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Subject: Original thread! (i think) what about Halo 2's graphics?
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in Halo 1, the rocks looked okay, but you could see that they were just big polygons and had straight lines on the edges where there would normally would be curves. does anyone know if this will be fixed for Halo 2 and if the rocks will look realistic?

  • 06.19.2004 8:30 PM PDT
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you spend to much time looking at the rocks and not enought time with the game ... hell ya all graphics will be 10x better

  • 06.19.2004 8:32 PM PDT
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I don't know but I hope the plants are fixed. When you got up close to a tree you could tell that all the branches and leaves were flat.

  • 06.19.2004 8:32 PM PDT
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I think this time we might spend a good amount of time in cities. But yeah everything looks great no not great, FRIGGIN" Awesome!

  • 06.19.2004 8:40 PM PDT
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i was just asking but i think they along with everything else will get alot better (Woohoo!)

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have you ever looked at the screenshots? that should answer the question

  • 06.19.2004 8:41 PM PDT
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Posted by: terminatordavid
I think this time we might spend a good amount of time in cities. But yeah everything looks great no not great, FRIGGIN" Awesome!


no kidding its going to be awesome!

  • 06.19.2004 8:41 PM PDT
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Posted by: shoemaker32
have you ever looked at the screenshots? that should answer the question


yeah i've seen them all but i wasn't looking at the rocks ;)

  • 06.19.2004 8:42 PM PDT
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Bungie decided to redo its graphics engine using mac g5s complete with Radeon9800XT's. But the xbox however, is running a nvidia FX5400. The radeon is better. So the graphics you see are sometimes out of the g5 and notice how the gameplay videos reflect the xboxs capabilities and look a tad bit "unpolished", but the game will still look awesome and is going to push the limits of your xbox to the max, you should htank bungie for giving your xbox some exercise.



Sorry folks that all the intelligence your going to get out of me for one week

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Posted by: FunkyCheese
Bungie decided to redo its graphics engine using mac g5s complete with Radeon9800XT's. But the xbox however, is running a nvidia FX5400. The radeon is better. So the graphics you see are sometimes out of the g5 and notice how the gameplay videos reflect the xboxs capabilities and look a tad bit "unpolished", but the game will still look awesome and is going to push the limits of your xbox to the max, you should htank bungie for giving your xbox some exercise.



Sorry folks that all the intelligence your going to get out of me for one week


yeah i can't wait until Xbox 2 the graphics on it will be unbelievable

  • 06.19.2004 8:52 PM PDT
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To the first and third posts: What do you mean, "fixed"? Rocks and plants always look like that. They're getting better, yes.. but they're still essentially the same, even now. Far Cry is full of bush, it's incredible.. but it doesn't take much to realise it's flat. The rocks have big stupid lines on them too. I can't pretend I know anything about how games are made, but since every game I've played to date is like that.. I'll assume that's how it's done.

  • 06.19.2004 9:13 PM PDT
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yeah bush is good.....in far cry of course

  • 06.19.2004 9:18 PM PDT
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Posted by: InaneDrivel
To the first and third posts: What do you mean, "fixed"? Rocks and plants always look like that. They're getting better, yes.. but they're still essentially the same, even now. Far Cry is full of bush, it's incredible.. but it doesn't take much to realise it's flat. The rocks have big stupid lines on them too. I can't pretend I know anything about how games are made, but since every game I've played to date is like that.. I'll assume that's how it's done.


yeah i know. i should have picked a better word than "fixed", maybe "enhanced" anyways i was just asking so please don't flame me

  • 06.19.2004 9:19 PM PDT
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they dont have plants in Halo 2. Sorry. No rocks either. its says that in the 1st weekly update

  • 06.19.2004 9:21 PM PDT
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Posted by: FunkyCheese
they dont have plants in Halo 2. Sorry. No rocks either. its says that in the 1st weekly update


yeah sure. Bungie said there would be more city terrain, but never that there was going to be no plants or rocks. just check out the screenshots ;)

[Edited on 6/19/2004 9:24:43 PM]

  • 06.19.2004 9:23 PM PDT
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Don't feed the Trolls Masta Cheif *grins*

  • 06.19.2004 9:25 PM PDT
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THey deleted the screenshots

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Posted by: FunkyCheese
Bungie decided to redo its graphics engine using mac g5s complete with Radeon9800XT's. But the xbox however, is running a nvidia FX5400. The radeon is better. So the graphics you see are sometimes out of the g5 and notice how the gameplay videos reflect the xboxs capabilities and look a tad bit "unpolished", but the game will still look awesome and is going to push the limits of your xbox to the max, you should htank bungie for giving your xbox some exercise.



Sorry folks that all the intelligence your going to get out of me for one week


Hey, Funky Cheese, you're not the only intelligent person on these forums (although, I can see how you could think that with all of the stuff you hear around here). The Xbox isn't running on an FX 5400. It is running on a variation of the Geforce 3 graphics card. I don't believe there is even an FX 5400! The FX technology wasn't even around when the Xbox came out. And when they refer to a "graphics engine" they are not talking about hardware. They are talking about the code and tech running the game. By the way, all the screens and videos you see are from an Xbox.

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Posted by: Draerden
Don't feed the Trolls Masta Cheif *grins*


gotcha

  • 06.19.2004 9:42 PM PDT
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Posted by: Lathen
Posted by: FunkyCheese
Bungie decided to redo its graphics engine using mac g5s complete with Radeon9800XT's. But the xbox however, is running a nvidia FX5400. The radeon is better. So the graphics you see are sometimes out of the g5 and notice how the gameplay videos reflect the xboxs capabilities and look a tad bit "unpolished", but the game will still look awesome and is going to push the limits of your xbox to the max, you should htank bungie for giving your xbox some exercise.





Sorry folks that all the intelligence your going to get out of me for one week


Hey, Funky Cheese, you're not the only intelligent person on these forums (although, I can see how you could think that with all of the stuff you hear around here). The Xbox isn't running on an FX 5400. It is running on a variation of the Geforce 3 graphics card. I don't believe there is even an FX 5400! The FX technology wasn't even around when the Xbox came out. And when they refer to a "graphics engine" they are not talking about hardware. They are talking about the code and tech running the game. By the way, all the screens and videos you see are from an Xbox.




Oh my bad, Yes thats what i ment, geforce. and about the graphics engine, they need a faster tech so therefore they need a faster Graphics card and in the Interview with bungie they were using g5's(the best computer on the planet) and in order to have a powerfull graphics engine at high tech speeds, what do you need? C'mon i know you know this...

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Oh my bad, Yes thats what i ment, geforce. and about the graphics engine, they need a faster tech so therefore they need a faster Graphics card and in the Interview with bungie they were using g5's(the best computer on the planet) and in order to have a powerfull graphics engine at high tech speeds, what do you need? C'mon i know you know this...


I do know all of this. I also said nothing about them getting new hardware. I just made a comment on the Xbox's graphics card and the definition of graphics engine. I want to make it clear that the graphics engine has nothing to do with hardware except for the fact that it utilizes it. The graphics engine, at its core, is the CODE.

  • 06.19.2004 10:05 PM PDT
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Woah, no aggresion intended

  • 06.19.2004 10:09 PM PDT
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I mean no agression either. I just love debating! : )

  • 06.19.2004 10:14 PM PDT
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well i dont know about all that but i would rather them put things in halo 2 like being able to carry more than one grenade when a lot of people are playing or make bodies and carnage pile up then have really really cool smooth rocks. (a pinch of sarcasm at the end)

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  • 06.19.2004 10:56 PM PDT
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Most likely they will fix that and just about everything wrong with the first one.

  • 06.19.2004 10:57 PM PDT