April 4, 201411 yr 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 "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
April 4, 201411 yr 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.
April 5, 201411 yr 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.
April 5, 201411 yr 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."
April 5, 201411 yr Some areas presented in screenshots look pretty foggy. We also know there is some depth data for the areas, so maybe...
April 6, 201411 yr 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. Follow me on twitter - @adam_brennecke
April 6, 201411 yr Also if you look again, you can see that the fireball's light interacting with the volumetric fog in the cemetery scene. Follow me on twitter - @adam_brennecke
April 6, 201411 yr 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.)
April 6, 201411 yr 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.
April 6, 201411 yr 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.
April 6, 201411 yr Author 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! "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
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