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=== Model & Texture Updates === | === Model & Texture Updates === | ||
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''Click each event link to see some before & after images'' | ''Click each event link to see some before & after images'' | ||
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! Event | |||
! Models/Textures Updated | |||
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| [[Darkness Ascendant#Images|Darkness Ascendant]] | |||
| [[Drudges]], [[Golems]] | |||
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| [[Hollow Victory#Images|Hollow Victory]] | |||
| [[Tuskers]] | |||
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| [[Chains of Command#Images|Chains of Command]] | |||
| Character Underwear | |||
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| [[The Widening Gyre#Images|The Widening Gyre]] | |||
| [[Olthoi]] | |||
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| [[A Reign of Stone#Images|A Reign of Stone]] | |||
| [[Lugian]]s | |||
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| [[The Gathering Storm#Images|The Gathering Storm]] | |||
| [[Mosswart]]s, [[Cow]]s | |||
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| [[Flesh and Blood#Images|Flesh and Blood]] | |||
| [[Empyrean Stone Head]] | |||
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| [[Festivus#Images|Festivus]] | |||
| [[Banderling]]s | |||
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| [[The Madness of Men#Images|The Madness of Men]] | |||
| [[Gelidite Acolyte]], [[Gelidite Initiate]], [[Gelidite Lord]] | |||
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| [[Across the Vast Divide#Images|Across the Vast Divide]] | |||
| [[Small Creepy Statue]]s | |||
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| [[A New Threat#Images|A New Threat]] | |||
| Fern Plants, [[Mites]] | |||
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| [[From the Darkness Born#Images|From the Darkness Born]] | |||
| [[Phyntos Wasps]] | |||
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| [[Throne of Destiny#Images|Throne of Destiny]] | |||
| [[Lifestone]], [[Gromnie]]s, [[Monouga]]s, [[Reedshark]]s, [[Skeleton]]s | |||
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| [[Friend and Foe#Images|Friend and Foe]] | |||
| [[Tumeroks]] | |||
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| [[Announcements - 2010/06 - Shifting Gears#Teaser Images|Shifting Gears]] | |||
| Landscape: Grass, Ice, Desert etc | |||
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| [[Winter's Knight]] | |||
| Pine Trees | |||
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| [[Quiet Before the Storm]] | |||
| Aluvian [[Door]]s | |||
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| [[Shifting Shadows]] | |||
| [[Barbers and Hairstyles|Hairstyles]] | |||
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[[Category:Game Concept]] | [[Category:Game Concept]] |
Revision as of 23:38, 19 December 2011
Related topics: User Interface, Graphical Errors, Frequently Asked Questions
Articles
- Microsoft.com - Asheron's Call Technical Information (Day and Night Cycle)
Graphics Engine Updates
- Darkness Ascendant
- Colored lighting effects introduced. Many lights, including the sun and moon, will now cast colored light in both hardware and software modes.
- Throne of Destiny expansion
- AC: TD features an updated graphics engine that supports DirectX 9. Notable updates include:
- Updated from DirectX 7 to DirectX 9 and from 16-bit to 32-bit texture buffers.
- A complete texture update (6,500 textures).
- Some low-poly models (such as Gromnies and Monougas) updated.
- True Z-Buffering support.
- Native window mode (no more need to patch the client.)
- Anisotropic Filtering and V-Sync support.
- Basic lighting effects on your character.
- New pop-up windows for help system and trade skill interactions.
- 3D models of people and creatures are now shown in the ID panel instead of an icon.
- Software mode will no longer be supported.
- Weather Effects including landscape fog left out of new code base due to performance issues.
- AC: TD features an updated graphics engine that supports DirectX 9. Notable updates include:
- Toward Ancient Shores
- Lightning effects disabled due to complaints (you can still see the effect without the sound, however, at the Battlefield of Ayn Tayan).
- Shifting Gears
- Landscape distance fog reintroduced.
Model & Texture Updates
Click each event link to see some before & after images
Event | Models/Textures Updated |
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Darkness Ascendant | Drudges, Golems |
Hollow Victory | Tuskers |
Chains of Command | Character Underwear |
The Widening Gyre | Olthoi |
A Reign of Stone | Lugians |
The Gathering Storm | Mosswarts, Cows |
Flesh and Blood | Empyrean Stone Head |
Festivus | Banderlings |
The Madness of Men | Gelidite Acolyte, Gelidite Initiate, Gelidite Lord |
Across the Vast Divide | Small Creepy Statues |
A New Threat | Fern Plants, Mites |
From the Darkness Born | Phyntos Wasps |
Throne of Destiny | Lifestone, Gromnies, Monougas, Reedsharks, Skeletons |
Friend and Foe | Tumeroks |
Shifting Gears | Landscape: Grass, Ice, Desert etc |
Winter's Knight | Pine Trees |
Quiet Before the Storm | Aluvian Doors |
Shifting Shadows | Hairstyles |