Lackluster Graphics in FFXIV

[Abriael]

Well I never said it'll give me any authority.

Then why did you mention it?

And yeah, being student give me some more professional knowlege, thank's to internship as example. An old work btw : http://www.moddb.com/mods/my-wonderful-nightmare

being able to work on a mod doesn't give you any professional knowledge. Modding is, by definition, amateur work.

NO WAY §§§ As if I dunno it §§§ omagad, MMOs get lot more of charas to display than single players games ? What an illumination. seriously.

maybe you need to learn to express yourself in a more clear manner, because everyone felt that you didn't know.
Actually, it still looks like you don't

More seriously, I never said FFXIV should be as beautiful as crysis (read me again).
Finally, I just said that Crystal Tool engine isn't optimised for pc, and they should do it, then, they'll be able to add some more effect. I never said something else than optimise CTEngine and adding some more effect.

And of course you had a chance to closely examine the Crystals Tools engine to be able to say that, rite?

When we see another MMORPG out there that can display the same polygons, details and effects as FFXIV does, with better framerates on the same machines, then we'll see.
For now, everything else the market offers has a way inferior definition, and even future releases shown so far don't get to the level of definition FFXIV reaches.

well this is from 2009 E3 , and sonys press confrence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puOiYZE7B1w

its from 2009 but is the same as the PC data from 2005.

Nope. The only parts of that teaser that aren't pre-rendered footage are actually present in the game we have now. As they are part of the Limsa Lominsa in-engine intro.
You might have missed it.

[Wenceslas]

Then why did you mention it?

Oh, just to said I've experiences with some engines.

being able to work on a mod doesn't give you any professional knowledge. Modding is, by definition, amateur work.

No way. seriously look at the date. I wasn't student.

maybe you need to learn to express yourself in a more clear manner, because everyone felt that you didn't know.
Actually, it still looks like you don't

Oh. sorry I'm french. I was just making fun of how you tried to make fun of me with those things everyone knows sinces 10 years like "MMOs get more chara, blahblhablah".

And of course you had a chance to closely examine the Crystals Tools engine to be able to say that, rite?

No. Like you, right ? so, for you, CTengine seems well optimised ?

When we see another MMORPG out there that can display the same polygons, details and effects as FFXIV does, with better framerates on the same machines, then we'll see.
For now, everything else the market offers has a way inferior definition, and even future releases shown so far don't get to the level of definition FFXIV reaches

Well it's exactly what I said. For you FFXIV is the Best Graphic mmorpg. But it's just the only one with realistic texture when the other just stay on flashy colored style. Tera looks less realitic with less good texture, but technicaly, it pwnd FFXIV for shadows, lights, effect. (But the game itself doesn't interest me at all.)

Nope. The only parts of that teaser that aren't pre-rendered footage are actually present in the game we have now. As they are part of the Limsa Lominsa in-engine intro.
You might have missed it.

It seems to be pre rendered, but the charas have no shadows ?

[Abriael]

No. Like you, right ? so, for you, CTengine seems well optimised ?

Considering that it can run a MMORPG at an unprecedented polycount and level of detail, it definitely isn't as bad as you say.

Well it's exactly what I said. For you FFXIV is the Best Graphic mmorpg. But it's just the only one with realistic texture when the other just stay on flashy colored style. Tera looks less realitic with less good texture, but technicaly, it pwnd FFXIV for shadows, lights, effect. (But the game itself doesn't interest me at all.)

You're confusing two very different things here. Graphical detail and Art direction.
Realistic or cartoonish textures have nothing to do with graphical detail. They are just a matter of art direction.

TERA doesn't even get near the level of graphical detail (see: polycount, texture resolution, effects, both for textures and for environment) FFXIV has. Everything is largely downscaled in comparison.

It seems to be pre rendered, but the charas have no shadows ?

Character shadows are often excluded in teaser trailers, because they're one of the least noticeable effects.