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    Devs don't even run the game at highest graphics specs

    What does it say about the graphics performance of the game engine when the dev post a semi promotional shot of the game with no AA, Depth of Field and Ambient Occlusion.

    http://na.square-enix.com/ffxiv/job_pose.jpg

    On the note of the new graphics engine can the dev team elaborate what they are changing other than displaying more characters and better scaling of visual fidelity for low end computers.
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    Happy Christmas !
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kerath View Post
    What does it say about the graphics performance of the game engine when the dev post a semi promotional shot of the game with no AA, Depth of Field and Ambient Occlusion.

    http://na.square-enix.com/ffxiv/job_pose.jpg

    On the note of the new graphics engine can the dev team elaborate what they are changing other than displaying more characters and better scaling of visual fidelity for low end computers.
    That image is 1675 x 1043 where have you ever heard of a resolution like that being used ?
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    Could have just cropped it to get rid of UI elements?
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    I just noticed that the BRD quiver is a flute/horn.

    Strange.... can they actually use it?
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    Last edited by Zantetsuken; 12-24-2011 at 03:22 AM.

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    Let's be fair here. Yoshi posted a small image of this in his latest Letter from the Producer, people clamored for a larger one, then Bayohne worked his magic (and his many appendages) and somehow procured, as Jinko pointed out, this strange 1675x1043 resolution version. This is hardly an image vetted by PR, produced at the highest quality they could, and presented to us. It was a teaser that Bayohne was able to quickly embiggened for us.

    Quote Originally Posted by Bayohne View Post
    It's not taken at the highest resolution, but we were able to get a larger size of the image to share with you guys. Enjoy!


    Click to embiggen!


    Quote Originally Posted by Kerath View Post
    What does it say about the graphics performance of the game engine when the dev post a semi promotional shot of the game with no AA, Depth of Field and Ambient Occlusion.
    It says exactly what any large corporation would do for a team of programmers when faced with procuring computers for them.

    Do they get the latest, top-of-the-line, hardware or something more moderately priced? And then how often should those computers be upgrade?

    If the dev team has been working on this for the last 4 to 5 years, it stands to reason that most of them are still using hardware from that long ago. I doubt every dev is running this game on the highest settings possible. That's not to say that some devs don't have a machine capable of doing exactly that, just that this image wasn't produced from one of them.
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    Last edited by normalforce; 12-24-2011 at 04:40 AM.

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    I was saddened by the thread title, and I was going to reply, but normalforce pretty much said everything I was going to. The teaser was created to be used on the small scale, and not intended to be used at the full size. Our players wanted to see it larger, and we were lucky enough to be allowed to show it (even though it wasn't taken with the bells and whistles on). That's pretty much the long and short of it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bayohne View Post
    I was saddened by the thread title, and I was going to reply, but normalforce pretty much said everything I was going to. The teaser was created to be used on the small scale, and not intended to be used at the full size. Our players wanted to see it larger, and we were lucky enough to be allowed to show it (even though it wasn't taken with the bells and whistles on). That's pretty much the long and short of it.
    You're supposed to be on vacation! Go away! You are now banished until Jan 2nd!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bayohne View Post
    I was saddened by the thread title, and I was going to reply, but normalforce pretty much said everything I was going to. The teaser was created to be used on the small scale, and not intended to be used at the full size. Our players wanted to see it larger, and we were lucky enough to be allowed to show it (even though it wasn't taken with the bells and whistles on). That's pretty much the long and short of it.
    Ya! Don't pick on morbol!

    ...and i was about to say what Zezlar posted...Bay really don't trust the kids enough to leave them alone at home for a week...not even 24hrs before the first peeking =P
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    How's your rig set up Bayohne?
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