RE: New Lighting

bismarck1975

While I understand this is not a major topic, I am a bit underwhelmed by the new lighting. Don't get me wrong, I am all for improving the tech in game and getting a better product. This week's reveal seems meh to me. The before picture seems more cold, like you are actually in space aboard a space station. Kind of like the interiors on the Alien series.

You would not want to waste power on too much lighting. The shadows are somewhat better but the overall feel seems off. Am I just too judgmental? With all the other issues in game, I guess I would rather they work on other things. Sorry to say, since our PC characters cannot play on console, I could really care less about changes brought about to help them.

jorantomalak

Tbh this whole AoY experiance has been underwhelming, LoR was a fun expansion from start to finish, DR was a nightmare but this one idk, its not looking very good tbh.

and with it being the 50th anni of trek, youd think they would commit resources to the expasnion but nope lighting well whoopditty doo right?

They could even use those resources for sorely needed bug fixes but nope!, lighting yes thats suh a major problem right?

BUT cryptic will do whatever they gonna do, like they ever listen to us the players, feedback fromthe players is treated like annoying prattle , instead of being heeded.

sennahcherib

the lighting is good, but the color chosen is clearly a bad choice, too yellow; yuck! even if the light is supposed to come from the sun

kiralyn

jorantomalak wrote: »

and with it being the 50th anni of trek, youd think they would commit resources to the expasnion but nope lighting well whoopditty doo right?

Well, to be fair, people are always after "older" MMOs to update their graphics tech/look/etc. And the lighting was something they likely worked on for the console engine, so why not include the tech in a PC engine update?

bismarck1975

Perhaps, although I imagine the coding for the PC game and either console are quite a bit different. Either way, the shadows are better but the coloration is way off in the afters. I guess it is a matter of preference.

I suppose I would rather see more interiors or other such fluff rather than this fluff. Shrug.

comrademoco

In response to one of the comments above: Just an FYI, lighting update is not part of the AoY expansion. It's part of the Console port... Lighting effect/update will come to PC later in the fall after console release (September - December)...

AoY is launching next month and will not include this lighting effect.



Cheers,

Comrademoco

isthisscience

I quite like the new lighting. I think it really improves the look and is needed. The differences are quite suprising, the NPC in the foreground of the latest picture looks like a totally different person under the new lighting!!

farmallm

I never thought the game was as dark as some of the "Before" pics shows. At least not what I'm seeing. However I don't mind them making adjustments if it helps show off more detail.

Problem is, I won't see much of it until I get a newer computer. As now I'm running on lowest graphic settings.

phenomenaut01

jorantomalak wrote: »

Tbh this whole AoY experiance has been underwhelming, LoR was a fun expansion from start to finish, DR was a nightmare but this one idk, its not looking very good tbh.

and with it being the 50th anni of trek, youd think they would commit resources to the expasnion but nope lighting well whoopditty doo right?

They could even use those resources for sorely needed bug fixes but nope!, lighting yes thats suh a major problem right?

BUT cryptic will do whatever they gonna do, like they ever listen to us the players, feedback fromthe players is treated like annoying prattle , instead of being heeded.

The resources they used for this were part of upgrading the game for the consoles, so it's not that much of a drain. Besides, they've been tackling a lot of bugs in the recent patches, so I don't think it's slowing them down.

As for the expansion, from what I've heard they've been putting a ton of work into things, but we just haven't seen the majority of it yet.

nikeix

Its less than 3 weeks away. I really doubt that we haven't seen the majority of it. There'll be more, but not enough to double what we've seen already.

I anticipate 4 more missions, a closer look at the two ques we've been told about, a preview of the (temporary) Temporal Recruit Event and maybe one more ship being made available in an odd way (referral, stand on your head and quack like a duck, etc.). And the new lockbox for this quarter.

starkaos

A picture just doesn't have the same effect as a video showing before and after would. Which is why I am reserving judgement until we see actual videos.

anazonda

Personally, I am still trying to figure out if this is for the consoles only, or if it's also for the PC...

It may be me, but they don't exactly seem clear on that.

comrademoco

I answered that above anaconda.

anazonda

comrademoco wrote: »

I answered that above anaconda.

Ok, first: Thats not the Nick-name I am using...

Secondly, all I've seen thus far are conflicting statements like the one above... I'd prefer to get any info from the Dev-team on it... Mainly because I've seen at least 5 different comments - all different.

bismarck1975

isthisscience wrote: »

I quite like the new lighting. I think it really improves the look and is needed. The differences are quite suprising, the NPC in the foreground of the latest picture looks like a totally different person under the new lighting!!

Lol, that is because they axed the poor Caitan female. Also, they changed the shuttle bay to include a ship entering the bay. Not to mention adding lights to the consoles. We can agree to disagree whether the new lighting is better or not but can they at least give examples that are the same? There was no need to add elements that were not part of the before picture and have nothing to do with the lighting.

comrademoco

anazonda wrote: »

comrademoco wrote: »

I answered that above anaconda.

Ok, first: Thats not the Nick-name I am using...

Secondly, all I've seen thus far are conflicting statements like the one above... I'd prefer to get any info from the Dev-team on it... Mainly because I've seen at least 5 different comments - all different.

Sorry, auto-correction on my phone...

and I'm only stating the above because that statement has both come from Geko in one of the P1 Interviews and Zero from one of the P1 interviews aswell... I can link you to them if you like, if you do, give me some time so I can find the interivews the statement was said on.

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