Eyecandy

[Ghosth]

No, because in order to gain what your looking for we'd have to give things up.

Things like more than 32 players in an arena.
Things like every player with more than a 1 yr old computer.

We just got a graphics update, and yes I'm sure there are options they have yet to turn on.

But I for one would 10x rather see them get all the WWII planes damage model updated rather than a visual only update that only a small percentage of people would be able to even see.

[Kazaa]

Once again, I never wished HTC for a "visual only updates" or to focus their effort from this point onwards entirely on visuals.

If HTC did implement a/some new visuals in the next update, I'm sure they would allow people with slower computers the option to scale back the settings for performance reasons. My 5 year old gaming system can still run the current version of Aces High maxed, other than smooth shadowing @ 70-100 FPS. So I'm sure people with a computer older then 1 year are going to be just fine. Unless they are gaming on a very slow laptop, which are not meant for gaming.

My P.C's performance in WoP is ridiculously good, the online numbers are only limited by the player hosted setup they currently have. If they implimented dedicated servers I'm sure we could see much, much more players in a single arena, which they are currently working on doing in the near future. So I'm sure Aces High will not buckle as an MMO if we get new sky textures.

[Hap]

Once again, I never wished HTC for a "visual only updates" or to focus their effort from this point onwards entirely on visuals.

K, it ain't you.  It's like a weird contest in here.

[Kazaa]

K, it ain't you.  It's like a weird contest in here.

Thank you.

[Tinribs]

evolution,fact is all things must evolve or die. The wishes in this forum will in the most part be reality in a few years or the game will have ceased to exist

[guncrasher]

i didnt read the whole thread, but I always thought the eye candy was having sheep around.  or am I wrong?

semp

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eye candy



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_6eiBxOFYk

[Kazaa]

Don't be hatin' on my phailshop skillz and I also know that the backdrops used have way too much cloud layer. But please try to look past that and focus on how evolved the game would look with newer/more update sky textures, lighting and complimented with cloud shadowing. This brings me back to my OP, the sky looks so bland and outdated in comparison to the new ground textures.

Also note how much depth of field can be gained when clouds emit shadowing on the ground.







I'm pretty sure I've gone way overboard with what's possible, but the genral idea still stands.

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Kazaa that looks awesome

[Kazaa]

Kazaa that looks awesome

Dude it looks terrible. I spent 10 minutes on it at work, 5 minutes of that was finding a half decent backdrop to use.

[bravoa8]

Dude it looks terrible. I spent 10 minutes on it at work, 5 minutes of that was finding a half decent backdrop to use.

No it dosen't Kazza, it's alot better than I could do.

[Plazus]

Kazaa does have a viable point though. The sky is in need of some graphical updates. The flat cloud layer, and the occasional distorted, and pixelated, clouds we have now just dont do AH justice in graphics. Ive been trying to emphasize the importance of having an updated sky for a long time now. With the current terrain, the game would look TREMENDOUSLY better and appealing to the general public, as well as to its current customer base.

I would personally like to hear HTC's opion and thoughts on updating the sky.

[bravoa8]

Kazaa does have a viable point though. The sky is in need of some graphical updates. The flat cloud layer, and the occasional distorted, and pixelated, clouds we have now just dont do AH justice in graphics. Ive been trying to emphasize the importance of having an updated sky for a long time now. With the current terrain, the game would look TREMENDOUSLY better and appealing to the general public, as well as to its current customer base.

I would personally like to hear HTC's opion and thoughts on updating the sky.

I'd love new clouds and rain.

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Dude it looks terrible. I spent 10 minutes on it at work, 5 minutes of that was finding a half decent backdrop to use.

what?????

dont make me slap the watermelon outta ya............;-)
That looks sweet, does not matter how long it took it looks awesome, and to be able to fly in a sky that looked like that would be....... awesome-er

[Kazaa]

HTC have the skills to make anything happen. I was blow away by version 2.17 and the eyecandy it brought. I was left scratching my head when I found out that the sky was left untouched.