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New nebulae on the test server. Please give us your feedback.

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Elanor Vega
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#321 - 2011-11-22 18:42:59 UTC  |  Edited by: Elanor Vega
Severian Carnifex wrote:
I have one question...
If we have stars of different colors in systems...
why thats not the case on sky?
why all stars on the sky have the same color???

Now you jump to white star and end up in system with star of some other color...


i have no idea...
it would be better that if we warp to blue star we get to blue star.


Rakshasa Taisab wrote:
Did I mention yet that the nebula's dark areas, the ones that are supposed to be unlit actually show the background stars?

Damn, someone messed up the alpha channels, ending up just turning black areas to transparent and now instead of dark dust obscuring stars they instead show everything behind.



Ppl have talked about it... but CCP dont listen... Roll
Montevius Williams
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#322 - 2011-11-22 19:04:57 UTC
Severian Carnifex wrote:
I have one question...
If we have stars of different colors in systems...
why thats not the case on sky?
why all stars on the sky have the same color???

Now you jump to white star and end up in system with star of some other color...



This is not true, the stars do have different colors that coorespond to their system color. I can actual can call out each system before the jump..."Im jumping to a system with a Red star" and It will be a red star when I arrive. You may need to adjust your color settings on your monitor.

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Presidente Gallente
Best Kept Dunked
#323 - 2011-11-23 08:13:16 UTC  |  Edited by: Presidente Gallente
Apart from the fact that the nebulaes are visualized in false colors what is usual in astronomical visualisation (you never would see them this way in space) they look awesome. But their brightness (some are really bright as sunlight) should affect the lighting of the ships and other objects in space.

The starfield looks great. Some people say it's too bright, but when you are in space a starfield is much more intense compared what we know even from the highest places on earth. Sure, not that extreme like on SISI but nebulaes in false colors and overdone stars will create a unique deep space athmosphere.

CCP should work on star effects where probably a couple of stars get a star-flare depending on the camera view. Actually there are some flares on brighter stars here and there but this is not realistic because it's a lens effect. You never would see a star in space like this. It's always a bright spot. But also here a static solution is fine for the look and feel of deep space.
Graifazig
Extraordinary Douchebags
#324 - 2011-11-23 14:27:19 UTC  |  Edited by: Graifazig
Please do something about the resolution scaling of the new nebulae. I'm not looking forward to have crappy resolution nebulae from the 29th of November, since I use multiple screens. And I bet other multi screen user would agreed with me.

Here again my example:

1920x1080
http://i.imgur.com/bxr0Y.jpg

3840x1080
http://i.imgur.com/Ljm7x.jpg
Oberine Noriepa
#325 - 2011-11-23 18:27:07 UTC  |  Edited by: Oberine Noriepa
It would be great if everything received a quality boost. Compression is really noticeable at higher resolutions.

Rakshasa Taisab wrote:
Did I mention yet that the nebula's dark areas, the ones that are supposed to be unlit actually show the background stars?

Damn, someone messed up the alpha channels, ending up just turning black areas to transparent and now instead of dark dust obscuring stars they instead show everything behind.

Yeah, this is something I'm a little disappointed with as well. The nebulae should look as how they're shown in this video. They should definitely possess some depth to them.

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Hiram Alexander
State Reprisal
#326 - 2011-11-25 04:15:17 UTC
Kimiko Tojima wrote:
First of all, wow! they give the game a new feel just like Trinity.
No stutters for me (fast rig) but I have two points:

- the iconic cloud ring nebula should be visible from Fountain.
- the Caldari space nebula is too bright and featureless. In Lonetrek you almost need sunglasses.

Otherwise... top job, art team (and externals)!



I think they've dampened it down a little too much... Lonetrek used to be a stab-your-eyes-out-bright-blue, now it's cotton wool soft, battleship grey... it definitely lacks the depth, that every other nebula I've seen has...
el alasar
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#327 - 2011-11-25 15:03:19 UTC  |  Edited by: el alasar
looks nice, but can we get an option to Turn Down System Background Brightness?

Presidente Gallente wrote:
But their brightness (some are really bright as sunlight) should affect the lighting of the ships and other objects in space.

+1.

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Avila Cracko
#328 - 2011-11-25 15:10:09 UTC
Oberine Noriepa wrote:
It would be great if everything received a quality boost. Compression is really noticeable at higher resolutions.

Rakshasa Taisab wrote:
Did I mention yet that the nebula's dark areas, the ones that are supposed to be unlit actually show the background stars?

Damn, someone messed up the alpha channels, ending up just turning black areas to transparent and now instead of dark dust obscuring stars they instead show everything behind.

Yeah, this is something I'm a little disappointed with as well. The nebulae should look as how they're shown in this video. They should definitely possess some depth to them.


Yea... CCP ****** up again... and dont want even to respond... Roll

truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Hungry Eyes
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#329 - 2011-11-25 15:39:59 UTC
until some of the stars are occluded, these will feel like a wallpaper.
Montevius Williams
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#330 - 2011-11-25 16:12:19 UTC
C'mon CCP, we've been giving you valuable feedback for weeks on this. Is anything going to be change/be improved?

1. Nebula compression, color banding and higher resolution all need to be adjusted and made more clean.

2. The dark areas of the Nebula should look like what you presented during fanfest and what you gave us with your own official Wallpaper

3. Simply put, the Wormhole Nebula, while not as colorful or varied, have a much, much cleaner look about them - a higher detail.

Can we get some Dev feedback? Is this something that we be looked at?

"The American Government indoctrination system known as public education has been relentlessly churning out socialists for over 20 years". - TravisWB
Crucis Cassiopeiae
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#331 - 2011-11-25 17:06:32 UTC
Montevius Williams wrote:
C'mon CCP, we've been giving you valuable feedback for weeks on this. Is anything going to be change/be improved?

1. Nebula compression, color banding and higher resolution all need to be adjusted and made more clean.

2. The dark areas of the Nebula should look like what you presented during fanfest and what you gave us with your own official Wallpaper

3. Simply put, the Wormhole Nebula, while not as colorful or varied, have a much, much cleaner look about them - a higher detail.

Can we get some Dev feedback? Is this something that we be looked at?



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Tarsas Phage
Sniggerdly
#332 - 2011-11-26 01:56:21 UTC
Get over it guys, you're making a BFD about something small.

The new nebulae are breath-taking. As for the stars, pretend they're foreground stars between you and the nebula they're superimposed on Roll

The art dept. is probably busy right now with the V3'ing of minmatar and amarr ships that yet other players are nagging them relentlessly about.

As for you guys who are all like "Wwwwaaaaa the nebula where *I* live look dull and poopy" ... DEAL WITH IT, YOU TWITS. You live in a dull and poopy section of town? Then MOVE.
Sinnek
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#333 - 2011-11-26 03:15:50 UTC
I absolutely love the new nebulae. stunning work.
but they do look really blocky sometimes.

eghelende

hofjalgrund

this is 3840x1080 on a powerhouse graphics card. everything looks awesome, the ships, the planets, even the asteroids, but the obvious pixelation in the nebulae totally breaks immersion.

please up the resolution. quite a bit. did I hear something about 200mb in total nebulae update? ridiculous. I have a 2 TB hard drive that didn't cost much. for the love of [deity] make use of it!

awesome spaceship image
Montevius Williams
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#334 - 2011-11-26 03:22:43 UTC
Oh no, they look AMAZING, let me repeat, AMAZING, but they could use higher res and not be as blocky in some areas. For example, Verge Vendor, looks damn near Photo realistic, but Gensis has all types of color banding and res issues.

"The American Government indoctrination system known as public education has been relentlessly churning out socialists for over 20 years". - TravisWB
Jodis Talvanen
State War Academy
Caldari State
#335 - 2011-11-26 13:31:42 UTC
Oberine Noriepa
#336 - 2011-11-26 16:13:33 UTC
Sinnek wrote:
I absolutely love the new nebulae. stunning work.
but they do look really blocky sometimes.

eghelende

hofjalgrund

this is 3840x1080 on a powerhouse graphics card. everything looks awesome, the ships, the planets, even the asteroids, but the obvious pixelation in the nebulae totally breaks immersion.

please up the resolution. quite a bit. did I hear something about 200mb in total nebulae update? ridiculous. I have a 2 TB hard drive that didn't cost much. for the love of [deity] make use of it!

Holy good god, my eyes! Sad

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Montevius Williams
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#337 - 2011-11-26 19:32:35 UTC
Jodis Talvanen wrote:
http://dl.eve-files.com/media/1111/Allskynebulaesurvey113.11.pdf

can someone please validate this



I was just on the test server, I didnt see anything with Nebulas on the star map.

"The American Government indoctrination system known as public education has been relentlessly churning out socialists for over 20 years". - TravisWB
NightmareX
Pandemic Horde High Sec Division
#338 - 2011-11-26 19:38:46 UTC  |  Edited by: NightmareX
First i will say the new nebulaes looks really nice and stunning.

But, as someone already have mentioned, the nebulaes looks really bad when you zoom a little in on them.

Here you have the nebulae in 6-C on Sisi as normal when i haven't zoomed in on the nebulae: Nebula with no zoom

Here you have the nebulae there when i zoom a little in on it: Nebula with zoom

Is it supposed to be like that or will the textures of the nebulaes get improoved before it's released on TQ?

Here is a list of my current EVE / PVP videos:

1: Asteroid Madness

2: Clash of the Empires

3: Suddenly Spaceships fighting in Tama
whaynethepain
#339 - 2011-11-28 22:30:43 UTC
Yea, whoot, rah.

Well on, I like it.

Probably gonna miss the turd ring system design, not for very long though.

This should make the game less of a room to room jump fest, and more awesome space chase pew pew.

Thanks.

Getting you on your feet.

So you've further to fall.
Alto Hopix
Kiith Naabal
#340 - 2011-11-28 22:55:30 UTC
Agree with everyone about the background stars showing thing. Please fix it at least in the patch Crucible patch CCP!