Any rumors about improving the terrain?

[Nathan60]

Jimson Ripleys whole reason for being in the thread are the blurred edges, that it. The guy cant see reason and gosh darn it you better start to see things his way.

[jimson]

Well, at first glance I saw an out of focus image, not an enhanced image. There was no deliberate deception here.

I am done with this stupid discussion.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Jimson Ripleys whole reason for being in the thread are the blurred edges, that it. The guy cant see reason and gosh darn it you better start to see things his way.

Exactly. If some of you are too dense to realize that artificial focus effect is a no-no when trying to show something from a game engine then I don't know what to say anymore.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Well, at first glance I saw an out of focus image, not an enhanced image. There was no deliberate deception here.

I am done with this stupid discussion.

Someone made an effort to enhance the image - a botched up job but an effort anyway. Which is why I pointed out it was shopped.

[Easyscor]

Now, now, MrRiplEy, that's ridiculous. It was a teaser for the AvA.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Now, now, MrRiplEy, that's ridiculous. It was a teaser for the AvA.

LOL if you would have said 'yes' when I noted your image had been photoshopped we wouldn't even have this discussion. What was your motive to deny it was altered?

[Easyscor]

I didn't know it was altered. I stated what I thought about it at the time. Stop looking for conspiracies.

[Nathan60]

I didn't know it was altered. I stated what I thought about it at the time. Stop looking for conspiracies.

LOL his whole point is moot hes just being an arse because I guess he can be.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

LOL his whole point is moot hes just being an arse because I guess he can be.

The point is not moot - the picture either is or is not photoshopped. There is no middle road.

Let's say you have a thread discussing how good your wives look... You don't post photoshopped images to 'prove' the looks of your better half. 

[rabbidrabbit]

You heroes have an amazing ability to pointlessly hijack a thread and drag it on for pages without making a relevant point.   

[Bizman]

Someone raised up the question why people have left the game during these years AH has existed and explained it with outdated graphics. I'm not saying I wouldn't like to see some improvement in them, but seriously, I wouldn't blame the graphics. People tend to get other things to do. Many who have left the game have got a family, got a job instead of endless studying, anything that real life can bring. If the graphics played such an important role, why do the better looking games last only a few years? How many IL2 pioneers are still playing its later variations, for example? During these years I've been online there's been a bunch of novelties luring fellow AH'ers. What makes them return after half a year or so?

My monthly online hours can nowadays be counted with fingers, but it's not due to graphics, it's because the guys I used to fly with are online equally seldom. Each time we manage to get a bigger part of the "old gang" together, the game is just as fun as it used to be.

[GScholz]

The problem isn't people leaving; there will always be some people leaving after a while for many reasons, some of which you've mentioned. The problem is that with such outdated visuals AH is ill equipped to attract new customers to replace those who leave.

[bj229r]

Dial-up segment of the community, and just how many more are there living out in the desert? Other than the confirmed one. 

The download load limit has been all about keeping costs to a minimum and nothing about catering for a few dial-ups. Most people here probably download in the GBs every month.



<S>...-Gixer

I'm dial-up!....so is another guy in my squad. When signal is good, my smart phone does a nice job. At any rate, a 42k connection and 225 SMOOTH ping runs this game fine. For large updates, I throw the laptop on the family truckster, and drive 2 miles to the public library, and use their wifi

[Karnak]

I'm dial-up!....so is another guy in my squad. When signal is good, my smart phone does a nice job. At any rate, a 42k connection and 225 SMOOTH ping runs this game fine. For large updates, I throw the laptop on the family truckster, and drive 2 miles to the public library, and use their wifi

So larger files wouldn't affect you really.  The graphics are rendered locally so your data requirements within the game wouldn't change and you already use other options to do the large downloads.

I am curious what HTC's view on this subject is.

[gyrene81]

funny thing is, not one of the geniuses saying it's possible to do what htc is doing with much higher graphics, has shown any proof that any other developer is actually doing it. if it were possible, a developer would have done it by now.