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Title: Feeble tracers
Post by: moot on December 14, 2004, 10:29:25 PM

Can't see tracers since the beginning of AH2.  They sort of dim out into the distance (and this is without anti-aliasing)..
(http://taenia.homestead.com/files/ahss96.jpg)
(http://taenia.homestead.com/files/ahss99.jpg)
(http://taenia.homestead.com/files/ahss102.jpg)
as opposed to (for example) these clear-cut, visible tracers, as they used to be on my machine before AH2:
(http://www.dangreve.com/images/ahss2.bmp)

ATI X800P
PIV 2GHz
512MB of 2700 DRAM
WinXP Pro SP1
Audigy2
Latest DirectX and drivers for all hardware.
DxDiag dump (http://taenia.homestead.com/files/dxdiag.txt)

Title: Feeble tracers
Post by: Shane on December 15, 2004, 06:52:33 AM

supposed to be this way so as to allow the runners who have a little distance survive long enough to reach ack/horde.

i.e., no more 800 yd sniping wunderkills...

Title: Feeble tracers
Post by: Kev367th on December 15, 2004, 07:13:43 AM

Half the time I seem to see no hit sprites, yet the bogey explodes.

Title: Feeble tracers
Post by: Shane on December 15, 2004, 08:16:46 AM

Quote

Originally posted by Kev367th
Half the time I seem to see no hit sprites, yet the bogey explodes.

that is also a nod to the "15,000 yd kill!!!" whiners who felt that the hit sprites gave too much feedback.

Title: Feeble tracers
Post by: moot on December 16, 2004, 01:46:22 AM

The last shot is from Waffle, you can see the difference between his tracers and mine.

It'd be cool if Sudz read this, actual glowing (pixel shader or fake glow) tracers as they were irl would really be better.

Actual colors for each ammunition'd be neat too.

Title: Feeble tracers
Post by: JB35 on December 16, 2004, 03:37:05 AM

Remember in AHI where the tracers were more defined like in the osti and the CV guns.

Now you can just make them out .

Title: Feeble tracers
Post by: moot on December 20, 2004, 09:25:35 PM

some more shots, where one can also see a difference between tracers when the animated water's on and when it's not:
(http://taenia.homestead.com/files/v2tracers.jpg)

Title: Feeble tracers
Post by: Waffle on December 21, 2004, 12:15:39 AM

I have a hard time seing them zoomed in at 1024x1024, at 1600x1200 they seem a little better. I would agree maybe brightening up a bit or enlarging the further distance tracers abit -Least for ground mounted guns / gvs