Bridge Commander Central
BC Forums => BC General => Topic started by: DJ Curtis on October 05, 2008, 12:08:40 PM
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Was just thumbing through some older files on BCFiles and found this pic of the p81/C2X Venture. Compare it with a contemporary screenshot. Honestly, it doesn't look like the same game.
Feel free to post other comparison shots.
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Better light positioning, higher resolution, AA/AF and better specular mapping (and turning ingame glows off) can really improve the graphics of the game.
Mostlikely someone managed to get enough patience and spare time to wait for a cray high res models to load in BC.
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Am I the only one who likes glows? :S
And as for the difference, it has come a LONG way. (Not that I'm putting down the older works, but, I'm sure everyone gets what I mean.)
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Am I the only one who likes glows? :S
And as for the difference, it has come a LONG way.
It largely depends on the type of glows. There are a lot of really ugly glows. ;)
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Better light positioning, higher resolution, AA/AF and better specular mapping (and turning ingame glows off) can really improve the graphics of the game.
Mostlikely someone managed to get enough patience and spare time to wait for a cray high res models to load in BC.
actually those are all easily game playable ships.
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My speculars never look that good! Why! :(
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Good graphics card?
That's what mine look like. :) (not bragging, just saying that it can indeed look that good)
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I have an 8500GT that can run most Source 2008 games on max.
What are your ingame settings? I have Specular Highlights checked in the options menu but they never show up like that on your Galaxy.
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Well, part of it is the star system the picture was taken in. The ambient blue light and angle are just right.
Have you used your nVidia control panel to increase your graphics settings?
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Definitely. They are completely maxed out for Bridge Commander. I might try it in a different map, though. I'm probably just too used to Legacy's suns for specs.
EDIT: Does anyone know why my specular highlights button keeps turning off?
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That's a nano fx issue... you can fix that by turning off "fix bright glow bug" *or what ever its called* in the nano fx config menu.
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Well, even after that DJ's galaxy looks like a plastic model. I've had speculars in the past, I don't get why it's not working here.
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Have you tried turning Enhanced Glows Off? That really helped me.
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This is what I end up with with no enhanced glows:
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Oh BTW If the Fix Bright Glow Bug is on, Speculars are disabled after any major event thing, such as ships exploding, new systems etc. So, seeing as that Galaxy is Damaged, did you try re-enabling specs?
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Ack, so how would I re-enable speculars if I am using Set Up Quickbattle in the Saffi menu? What I end up doing is Quick Battle and then use her to set up what I am doing.
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so how would I re-enable speculars
When you've finished, and got your pose, just re-enable Specular Highlights via the Esc menu.
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or to have them on all the time disable the fix and restart bc then turn on spec maps and play QB
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Eureka, got it guys, thanks.
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post a pic yo! :)
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I have no idea what map to do it on. It was faint on Belaruz. Give me a good map and I will work to do my best :P.
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How's this for specs? A little bright but it was Sirius B which is a White Giant or something (fails astronomy)
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Honestly, it doesn't look like the same game.
Totally agree. PC technology and BC game modding has come a long way since this game came out.
Funny, I have the p81/c2x Galaxy in one of my installs as well as many other "older" mods.
I now also have pretty much all the newest ship mods installed. The comparisons are staggering.
My BC installs are kind of a "journey through time". When I was a noob, I thought the p81 stuff (and plenty others of course) were incredible compared to the stock models.
Now look where we're at! The current BC Files POTD that DJ used as an example looks like it was a screenshot from the TV show.
Now imagine what Excalibur's game engine is gonna make things look...!
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I have no idea what map to do it on. It was faint on Belaruz. Give me a good map and I will work to do my best :P.
Try the Artrus system. Like so.
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guys please try and remain ontopic... DJ created this thread to describe the then vs now, so lets please stay on that note...
Barihawk, please feel free to make a separate thread to discuss specs and glows and such after which the related posts in this thread could be merged into that one...
thx :)