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#921 Mechwarrior Buddah

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Posted 07 November 2014 - 11:10 AM

View PostUite Dauphni, on 07 November 2014 - 10:32 AM, said:

True, but that was still the excuse they used. Of course, someone at PGI really really hates the Catapults with all the successive nerfs they've gotten over the years, so BS will be BS.


What you wanna bet that Paul was "cheated" out of his Hunchbabl by a Cat?

#922 MATRAKA14

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Posted 07 November 2014 - 12:33 PM

Is there any reason for all the color schemes being so low resolution?
I can see pixels the size of my fist...

#923 XphR

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Posted 07 November 2014 - 03:46 PM

Pixelfist sounds like a great name for a chip-tune label.

#924 Dauphni

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Posted 08 November 2014 - 02:19 AM

View PostMATRAKA14, on 07 November 2014 - 12:33 PM, said:

Is there any reason for all the color schemes being so low resolution?
I can see pixels the size of my fist...

It heavily depends on your texture quality setting. On the lower ones, mech textures really do look like blobby messes, but on higher settings they can be quite lovely.

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Posted 08 November 2014 - 03:17 AM

View PostUite Dauphni, on 08 November 2014 - 02:19 AM, said:

It heavily depends on your texture quality setting. On the lower ones, mech textures really do look like blobby messes, but on higher settings they can be quite lovely.


mine is at max setting.

#926 Captain Stiffy

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Posted 08 November 2014 - 04:37 AM

I think there's just so damn much going on in the graphics engine that it's like bolting accessory after accessory onto your car with no care as to the final aesthetic... it eventually creates more noise than art.

Also who knows what they develop it on? This game looks totally different on my R9 290 than it does on an Nvidia.

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Posted 08 November 2014 - 10:11 AM

Hmm, max settings looks like this for me:

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#928 XphR

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Posted 10 November 2014 - 09:32 PM

View PostUite Dauphni, on 08 November 2014 - 10:11 AM, said:

Hmm, max settings looks like this for me:

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I think I ran into you (in that mech) a few days ago. I commented to my lancemates on how nice the paint looked.

#929 Mechwarrior Buddah

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Posted 10 November 2014 - 09:45 PM

View PostMATRAKA14, on 07 November 2014 - 12:33 PM, said:

Is there any reason for all the color schemes being so low resolution?
I can see pixels the size of my fist...


progress.

The same reason the game looks like it does now and better in CB

View PostCaptain Stiffy, on 08 November 2014 - 04:37 AM, said:

I think there's just so damn much going on in the graphics engine that it's like bolting accessory after accessory onto your car with no care as to the final aesthetic... it eventually creates more noise than art.

Also who knows what they develop it on? This game looks totally different on my R9 290 than it does on an Nvidia.


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progress

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Cause resolution like that is heresy!

Edited by Mechwarrior Buddah, 10 November 2014 - 09:48 PM.


#930 MeiSooHaityu

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Posted 18 November 2014 - 03:12 AM

The Catapult was so majestic, I wonder if it will ever be the same?
#neverforget

#931 Otto Cannon

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Posted 20 November 2014 - 01:56 AM

View PostMeiSooHaityu, on 18 November 2014 - 03:12 AM, said:

The Catapult was so majestic, I wonder if it will ever be the same?
#neverforget


No chance of forgetting something as big and ugly as the current cancerous lumps for arms. You have to wonder if someone hates the Cat when even the K2 gets its quirks swapped with the Firebrand.

#932 MeiSooHaityu

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Posted 20 November 2014 - 02:51 AM

View PostOtto Cannon, on 20 November 2014 - 01:56 AM, said:

...You have to wonder if someone hates the Cat when even the K2 gets its quirks swapped with the Firebrand.


No kidding! I don't think anyone can figure that one out.

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Posted 26 November 2014 - 10:05 AM

The CN9-AH says hang in there Catapult brothers! Justice is served to those who do not give up.

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Posted 26 November 2014 - 10:08 AM

View Postcdlord, on 26 November 2014 - 10:05 AM, said:

The CN9-AH says hang in there Catapult brothers! Justice is served to those who do not give up.


I hope he is right.

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Posted 26 November 2014 - 10:09 AM

View PostMeiSooHaityu, on 26 November 2014 - 10:08 AM, said:

I hope he is right.

And in all honesty it makes no sense for the Catapult to have the VCRs mounted to the ears when on EVERY OTHER MECH simply more tubes are added (Centurion, Atlas).

Now, I do NOT think the catapult's ears should be dynamically sized like the Timber Wolf's, but they should def go back to the iconic look.

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Posted 26 November 2014 - 01:00 PM

Question, did the Founder Catapult suffered from the same problem?

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Posted 26 November 2014 - 01:16 PM

Yep. All missile based catapults use the same ears and ear attachments now.

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Posted 26 November 2014 - 02:15 PM

Damn it!
He was supposed to have a special geometry!
Just like the Founder Atlas still have the "old look"!

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Posted 26 November 2014 - 02:19 PM

Its beak is different.

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Posted 26 November 2014 - 02:21 PM

View PostKuroNyra, on 26 November 2014 - 02:15 PM, said:

Damn it!
He was supposed to have a special geometry!
Just like the Founder Atlas still have the "old look"!


They've declared what amounts to 'the end of an era' where they basically decree they are ignoring all promises so many times now that I can't even identify for you at what exact point they stopped caring.

This thread and the other eternal catapult thread have spent days at the top of the forums I don't know how many times. They don't care that we hate it. They just don't give a damn.

I have mastered the Catapults - long ago - and I don't own one. I won't play it like that. I won't shame one of my favorites.

Edited by Captain Stiffy, 26 November 2014 - 02:24 PM.






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