AndreaColombo Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I was wondering—will Pillars of Eternity have volumetric effects for stuff like smoke, fog, fire, lighting, weather, etc.? I know they tend to be quite exacting on the hardware, but with pre-rendered backdrops and (relatively) low-poly 3D models the game would probably more than make up for that. Besides, I guess they could be made optional via the graphics menu? It would be pretty darn kewl 1 "Time is not your enemy. Forever is." — Fall-From-Grace, Planescape: Torment "It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact. But give him a question, and he'll look for his own answers." — Kvothe, The Wise Man's Fears My Deadfire mods: Brilliant Mod | Faster Deadfire | Deadfire Unnerfed | Helwalker Rekke | Permanent Per-Rest Bonuses | PoE Items for Deadfire | No Recyled Icons | Soul Charged Nautilus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orogun01 Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I don't know about the ones you mentioned but the first image I saw of the Project had a waterfall that was animated. I'd say the answer to that question is kind of like the answer to "who's the sucker in this poker game?"* *If you can't tell, it's you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluff Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 I'd really love weather effects and things like fog. It makes an insanely big difference in how engrossing the atmosphere is, at least to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjshae Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 I wonder how well volumetric effects will interact with the 2D scenery? It might not look too realistic. "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabotin Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Some areas presented in screenshots look pretty foggy. We also know there is some depth data for the areas, so maybe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Brennecke Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Have you seen the teaser trailer? It features rain and volumetric fog. Take a close look at the cave scenes and you can see the volumetric fog, which I think looks fantastic in motion. 2 Follow me on twitter - @adam_brennecke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Brennecke Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Also if you look again, you can see that the fireball's light interacting with the volumetric fog in the cemetery scene. 3 Follow me on twitter - @adam_brennecke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorstUsernameEver Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 To be fair, it's a 720p zoomed-in trailer. Please release your next trailers/footage in 1080p, pretty please. (Yes, this was just an excuse of mine to bring this subject up.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensuki Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Is that close to what the fireball FX is going to be or just temp? I didn't really like the explosion look as it looks like a Nuke, but that's just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluff Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Have you seen the teaser trailer? It features rain and volumetric fog. Take a close look at the cave scenes and you can see the volumetric fog, which I think looks fantastic in motion. I somehow missed those last time, it does look great though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreaColombo Posted April 6, 2014 Author Share Posted April 6, 2014 Have you seen the teaser trailer? It features rain and volumetric fog. Take a close look at the cave scenes and you can see the volumetric fog, which I think looks fantastic in motion. Also if you look again, you can see that the fireball's light interacting with the volumetric fog in the cemetery scene. Thanks, Adam! I have re-watched the trailer and noticed those effects which I had missed the first few times. The more I learn about this game, the happier I am to have backed it Keep up the great work! 1 "Time is not your enemy. Forever is." — Fall-From-Grace, Planescape: Torment "It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact. But give him a question, and he'll look for his own answers." — Kvothe, The Wise Man's Fears My Deadfire mods: Brilliant Mod | Faster Deadfire | Deadfire Unnerfed | Helwalker Rekke | Permanent Per-Rest Bonuses | PoE Items for Deadfire | No Recyled Icons | Soul Charged Nautilus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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