https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/14568-Design-The-New-Damage-System
This looks nice. I want to paint pictures on my foes.
This looks nice. I want to paint pictures on my foes.
New damage system
- Thread starter RipVanDan
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Lonestar the Kilrathi
Rear Admiral
Pr0totype dFA
Space Marshal
WarrenPeace
Space Marshal
This is pretty awesome looking. I'm a little in awe of how much tech the crew seem to be inventing just to make this game more immersive and better.
So hot, just damn...
Everyone shoots off people's wings from now on.
Wonder if this incentivizes is to shoot the cockpit now?
Everyone shoots off people's wings from now on.
Wonder if this incentivizes is to shoot the cockpit now?
DragonHeart
Space Marshal
Lonestar the Kilrathi
Rear Admiral
i think it will exist, but it'll be expensive. The new "titan" from nvidea (i forgot what it's called) but i know it has 12g of memory, when the 780 titan was first around i was running a 1024 gtx570. Now i'm running a 980 with 4Gb, and if i remember correctly the titan was 6Gb of Vram. If i was a "real" enthusiast i'd be running SLI at least and have 8Gb worth of Vram across 2x980's.
Point being, when SC has their commercial release probably towards the end of 2016ish we'll be well past the 980's and New Titans and onto the next series of cards and also the next-new titans. The next new titans (if the current ones have 12 and the previous ones had 6) could have something like 18 or 24 g of Vram on a single card, which is NUTS especially if the (at that time) "older-gen cards" are the current Titans with 12, which means the "budget enthusiast cards" at that time will probably have like 8 or 12 G of vram themselves.
Anyway, none of that may even make sense in reality, but i'm predicting by the time SC commercially releases high tier-enthusiasts will be running something like 24 or 36 gigs of Vram in SLI and your average gamer PC will have 8 - 12 easily on one card.
TL;DR i have no idea what i'm talking about, but i'm very optimistic
Honestly the only thing that concerns me is network traffic and lag, and i don't see internet speeds increasing appreciably over the next two years. but it sounds like that is at the forefront of their design and thought processes, so, i'm keeping my hopes up
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Apparently this new system uses 4 times less memory, and particles are rendered with GPU and not CPU like the original.
Huegpaynis
Space Marshal
Don't forget the benefits of optimization. Better cards and better optimization are going to be huge.