Texture Pack

[Keres]

These threads always turn out the same way.

OP: "Hey, what about the option to download higher-res textures down the road?"
Replies: "ARE YOU SAYING YOU CAN'T ENJOY THE GAME AS-IS WITHOUT BETTER TEXTURES ARRRGGGHHH YOU HATE THE GAME GO AWAY"
OP: "Uhh...no, but all else being equal, having the option for better graphics if your computer can handle it is a nice bonus."
Replies: "WHARRGARBL GO AWAY GRAPHICS DON'T MAKE THE GAME FUN"

Even though I think it's unlikely to ever happen, it'd be cool to see this kind of thing happen a few years down the road when the game starts to look dated.

[Madrox]

These threads always turn out the same way.

OP: "Hey, what about the option to download higher-res textures down the road?"
Replies: "ARE YOU SAYING YOU CAN'T ENJOY THE GAME AS-IS WITHOUT BETTER TEXTURES ARRRGGGHHH YOU HATE THE GAME GO AWAY"
OP: "Uhh...no, but all else being equal, having the option for better graphics if your computer can handle it is a nice bonus."
Replies: "WHARRGARBL GO AWAY GRAPHICS DON'T MAKE THE GAME FUN"

Even though I think it's unlikely to ever happen, it'd be cool to see this kind of thing happen a few years down the road when the game starts to look dated.

Lol! I should've known better.
I was thinking that since it is possible we may be getting dx11 in the future, maybe the textures could happen as well.

[ScapeZero]

Youre assuming the textures will be a lower resolution than they are now. If they are using the same texture files that we have now, it wouldnt make sense for them to just delete them all, and then have us download lower quality textures.

More likely the game will be using less intensive lighting effects, rather than lowering texture resolutions. There isnt a doubt in my mind that the PS3 version will be using lower resolution textures (on at least things that arent characters), but there is absolutely no reason to scrap the countless textures we are already using, and then have us redownload lower quality ones all over again (costing them bandwith/money), just because the PS3 doesnt have enough memory, or a good enough GPU to use those textures.

[Mirage]

FF14 already has a lot of high res textures that are perfectly fine to reuse. I would dare to suggest that the dev team tries to be as efficient as they can be at developing v2, and I think reusing textures that are already good is the sensible thing to do.

Even if the texture files couldn't be used exactly as they are stored in the current client, the developers should still have the files they used while they made all the textures, so it shouldn't be hard to just load up the old working files and convert these to whatever format the new client will be using and GOD DAMN KIRIA500 YOUR SIGNATURE HAS BEEN CONSTNATLY DISTRACTING ME WHILE TYPING ALL THIS ARHGJGHDFJSKF

[Soukyuu]

The interviews so far all say that they are only about 15% done with tweaking the engine parameters, so they still have 85% to go. YoshiP also said the settings were not set on maximum because he wants to show the game as it would run on a mid-end system (=what most people have).

It is too early to say anything about the graphics/texture quality, we'll have to wait till they show us more material, especially videos.

[Madrox]

Would it be possible for SE to just make a texture pack for everybody who wants it down the road?

Im fine with the sacrifice being made for 2.0 because it looks beautiful, but eventually (maybe with dx11) would this be possible?

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It is time to bring this back from the dead..

SS and a gameplay presentation has been released. It is NOT gamebreaking, graphics do not make or break a game, but there are people who want to put their systems to good use and make everything as beautiful as can be.

Yes, this goes for the grass as well.

Please give us an optional texture pack at some point down the road, it doesn't have to be right away (though that would be nice ).

BUMP

Edited the OP

[bobbygunz]

Please don't make reasonable requests OP! People need someone to flame

[Madrox]

Please don't make reasonable requests OP! People need someone to flame

People can flame all they want lol.
It is a legitimate request.

[Alhanelem]

Would it be possible for SE to just make a texture pack for everybody who wants it down the road?

Im fine with the sacrifice being made for 2.0 because it looks beautiful, but eventually (maybe with dx11) would this be possible?

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It is time to bring this back from the dead..

SS and a gameplay presentation has been released. It is NOT gamebreaking, graphics do not make or break a game, but there are people who want to put their systems to good use and make everything as beautiful as can be.

Yes, this goes for the grass as well.

Please give us an optional texture pack at some point down the road, it doesn't have to be right away (though that would be nice ).

An optional texture pack that does what? What is the problem with the textures?

[kazaran]

It's not resonable in an MMO. They will ahve the textures they deem fit for resolutions and not add more later to require more file checking each update to verify files.

Im sure the scalign is already in place, but the standard version is being shown.