SiegfriedFM
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Ahh, excellent. I was wondering if the game was "fool proof", so to speak. Although you'd have to be quite a creative fool to do something like that 
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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion |OT|
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DenogginizerOS
BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
Steve, did you guys account for HDTV overscan when designing the maps and menu systems? Some games like PDZ and PGR3 did not and some items are cut off.
Well, the pics in the article are obviously from the PC version but there's a real nice-looking panoramic shot. The review itself is quite bad but all three reviewers (second + third opinion) gave the game a perfect 10!eso76 said:any nice outdoors shots ?
(Mods, notice i'm NOT asking for scans, just asking if pics are nice ! )
Kung Fu Jedi
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SnakeXs said:
I kinda thought the same thing.
DenogginizerOS said:
I had this problem as well on my 30" sony wega. My friend had an LCD, and it was absurd how much space he had between where the HUD elements stopped and the edge of the set stopped. About an inch on both sides.
I went into the service menu of my WEGA and pulled in the HSIZ. I got about 2 inches of real estate on each of the sides of my screen. WEGA's factory defaults are pretty absurd when it comes to overscan cutoff.. way above the standard that is abided by M$ (I believe it's that the hud must leave 15% of real estate between where it ends and the actual screen ends).
DenogginizerOS
BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
FlyinJ said:
I did the same thing last night. :lol Big improvement for me.
vatstep
This poster pulses with an appeal so broad the typical restraints of our societies fall by the wayside.
It's all CRTs, really. The sets are analog, and must be configured individually, so the testers at the factory who do the work just fly through the setup. It's been suggested that the average consumer would rather have some overscan (that they probably wouldn't notice) than have none and potentially get "black space" around the picture.FlyinJ said:
I'd bet that almost all CRTs with factory settings will have overscan issues with the games you mentioned. Some people just wouldn't notice.
Kabuki Waq
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SnakeXs said:
yep. Its even more hilarious that he can call someone else a troll.
Vyse The Legend
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SnakeXs said:
You're mean. Borys just wants a hug. =(
8 days to go.
PanopticBlue
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SnakeXs said:
It's just further proof of how much of a troll borys really is, not that his constant xbox/x360 trolls weren't enough evidence already.
Robobandit
Member
Chiggs said:
Yeah.. performance will drop but the AA won't be applied.. if the game doesn't crash, that is.
EviLore said:
It was said it's just because of the way they programmed the HDR lighting.
Some say because of a low(er performance) impact way it can be done on 360, others lazy developing.
A reply was also made that they COULD redo the HDR lighting for PC gamers to be able to have it and AA at the same time but "you do want the game this year, right"?
Perhaps Steve could answer this (or someone else even)...
The soundtrack is quite good, no doubt about it, but I'm curious to know how it is handled. The original Morrowind really didn't attempt to do anything special with the soundtrack, but rather, randomly played songs from a "playlist" of sorts. When exploring (anywhere in the world), you'd hear certain songs. When you enter combat, then, you'd hear OTHER songs. Outside of that, there was no order to the music.
How does Oblivion handle this? Do specific areas now feature specific themes and such? The music is extremely powerful sounding and setting it up to work alongside specific areas would have much more impact on the player than simply letting a playlist loop. Of course, if it is handled in the same fashion as MW, I suppose it isn't a huge deal. I would simply have preferred more attention to music usage.
The soundtrack is quite good, no doubt about it, but I'm curious to know how it is handled. The original Morrowind really didn't attempt to do anything special with the soundtrack, but rather, randomly played songs from a "playlist" of sorts. When exploring (anywhere in the world), you'd hear certain songs. When you enter combat, then, you'd hear OTHER songs. Outside of that, there was no order to the music.
How does Oblivion handle this? Do specific areas now feature specific themes and such? The music is extremely powerful sounding and setting it up to work alongside specific areas would have much more impact on the player than simply letting a playlist loop. Of course, if it is handled in the same fashion as MW, I suppose it isn't a huge deal. I would simply have preferred more attention to music usage.
dark10x said:
Umm...that's not how I recall it at all. There were few tracks in Morrowind that were whored around quite a bit in the massive world. Town themes shared among several specific towns, a dungeon theme, a combat theme that played when you get aggro... No randomized playlists, when you enter Balmora or Vivec boundaries for example, you knew it based on the music.
SteveMeister
Hang out with Steve.
New Xbox 360 screenshots released today:
Music is handled in a similar fashion to Morrowind, but expanded upon a bit. There are several categories -- battle music, dungeon music, exploration music, town music, etc.
Music is handled in a similar fashion to Morrowind, but expanded upon a bit. There are several categories -- battle music, dungeon music, exploration music, town music, etc.
Vyse The Legend
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SteveMeister said:New Xbox 360 screenshots released today:
Music is handled in a similar fashion to Morrowind, but expanded upon a bit. There are several categories -- battle music, dungeon music, exploration music, town music, etc.
Wow, look at the blobs of green and blue in the third pic that Kobun mentioned! :lol
But seriously, looks very awesome. You can see the pop-in on the grass too in the 3rd picture (not bad at all). Plus, the 2nd picture shows the nice shadow being cast by the npc.
Robobandit
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Of all of the soundtrack music, I like Harvest Dawn and Wings of Kynareth best, aside from Reign of the Septims (title track)
Onos, blobs of green and blue! :lol
Looks splendiferous. Can't wait to begin my escapades.
And, a few annoying questions for Steve, which I'm sure he (probably rightfully) won't care to answer.
1) What's with all the weird resolutions used, both for PC and 360? These pics are amazing, and a few more pixels wouldn't change my mind about them at all, but why aren't they at the 720p standard resolution?
2) 8 days away, I know, but can we get a final verdict on shadows? If you could, just say what each of these categories of "world stuffs" has, wether it's just dynamic shadows, self shadowing, no shadows, or whatever.
Characters/NPCs
"Monsters"
Unchangeable "items" (Such as beds or furniture or whathaveyou)
Movable items and weapons (Books, fruit, potions, whatever can be manipulated)
Like I said, I'm sure you hate this by now, and no offense will be taken if you don't want to answer or just plain ignore it, but there's been so much "Oh I heard this was removed, this is in that's out" and "omfg no self shadows on evrything oblivun sux!" that it's killing me.
8 days, 8 damned days.. I dunno if I can make it.
Looks splendiferous. Can't wait to begin my escapades.
And, a few annoying questions for Steve, which I'm sure he (probably rightfully) won't care to answer.
1) What's with all the weird resolutions used, both for PC and 360? These pics are amazing, and a few more pixels wouldn't change my mind about them at all, but why aren't they at the 720p standard resolution?
2) 8 days away, I know, but can we get a final verdict on shadows? If you could, just say what each of these categories of "world stuffs" has, wether it's just dynamic shadows, self shadowing, no shadows, or whatever.
Characters/NPCs
"Monsters"
Unchangeable "items" (Such as beds or furniture or whathaveyou)
Movable items and weapons (Books, fruit, potions, whatever can be manipulated)
Like I said, I'm sure you hate this by now, and no offense will be taken if you don't want to answer or just plain ignore it, but there's been so much "Oh I heard this was removed, this is in that's out" and "omfg no self shadows on evrything oblivun sux!" that it's killing me.
8 days, 8 damned days.. I dunno if I can make it.
PotatoeMasher
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I've gone from excited to frustrated... this is the longest week ever!
Luckily next week is spring break for me, so I'll have lots of time to create the best damn Kahjit ever!
I've never been more excited to spend $50.
Luckily next week is spring break for me, so I'll have lots of time to create the best damn Kahjit ever!
I've never been more excited to spend $50.
Nope, it wasn't that way at all. There was only "exploration music" (which covered all non-combat portions of the game) and combat music. That was it. There was no Balmora theme or anything.Brandon F said:
Sounds like it has been taken further this time, though, which is good.
Vyse The Legend
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SnakeXs said:1) What's with all the weird resolutions used, both for PC and 360? These pics are amazing, and a few more pixels wouldn't change my mind about them at all, but why aren't they at the 720p standard resolution? Because they feel like it.
2) 8 days away, I know, but can we get a final verdict on shadows? If you could, just say what each of these categories of "world stuffs" has, wether it's just dynamic shadows, self shadowing, no shadows, or whatever.
Characters/NPCs- Duh, they cast shadows.
"Monsters"- They do also.
Unchangeable "items" (Such as beds or furniture or whathaveyou)- Nope, trees do however.
Movable items and weapons (Books, fruit, potions, whatever can be manipulated)- Already said a million times that they do not.
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Burger said:
Other than your post, not quite.
This isn't a "if everything isn't dynamically soft-self shadowed no sale" situation. They could tell me there's no shadows at all and I wouldn't care less.
It's an "a million and 3 different stories have been told about it, and I'd rather just get the facts and end it" situation.
You -1.
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
The bastards over at http://gamestop.com/ had me thinking it was shipping tomorow (Main page said the 14th)
SteveMeister said:New Xbox 360 screenshots released today:
Music is handled in a similar fashion to Morrowind, but expanded upon a bit. There are several categories -- battle music, dungeon music, exploration music, town music, etc.
*fap* *fap* *fap*
...
don't judge me.
SteveMeister said:New Xbox 360 screenshots released today:
Music is handled in a similar fashion to Morrowind, but expanded upon a bit. There are several categories -- battle music, dungeon music, exploration music, town music, etc.
Fuck, I need to see this game in motion. Where are my damned video previews Bethesda? Where the fuck are theyyyy
Vyse The Legend
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xexex said:
That photo is dying for a caption. It's like the moment right before he jumps out and brutally murders her. :lol
Robobandit
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Vyse The Legend said:
Or right before the horse kicks his ass.. your choice :lol
Littleberu
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GreekWolf said:
OH BUT I WAS SO WROOOOONGGG. Radiant AI is A REVOLUTION.
Allelluia to Radiant AI! No Hyperbole!
Vyse The Legend
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SnakeXs said:
You're still wrong.
:lol Perfect. No more need be said.
Willy Wanka
my god this avatar owns
xexex said:
I love this pic too. I can't believe I only have to wait 9-10 days to play it
Robobandit
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I just love the dragon lamps in that picture. Very cool.
damn it.. the wait is getting harder..
damn it.. the wait is getting harder..
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