Infestation is UGLY, when will there be a graphical update to infestation? (FOR THE LOVE OF GOD)
PersianImm0rtal
Join Date: 2010-12-02 Member: 75414Members, Constellation, NS2 Map Tester
Join Date: 2010-12-02 Member: 75414Members, Constellation, NS2 Map Tester
I have been waiting and waiting, update after update... patiently... I am tired and decided to make a post about this. Am I the only one who thinks the infestation looks terrible and could easily be improved to look better?
For the love of God and all that is holy when will there be an update to infestation graphically? The infestation was the feature that kept me playing and following NS2 from it's humble beginning as a barren alpha and beta...
The infestation is the ugliest thing about the game, and the game is gorgeous and has wonderful graphics and mapping but it's completely ruined by a really ugly infestation. There needs to be some opacity so that you can be able to see through the infestation and see the geometrics of the mapping still. Right now it's just a solid color low res texture, and it looks very repetitive. Sure it's nice that it breathes and it's bumpy, yes, infestation has a great shape and animation, but there needs to be a better texture and you need to be able to see through it like a clear green slime. At least... this is the way that I had always imagined NS2's infestation to look.
Honest to god there was a bug in this game a year or two ago that made the infestation look better than what it's currently intended to look like at this time. I am sure a few of you may remember that.
Sorry for the rant...
This should be a main priority. This would be a huge improvement to the game. I would actually play the game more than just a couple of minutes a month.
For the love of God and all that is holy when will there be an update to infestation graphically? The infestation was the feature that kept me playing and following NS2 from it's humble beginning as a barren alpha and beta...
The infestation is the ugliest thing about the game, and the game is gorgeous and has wonderful graphics and mapping but it's completely ruined by a really ugly infestation. There needs to be some opacity so that you can be able to see through the infestation and see the geometrics of the mapping still. Right now it's just a solid color low res texture, and it looks very repetitive. Sure it's nice that it breathes and it's bumpy, yes, infestation has a great shape and animation, but there needs to be a better texture and you need to be able to see through it like a clear green slime. At least... this is the way that I had always imagined NS2's infestation to look.
Honest to god there was a bug in this game a year or two ago that made the infestation look better than what it's currently intended to look like at this time. I am sure a few of you may remember that.
Sorry for the rant...
This should be a main priority. This would be a huge improvement to the game. I would actually play the game more than just a couple of minutes a month.
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Agreed... but not sure how much the engine can handle... and there's not really any working transparency in the game. Have you ever looked inside an alien egg? Why's that thing floating in there? Well... rumor has it the outer skin was supposed to be transparent... but that didn't happen.
http://forums.unknownworlds.com/discussion/129119/minimal-infestation-looks-really-bad/p1
http://forums.unknownworlds.com/discussion/127635/i-have-a-bug-that-makes-minimal-infestation-looks-good
Secondly, this could potentially hurt performance which is not good.
Thirdly, you are another person claiming X should be the absolute main priority for the game which is a very subjective topic.
Lastly, I would love for any part of the game to look better (not that it looks bad). I do agree infestation could look a lot better and I would personally enjoy it. Ns2 is graphically appealing to me and if that can be improved further than fantastic.
Yes! Thank you! This bug actually sadly looks better than the full infestation. Obviously, it's possible to add into the game. Someone should AT LEAST do that.
THe main thing is that the infestation needs TRANSPARENCY . If transparency is added the infestation would look a MILLION TIMES BETTER.
In short try to make minimal infestation look like the really really old rich infestation if I understood him correctly.
So, like this?:
No. That old infestation used would be way too costly for the renderer. What samusdroid was talking about is the old "normal" infestation, before the new bubbly infestation existed. If it is actually possible to bring that old infestation back in a reasonable time has yet to be seen though.
Doesn't look too great either, but was a lot better than the minimal that was put in just before release.
As much as this may need some attention, I'm glad there are higher priorities than this, though.
Unintentionally hiding of course :P
I turned it off after hearing a gorge in stability, entering, spot-checking, seeing nothing and after the lifeforms made quick work of me the pig runs out of an infestation bubble in the corner, taunting. Cocky little pig
best seen around 2:12 and 3:18. If its the old one, please bring it back. For me with low end computer that barely is running ns2, the infestation is just a bumby ugly blurr and the minimal infestation looks just too bugged so I don't use it.
Removing the downsides to Rich infestation would ensure the only reason to pick minimal would be for a minimal FPS boost (~ 2-5 fps tops, last i checked)
And yea.. Rich could use just a tad more polish in the visual department, provided it does not effect fps much
I still wish there were 3 different levels of infestation depending on the maturity of the cysts in the room (heavy, medium, light). In a hive it would be very thick and covers most of the walls\ceiling and hangs down a bit. One can dream