Anyone else hate thw trees in DE?

Stereoviewer · May 2004

They look like cardboard fiugures to me. Looked on from above they are formed by crossed 2D structures. Do you know what I mean (if not, look at the screenshots again)? Are you bothered by it? I am, escepially as I use shutterglasses that gives real depth to all 3D structues, and that will make the trees look even worse.

acrobuddy · May 2004

um... they dont look too bad to me, they look great, nicely detailed... the land terrain is awesome in the game, are talking about the same game? just look at the shots, they look awesome

-Scott

JackTR · May 2004

If you look at one separate tree then some look bad and some look pretty nice. But the advantage of this is the ability of the DE World Engine to generate entire forests that actually look beautiful. Just look at the dense foiliage on some of the screenshots. It's really possible to lose your way in one of these forests.

If you look around in Fortitude, it's a beautiful world to see...The trees really blend in well, so the fact that one separate tree doesn't look so good isn't that big of a problem.

+ Just imagine the possiblities of hiding in lush forests, preparing to ambush a non-suspecting trader ...

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Stereoviewer · May 2004

Originally posted by acrobuddy
um... they dont look too bad to me, they look great, nicely detailed... the land terrain is awesome in the game, are talking about the same game? just look at the shots, they look awesome

-Scott

Look carefully at th trees in these shots for instance:

http://de.compendious.net/img.php?gal=1&id=31

http://de.compendious.net/img.php?gal=1&id=146

http://de.compendious.net/img.php?gal=1&id=160

http://de.compendious.net/img.php?gal=1&id=147

MythosFaerun · June 2004

atm it is not possible to make en entire forrest (1000trees+) completly out of polys plus having a good visible range so that you can see all these trees

so no I like these trees each looks quite different to one another and they fit nicely in the beautiful environment

kraid · June 2004

ive heard that the game is huge! and i love large worlds so who gives a shit!

games with a normal life, quite peaceful and a lot of zombies

Emlir · July 2004

Honestly, I can understand your concern about the cheesy looking trees. Once you get in-game and start moving around the world the trees won't bother you so much. The trees look cheesy because people don't spend much time looking at them. Look at the buildings in your screenshots; people pay attention to buildings so the devs made sure they looked nice. We need to remember that there is a balance that needs to be kept between graphics and performance. Sure, devs could make the whole world be beautiful and every object could be fully 3D and reactive to everything around it... but then nobody would be able to run the game

. With that in mind, I say the trees are fine.

Stereoviewer · July 2004

Other MMORPGs pull it off, so why shouldn´t DE?

Emlir · July 2004

Because there are much better things for codies to work on than trees. As far as trees go, "good enough" is good enough for me

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sweekes · July 2004

Cheesy trees have been the norm since the begining, So i really dont mind. If I find myself staring at a beautifully rendered tree it's time to find a game with better gameplay. I wouldn't mind better trees, but as others have said, It's not worth the hit to Frame rate on slower machines. While I dont use one that would take a hit, I'd rather a game have average graphics (in some places) and a Huge player base then lose players who can't invest in the best.

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Emlir · July 2004

Props on posting the RP sever petition over here, by the way, Sweekes. I suggest anybody who hasn't seen his post on that take a look.

-Emlir, spokesman and diplomatic liaison for the Legacy of Titan clan.

BuZeR · July 2004

One thing you have to keep in mind is that Dragon Empires is still in early Beta testing. And if your only criticism is that the trees dont look the best their going quite well!!!

But even in the past months they have released new models for their characters - The Twins, and might be implementing these types of new models on all of the pre skinned characters (?).

Either way if you take your concerns onto the official forums with a professional manner (or into mIRC for that matter) they might take your argument to the top, and they might change them! DE's good like that :08

paravion · July 2004

yes i noticed some structures look wierd....as some are pencil drawn....still in development or something..... need to be fixed....

Hellsbane · August 2004

Originally posted by Stereoviewer

Originally posted by acrobuddy
um... they dont look too bad to me, they look great, nicely detailed... the land terrain is awesome in the game, are talking about the same game? just look at the shots, they look awesome

-Scott

Look carefully at th trees in these shots for instance:

http://de.compendious.net/img.php?gal=1&id=31

http://de.compendious.net/img.php?gal=1&id=146

http://de.compendious.net/img.php?gal=1&id=160

http://de.compendious.net/img.php?gal=1&id=147

DAoC has the same kind of set up on their tress. And yea, there were complaints about it. But really, you wont notice it that much in-game. There is a lot more to occupy your mind than crappy trees.

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