Grass

[Cedri]

I play this game called "Life". It's pretty terrible... Just look at these grass graphics... so fake...

[Shougun]

I play this game called "Life". It's pretty terrible... Just look at these grass graphics... so fake...

Cedri, that grass is so fake. Look at the polies and texture on that..

lol

Oh and not to mention the clouds, my lord is that 1991? >.>

Actually clouds are pretty easy to get to look good, they are just big ass moving pictures lol

[Cedri]

Cedri, that grass is so fake. Look at the polies and texture on that..

lol

Oh and not to mention the clouds, my lord is that 1991? >.>

Actually clouds are pretty easy to get to look good, they are just big ass moving pictures lol

Not to mention THEY NEVER UPDATE THE SERVERS! Though the permadeath feature is kind of cool.

[Shougun]

Not to mention THEY NEVER UPDATE THE SERVERS! Though the permadeath feature is kind of cool.

Lol you are on a roll XD - never update their servers.. XD

I shared it with my wife "Real life doesnt update its servers", she gave me this face o_O

Since we are talking about grass here though, in that photo is a perfect example of the flow of grass. While its technically difficult for hardware to do exactly that its entirely possible to do it on smaller scales. Not only that one MMO I linked does this, which may or may not be the best example but it is one with some of the technical aspects for flora/funa in those screenshots. GW2 even decided to add physics to theirs.

I'm not even asking for next gen, I'm just asking for -this- gen. Even Shiobans example is better looking in some cases :/ Because the transparent effect helps blend it in to have a natural effect (as well as making the little sharp pixel edges less obvious).

[Vilhem]

I play this game called "Life". It's pretty terrible... Just look at these grass graphics... so fake...

Looks pretty fake for Life >.> The colors are too vibrant to represent nature. Fail <.<

This is more representative of that game called Life

[Shougun]

Looks pretty fake for Life >.> The colors are too vibrant to represent nature. Fail <.<

This is more representative of that game called Life

You picked a horrible grass shot lol

But actually I think it makes good example here if you had transparent short grass it would blend in nicely - its actually similar to the first page I have that third image with the grass is fairly short and blends in.

[Eekiki]

Copypasta'd textures. FAIL

To me, it just a giant leap forward that the flora in XIV is finally casting semi-accurate shadows.

Also, DX9 sucks.

[Shougun]

Copypasta'd textures. FAIL

To me, it just a giant leap forward that the flora in XIV is finally casting semi-accurate shadows.

Also, DX9 sucks.

Lol!

You only even need to have 3d grass about half the distance out too, since the grass colors could fade into ground texture so easily (in that photo).

I agree there are some large leaps forward, I'm hoping the shadows edges get softened (they are pretty much exactly like the object in terms of shadow but unfortunately the objects like tree branches are pixely so the shadow of that is also pixely - but again its amazing how precise to object the shadows are.. literally the exact same lol).

[Zenaku]

if they had more real looking grass it may lag people with low end PC. So i guess once DX11 come up they can add something that make the grass better. But by doing so you lose a lot of FPS just like the way you do when shadows are on or DOF.

HD Grass On/Off lol

[Shougun]

if they had more real looking grass it may lag people with low end PC. So i guess once DX11 come up they can add something that make the grass better. But by doing so you lose a lot of FPS just like the way you do when shadows are on or DOF.

HD Grass On/Off lol

Yea you keep saying my dream lol

A elite PC patch in the future, high res, DX10/11 support, extended graphic options. It doesnt even need to happen all at once.

I suspect more then DX will come from that update anyways because Yoshida called it a graphic milestone and said DX10/11 will be updated then too, so without delaying game release but also getting confirmed better quality - its a definitely my desire in that.