In my eyes the games is not sub-hd, and even has QAA, there is always specular aliasing, Im gonna go ahead and said that this is actually a pretty good port.
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In my eyes the games is not sub-hd, and even has QAA, there is always specular aliasing, Im gonna go ahead and said that this is actually a pretty good port.
Well, let's wait and see with the output grabs... We can all go on about what we think looks blurry and muddy and what that means, but it is all saying the same thing over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over.
I think I understood it the first time that we shouldn't be expecting a miracle, so need I go on?
I think I understood it the first time that we shouldn't be expecting a miracle, so need I go on?
? Light wash? What means? Honestly for the rest I haven't notice differences , worsen resolution apart... the AA is there too, maybe some more slowdown on fps too
Could you elaborate? This goes against my (very basic) understanding of how MSAA operates.
Regarding the PSN demo for Riddick: Dark Athena:
The game appears to use a dynamic resolution system, similar to what the original Riddick on Xbox 1 used. At times, the game can be running at a full 720p with some FSAA, but when the framerate starts dropping because of some additional rendering requirements on-screen (e.g., flashlight turned on, intense combat/action, or certain viewpoints/environments) the resolution can drop to something around 1024*576 (The Darkness PS3 resolution) or perhaps even less than that. The framerate then noticeably smoothens out when this happens.
The game appears to use a dynamic resolution system, similar to what the original Riddick on Xbox 1 used. At times, the game can be running at a full 720p with some FSAA, but when the framerate starts dropping because of some additional rendering requirements on-screen (e.g., flashlight turned on, intense combat/action, or certain viewpoints/environments) the resolution can drop to something around 1024*576 (The Darkness PS3 resolution) or perhaps even less than that. The framerate then noticeably smoothens out when this happens.
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Could you elaborate? This goes against my (very basic) understanding of how MSAA operates.
sorry typo, I meant doesn't
Are you sure? The resolution seems ever the same ....
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Fixed, just tried and it's true, the sharpness change dynamically.
flipswitch
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Is this only for the PS3 version?
After analyzing some HD vids of the Riddick demo on Xbox 360 (courtesy of GamersYDE.com) it appears that the 360 version also utilizes a dynamic resolution-based LOD system as well, although the lowest resolution to which that version seems to (occasionally) degrade that I could detect was 1120*630, while the PS3 version frequently drops to 1024*576 (and I think below).
This is based on some preliminary testing on whatever videos I could find of both versions.
This is based on some preliminary testing on whatever videos I could find of both versions.
flipswitch
Newcomer
I thought that was the case for the xbox 360 ver too.In one section of the demo there was a ladder up above and riddick would use to pass over the guards.Once I was on the other side on the roof I could see the guards down below and instantly noticed the drop in resolution.
Or 576p or below, I don't think it can change more of two resolutions...
Do you have screenshots from the videos off-hand? I imagine you're doing that at least to do the counting.
Sorry, I don't have any screenshots saved. Basically what I do when I count pixels using HD videos is I press "Print Screen" while the video is running and paste it into Photoshop to analyze. After I'm done analyzing a couple stills this way, I just close without saving.
On that note, I've found some scenes in the 360 version where it definitely drops down to 1024 lines of horizontal resolution (extrapolating that to 1024x576... it's hard to find clean horizontal edges in this game), like the PS3 version, although it seems to happen less frequently.
I'm far from an expert on the matter, and I know that every single Team Ninja screen shots in the past has been super-sampled but those Sigma 2 one don't appear to be:
http://kotaku.com/photogallery/gdcsigma2/
Can the resolution be determined from those?
http://kotaku.com/photogallery/gdcsigma2/
Can the resolution be determined from those?
djskribbles
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Didn't look at them closely (not that I can count pixels), but I'm guessing NGS2 will run at the same resolution as NGS (1280x720 with no AA).
