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...

[MaxDamage]

My boner is developing a boner.

[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.

[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.

[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?