Halo3 Pre-Release Pictures Thread *56k*

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Wed May 30, 2007 3:08 pm

ExileDestruction wrote:http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/7361/monzo4.jpg

I fail to see anything important or worthwhile in this image.

Darco · Post by **Darco** » Wed May 30, 2007 3:11 pm

It shows the sword.

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Wed May 30, 2007 3:28 pm

I'm fully aware of that.

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Wed May 30, 2007 4:33 pm

VG can tak good pics

even if yes its random

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Wed May 30, 2007 5:14 pm

Pistol looks like crap in H3... :/

(texture, mind, not the model. I think it's good they brought back the semi-original, to an extent)

V0Lt4Ge · Post by **V0Lt4Ge** » Wed May 30, 2007 5:18 pm

It lacks shiny-ness.

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Wed May 30, 2007 5:51 pm

Whichc is surprising only because so many things are shiny in the haloverse...

ExileDestruction · Post by **ExileDestruction** » Wed May 30, 2007 6:35 pm

I think bungie tried to put in the shininess to fool people into thinking the graphics are good. There is no HDR lighting nor are there real-time reflections. However, this is a beta, so that may change in the real game.

Oh, and about my picture, a few people had posted a while back that they wanted to know if bungie was going to put the sword on your back or on your leg like a pistol. So, I was answering their questions.

Veegie[Temp] · Post by **Veegie[Temp]** » Wed May 30, 2007 6:40 pm

ExileDestruction wrote:here is no HDR lighting nor are there real-time reflections.

Wrong. And the real time reflections are running internally as we speak, but in the beta for performance reasons, they have dynamically updated cubemaps placed in regards to bsp portals.

Hell, the current rendering engine is calculating albedo, on top of the HDR.

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Wed May 30, 2007 6:48 pm

There is the lighting silly...It is most prevailent in snowbound...go indoors to outdoors...Takes a bit to see all the beautiful detail yes?

The RTF was something I was dissapointed in, however I hope to see if implemented fully later as reflections is something I'm always amazed by...Just looke at the trailer...

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Wed May 30, 2007 7:22 pm

ExileDestruction wrote:However, this is a beta, so that will change in the real game.

Fixed your quote.

Sgt.Peppers · Post by **Sgt.Peppers** » Wed May 30, 2007 7:48 pm

'Atta boy Tural

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ExileDestruction · Post by **ExileDestruction** » Wed May 30, 2007 8:23 pm

lol. Well I guess point well proven wrong.

Geo · Post by **Geo** » Thu May 31, 2007 1:10 am

Veegie wrote:Hell, the current rendering engine is calculating albedo, on top of the HDR.

Albedo as in the geographical term for the amount of solar radiation reflected by a surface? Or is this some fancy term for something technical in rendering engines. If it's not the latter, then why would they need to calculate that? Seems a bit unnecessary in my opinion!

Veegie[Temp] · Post by **Veegie[Temp]** » Thu May 31, 2007 4:58 am

Albedo as in:

Percentage of reflected sun light in relation to various surface conditions of the earth.

It's light bouncing. It's why when you stand in a bright area with a red spartan, you can see a slight red tint in the shadows or on a wall.

V0Lt4Ge · Post by **V0Lt4Ge** » Thu May 31, 2007 7:52 am

Wait, water is less reflective than snow? Or am I reading the graph wrong?

Or do I have no idea what I'm talking about?

ExileDestruction · Post by **ExileDestruction** » Thu May 31, 2007 8:11 am

Thats not how I perceived it....

Jordan · Post by **Jordan** » Thu May 31, 2007 10:32 am

Veegie, you never cease to amaze me.

galvination · Post by **galvination** » Thu May 31, 2007 10:42 am

Wait, water is less reflective than snow?

Considering snow is lots of tiny ice crystals that makes sense.
Or atleast in my mind.

V0Lt4Ge · Post by **V0Lt4Ge** » Thu May 31, 2007 10:45 am

I guess it does.

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