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You're right... I thought maybe one could render in bumb-mapping if the proceedure was supported (which to me meant an effort on the development side and would take nessisary horse-power.. which was wrong to a degree) where that means as you say: It has to be supported by the chipset from the get go.
Another reason why PS2 games look sorry more like -_o
OOOHHH COLD!
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No. Dot crawl is not a video game thing. It is a composite video thing. Satalite TV, VCR's, DVD players, or anything like that will all have dot crawl when hooked up through composite video. Look at any solid edge between two differnt colors. See those extreemly pronounced dots vibrating back and forth? That's dot crawl. There should actually be no dots there at all. Just a clean boarder between colors.Quote:
Originally posted by Damian79
When you talk about dot crawl, you are not talking about "texture shimmering" when you turn etc. are you?
[QUOTE]Originally posted by MechDeus
Splinter Cell begs to differ.QUOTE]
If you are referring to the fact that it is aliased, this is mutually exclusive to the resolution the game was designed for. The fact that it isn't anti-aliased has to do with the "cost" in resources and resulting drop in visual effects and such that would have shown through.
Has nothing to do with the 480P thing, but I see your point:
If more companies would make their games anti-aliased, 480P would be that much more stunning, and I agree. Though the loss in overall effects and poly count would probably dramatically increase. Though, as we all know it is a delicate give and take all the way up until the product is pressed.
"No. Dot crawl is not a video game thing. It is a composite video thing. Satalite TV, VCR's, DVD players, or anything like that will all have dot crawl when hooked up through composite video. Look at any solid edge between two differnt colors. See those extreemly pronounced dots vibrating back and forth? That's dot crawl. There should actually be no dots there at all. Just a clean boarder between colors."
I get that on the TV channels, but I don't get them on my video games. Maybe I am confusing what kind on video in I am using. The yellow, white and red connection is composite right?
Yes.
Why is Damian arguing that getting $1 is better than getting $5?
"I might have to spend $5 in more than one place, therefore making it less efficient"
Just let it go.
PS: Being blind is so much better than seeing. My wife looks like a model when I'm blind.
Master, it is advised that you not question Damian's logic. Doing so can cause migraines, feelings of delusion, and the desire to play obscure games for the sake of being hardCORE.
Damian79 you are an idiot. Its that plain, and its that simple. Are you complaing about seeing the edge a race track? Do you want all edges to be blended into the next color making everything a blob like mess? Until they stop using Polygons to make games you will not be happy.
What in your standards has good graphics? If you say anything thats 3D you just called your self a Hypocrite.
The funny thing with Damian's bitching is that, odds are, you'd NEVER notice any of this shit in the middle of gameplay.
If Bungie hadn't mentioned that Halo 2's models would use less polygons, you probably wouldn't have noticed. Your perception is skewed.Quote:
Originally posted by Damian79
Well, it must be me then. Any model that is composed of less than 5k and up close, I can see every single edge on it.
From what I've played of Doom 3 (alpha), and judging by Halo 2's screenshots, Doom 3 will probably be aesthetically inferior. id Software has no sense of design. Bungie beats the living shit out of them in that regard.Quote:
Originally posted by MechDeus
Splinter Cell begs to differ.The poly-counts are pretty insane, although they use a similar trick that Shenmue used (half-people, copied and flipped) which shows in extreme closeups as there's a faint line that travels down the center of the face. Everything is being modelled in Doom III, as opposed to the texture reliance the previous Quakes have had, and far out-classes Halo 2 in that regard. However, that may turn out to be a double-edged sword as I have a feeling the way the models are done may quelch a huge part of the user skinning/model scene for Doom III.