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Jarne

Increasing Success by Lowering Expectations

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#1 - 2012-05-22 19:39:25 UTC | Edited by: Jarne

It started with the "improvement" of ship (shader) models in what was called the "premium client" back then. All T1 Caldari ships got the same boring blue, all Gallente ships got that TERRIBLE highly-toxic-waste-green, etc.. I still hate the Gallente T1 style.

Nice T2 hulls like the Phobos got their colors totally washed out (I really liked the "classic" pink!). Also the Ishkur, Ishtar, and so on.

Now it hit the nicest (IMO) of all T2 ship hulls, and it hit them badly: Paladin, Absolution, Retribution. Did I forget one of those lovely ships patterned in gold and blood? Now the blood has dried, and it stinks :-(.

Edit: I totally forgot the Guardian, the Crusader and the Pilgrim, well and the Ark I think...

To make it worse, the nice Redeemer green is hardly a green anymore o.O.

Anybody else dislikes where this is going?

On the plus side, I really liked (and still like) the new Navy Geddon and Apocalypse painting. The new Damnation is also pretty awesome.

Tharumec Gespenster Kompanie 63
Sinooko Tharumec Gespenster Kompanie Likes received: 63	#2 - 2012-05-22 19:46:20 UTC 3 What happened to my Absolution? It used to be shiny blood red with gold highlights now it's **** brown with gold highlights! I look upon my Ark with trepidation...

Torneach

Doomheim

Likes received: 294

#3 - 2012-05-22 19:51:13 UTC

Sinooko wrote:

What happened to my Absolution?

It used to be shiny blood red with gold highlights now it's **** brown with gold highlights!
Evil

I look upon my Ark with trepidation...

Yeah, CCP has done a number on the Amarr ship hulls this time around....

I hope when they update lighting and such things will look better. Right now the entire Amarr fleet has replaced the old Dominix as the "Flying Dog Turd".

Sebiestor Tribe Minmatar Republic 29,245
Surfin's PlunderBunny Sebiestor Tribe Minmatar Republic Likes received: 29,245	#4 - 2012-05-22 19:54:46 UTC 3 I miss the gold retriever "Little ginger moron" ~David Hasselhoff Want to see what Surf is training or how little isk Surf has? http://eveboard.com/pilot/Surfin%27s_PlunderBunny


Jarne Increasing Success by Lowering Expectations Likes received: 7	#5 - 2012-05-22 19:55:14 UTC New lighting? I hope it will also improve the nice green on Gallente T2 hulls... the GREAT Ishtar green and white, the lovely Sin, and the sweet Ishkur green. And PLEASE also the Phobos, Lachesis, and Oneiros red :-(.

Tribal Liberation Force Minmatar Republic 1,517
MotherMoon Tribal Liberation Force Minmatar Republic Likes received: 1,517	#6 - 2012-05-22 20:02:07 UTC \| Edited by: MotherMoon http://youtu.be/KBasn-hkt74 Pligrim is awesome. all news ships are, I should make a video of all new colors preview Window is too dark, don't base what you think off of it. http://dl.eve-files.com/media/1206/scimi.jpg

Secular Wisdom 1,499
Vaju Enki Secular Wisdom Likes received: 1,499	#7 - 2012-05-22 20:04:03 UTC \| Edited by: Vaju Enki 1 Some people like it, some people don't. That's life. The Tears Must Flow

Lyron-Baktos

The Scope

Gallente Federation

Likes received: 492

#8 - 2012-05-22 20:04:15 UTC

There were about 5 threads detailing how terrible the new Amarr ships looked in the Test Server sub-forum. The ships have all lost their shiny gold and bright red colors. The only explanation given to us was these updated shaders were necessary so the ships would be ready for V4. When further questions were asked, there were no answers.

Not sure how new shaders could totally wash out a ship and dull out the colors. I'll be a sad panda when I log on tonight after work


Torneach Doomheim Likes received: 294	#9 - 2012-05-22 20:08:28 UTC 5 MotherMoon wrote: http://youtu.be/KBasn-hkt74 Pligrim is awesome. all news ships are, I should make a video of all new colors Your amazing ability to suck up to CCP never fails to amaze me.

MotherMoon

Tribal Liberation Force

Minmatar Republic

Likes received: 1,517

#10 - 2012-05-22 20:08:55 UTC

Lyron-Baktos wrote:

view the ships in a hanger, not the preview window. it's bugged pretty heavy.

http://dl.eve-files.com/media/1206/scimi.jpg


Jarne Increasing Success by Lowering Expectations Likes received: 7	#11 - 2012-05-22 20:09:41 UTC \| Edited by: Jarne Meh, that's kind of like an answer you get when asking a salesperson about anything technical. Maybe the new shaders only allow for one bit for the saturation value? lol If there is no reason for spinning in station anymore, there will soon be no reason to play EVE... Edit: was referring to Lyron-Baktos' post BTW..

MotherMoon

Tribal Liberation Force

Minmatar Republic

Likes received: 1,517

#12 - 2012-05-22 20:09:44 UTC

Torneach wrote:

MotherMoon wrote:

http://youtu.be/KBasn-hkt74

Pligrim is awesome. all news ships are, I should make a video of all new colors

Your amazing ability to suck up to CCP never fails to amaze me.

So you can't can't tell in that video that the colors are super dark in the preview window for new ammar ships?

http://dl.eve-files.com/media/1206/scimi.jpg

Torneach

Doomheim

Likes received: 294

#13 - 2012-05-22 20:11:14 UTC

MotherMoon wrote:

Torneach wrote:

MotherMoon wrote:

http://youtu.be/KBasn-hkt74

Pligrim is awesome. all news ships are, I should make a video of all new colors

Your amazing ability to suck up to CCP never fails to amaze me.

So you can't can't tell in that video that the colors are super dark in the preview window for new ammar ships?

I watched your video, and the preview window is darker, yes.

But the actual ship skins do still look pretty bad, and are still far too dark.

Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation 1,244
J3ssica Alba Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation Likes received: 1,244	#14 - 2012-05-22 20:11:50 UTC 1 /tinfoilhaton They are dulling down the current skins so that they put colorful skins in nex store /tinfoilhatoff `This is my signature. There are many others like it, but this one is mine. Without me, my signature is useless. Without my signature, I am useless`


Jarne Increasing Success by Lowering Expectations Likes received: 7	#15 - 2012-05-22 20:13:16 UTC Man, right now I'm in a state I would totally pay real money to get the blood and gold back

Spheroidal Projections 1,003
Cynter DeVries Spheroidal Projections Likes received: 1,003	#16 - 2012-05-22 20:18:31 UTC Jarne wrote: Man, right now I'm in a state I would totally pay real money to get the blood and gold back Yah... Want Iron Man ship back... (Guardian) Cynter's Law of feature suggestion: Thou shalt not suggest NPCs do something players could do instead.

Slamtown Federation 219
Xander Riggs Slamtown Federation Likes received: 219	#17 - 2012-05-22 20:20:18 UTC Stop liking what I don't like. "A man with a drone-boat has nothing but time on his hands."

Lin-Young Borovskova

Doomheim

Likes received: 1,145

#18 - 2012-05-22 20:21:14 UTC

Jarne wrote:

I don't think I have the absolute response, however may I ask you to consider some points:

-Directx used in Eve is not the latest one

-Hardware speaking, witch one is your graphic card? -witch leads to some other questions:
Are your drivers up to date?
Did you installed clean drivers and not on top (ATi GC's essentially since those are known for their horrible drivers)
Are you using some experimental drivers? (you shouldn't, but it's a personal opinion)
Are you sure your GC is working perfectly? (clean of all dust, proper drivers, proper connections/input(voltage)

Just a simple example and this is good for ATi as for nVidia cards, if you don't have the proper power plant in your system this can make you have tons of horrible graphic bugs. Be sure this is correct for your setup, many manufacturers offer you the possibility to watch this out with simple programs you can trust (known manufacturer)

I do have some issues with my GC too, however those are annoying only after at least 1K players in the same system. Doesn't mean I have a perfect stuff or whatever, far from me, but those little points can increase the number and quality of issues you can experience.

brb

Caldari Provisions Caldari State 403
Fabulousli Obvious Caldari Provisions Caldari State Likes received: 403	#19 - 2012-05-22 20:22:05 UTC My Prorator lost it's Blue Lights. It's old photo goes up in the mantle with my Policeman's Comet. I am NOT YOUNG ENOUGH to know EVERYTHING. ~~ Oscar Wilde, writer, d. November 30, 1900

Ministry of War Amarr Empire 77
Zhihatsu Ministry of War Amarr Empire Likes received: 77	#20 - 2012-05-22 20:25:04 UTC Torneach wrote: MotherMoon wrote: http://youtu.be/KBasn-hkt74 Pligrim is awesome. all news ships are, I should make a video of all new colors Your amazing ability to suck up to CCP never fails to amaze me. Your amazing ability to **** all over CCP never fails to amaze me. People without faces have no mouths with which to speak.