Updated AO engine movie

[Gene13]

E-mailed the still of the harbour to a buddy. Got the reply: "dl'ing AO right now, got a sudden urge to play..."

I underestimated you guys. GJ.

/G13

[Regidoc]

I have just started AO. I am a subscriber and the game has opened up alot of depth with that. I have to say the graphics almost turned me off, but an ARK greeter saved me and now I am having a blast. All my friends however stopped playing after 20mins because of the graphics. I am so glad the game is being updated, graphically and gameplay, looks like I'll be here to stay.

To be perfectly blunt to you about your friends, it's rather shallow to judge a game by it's graphics (hehe don't judge a book by it's cover ). That being said though, AO is a great game with a lot of depth but having depth and being pretty is like eating all the pie in one sitting

[Cyrinno]

Cept with **** graphics it's harder to get into the game cause I feel more like an observer instead of going wow I am in this cool town or such. Instead I'm just in "Tir".


It's like going to see the Great Wall of China. You know how cool it is but actually seeing it makes you go whoa.

I want my full pie too.

[Regidoc]

Cept with **** graphics it's harder to get into the game cause I feel more like an observer instead of going wow I am in this cool town or such. Instead I'm just in "Tir".


It's like going to see the Great Wall of China. You know how cool it is but actually seeing it makes you go whoa.

I want my full pie too.

I can also see your point. For those just starting out playing AO, in comparison to other games the graphics are "sub-par". And for some, that is important in order to keep interest the game.

[Somniforum]

1st reaction, while watching: YAY!
2nd reaction, 1min. after watching: "Lost Eden: Fall 2005"-memory. I'm scared now

[Eleano]

O...M...G... Looks awesome, strange to see our land without old school lens
Keep going the good job FC !

[Tonberry]

its looks awsome Looking forward to it. Guess there are no ETA at all? How will the engine effect the looks on the chars, anyone?

[SavageForum]

Looks great!

As others have said, would be nice if we get some updated textures as time goes on, but even if we don't I'll be more than happy. Framerate problems finally being addressed AND we're getting a graphical overhaul on top of that!

Cheers guys!

(Any info on Character models/textures would be nice but I'm guessing that's for the next 'teaser' )

[wyldebeast]

1st reaction: AMAGAD! GIMME! LIEK NAUW!
2nd reaction: Mebbe not...

Well, with the kind of lag we've seen the last week or two I'm really not all that anxious about seeing the game becomming more demanding systemwise. Most of the time this week I've had 2-5 seconds lag and 1-10 sec chat lag. Ofter it takes over 20 sec to log onto the chat server when logging on. I really hope for some improvements in other areas before this goes live. Most of the people I've talked to have had the same experiences this last week or two. All in all: It looks good, but fix more immediate problems first.

/Wylde

[Marinegent]

That video was EPIC.


And i loved at the very end of the video, in Tir with the shot of the medical store

"Still-alive" (Ofc crossed but thats hard to show on the forums with text and im lazy) damn right AO is still alive, and it will be more than ever with the new engine.

World of warcraft is so ****ed. And im happy to be one of the people ****ing it.

[Threezey]

Although still alive was epic and significant and all, i found it totttaallllly cheesy lol

come on ;p

[AdriaanBlackwind]

Ahh.. Omni-Tek terraformation at its best...

[Smasherr]

So Steps of Madness will now look like whoaaaa ?

/gj <3

[SkryknoW]

Just heard about the news, and watched the movie (40mb ofc) and WOW! It looks incredible I can't wait now

[Berinda]

Anyone else notice the hologram's above Phasefront weren't spinning?

That's not a complaint - it actually bodes well as that means those fancy skies might be how the sky ends up looking, but with the same moving clouds and celestial bodies we have today.

[Rktim]

Anyone else notice the hologram's above Phasefront weren't spinning?

That's not a complaint - it actually bodes well as that means those fancy skies might be how the sky ends up looking, but with the same moving clouds and celestial bodies we have today.

TBH i think those Skys are moving..

And tbh i think the Hologram is also... Only that its really slow...

[Mastablasta]

1st reaction: AMAGAD! GIMME! LIEK NAUW!
2nd reaction: Mebbe not...

Well, with the kind of lag we've seen the last week or two I'm really not all that anxious about seeing the game becomming more demanding systemwise. Most of the time this week I've had 2-5 seconds lag and 1-10 sec chat lag. Ofter it takes over 20 sec to log onto the chat server when logging on. I really hope for some improvements in other areas before this goes live. Most of the people I've talked to have had the same experiences this last week or two. All in all: It looks good, but fix more immediate problems first.

/Wylde

How did you make network lag relate to hardware gimpness? also the people who work on upgrading engine code and graphics don't work on the server maintenance team

[Toxxin]

Cant wait , time to get ready to resubscribe!!

[Dagget]

Anyone else notice the hologram's above Phasefront weren't spinning?

That's not a complaint - it actually bodes well as that means those fancy skies might be how the sky ends up looking, but with the same moving clouds and celestial bodies we have today.

I got the impression the Phasefront stuff was not quite 'right' yet. Newland lake was good, though.

[TheBaron]

The Baron approves.