mike, those "renders" you posted look bad because there horribly distorted. The guy that made them
A: renderd in the wrong texture res
B:Tried to meshsmooth it to round the edges
however if you just mesh smooth a model without effecting weights you get that nice "curvy taperd rubberband look"
While the old models dont have the poly count or texture res of Rituals they dont look as bad as those renders make them out to be, they are just BAD renders.
The thing im worrie about and that NOONE seems to get is that there will HAVE to be some big engine enhancments to deal with these new polycounts. It doesnt matter how awsome your hardware is people halflife is a 4 year old engine, it itself is only ment to handle so many polys. If these new models replace the old ones in multiplayer also (lord only knows how the whole CZ multiplayer content changes will actualy work) they better either finally rework the renderer or add LOD so that it balances out. Im not saying cater to old machines but its annoying to have a game go from playable on a machine to downloading an update and having it hit your framerate. While its true you could download lower poly replacments that should not have to be done.
A: renderd in the wrong texture res
B:Tried to meshsmooth it to round the edges
however if you just mesh smooth a model without effecting weights you get that nice "curvy taperd rubberband look"
While the old models dont have the poly count or texture res of Rituals they dont look as bad as those renders make them out to be, they are just BAD renders.
The thing im worrie about and that NOONE seems to get is that there will HAVE to be some big engine enhancments to deal with these new polycounts. It doesnt matter how awsome your hardware is people halflife is a 4 year old engine, it itself is only ment to handle so many polys. If these new models replace the old ones in multiplayer also (lord only knows how the whole CZ multiplayer content changes will actualy work) they better either finally rework the renderer or add LOD so that it balances out. Im not saying cater to old machines but its annoying to have a game go from playable on a machine to downloading an update and having it hit your framerate. While its true you could download lower poly replacments that should not have to be done.
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