FC is replacing the game's rendering engine - meaning:
- a newer up-to-date technology that will recognize new hardware and that can use the DirectX 9 (hopefully we'll get to see Directx 11 support at some point in the future)
- improving the game's performance on newer computers (no more graphics lag or stuttering)
- updates on the world building tools for AO which I hope it makes it easy to fix stuff like invisible walls, holes in solid ground
- hopefully, making it easier to update existing PFs or to create new PFs and content
- existing game assets may look a bit prettier
- much better looking Easter eggs (MELONS!
)
What it will not happen:
- no new graphical assets except the must-have assets updates where it may look truly ****ty
- no updates to existing graphical resources
If I remember correctly, only grass, water and sky will receive an overhaul.
Yes, the world might look prettier, but you need to remember that what you will see are actually the decade-old resources.