The Witcher 3 : Wild Hunt ! [XO, PS4, NX, PS5, XBSX|S, PC]

[AlNom]

Wasn't Witcher 2 deferred? is that move really necessary? Dirt Showdown had forward+ and it didn't look convincing to be honest, not compared to other racing titles that are deferred anyway.

It was partial pre-pass on PC, but they switched to deferred shading on 360:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-the-making-of-the-witcher-2

"On Xbox we decided to go fully deferred, while on PC we used partial pre-pass - for skin shaders we have different lighting models (two specular values) and two passes that provided screen space subsurface scattering. We light an object and then apply albedo and specularity. Unfortunately we dropped it for Xbox, having to shrink down g-buffer due to optimisations," senior programmer Bartek Wroński explains.

LPP/Light Indexed DR & F+ are pretty similar.

Not sure exactly what you mean by convincing.

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The footage so far don't look PBR, most materials look the same(AC4 type of look).

PBR means that it's an energy conserving model. The BRDF models/equations will determine the look (artists) - material roughness/specularity.

I always thought image based methods are useful in reflections (cubemaps), but lighting? what good will they do compared to good lighting methods?

They might be referring to the light probes. Should give more accurate lighting information from the environment.

 

[ArcticCircle]

I belive there's some truth in those rumours. I had i5-3750k and 670 when I played Witcher 2 and it was stuggle to get even stable 30 fps. I had to disable ubersample and turn few options one step down to get relatively stable 60 fps at 1920x1080.

I expect Witcher 3 demanding even more from graphics card and CPU. Mostly high / medium options for me (unless Maxwell is released).

 

[shredenvain]

I think it is much to early for them to even have a final resolution set for either console.
We still have 9 months or more until this game releases. The one part from the rumor that states the console versions look like the Witcher 2. That really goes against common sense. I think once they finish the main development and optimize the game we should end up with at least 1080p/30fps on the Ps4 and 900p/30fps on the X1.

 

[shredenvain]

I think it is much to early for them to even have a final resolution set for either console.
We still have 9 months or more until this game releases. The one part from the rumor that states the console versions look like the Witcher 2. That really goes against common sense. I think once they finish the main development and optimize the game we should end up with at least 1080p/30fps on the Ps4 and 900p/30fps on the X1.

 

[jlippo]

They seem to have good time with Hairworks.
http://youtu.be/-i8K5M98eME

 

[pjbliverpool]

Thats some extremely realistic looking hair! Should make an excellent addition to the Witcher 3's graphics.

 

[DavidGraham]

It was partial pre-pass on PC, but they switched to deferred shading on 360:

Didn't know that. thanks.

Not sure exactly what you mean by convincing.

Didn't look that different from Dirt 3, or even Dirt 2.. sometimes it looked worse.

PBR means that it's an energy conserving model. The BRDF models/equations will determine the look (artists) - material roughness/specularity.

Of course, that's why it should allow each material to exhibit a distinguishable look from others. Something that hasn't been achieved till now judging from latest game footage.

They might be referring to the light probes. Should give more accurate lighting information from the environment.

Something like the light probes approach to Global Illumination?

 

[AlNom]

Continue PC settings relative to consoles here: http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?t=65105

 

[ultragpu]

New teaser pic from the live stream today. Oh wow holy shit at the lighting!

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/wa...-red-live-stream-here-on-june-5/1100-6420101/

 

[blakjedi]

New teaser pic from the live stream today. Oh wow holy shit at the lighting!

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/wa...-red-live-stream-here-on-june-5/1100-6420101/

Fantastic.

 

[Cjail]

Horses don't seem to leave tracks on the ground

P.S.
Can the mods edit the tile and change Xbone to XOne or something like that is less offensive.

 

[chris1515]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=HtVdAasjOgU

New trailer release date of the game 24th February 2015

 

[DieH@rd]

New trailer is awesome.

edit - Gamersyde version is even more awesome [40mbit ]
http://www.gamersyde.com/news_the_witcher_3_new_screens_and_trailer-15378_en.html

 

[AlNom]

Funny they show all the in-game stuff at 2.4:1 as well.

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Fuzzy wuzzy was a bear...


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[DieH@rd]

Official screenshots are 16:9

http://images.gamersyde.com/image_the_witcher_3_wild_hunt-25218-2651_0001.jpg
http://images.gamersyde.com/image_the_witcher_3_wild_hunt-25218-2651_0002.jpg
http://images.gamersyde.com/image_the_witcher_3_wild_hunt-25218-2651_0003.jpg
http://images.gamersyde.com/image_the_witcher_3_wild_hunt-25218-2651_0005.jpg
http://images.gamersyde.com/image_the_witcher_3_wild_hunt-25218-2651_0006.jpg

 

[AlNom]

Gimme a cinematic mode, HUD & sub-titties in the black bars.
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Is the woman with

Spoiler

white hair

supposed to be

Spoiler

Triss

 

[DieH@rd]

Is the woman with

Spoiler

white hair

supposed to be

Spoiler

Triss

No.

Spoiler

Triss is the readhed, that dark haired girl on a ship is Yennefer, and white-haired girl is Ciri.

 

[AlNom]

No.

Spoiler

Triss is the readhed, that dark haired girl on a ship is Yennefer, and white-haired girl is Ciri.

Ah ok,

Spoiler

Thought something might have happened to ol' Triss that gave her the white stuff - dreaded disease known as Agevitis.

Or something something magic overuse (like striss). Anyhoo.

 

[Cjail]

Gimme a cinematic mode, HUD & sub-titties in the black bars.

HUD it's evil.
It's very bad for immersion and it's the most anti-cinematic element conceivable...trust me

 

[DavidGraham]

Jaw dropped to the floor !!!