Obsidian's Pillars of Eternity [BETA RELEASED, GO TO THE NEW THREAD]

[Semper]

@Feargus: Conserning the screenshot, can we expect some birds, butterflies, fish in the stream? Just to spice the surroundings...

@bragi Yes, we will be using the effects system to overlay things like that onto the screen.

@Bruce P We will be using effects to show off things like the crashing of the waterfall into the water.

in case someone is interested.

 

[Captain Shrek]

@Feargus: Conserning the screenshot, can we expect some birds, butterflies, fish in the stream? Just to spice the surroundings...

@bragi Yes, we will be using the effects system to overlay things like that onto the screen.

in case someone is interested.

Don't trust his lies. Or were they truths?

 

[Semper]

we will know in 2014 if it's feargus awkward or the truth.

 

[Surf Solar]

Considering how easy it is to place such particles or effects I see no reason why he should lie about it.

 

[Jaesun]

we will know in 2014 if it's feargus awkward or the truth.

naw. He is pretty much closed mouth now if he is not very certain of something when answering questions on the KS comment section. At the EARLY parts of this, yeah he didn't know much what he was saying. heh I think they finally had a talk with him.

 

[Vault Dweller]

Eternal Gate 2​

Fucking awesome.

 

[Infinitron]

Facebook is less than 2500 Likes away from another Mega Dungeon level.

 

[TwinkieGorilla]

Haha. That actually looks pretty awesome.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

Ugh, that Baldurs Gate-ified screen looks disgusting. But I really hated those games anyway. I know they keep banging on about it being IE-influenced but I hoped that was mainly just the isometric view. If it has the same kind of sprites and animations then I'll be massively disappointed.

They should be looking at MotB for inspiration, and then improving from there.

 

[GuybrushWilco]

The screenshot just makes me want to see how gorgeous it might look in motion I imagine a nice waterfall animation, maybe the foliage rustling in the breeze, and perhaps the occasional fish jumping out of the water. The second big city would be an amazing stretch goal, and I really hope they can make it, even though they have nearly another mil to go!

Kicktraq has Project Eternity trending toward 3.1, but that takes into account the small surge that it had today, so the next couple of days may be slower. It however does not factor in paypal or the usual big surge that kickstarter get in the last couple of days, so there is hope .

 

[tuluse]

They've already said it's going to be 3D characters not sprites.

However, I find it laughable that anyone would want to copy the "usability" of NWN2.

 

[Infinitron]

Ugh, that Baldurs Gate-ified screen looks disgusting. If it has the same kind of sprites and animations then I'll be massively disappointed.

They should be looking at MotB NWN2 for inspiration

 

[Infinitron]

I really like these screenshots, they're doing a great job smoking out retardation on the Codex that has remained hidden until now.

 

[Murk]

Matt's... particular views were never really that hidden. He has been quite consistent in his... particularities as long as I have been lurking and subsequently posting here.

 

[Infinitron]

http://forums.somethingawful.com/sh...rid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=194#post408436623

NihilCredo posted:

That screenshot is really pretty, but it cannot be one of the actual in-game backgrounds, not for an isometric game, the perspective is too skewed.​

For open exterior environments, we are experimenting with using a lower camera angle, similar to what's found in Fallout and Fallout 2. The advantage is that tall vertical elements can be seen in greater detail. I don't know the exact angles for the BG/IWD renders vs. Fallout, but we rendered the scene from both angles and it looks much better when it's at the "Fallout" (15 degrees lower) angle.

 

[Captain Shrek]

I really like these screenshots, they're doing a great job smoking out retardation on the Codex that has remained hidden until now.

To be honest I am having a hard time believing that the water in the lake (?)/ river/pool is rendered by the in game engine.

 

[Infinitron]

I really like these screenshots, they're doing a great job smoking out retardation on the Codex that has remained hidden until now.

To be honest I am having a hard time believing that the water in the lake (?)/ river/pool is rendered by the in game engine.

That's because it isn't being rendered by the in-game engine. It is pre-rendered on a server and converted to an image.

 

[tuluse]

I really like these screenshots, they're doing a great job smoking out retardation on the Codex that has remained hidden until now.

To be honest I am having a hard time believing that the water in the lake (?)/ river/pool is rendered by the in game engine.

What part of 2D backgrounds are you not understanding?

 

[Captain Shrek]

I really like these screenshots, they're doing a great job smoking out retardation on the Codex that has remained hidden until now.

To be honest I am having a hard time believing that the water in the lake (?)/ river/pool is rendered by the in game engine.

That's because it isn't being rendered by the in-game engine. It is pre-rendered on a server and converted to an image.

But weren't the IE games with backgrounds that were (pre) rendered by the engine?

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

Neverwinter Nights looks so much worst than the screenshot its laughable.

 

[Infinitron]

But weren't the IE games with backgrounds that were (pre) rendered by the engine?

lol, no. Why do you think those games had so many discs? Each area was a huge raw image that Bioware/Black Isle rendered.

 

[pakoito]

While that's true, it's been 15 years since that. You can now do 2D backgrounds with 3D elements on top in that angle without performance hit while looking fabulous.

Think cartoon animation, while backgrounds are static lots of elements in them were animated. Well, you can do the same with modern 3D engines, it's just a matter of adjusting the assets to the perspective. Having a fixed camera makes the process quite easy with Unity scene editor.

Wish I had an online blackboard to explain to everyone.

 

[Grimlorn]

Why should you get lumped in with all the other race traitors who gave $250 to support this game if it's good? You should get your own tag that has something to do with being a faithless dumbass if this game is good. :D

It was a provocation and because I am certain that the screenshot will suck donkey balls so I know I never would end up having to fulfill that promise.

Sup VOTS.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

I really like these screenshots, they're doing a great job smoking out retardation on the Codex that has remained hidden until now.

True. You've just revealed your own dishonesty in changing what I wrote to 'NWN2'. MotB had an excellent visual style, and any RPG fan with half a brain would realise that.

I'm proud to be one of the few on the Codex that recognise the Infinity Engine as not being very good. It was the biggest thing dragging Torment down. Game engines have improved since then. Obsidian have released a great screenshot, why turn it into shit by making it look like BG2? Move on.

 

[Captain Shrek]

But weren't the IE games with backgrounds that were (pre) rendered by the engine?

lol, no. Why do you think those games had so many discs? Each area was a huge raw image that Bioware/Black Isle rendered.

So what did they render it with?

http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...metric-engine-again.76197/page-2#post-2274520
http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...2d-isometric-engine-again.76197/#post-2273740

Reading these two actually made me think that the engine was used to render.