We need upgraded textures or better graphical options.

[Daralii]

I have been running this thing called "Reshade" which just has a bunch of extended graphical options.

Some options include DPX, clarity, HDR, MXAO, and others.
Makes the game look 10x better..

Now if there were extended options in the game config that would do the same thing without the post-render app (and likely to better effect) than that would be a step in the right direction..

We won't ever get HD textures, because they already mentioned this. It would mean having to redesign all the textures in the game which would just be far too much work.
(Why they didn't design them in HD to begin with and just lower the quality is beyond me but it's SE we are talking about here).

Reshade doesn't have any texture filtering that I'm aware of.

[Altena]

Reshade doesn't have any texture filtering that I'm aware of.

No, it doesn't. Reshade is literally just a shader that works on post-render stuff.
Still makes the game look much better than the base game.

They have already said that HD textures aren't a thing that's going to happen (a few live letters ago, pre-SB).
Mostly because the work involved is absolutely huge.

[Daralii]

No, it doesn't. Reshade is literally just a shader that works on post-render stuff.
Still makes the game look much better than the base game.

They have already said that HD textures aren't a thing that's going to happen (a few live letters ago, pre-SB).
Mostly because the work involved is absolutely huge.

I understand why(though it's weird for them to not have uncompressed maps), I just want some kind of better texture filtering. The texturing on Raubahn's cloak still frustrates me.

[MaFi0s0]

They have already said that HD textures aren't a thing that's going to happen (a few live letters ago, pre-SB).
Mostly because the work involved is absolutely huge.

I call BS, individuals have done HD texture packs for parts of games like Skyrim and Fallout before. There are HD texture packs of N64 games on emulation. They all do this for free.

Its obvious the team does not appreciate good graphics, perhaps they are still comparing to graphics to FFXI or they know based on WoW and FFXI that it is not relevant to the games long term success.

[Altena]

I call BS, individuals have done HD texture packs for parts of games like Skyrim and Fallout before. There are HD texture packs of N64 games on emulation. They all do this for free.

Its obvious the team does not appreciate good graphics, perhaps they are still comparing to graphics to FFXI or they know based on WoW and FFXI that it is not relevant to the games long term success.

The cost and time investment involved with producing anything on a company level has to be weighed up.
A hobbyist graphic designer doesn't have to think about this sort of thing.

The reason is less about the fact that they can't but more about the fact that they are not willing to invest the resources into this.

What's more strange to me is why they didn't produce the textures in high res to begin with, and scale them down. But I am by no means versed in game design.

[MaFi0s0]

The cost and time investment involved with producing anything on a company level has to be weighed up.
A hobbyist graphic designer doesn't have to think about this sort of thing.

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What's more strange to me is why they didn't produce the textures in high res to begin with, and scale them down. But I am by no means versed in game design.

My guess is PS3 limitations or they had a minimum PC spec to adhere to based on global market share.
The thing is they can always outsource this sort of work, Bethesda do it all the time. My guess is they are too proud to hire outsiders to do their work and I bet their assets are a mess to dig through so no-one on the team can be bothered.

The thing is the shimmering is the number 1 complaint, it is literally the games weakest link so I think it must be addressed if they want to improve anything.

[jameseoakes]

My guess is PS3 limitations or they had a minimum PC spec to adhere to based on global market share.
The thing is they can always outsource this sort of work, Bethesda do it all the time. My guess is they are too proud to hire outsiders to do their work and I bet their assets are a mess to dig through so no-one on the team can be bothered.

The thing is the shimmering is the number 1 complaint, it is literally the games weakest link so I think it must be addressed if they want to improve anything.

I think the game has really nice graphics...

[Teraluna]

I think the game has really nice graphics...

Me too, looks really good.

[MaFi0s0]

I think the game has really nice graphics...

Aliasing aside I think the game is beautiful but the shimmering just drives me and many other people nuts.

I also dont believe some people dont have it, I think people who claim they dont have just never played a game on high enough settings or are just sitting very far away from their screen and dont notice.
The reason I say this is because there is no user based solution to the problem, I have even gone out and bought a new graphics card and monitor and the problem persisted.