Plasma deflector, anyone?

Caydr · Post by **Caydr** » 17 May 2006, 23:43

http://www.supremecommander.com/downloa ... cale-3.jpg

http://www.supremecommander.com/downloa ... seaair.jpg

Eh? Eh?

NOiZE · Post by **NOiZE** » 17 May 2006, 23:44

Caydr · Post by **Caydr** » 18 May 2006, 00:34

What? Since when?

NOiZE · Post by **NOiZE** » 18 May 2006, 00:38

since weeks ago

Cabbage · Post by **Cabbage** » 18 May 2006, 00:48

i thought it was just a general sort of multipurpose shield :p

Felix the Cat · Post by **Felix the Cat** » 18 May 2006, 03:40

It still amazes me that we have better water than SupCom.

Indication of things to come, perhaps?

SwiftSpear · Post by **SwiftSpear** » 18 May 2006, 05:19

Felix the Cat wrote:It still amazes me that we have better water than SupCom.

Indication of things to come, perhaps?

The supcomm water does many effects better then ours does. It's very difficult to make murky water in spring, it's very easy in supcom. We use better overall shaders though IMO.

unpossible · Post by **unpossible** » 18 May 2006, 08:45

Cabbage wrote:i thought it was just a general sort of multipurpose shield :p

yeah in that 10 minute long vid chris described it as a shield generator

Soulless1 · Post by **Soulless1** » 18 May 2006, 11:17

I bet it doesn't have an ubercool deflection effect - it'll just be the run of the mill hitbox that absorbs damage...

Zenka · Post by **Zenka** » 18 May 2006, 12:46

Soulless1 wrote:I bet it doesn't have an ubercool deflection effect - it'll just be the run of the mill hitbox that absorbs damage...

Absorbing can look cool too. (note starwars), but deflectors are even better ^.^

PauloMorfeo · Post by **PauloMorfeo** » 18 May 2006, 14:03

Felix the Cat wrote:It still amazes me that we have better water than SupCom.
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That is a very common error i see people make when they see water rendered with the most recent generations of GFX cards. It is not true, it is not better.

http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/12/02/ ... page2.html
See here for comparison betwen water rendered in Age of Empires with diferent PixelShaders. Most people think that the water shown with the settings in high, using shaders 2.0, is better than the one in very high, pixel shader 3, because it is more shinny.

Maybe more noticeable in Black and White 2. Again, most people would say that the water using pixel shader 2 is better because they look at it and it seems shinier.

It is not better.

Zenka · Post by **Zenka** » 18 May 2006, 14:22

I think Felix ment that in Spring the water is actually deformed, and in subcomm it's a flat plane.
Though the shader usages in supcomm do look better then in Spring.

Spring RTS Engine

Plasma deflector, anyone?

Plasma deflector, anyone?