MMOFPS Graphics, and the future...

[NARF]

ARE THEY SHITTING ME?

: What requirements S.T.A.L.K.E.R. will have?
A: The minimal specifications for the game are:
P3-600 MHz/Athlon, 128 Mb RAM, GeForce 2 64 Mb (or analog).

Recommended specifications:
P3-1 GHz/Athlon, 256 Mb RAM, GeForce 3 64 Mb (or analog).

AH!

Also, Crytek is good, but not QUITE as good as this, in my opinion. They each have advantages over one another, but in the end, I think I may end up liking far cry better, because of the editor, its got THE SUPREME terrain editor...

[Moloch]

I think they are, 1 gz for that great graphics! NO FrIGGIN WAY! Also, Far Cry's gfx have a more "perfect" look to them than stalker, so stalker's look more realistic. farcry's look like DOAEBV.

[Hecubus]

These specs are probably 1-2 years old.

"The more powerful computer and video board the player has, the greater detailing and more eye candy he can get. But in both of the options, no gameplay differences are imposed."

"The minimum guaranteed is 200.000 polygons. The maximum is 3.000.000"(probably on a p3-600 w/Geforce2 and a p4-3ghz w/GeforceFX)

But sure if you want the best performance you must have a good Directx9 card like a Radeon9700 or GeforceFX.

You can get the latest trailer(Nov 2002) at:
http://www.3dgamers.com/dl/games/obl...large.avi.html

[MindTrigger]

FarCry's engine looks very nice, but I think it looks cartoony compared to stalker. From a few paces back from your screen you can easily mistake Stalkers shots as photos, expecially if the gun and GUI elements aren't there. Thanks for pointing out FarCray though, I have never seen it.

[Echo419]

i must than thank you for pointing out stalker, i had not seen that before and here i thought the only competitors where farcry and doom iii... im going to have to look out for stalker...

[Bluegold]

I'm also pissed off there is no prone in the game. Who the hell made that decision and why???


We've been around and around on this issue. It's simply because snipers would become way too powerful with it - and beta now is full of snipers anyway so we don't want the game to be absolutely saturated with them. You can still kneel and be decently camouflaged behind obstacles/plants, etc. And one-shot kills have been outlawed as well.

[Hamma]

It would become a game of MMO hide and seek.


Not my idea of fun.

[Marlboro Man!!]

hey man hide n seek was fun!!


















when i was 5!!

[MindTrigger]

I don't think prone would make it a "hide and seek" game. People love sniper weapons, this is true, but after many of them screw around with it, they get bored and move on to other things. Real life (tm) snipers are supposed to be hard to see, I don't understand why the game should be different in that way. Besides, snipers will likely utilize the stealth armor anyway.

I guess after all these years I am tired of having to dodge back and forth to avoid fire, rather than being able to dive to the ground and have a fighting chance. I don't think PlanetSide (from what I have seen) has enough ground cover (shrubs, ditches, medium/small sized trees) where simply kneeling is going to be very useful. I wouldn't even complain much about the lack of prone if there were more camoflage.

On the otherhand, I hated the "beam" sniper weapon in Tribes because they basicaly draw a trail to you, leading the enemy right to your position. If I have to work with kneeling instead of prone, but get to have a projectile sniper weapon, I will be happy enough.

[Hellsfire123]

Yeah, DOOM3 will be neat for about an hour, then it will be like every other FPS I have played. The 3 I have listed here kick the arse.

You didnt play the leak did you? You guys think AvP and Resident Evil can scare you? You have no idea how terriffing it is to watch the shadow of an imp slowly get closer to the corner you are watching. We played this on a top end system(im talking duel 2.6 with hyperthreading, 1.5 gig or DDR ram, and the highest geforce4 out there) and we where still only getting between 20 and 40 fps(depending on movement and action on screen). I dont want to even think about doubling the poly count.

Am i the only one that likes the PS graphics? Look at the art they have with so little polygons per model. Its amazingly detailed. And if graphics were all that mattered why do i still have TFC, CS classic, and starcraft installed on my computer?

[Moloch]

first if all, the bolt driver is a projectile weapon. second, crouching will be fine because snipers will be far away if they want to be effective with the one shot reload bolt-driver, so density of cover doesn't matter. 3 trees will do. 3rd, stealth armor can only use pistols.

[MindTrigger]

Moloch,

Not much of a reader, are you? I know the Bolt Driver is a projectile weapon, and I said so in my post. The Beam sniper weapon I was referring to was in Tribes games.

As far as "trees will do", that is your opinion and I am in total disagreement with it. Trees will have to do beause that's basically all there is.

What do you have to say about the bright colors being used instead of a little camo?

[simba]

Originally posted by Echo419
accuatly my friend, i beliave the Cry Engine blows that out of the water. It is being made for the game FarCry and the graphics are just fucking mine blowing. check it out here: http://crytek.com/screenshots/index.php?sx=xisle

Almost all shots taken are from ingame, not rendered, just amazing...

best one ive heard today! haha, thanks for the good laugh but stalker and doomIII will blow that shit pretty far.
AND WTF is wrong with my comptuer!? IT TAKES LIKE 2 hours to load all smileys!!!!!!!!! (well 20 seconds) Wot tha heck is wrong? I couldent even see the stalker image, only 1/5th of it which looked pretty good,
ive heard about it once but didnt checked the link out coz I didnt knew it was going to be that great.
When I remember doomIII pictures and see stalker I have no idea how peps can prefer PS2 (playstation2) over computer with that graphics!

[simba]

now ive checked the pictures at 3dgamers, I must say, im dissapointed . DoomIII looks so much cooler.... tho the sunset were one of the best, and yes very detailed.

[Moloch]

I am a reader but your poor sentence structure doesn't make it easy.

If I have to work with kneeling instead of prone, but get to have a projectile sniper weapon, I will be happy enough.

you didn't really say you were aware of it, just that you should have one. "but since we get to have..." would have been more specific.
I hate the colors too, but if they did camo, they would have to change the camo per continent, and have 3 variations of the same terrain camo, and from a distance, it is hard to determine 1 type of arctic flage from another. darker colors would be nice though.