The Official ARP Half Life 2 Thread! ;) - Page 2

wodenus · 17th Nov 2004, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Papercut

Yep. Started playing as soon as my copy was unlocked, which was about 5pm. Some screenshots for you guys to feast your eyes on. No real big spoilers, but I'm leaving a big gap just in case...so if you don't want to know anything about the game, leave now

Why does it look as if there's no AA ? how's the water dynamics ? does it splash well ? is it me or does the person's face in the second pic look a bit painted ?

Saw some early screenshots from the "stolen code".. the figures looked much better there.

Adrian Wong · 17th Nov 2004, 12:32 AM

Ha? I cannot shoot them anymore? Aww...

Even for fun?

Papercut · 17th Nov 2004, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by wodenus

Why does it look as if there's no AA ? how's the water dynamics ? does it splash well ? is it me or does the person's face in the second pic look a bit painted ?

Yeah it looks better with AA on, but I'd rather compromise a bit on image quality for better frame rates. The faces still don't look 100% realistic, but there is a lot of detail put into them; facial expressions can change and the synchronisation between the lips and the speech is better than any other game I've played so far.

Adrian - when you aim your crosshair at a 'friendly', the gun automatically lowers itself. I assume this means that shooting them becomes impossible...

wodenus · 17th Nov 2004, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Papercut

Yeah it looks better with AA on, but I'd rather compromise a bit on image quality for better frame rates. The faces still don't look 100% realistic, but there is a lot of detail put into them; facial expressions can change and the synchronisation between the lips and the speech is better than any other game I've played so far.

Adrian - when you aim your crosshair at a 'friendly', the gun automatically lowers itself. I assume this means that shooting them becomes impossible...

Does the water splash if you shoot it or jump into it ?

Papercut · 17th Nov 2004, 01:11 AM

Yes it does.

Viper007Bond · 17th Nov 2004, 02:07 AM

Best...game...ever...

Screenshots that follow have no AA or AF due to get better FPS.

Edited by Ishtim.... too many 404's.....

Adrian Wong · 17th Nov 2004, 02:19 AM

Woah! Very nice!

Okay, time to save up money for an upgrade..

wodenus · 17th Nov 2004, 03:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Papercut

Yes it does.

Cool.. I wanna see the splash effect. Not a lot of games get it right. Or fabric tearing either. What're you spex ? what do you think you need to play this thing with AA/AF on ?

Chai · 17th Nov 2004, 03:27 AM

Splash effect is quite common, it's nothing new. Unless you are talking about rendering each water droplet of the splash!

Chai · 17th Nov 2004, 03:37 AM

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Originally Posted by wodenus

Cool.. I wanna see the splash effect. Not a lot of games get it right. Or fabric tearing either. What're you spex ? what do you think you need to play this thing with AA/AF on ?

I think you need X800 or 6800 class to enable AA/AF with acceptable frame rates.

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