New Alpha Video

[BruceyBruceyBangBang]

It's always somethin'. Graphics are fine. They make the game look 100x better in the alpha than in it's current version regardless of the god forsaken grass and unfinished water effects.

Sacrificing texture quality for aesthetics. How dare they!

[neorei]

did one of them went to a boad dock?????????? implying we can travel by boat?

[Shougun]

did one of them went to a boad dock?????????? implying we can travel by boat?

Well there is at least a cute peddle boat there . Would be great to see boats again.

I am wondering when they add water expansion if these invisible wall zones will be extended. (Little bit like in FFX where you could swim out a bit, or WoW I guess (deep ocean).. lol)

[Babydoll]

Well there is at least a cute peddle boat there . Would be great to see boats again.

I am wondering when they add water expansion if these invisible wall zones will be extended. (Little bit like in FFX where you could swim out a bit, or WoW I guess (deep ocean).. lol)

Oh yeah good point! I think there was discussion about us being able to swim in ARR but haven't seen any info on that in a while lol.

[syntaxlies]

Oh yeah good point! I think there was discussion about us being able to swim in ARR but haven't seen any info on that in a while lol.

not only swim but underwater combat. i wouldn't bother digging to deep into it though cause the cost/time would be to high and will most likely be in an expansion if ever.

[Shougun]

not only swim but underwater combat. i wouldn't bother digging to deep into it though cause the cost/time would be to high and will most likely be in an expansion if ever.

Yeah Yoshi said "I really want to do air and water expansion - but I think I will do air first because it is more iconic. "

[axemtitanium]

When you use 2d models they disappear against the right angles. To prevent this they make the grass follow your camera so it is always facing you (happens to leaves in a lot of games).

Its to save resources since making it truly 3d takes a good computer.

I think thats what you are talking about at least. You can see in the new ARR alpha part 2 video that the grass is made of multiple planes usually offset so that you always see at least one of the planes (so the grass just doesn't fully vanish but also isn't following your camera annoyingly).

...I was being facetious -_-

[Shougun]

...I was being facetious -_-

You mean sarcastic? Facetious means you agree with me that having "high-end" options like increased plane count and other flora features is reasonable. Wouldn't mind you agreeing with me of course - but I dont think where trying to lol.

[Gramul]

You mean sarcastic? Facetious means you agree with me that having "high-end" options like increased plane count and other flora features is reasonable. Wouldn't mind you agreeing with me of course - but I dont think where trying to lol.

Facetious means making light of issues by joking about them, belittling them.

[axemtitanium]

But why does the grass pivot when I change the camera instead of having a turning animation when it stops moving suddenly due to animation lock?

I wrote this post jokingly as a combination of all the myriad complaints that people have had about new 2.0 content (grass, animation lock, turning animations). I'm sorry for trying to make a joke on the internet. I'll never do it again. I am also sorry for using the word "facetious" on the internet. I'll never use a word that people don't know the definition for again either.