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Hi Resolution Texture Pack, Make it available on sisi.. Please?

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Commander Grace
That Hole Over There
#1 - 2013-05-10 11:59:31 UTC
Hi Resolution Texture Pack, Make it available on sisi.. Please?

i will "test" the crap outta it:P
rofflesausage
State War Academy
Caldari State
#2 - 2013-05-10 12:13:59 UTC
They probably need to make it first....
Caljiav Ocanon
The Holy Rollers
#3 - 2013-05-10 12:32:55 UTC
rofflesausage wrote:
They probably need to make it first....



From what I understand of it, they already have the assets, just not available to us.

From my own work in 3d modeling, when I do texture work I almost always start with 2048 or 4096 res textures. This means that making a "high res" set is actually less work than a "normal" texture set because I don't have the added process of compressing them all to say 512 or 256 (or sometimes much less, think 64 or even 32). I prefer high res myself as that means less time spent working on something from my end, and it looks better in game. But you'd be amazed how some people gripe when their "super computer" doesn't run everything at 60-120FPS all the time like they "think" it should.


CCP Sisyphus
C C P
C C P Alliance
#4 - 2013-05-10 12:59:06 UTC
There is a lot of other things that need to be considered before we do this.
eg - how to distribute? How to apply?Able to apply only sections (like, high res nebulas only?) etc etc.

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Roime
Mea Culpa.
Shadow Cartel
#5 - 2013-05-10 13:13:10 UTC
CCP Sisyphus wrote:
There is a lot of other things that need to be considered before we do this.
eg - how to distribute? How to apply?Able to apply only sections (like, high res nebulas only?) etc etc.


Hi

include everything in the client in Odyssey

thanks!

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Altrue
Exploration Frontier inc
Tactical-Retreat
#6 - 2013-05-10 14:31:21 UTC
The most widely-used option would probably be to have :


  • High-rez Nebulas
  • High-rez structures like stargates, stations, (planets ?) etc... Every celestial that won't be crowding the screen (unlike ships) because they are not player-driven.
  • And high-rez texture for our own ship only.
  • Of course the ability to also display the high-rez texture of a "look at" ship dynamically would be cool but I don't think that it can be done easily.


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Noonxo
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#7 - 2013-05-10 14:31:23 UTC
I love to see how people think it is as easy as drag'n'dropping a folder named "HD Texture pack" in a FTP.
You do realize developers are actually following rules and distribution choices right?
Altrue
Exploration Frontier inc
Tactical-Retreat
#8 - 2013-05-10 14:34:17 UTC
Noonxo wrote:
I love to see how people think it is as easy as drag'n'dropping a folder named "HD Texture pack" in a FTP.
You do realize developers are actually following rules and distribution choices right?


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Bienator II
madmen of the skies
#9 - 2013-05-10 14:42:45 UTC
CCP Sisyphus wrote:
There is a lot of other things that need to be considered before we do this.
eg - how to distribute?

torrent

CCP Sisyphus wrote:

How to apply?Able to apply

via drag and drop

CCP Sisyphus wrote:

only sections (like, high res nebulas only?) etc etc.

all the things!

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Circumstantial Evidence
#10 - 2013-05-10 15:24:33 UTC
This would fit with the mission of the Launcher.
I would like to see an Option to "download hi res textures."

The option could reveal a new sub-page of the main launcher window, or a pop-up.
Break down the enhanced graphics into sections, you may even wish to offer two levels of higher resolutions, to offer players a choice between "better" and "best we have, please don't complain about FPS."

Available Hi-Rez texture packs:
(none selected by default)
[X] Nebula skyboxes (2GB)
[X] Station hangers + CQ (1GB)
[_] CQ Avatars (2GB)
[_] Station exteriors / POS / Gates (1GB)
[_] Celestials (planet/moon/roids/etc)
[X] Capital ships (500mb)
[_] Sub-capital ships (by race/faction?) (2GB)
[_] modules installed on ships (200mb)
[_] other categories I didn't think of...

3 items, 3.5GB client bloat selected
[download button]

Bonus points for ability to enable / disable once downloaded, so folks can "wow" their friends with a simple checkbox and client restart.
Kuetlzelcoatl
#11 - 2013-05-10 15:34:16 UTC
Bienator II wrote:
CCP Sisyphus wrote:
There is a lot of other things that need to be considered before we do this.
eg - how to distribute?

torrent

CCP Sisyphus wrote:

How to apply?Able to apply

via drag and drop

CCP Sisyphus wrote:

only sections (like, high res nebulas only?) etc etc.

all the things!



Not everyone uses, or wants to use, torrents. There needs to be multiple ways to download.


It would be great to be able to select which packages apply.

Maybe like how Fallout 3/ NV and Skyrim allows you to select which packages apply, and in which order.
Multiple graphics packs, soundscapes, and UI options would be great.
Montevius Williams
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#12 - 2013-05-10 17:05:41 UTC
CCP Sisyphus wrote:
There is a lot of other things that need to be considered before we do this.
eg - how to distribute? How to apply?Able to apply only sections (like, high res nebulas only?) etc etc.


To be honest, most of the game looks great (Ships, stations, avatars, planets)

The only thing that needs to be upgraded with better textures are the nebula and the star backdrops. They are just so low res, it's not even funny anymore.

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Caljiav Ocanon
The Holy Rollers
#13 - 2013-05-10 19:59:53 UTC
I know I want my ship in HD textures. Beyond that, space itself...the backdrop, nebulae, and things players interact with or will be in Odyssey and beyond.
bassie12bf1
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#14 - 2013-05-10 20:11:24 UTC
CCP Sisyphus wrote:
There is a lot of other things that need to be considered before we do this.
eg - how to distribute? How to apply?Able to apply only sections (like, high res nebulas only?) etc etc.


Back in the day there was a premium and a classic client, perhaps have something like that.
Velarra
#15 - 2013-05-10 20:58:06 UTC
Circumstantial Evidence wrote:
This would fit with the mission of the Launcher.
I would like to see an Option to "download hi res textures."

The option could reveal a new sub-page of the main launcher window, or a pop-up.
Break down the enhanced graphics into sections, you may even wish to offer two levels of higher resolutions, to offer players a choice between "better" and "best we have, please don't complain about FPS."

Available Hi-Rez texture packs:
(none selected by default)
[X] Nebula skyboxes (2GB)
[X] Station hangers + CQ (1GB)
[_] CQ Avatars (2GB)
[_] Station exteriors / POS / Gates (1GB)
[_] Celestials (planet/moon/roids/etc)
[X] Capital ships (500mb)
[_] Sub-capital ships (by race/faction?) (2GB)
[_] modules installed on ships (200mb)
[_] other categories I didn't think of...

3 items, 3.5GB client bloat selected
[download button]

Bonus points for ability to enable / disable once downloaded, so folks can "wow" their friends with a simple checkbox and client restart.


This.

Options & Granularity are perfect for this.
Shun Makoto
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#16 - 2013-05-11 02:50:55 UTC  |  Edited by: Shun Makoto
CCP Sisyphus wrote:
There is a lot of other things that need to be considered before we do this.
eg - how to distribute? How to apply?Able to apply only sections (like, high res nebulas only?) etc etc.


Torrent, Executable, Check Boxes after agreeing to install if you only want certain high res textures.

Anything else Blink

Kuetlzelcoatl wrote:

Not everyone uses, or wants to use, torrents. There needs to be multiple ways to download.




Most MMOs use torrents to send patches and files to their players whether they know it or not. But besides this, host it somewhere...SourceForge(?) and then link to it on the main site. Done...

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Kora Ethereal
Ethereal Beings
#17 - 2013-05-11 09:09:34 UTC
There was talk about using torrent tech to send out patches, I see no reason why an optional Hi-Res texture package couldn't be distributed along the same lines of delivery. Also considering the new launcher is still in development, I guess it wouldn't hurt to try to implement this, I will note that this will kill whatever deadline CCP is probably set at for the current launcher dev cycle/process.

All I can say is get more players to express interest, if it's in reasonable demand by a majority of the players, they'ed be more likely to to take more time and actually implement it.
Aria Jimbojohnson
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#18 - 2013-05-11 15:26:41 UTC
If nothing else, I think high-res nebulae would be a good start. They are the thing we see everywhere no matter how zoomed out we are in space. I thought they looked amazing in early previews, but I was horribly disappointed at how bad they look when they were released (mind you, I'm not dissing the art, it's great, but the resolution is terrible when you play in 3840x1200 on large monitors). Then, go from there. Pretty please?
Inna Cristiana
GucciGang
#19 - 2013-05-11 19:05:31 UTC
CCP Sisyphus wrote:
There is a lot of other things that need to be considered before we do this.
eg - how to distribute? How to apply?Able to apply only sections (like, high res nebulas only?) etc etc.


So basically it will be distributed over the next 10 or so expansions to give the impression that "new content and changes" are being added, when you could simply release it all in one expansion/patch but have less to show for the other ones.

Amirite?
Solhild
Doomheim
#20 - 2013-05-11 21:14:47 UTC
Velarra wrote:
Circumstantial Evidence wrote:
This would fit with the mission of the Launcher.
I would like to see an Option to "download hi res textures."

The option could reveal a new sub-page of the main launcher window, or a pop-up.
Break down the enhanced graphics into sections, you may even wish to offer two levels of higher resolutions, to offer players a choice between "better" and "best we have, please don't complain about FPS."

Available Hi-Rez texture packs:
(none selected by default)
[X] Nebula skyboxes (2GB)
[X] Station hangers + CQ (1GB)
[_] CQ Avatars (2GB)
[_] Station exteriors / POS / Gates (1GB)
[_] Celestials (planet/moon/roids/etc)
[X] Capital ships (500mb)
[_] Sub-capital ships (by race/faction?) (2GB)
[_] modules installed on ships (200mb)
[_] other categories I didn't think of...

3 items, 3.5GB client bloat selected
[download button]

Bonus points for ability to enable / disable once downloaded, so folks can "wow" their friends with a simple checkbox and client restart.


This.

Options & Granularity are perfect for this.


Agreed, need a separate nebula for each constellation please.
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