GW:EN's graphics

Clord

Clord

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

Finland

Victory Via Valour

GW:EN's graphics like models and skins looks like to be more detailed than in all those chapters. Charr got actual fur, fires do clear heat effect and lighting looks like improved.

Anet give those Charr in Prophecies, proper fur too then and heat to fireballs etc.

pamelf

pamelf

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Australia

Lost Templars [LoTe]

Me/Mo

The login screen is already playing havoc with my older graphics card...

psycore

psycore

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

time to turn the graphics down or upgrade.

GW after all is quite old in terms of technology and its about time it got a bit of a graphical overhaul to bring it slightly in line with the current gen of tech.

Surena

Surena

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2007

N/Me

Finally they're making more use of their graphics technology. Should be a welcome step imo. Can't wait to see the improvements.

Etta

Etta

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2006

Mancland, British Empire

Now I wonder if the old charrs in chapter 1 will get a face lift as well? At the log in screen, try zoom in really close to the fire and you'll see that new effect. I'm on gf 7900gt and my total fps dropped by about 7-10, not really noticeable and my total fps are still high.

If you remember that GWEN in game video, the burning forest bit, I wonder what will happen to the people with a lot older graphic card.

Clord

Clord

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

Finland

Victory Via Valour

Quote:
Originally Posted by Etta
Now I wonder if the old charrs in chapter 1 will get a face lift as well? At the log in screen, try zoom in really close to the fire and you'll see that new effect. I'm on gf 7900gt and my total fps dropped by about 7-10, not really noticeable and my total fps are still high.

If you remember that GWEN in game video, the burning forest bit, I wonder what will happen to the people with a lot older graphic card. They can add new toggles to options, turn effects like heat off.

Yanman.be

Yanman.be

Banned

Join Date: Dec 2005

Belgium

[ROSE]

A/

Yeah GW's engine is very scaleable, unlike Battlefield 2 etc.

Eldin

Eldin

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

America. How about you, commie?

Fellows of Mythgar [FOM]

R/Mo

I love the clear fire effect (aka how the area around fire gets "distorted" like in real life). I read somewhere GW:EN will be overhauling many graphical aspects of the game.

Personally I found Nightfall a step forward from Prophecies/Factions. Not in terms of, say, their lighting and rendering and such, but in terms of plain detail and quantity of things, such as putting more props and whatnot.

GW:EN is really bringing things up to speed.

Burning forest may be toggleable under post-processing, just like the warpish effects when drunk/looking through the portals in Nightfall.

Miral

Miral

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

Hell. AKA Phoenix, AZ

The Gear Trick [GEAR]

W/A

Quote:
Originally Posted by Yanman.be
Yeah GW's engine is very scaleable, unlike Battlefield 2 etc. BF2 is actually a pretty scalable engine o.O

Metal Herc

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2007

Hopefully with all these upgrades my graphics can handle it...

Tachyon

Tachyon

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Stoke, England

The Godless [GOD]

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by pamelf
The login screen is already playing havoc with my older graphics card... It should do, it's no more intensive than the Nightfall one with the water and flame effects.

My Sweet Revenga

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

R/

Even with all the gfx upgardes, some pieces of clothing (and hair) still vanish underwater and through grass textures....

Omega X

Omega X

Ninja Unveiler

Join Date: Jun 2005

Louisiana, USA

Boston Guild[BG]

W/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by My Sweet Revenga
Even with all the gfx upgardes, some pieces of clothing (and hair) still vanish underwater and through grass textures.... That happens in just about every PC game I've seen.

Eldin

Eldin

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

America. How about you, commie?

Fellows of Mythgar [FOM]

R/Mo

There are some areas (one that comes to mind is the Sanctum Cay outpost) in which you can sit entirely underwater, causing hair to vanish.

Who cares? Anybody who pays attention to those little things, well, they're very observant. Which is good. Anybody who complains about them, though, they have a problem, or they are a WoW junkie who realizes GW is superior to WoW, so they find stupid reasons that GW is worse than WoW.

Nevin

Nevin

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2005

GW's graphics although being updated, are still very far behind many games. The new mainline is Directx 10, and any of you are curious about that. Just look up cryengine 2, but make sure its Dx10 and not Dx9.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...ch&plindex= 1

Thats for the lazy people, but just watch, be amazed. I'm not saying GW or GW2 needs graphics like that, just saying although GW does look nice, there are things a million times nicer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx-bvZ70Vgo

Another video, just for your enjoyment.

divinechancellor

divinechancellor

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2006

Limited Liability Company [LLC]

E/

That's fine, gw2 is confirmed to be DX10 supported. The new mainline isn't dx10 yet and it won't be for awhile. Not till the majority has vista and a DX10 capable videocard (geforce 8, ati's latest). Hey, I'm still on winXP w/ fx5500. Why have top notch graphics so soon if so few can run the game?