Higby shows off rain and Volumetric Clouds in PlanetSide 2

[Hamma]

[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]

Originally Posted by 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.

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

[Thunderhawk]

Originally Posted by Dreadnaut

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

Thermal Vision !!

[War Barney]

Originally Posted by Dreadnaut

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.

[MaxDamage]

My boner is developing a boner.

[Edfishy]

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

Spectacular!

[Gimpylung]

Originally Posted by Edfishy

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]

Originally Posted by 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.

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.

[Figment]

Originally Posted by 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.

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.

[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?