What Do You Like Best About the New Version?

[96Delta]

Excluding the introduction of 2 new planes as
these could have been introduced in the earlier version.

So, aside from the planes, what do you like
about the new upgrade?

[Blooz]

Nothing.

[CAP1]

Excluding the introduction of 2 new planes as
these could have been introduced in the earlier version.

So, aside from the planes, what do you like
about the new upgrade?

i haven't even seen the new planes yet.

the thing is FRAKKIN AWSOME looking. as i climb through the haze, it looks like the haze over south jersey.
at about 5k alt, when i look down at the ground, it looks real now.

 just everything.

[Easyscor]

1. The new shorelines, I hated the old nickle shorelines.

For the rest, you have to see the new coralsea terrain, loaded in SEA II earlier today.

Here are abilities demonstrated in coralsea...

2. See the Great Barrier Reef off the east coast of Australia.
3. See the atolls north of the eastern tip of New Guinea, they look like satellite shots.
4. See the natural looking shoreline around Port Moresby (P13).

These are abilities to enhance the terrain that we didn't have before. I don't know when or if you'll see them in the MA, but the special arenas are going to look much better as soon as we learn how to take advantage of this.

[Motherland]

hey easyscor, is the download on the website updated for the new Coral Sea map? The arena's locked, for Coral Sea I would assume.

[DaveJ]

The Super Nintendo graphics.

[96Delta]

We lost a great many things.

LOST
• beach obstacles
• hedges
• decent ground clutter - someone even slaughtered all the sheep!
(looks like I'm driving across the sargasso sea when I'm in a GV)
• structures and terrain for GV's
• hills (can't find any, but that might just be me)
• wakes (unless you can run the game with details)
• decent water (with detail turned down the tiling looks hideous)
• trouble-free performance

I'm, sorry to say this but the terrain is far less interesting
now.  It looks kike a photo from the sky but thats about it
and the price to obyain it was, imho, too high.

Here's what trading in those things and completely shafting
the GV guys yielded:

GAINED
• shiny water with kewl reflections (if you can run at that level)
• 2 planes (that didn't require an entire upgrade to get, BTW)
• headaches
• anything I missed here??

So, was the trade-off worth it?  Not for me.

I have upgrade fatigue and won't be buying any
new hardware for my PC.  Personally, I'm hoping
Dale & crew will figure out a way to make it work
across his client base, and not just for those who
can afford to build a PC around a game.

In a way, I should be grateful that my enjoyment
of the game is suffering with this downgrade..
maybe now I'll finally be able to break this insidious
addiction!

[USRanger]

I love the new water.  Everything about the new terrain system is sweet.  Can't wait til the release the new Terrain Editor.

[palef]

Getting into a low turn fight over the sea with a Spit 8 and having half a dozen P51s auger in quick succession as they try to pick you, then having the Spit 8 driver break off.

He was probably laughing as hard as me.

[96Delta]

I love the new water.  Everything about the new terrain system is sweet.  Can't wait til the release the new Terrain Editor.

You clearly do not drive vehicles.

[Strip]

I love the new water.  Everything about the new terrain system is sweet.  Can't wait til the release the new Terrain Editor.

QFT.....cant wait either!

[Lusche]

1. The new shorelines, I hated the old nickle shorelines.

Hm. Do your shorelines on your System look better than this:

[moot]

Tiny load time.

[texastc316]

Hm. Do your shorelines on your System look better than this:

(Image removed from quote.)

yes.



I like the self shadows the best

[Kazaa]

Let me see...

Photorealistic terrain, check!
Animated water, check!
Reflections, check!
Terrain shadowing, check!
Self shadowing, check!