Preacher
Swabbie
Banned
WC 1 & 2 mod's meshes....
I have a problem w/ the way many of the meshes for WC1 & 2 ships (for various of the WC mods out there that are available) end up coming out. Once textures are applied, they look coarse; rather cartoonish & "blocky" being the end result. To me the main purpose for re-doing WC1 & 2 ships is so the original stories & battles can be re-lived in a more modern (read: realistic), up to date graphics medium. What good is lens flare & other modern graphics engine wonders if I'm battling with cartoonish-looking ships?--the whole sense of "realism" is destroyed.
Obviously the folks who work on these things are far more talented than such results would indicate, so why the discrepancy?... I understand trying to be faithful to the original, but the reason the ORIGINALS looked so cartoonish is that that was the most "state of the art" they COULD be back in that day. If your gonna go to the trouble of "updating" an old game to a newer medium, at least attempt to go "all the way" by creating more realistic (updated-looking) ships to go with it. What gives here? Can anyone explain?...
I have a problem w/ the way many of the meshes for WC1 & 2 ships (for various of the WC mods out there that are available) end up coming out. Once textures are applied, they look coarse; rather cartoonish & "blocky" being the end result. To me the main purpose for re-doing WC1 & 2 ships is so the original stories & battles can be re-lived in a more modern (read: realistic), up to date graphics medium. What good is lens flare & other modern graphics engine wonders if I'm battling with cartoonish-looking ships?--the whole sense of "realism" is destroyed.
Obviously the folks who work on these things are far more talented than such results would indicate, so why the discrepancy?... I understand trying to be faithful to the original, but the reason the ORIGINALS looked so cartoonish is that that was the most "state of the art" they COULD be back in that day. If your gonna go to the trouble of "updating" an old game to a newer medium, at least attempt to go "all the way" by creating more realistic (updated-looking) ships to go with it. What gives here? Can anyone explain?...