HDR Bloom on DCS Black Shark

[hannibal]

so...whats up with the current gfx engine on DCS Black Shark?

obviously it is DX9...

i have read about the HDR mod for Lock on...

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=29752

 

i am just wondering if this will be implemented on the DCS Black Shark game...or any updated info about the gfx engine....

 

comments on multi monitor support would be nice..

i am about to get 3 monitors (2x 17" 4:3 and 1x 20" 16:10) and try to have a setup like the guy from left side limited...

(playing on a 46" up close gives me a headache...)

i hope DCS will work with SoftTH....

Edited August 24, 2008 by hannibal

[kiss4luna]

maybe the HDR feature will show up on next DCS engine upgrade?

[sobek]

HDR: Not that i know of in DCS BS, will most likely be part of the new engine.

 

MultiMonitor: Supported i think, has been asked several times so you may want to search the froum.

[Trident]

Speaking of bloom, I have one plea for ED: when you introduce it, please - pretty please - don't overdo the effect like almost all current games that take advantage of the technology! So very many graphics engines become a blurry mess because the programmers jumped on this bandwagon and tried to one-up other titles by making the effect stronger and stronger. It has now come to the point where everything that isn't shaded from direct in-game sunlight by some other object has this comically exaggerated bloom and it actually looks *less* realistic than if there was NO bloom at all. Seriously, you have to wonder if some programmers really ever look outside the window - NO the world is NOT blurry and drained of colour, infact it is crisply sharp and vibrant!!!

 

This sharpness is what LOMAC has captured better than any other flightsim, including the frequently acclaimed console games like Ace Combat etc.. Please don't stray from this promising path in future - by all means introduce HDR bloom for extremely bright light sources such as the sun, flares and explosions/fire at night. DON'T however make me squint at the screen to see any detail like I'm dangerously drunk, need glasses and have a huge sleep deficit. Because to me at least, only in that type of condition does the real world look like some of the HDR games out there!

 

Sorry about the rant.

[192nd_Erdem]

It's the same old DirectX 8.1 engine with some DX9 shadowing improvements, that's all. ED is developing a new game engine though.

[VMFA117_Poko]

Speaking of bloom, I have one plea for ED: when you introduce it, please - pretty please - don't overdo the effect like almost all current games that take advantage of the technology! So very many graphics engines become a blurry mess because the programmers jumped on this bandwagon and tried to one-up other titles by making the effect stronger and stronger. It has now come to the point where everything that isn't shaded from direct in-game sunlight by some other object has this comically exaggerated bloom and it actually looks *less* realistic than if there was NO bloom at all. Seriously, you have to wonder if some programmers really ever look outside the window - NO the world is NOT blurry and drained of colour, infact it is crisply sharp and vibrant!!!

I'd like to say same thing.

[Verdungo]

I'd like to say same thing.

 

Me too.

[Tualatin]

Speaking of bloom, I have one plea for ED: when you introduce it, please - pretty please - don't overdo the effect like almost all current games that take advantage of the technology! So very many graphics engines become a blurry mess because the programmers jumped on this bandwagon and tried to one-up other titles by making the effect stronger and stronger. It has now come to the point where everything that isn't shaded from direct in-game sunlight by some other object has this comically exaggerated bloom and it actually looks *less* realistic than if there was NO bloom at all. Seriously, you have to wonder if some programmers really ever look outside the window - NO the world is NOT blurry and drained of colour, infact it is crisply sharp and vibrant!!!

 

This sharpness is what LOMAC has captured better than any other flightsim, including the frequently acclaimed console games like Ace Combat etc.. Please don't stray from this promising path in future - by all means introduce HDR bloom for extremely bright light sources such as the sun, flares and explosions/fire at night. DON'T however make me squint at the screen to see any detail like I'm dangerously drunk, need glasses and have a huge sleep deficit. Because to me at least, only in that type of condition does the real world look like some of the HDR games out there!

 

Sorry about the rant.

 

Absolutly right! That's the point! :thumbup:

[hannibal]

just have an option to turn HDR on and off....

[kiss4luna]

I'd like to say same thing.

 

ha ha ha , i have the same thought

[Bucic]

Speaking of bloom, I have one plea for ED: when you introduce it, please - pretty please - don't overdo the effect like almost all current games that take advantage of the technology! So very many graphics engines become a blurry mess because the programmers jumped on this bandwagon and tried to one-up other titles by making the effect stronger and stronger. It has now come to the point where everything that isn't shaded from direct in-game sunlight by some other object has this comically exaggerated bloom and it actually looks *less* realistic than if there was NO bloom at all. Seriously, you have to wonder if some programmers really ever look outside the window - NO the world is NOT blurry and drained of colour, infact it is crisply sharp and vibrant!!!

 

Rare sober thinking :thumbup:

[Aeroscout]

Speaking of bloom, I have one plea for ED: when you introduce it, please - pretty please - don't overdo the effect like almost all current games that take advantage of the technology! So very many graphics engines become a blurry mess because the programmers jumped on this bandwagon and tried to one-up other titles by making the effect stronger and stronger. It has now come to the point where everything that isn't shaded from direct in-game sunlight by some other object has this comically exaggerated bloom and it actually looks *less* realistic than if there was NO bloom at all. Seriously, you have to wonder if some programmers really ever look outside the window - NO the world is NOT blurry and drained of colour, infact it is crisply sharp and vibrant!!!

You mean like this? http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=224 ;)

[Bucic]

You mean like this? http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=224 ;)

 

Excactly! Graphics engine creators who follow this path are so lame I can't even express it with my basic English.