nopoop
As as experiment taking two screenshots and bringing them up in photoshop I did two things only ( besides making them smaller).

screenshots taken at gamma 1.4.

First I clicked "auto levels".

Then I desaturated both to -30.

This is what you get. No olive drab, brown is introduced in it's absense. The sky looks right, the colors look more natural. I like it.

   NOPOOP , THAT'S  PERFECT !  *****

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