Higby shows off rain and Volumetric Clouds in PlanetSide 2

[Hamma]

https://twitter.com/mhigby/status/481937949844447233

https://twitter.com/mhigby/status/481939119010902016

https://twitter.com/mhigby/status/481939595504799744

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BrAxEwQCQAAMlss.png:large

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BrAwAuKCcAEhA9R.png:large

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BrAxggzCMAEsDDr.png:large

[War Barney]

Oh god no.. unless that rain has lightning in it to destroy aircraft I'm seeing a big buff to air with this as it'll be almost impossible to see them through the clouds and rain.

[Dreadnaut]

Oh god no.. unless that rain has lightning in it to destroy aircraft I'm seeing a big buff to air with this as it'll be almost impossible to see them through the clouds and rain.
They won't be able to see you either...

[MaxDamage]

My boner is developing a boner.

[Thunderhawk]

They won't be able to see you either...

Thermal Vision !!

[War Barney]

They won't be able to see you either...

Jup thermal vision and they spam aoe machine guns anyway so they don't need to see people just hold down the button and get free kills. Ah the life of a pilot, risk free and huge amounts of kills no skill required, just 1 purchase.

[Edfishy]

Did Higby convince Sony HQ to throw some more funding their way?

Spectacular!

[Gimpylung]

Did Higby convince Sony HQ to throw some more funding their way?

Spectacular!

I'm guessing the Forgelight weather systems got a fair bit of development thanks to H1Z1

[Hamma]

Yep that's my guess also. The bonus of having a shared engine :)

[libbmaster]

If this is all working off the GPU, then I see it as being significantly less power intensive as we are predicting.

To be honest, I'd take the power dip if we couldn't turn it off. I just don't want it to end up like nights, where people can just jack up their brightness. Or turn down their graphics for an edge.

[War Barney]

If this is all working off the GPU, then I see it as being significantly less power intensive as we are predicting.

To be honest, I'd take the power dip if we couldn't turn it off. I just don't want it to end up like nights, where people can just jack up their brightness. Or turn down their graphics for an edge.

Aye thats one of the things that makes me sad... I want to make it look nice but it noticeably easier to see people with the brightness on max and graphics on low to remove all the particle effects and crap.

[Bine]

Oh gosh I have such a thing for weather effects. If they are bad or feel awkward, i cant stand it. The guiltiest of the 'awkward' weather effects i know are the elder scrolls games. Rain falls through objects and it rips me right out of the game.

[BlaxicanX]

Those effects look fucking awesome. My body is ready.

How this will effect gameplay balance between differing graphics setting is a valid concern, though.

[findus]

Oh boy, WeatherSide 2 ....
Outfits have to have a dedicated weatherman then for their flyboys, tanks get stuck in the mud (on Hossin)...and the game will be even slower...

And we get rain but no continents?

[BlaxicanX]

Have you been following Planetside 2 news even a little bit?

[Canaris]

wow that looks freakin ace, great to see stuff like this in the pipeline, will add a whole new dimension to PS2.

[Levente]

And here i thought the game is dying. or is it? i mean my plan was to stop playing the game and get back in when Hossin is released, so i started playing BF4 (7 months ago) and was waiting meanwhile for PS2 updates but never happened, now this happens. someone could enlighten me why are the updates for PS2 on pc so fucking slow? is it because of the PS4 release? or whats happening now? when will be hossin released? i want to get back to PS2 xd

[Edfishy]

And here i thought the game is dying. or is it? i mean my plan was to stop playing the game and get back in when Hossin is released, so i started playing BF4 (7 months ago) and was waiting meanwhile for PS2 updates but never happened, now this happens. someone could enlighten me why are the updates for PS2 on pc so fucking slow? is it because of the PS4 release? or whats happening now? when will be hossin released? i want to get back to PS2 xd

They're a small team working on PS2 when you consider 'other' big-name AAA games. Games like GTA5 are made with over two hundred workers and several years of work before anyone even sees it. PS2 has only forty or so on staff, with half likely in support/service roles.

The hope is that the PS4 will help get PlanetSide 2 a financial kick from headquarters, and otherwise that we get some freebies like the volumetric clouds from the other Forgelight games (H1Z1, Landmark).

One thing I'm thinking they'll have to fix in H1Z1 is vehicles flipping over and promptly exploding. If that gets fixed in H1Z1, maybe PS2 will get some lovin'! Just have a "Hold E" action when a vehicle is flipped that will respawn it standing straight up.

[findus]

Have you been following Planetside 2 news even a little bit?

well, yeah, since 2012....

I think weather is not important, continents are and the gameplay around it...

And mind the "s" in continents, Hossin is not enough...

Having said that, i enjoy the game very much, rain or shine :rolleyes:;)

[ZephyrBurst]

when will be hossin released? i want to get back to PS2 xd

Hossin was released yesterday, along with the first pass of continent locking.

[PredatorFour]

This looks absolutely mint, cant wait to dogfight in the clouds:D

[DevilzRightHand]

Gonna be nice, tho i wonder what will happen to some ppl,s fps

[RSphil]

looks awesome, cant wait to see this sort of thing in game for my self.

[ringring]

well, yeah, since 2012....

I think weather is not important, continents are and the gameplay around it...

And mind the "s" in continents, Hossin is not enough...

Having said that, i enjoy the game very much, rain or shine :rolleyes:;)

I don't disagree it's just that maybe weather and water and such are engine upgrades that all related games benefit from and are done by a central 'engine infrastructure' team whereas continent creation are done by the PS2 team.

Now if that central team can upgrade the engine enough so that player studio can include base creation then we'll be cooking on gas.

[OpolE]

Warning! Lightning storm detected.

Radar goes down and anything in the air gets destroyed

BOOM down haha!
http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120313161409/cnc/images/5/5c/Jump_Jet_Infantry_-_cameo.jpg

[Figment]

Oh gosh I have such a thing for weather effects. If they are bad or feel awkward, i cant stand it. The guiltiest of the 'awkward' weather effects i know are the elder scrolls games. Rain falls through objects and it rips me right out of the game.

PS1 had it where it rained in towers at times. And of course there's the few towers with a basement below water level... ^_^

v-n-p (We need a plumber!)

Fun times.




As for the weather, it's a good thing to add certainly. :) Not only will it improve dogfighting skill need (which I'm sure the expert pilots will love), it might provide cover both ways.

Both ways as in it might disrupt thermal imaging (clouds and water are cold) or force Liberators to fly below cloud level at times to get a shot, low enough to get a decent amount of fire on them without being able to escape as easily, etc. (Although it's not exactly hard to now).



Personally I'm mostly curious for a water surface update and amphibious combat. My Thunderer is rusting in its PS1 hangar. :( I presume there currently is little need for it, but I would say it's a rather important strategic and level building thing. Maybe then the Magriders can finally be reduced a bit in HP in comparison to the other MBTs since they'll have so many movement advantages.

[RSphil]

i hope they raise the flight ceiling so you can dog fight above the clouds and also do Gal runs out of sight unless outfits are running patrols. would be cool if bad weather messed up lock on weapons and radar etc.

also i think this is possible due to H1Z1 so any advancements int he engine due to other games utilizing it is awesome.

cant wait to this and other stuff to be put in game.

[VaderShake]

And here i thought the game is dying. or is it? i mean my plan was to stop playing the game and get back in when Hossin is released, so i started playing BF4 (7 months ago) and was waiting meanwhile for PS2 updates but never happened, now this happens. someone could enlighten me why are the updates for PS2 on pc so fucking slow? is it because of the PS4 release? or whats happening now? when will be hossin released? i want to get back to PS2 xd

How the hell can you be playing a broken BF4 for 7 months and complain about the lack of updates for PS2 lol?

Weather and other changes are welcome in my book. Again there is NO OTHER FPS out there even attempting to push past the COD envelope let alone have 3 factions, massive environments, thousands of players, & maintain constant updates.

I think there are quite a few people who can't see the forest through the trees.

[Figment]

I think there are quite a few people who can't see the forest through the trees.

The problem is that since the game is officially out of beta, we want it all. ;)

The game is very much still under basic construction.

[Edfishy]

Yeah, if you think of it as still being in Beta you find yourself enjoying it more. PS4 release will basically be its official release.

[Figment]

Yeah, if you think of it as still being in Beta you find yourself enjoying it more. PS4 release will basically be its official release.

I don't enjoy it more when thinking of something being in beta while it should be finished since people are paying for parts of it.