Anyone know the cause of the texture pop in Halo2?
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Alpha_Spartan
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That's likely a side effect of the textures being cached from a slower medium, namely the hard drive.
Simon Templar
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From what I recall is is because of an overly agressive LOD system and the limited memory the original xbox had (64 mb).
The reason is that they went for (almost) zero load times after the first one.
The result is that the scenes are still loading the last stuff while their first frames are being displayed.. I would be happy with a black screen for that 0.5 second instead of seeing ugly popping though.
The result is that the scenes are still loading the last stuff while their first frames are being displayed.. I would be happy with a black screen for that 0.5 second instead of seeing ugly popping though.
I notice some pop up on the Xbox 360 as well, but it's not as bad when it does happen which is a lot less frequent than I remember on the Xbox.
It does look nicer with the AA, I used to cringe when playng it on my xbox on my 2405FPW (back when it was 480p), now it looks nice at 720p.
It does look nicer with the AA, I used to cringe when playng it on my xbox on my 2405FPW (back when it was 480p), now it looks nice at 720p.
Primarily in cutscenes?
I played Halo 2 for a couple hours some time ago, and I recall that the pop up was primarily during the cutscenes. Why Bungie didn't just use FMV for the cutscenes is beyond me, as it would have really improved the story telling. Actually the only reasons I can think of for not using it would be disk space (lack of) or dynamically generated graphics (player influenced).
I played Halo 2 for a couple hours some time ago, and I recall that the pop up was primarily during the cutscenes. Why Bungie didn't just use FMV for the cutscenes is beyond me, as it would have really improved the story telling. Actually the only reasons I can think of for not using it would be disk space (lack of) or dynamically generated graphics (player influenced).
They never have, and they probably never will in future games.
I thought the cut-scenes in Halo 2 looked great for real-time rendering (sans popping). They had some good use of depth of field. The consistency between cinematics and gameplay in terms of graphics is something I feel helps keep the player immersed.
I thought the cut-scenes in Halo 2 looked great for real-time rendering (sans popping). They had some good use of depth of field. The consistency between cinematics and gameplay in terms of graphics is something I feel helps keep the player immersed.
