Friday with Means - November 13th, 2009 - Friday teh 13th 110100101!!!

[lazarus]

Am I the only one that want to see the FPS ?...

I like the graphic in AO. it's uniq, and I do think it looks cool.
I just wished it would not be so chucky, and slow

[Pomidor]

Same, the wings are always the first to go.

"How do I Equip Stuff?"

CTRL+1.



Things weren't complicated back then.

Same here:

1. Get Rid of "wings"
2. Toogle Mini rollup panel
3. Make 2 chat twindows (Chat/damage)
4. Remove to down Compas
5. Switch mouse functionality OFF

Its almost like original one...

[kabo]

Wow, awesome pictures ;o Cant wait for the engine now

[SSK]

You mean the silver one ( for some reason I remembered it as being white ) with the working clock and latency meter? I agree. Used to have a screenshot of it but can't find it now.:P Original was great. But AOU MOD GUI is the best one available now. Wish FC would just make it the default GUI.

Edit: found one http://www.gamershell.com/static/scr...26619_full.jpg

Yes, I was talking about this GUI

[Daspoon]

SWTOR got its friday update out before AO, and they are based in the states. Oh my!

I swear I look forward to these updates more than I look for to the girls I am hanging out with tonight.

AO / swtor > girls

[majere]

SWTOR got its friday update out before AO, and they are based in the states. Oh my!

I swear I look forward to these updates more than I look for to the girls I am hanging out with tonight.

AO / swtor > girls

Same here.... send the next FWM soon or I can't even go make dinner.

[Autohead]

SWTOR got its friday update out before AO, and they are based in the states. Oh my!

I swear I look forward to these updates more than I look for to the girls I am hanging out with tonight.

AO / swtor > girls

Yeah except the SWTOR was full of /yawn. I couldn't care less about the webcomic...BUT...it sounds like we are going to find out what the final 2 classes are next week according to an article on some website someone posted on the SWTOR forums (sorry, I don't remember what site it was!).

[Troxxor]

Yes FWM rocks, but I wouldn't wear out your F5 key if I were you... Means is offline

[majere]

Yes FWM rocks, but I wouldn't wear out your F5 key if I were you... Means is offline

Damn, but I can see Kintaii is online. Perhaps its another FW(o)M and that would mean a nice wall of text (yay!).

[Ebondevil]

Yes FWM rocks, but I wouldn't wear out your F5 key if I were you... Means is offline

It's quite possible to write up the post in Word, Notepad or any of a number of other things then copy/paste into the forums, so he could go from offline to posting a huge FWM in seconds if he so wanted.

[Eseb]

Yes FWM rocks, but I wouldn't wear out your F5 key if I were you... Means is offline

Maybe he types it in a word processor and just logs in to copy-paste it ;P

It's quite possible to write up the post in Word, Notepad or any of a number of other things then copy/paste into the forums, so he could go from offline to posting a huge FWM in seconds if he so wanted.

God damn it :P

[SSK]

Yes FWM rocks, but I wouldn't wear out your F5 key if I were you... Means is offline

He was on like 30 mins ago

[majere]

He was on like 30 mins ago

Incredible how people start speculating when a cold turkey kicks in, eh?

[Troxxor]

God damn it :P

Lols!

!1st

It's quite possible to write up the post in Word, Notepad or any of a number of other things then copy/paste into the forums, so he could go from offline to posting a huge FWM in seconds if he so wanted.

True true...

Damn, but I can see Kintaii is online. Perhaps its another FW(o)M and that would mean a nice wall of text (yay!).

Yep, love walls of text!

Incredible how people start speculating when a cold turkey kicks in, eh?

*shakes*

[Phixalicious]

Maybe he types it in a word processor and just logs in to copy-paste

People still use those things? Didn't they go the way of the typewriter?

[tokrika]

People still use those things? Didn't they go the way of the typewriter?

yes they went the way of the typewriter - I wrote my entire masters degree on twitter over a weekend soaked in chips and redbull.


Screens are AWESOME. I both want, need and DEMAND more screens! Holding screens hostage for the ransom of forumrants is inhumane!

[Yama]

Why are shadows on some pictures pointing different ways then rest ?
Rubika has many suns ? Then shadows should be different also.

[haavarst]

Why are shadows on some pictures pointing different ways then rest ?
Rubika has many suns ? Then shadows should be different also.

2 suns

[Alternity]

When it comes to MMO's getting a graphic overhaul, I think there is one game that leads the way

I can but hope that one day AO, will have a chance to see such graphics.


And for you tards out there, yes I know you can't directly compare EVE and AO gfx wise, 2 totally different game engines with different purposes.
However aesthetics transcends such things, EVE is a beautiful game stunning to say the least, I wish the same for AO

[XenonDe]

When it comes to MMO's getting a graphic overhaul, I think there is one game that leads the way

I can but hope that one day AO, will have a chance to see such graphics.


And for you tards out there, yes I know you can't directly compare EVE and AO gfx wise, 2 totally different game engines with different purposes.
However aesthetics transcends such things, EVE is a beautiful game stunning to say the least, I wish the same for AO

It does look beautiful but planet graphics aren't the best comparison. The techniques and requirement between planet surfaces and geometry is huge.

For planets you have simple geometry and can use techniques like surface drawings, bumb- and parralax mappings, pixel shaders and generic overlays. Impressive indeed but the geometry remains simple.

With 3D models, especially in MMOs it becomes more complicated. Unlike coded techniques to simulate surface each model has textures, lots of them too for different equipment. The geometry with characters around is more complex and can't usually be recyled at runtime as it's uncommon to all have the same gear.

I'd like to look AO looks as beautiful as EVE, but unfortunately that's not realistic. There are way to many textures and models in AO to replace them all and it has to be done the manual way and can't just be a replacement of the surface drawing component. Doing so would require a team of designers on par to developing a new game.