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[Damocles]

Do want 4k texture pack /drool

[Lordred]

Damocles, on 22 March 2015 - 07:43 PM, said:

Do want 4k texture pack /drool

You are not the only one.

[Lordred]

I do wonder why it is that the Gold mechs are not all 2k res at last.

[B L O O D W I T C H]

astonishing amount of likes for the op. gibz texture pack pls.
user driven content? i know we don't have the modding base like skyrim does, but a texture package should be possible even without PGI.

[Lordred]

Game uses check-sum validation, I've looked into it, has to be a PGI provided package

Edited by Lordred, 24 March 2015 - 07:48 AM.

[Alexander Garden]

Hey everyone,

Lordred nudged me about this a couple days ago, and I did some asking around today to see where we might stand on this.
Texture normalization and a 4K pack release are not something that the art department has in production at the moment. Unfortunately, the resources and time available right now aren't going to provide us with the opportunity to work on this in the near future.

[Lordred]

As always, I appreciate you taking a look into things Alexander.

I look forward to when they DO make it a priority.

[Scout Derek]

Lordred, on 24 March 2015 - 10:13 AM, said:

I look forward to when they DO make it a priority.

Aren't we all, Lordred...

[Lordred]

Scout Derek, on 24 March 2015 - 10:15 AM, said:

Aren't we all, Lordred...

I did not want to sound snooty, but I'm going to go ahead and sound snooty for a moment.

I've only spent MC on camo patterns that happen to feature a 2k RGB. Which means few of my mechs have a camo pattern. If all of the camo patterns looked good, I would be vain enough to buy em

[Lordred]

How many of you would consider doing an assisted funding for an official 4k res texture?

Kinda like what Russ did with the Urbie, put it up and see if the community will buy it.



I would.

Edited by Lordred, 24 March 2015 - 03:14 PM.

[Jabilo]

Lordred, on 24 March 2015 - 03:14 PM, said:

How many of you would consider doing an assisted funding for an official 4k res texture?

Kinda like what Russ did with the Urbie, put it up and see if the community will buy it.



I would.

I would. No joke, I would happily contribute and would pre order too.

[Bloodweaver]

Jabilo, on 24 March 2015 - 03:39 PM, said:

I would. No joke, I would happily contribute and would pre order too.

Same.

[aniviron]

Chiming in for support of a 2k normalization of 4k pack. The mechs are absolutely the stars of this game, and it pains me when they look blurry when I know they could look better.

[elismallz]

Alexander Garden, on 24 March 2015 - 10:00 AM, said:

Hey everyone,

Lordred nudged me about this a couple days ago, and I did some asking around today to see where we might stand on this.
Texture normalization and a 4K pack release are not something that the art department has in production at the moment. Unfortunately, the resources and time available right now aren't going to provide us with the opportunity to work on this in the near future.

Thanks for checking, and thanks to Lordred for being motivated enough to bring this up.

[Jetfire]

I always wondered why their marketing photos seem to look better than my high end PC can render. But I have noticed improvements occasionally and being like wow... I don't remember that looking that good. Maybe after all the dynamic hardpoint stuff is done we can get at least a full 2k pass.

Lordred, on 24 March 2015 - 03:14 PM, said:

How many of you would consider doing an assisted funding for an official 4k res texture?

Kinda like what Russ did with the Urbie, put it up and see if the community will buy it.



I would.

If it was at all reasonably priced I am in.

[Axeface]

You have to ask why PGI think the state of the textures on a mech like the grasshopper is acceptable, their standards are lowering and this is very worrying. Also, I honestly think that offering to buy a pack is incredibly damaging.
I think pgi's artists are being overworked, it must be a huge amount of work to uv map all these mechs, with all the different possible geometry changes on each varient (weapons mounts etc), and all the different camos. Hire more perhaps? I'de be interested to know how many people they have on this.

Edited by Axeface, 25 March 2015 - 10:44 AM.

[TheStrider]

Another vote for 2k normalization.

My observations that Hotrod (on Pheonix Mechs) looks worse than on my buddies Victor make sense.

Also makes sense now how a few chassis I just can't find a skin I enjoy...

[Lordred]

I'm not talking about people buying high resolution packs individually, I'm talking about a initiative by the players to help fund the creation of such a pack that could be enjoyed by all.

[Lordred]

Remember to make noise my friends. It cant happen if it looks like we do not want it.

[XphR]

The amount of sold mech camos would skyrocket if they looked as razer sharp as they could/should. Every time I go to buy one I just back away from the mucky mess it makes of the colours I have purchased... I have purchased a few handfuls of them and would quickly pick up more to compliment my new sharp designs.