ARM505 Posted December 28, 2005 Posted December 28, 2005 HDR in the Half Life 2 Lost Coast demo allowed a greater range of light intensity to be displayed, as opposed to the "I'm permanently wearing normalising sunglasses" look, so reflections could get quite bright, giving some impression of the reflected glare of the sun. Thats not to be confused with the other feature it introduced, namely the simulated reaction of human eyes to this brightness, darker areas, and the transition between the two. It works very well, and anyone with HL2 should check out the Lost Coast demo. From the moment I saw it I could only think of it's application for sims - real flying is really bright, thats why pilots wear sunglasses the whole time! I do it for a living, and I have a permanent inverse-racoon tan from my Oakleys! In fact, the first thing I thought of when seeing the fabulous new screen shots for Black Shark was "well, they've got the detail down perfectly, now they just need the glare and brightness of a real day." Without that, those screenshots look exactly like what they are - computer renders. HL2 manages to create a very good impression of real daylight. So come on sim-makers!
iceden Posted December 28, 2005 Posted December 28, 2005 People complain about everything, you hear whining all day long when you have a server. Everything is your fault complain complain complain. having this feature would have to be done so, as you mentioned, it would have to be client side only. Currently, certain gfx are drivin by the server which of course, is used to maintain a fair balance so as gfx do not let some have a advantage when flying. ED would have to integrate this so that all could use it without advantage in flying.
SUBS17 Posted December 28, 2005 Posted December 28, 2005 I just read yesterday some information on FSX, they are taking detail up a few notches which will be quite interesting to see what upgrades would be required to run it. I think Flaming Cliffs is already state of the art eye-candy as far as jet combat goes. If Black Shark pushes that envelope even more then it will be interesting to see how much more modifications that an average system would require to run it. I don't mind upgrading as its usually worth it in the end :icon_supe [sIGPIC] [/sIGPIC]
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