Mistwalker released as always now 2 new images and a video of Blue Dragon. The video is quite interesting, showing some skills, some new environments and monsters.
what's up with this new 360 alpha blending method that uses a pattern? i noticed that while playing viva pinata and the shadows like 2 weeks ago and you can see it in the 2nd picture all over the ship.
Maybe the little green helmeted enemies will be a a kind of in-game "stamp" of sorts for their games. I know some other companies do this. They have a certain thing in each of their games that are kind of iconic, I guess. Either that or it was a placeholder in Lost Odyssey.
The game looks really nice. I love the soft look of the graphics, it looks very visually pleasing. Also, I'm glad there are ways to avoid battles, and it seems the characters actually have AI (no random battles) *Lost Odyessy cough*
This was very interesting but i have a feeling if i watch too many trailers of the game i might spoil the experience because i love surprises but i cant help my self.
Thanks for the heads-up, but let me say your ads are getting REALLY annoying. If there isn't a half-naked woman on top of the page, there's another one talking out loud. Can't you use more discreet ads?
The alpha technique you are talking about is called stippling. I'll try to explain why you would desire such a thing.
In 3D rendering you have a depth buffer which allows you to draw objects without paying attention to their order. If for a new pixel the depth is nearer than the current value in the depth buffer the pixel color and depth value are replaced with the new ones. However, since only one depth value is stored per pixel this creates an issue with alpha blending where you can actually see two or more depths at the same time. Since the equations used to calculate the alpha blended color are order dependent, this means that the depth buffer which was particularly useful before, is completely useless for alpha blending. You could sort yourself, but this is restricted to object-to-object rather than the very nice pixel-to-pixel given by the depth buffer.
Stippling is basically an effect similar to the fact that a screen door resembles a tinted window. Each pixel is either entirely the foreground "translucent" object in the front or the background object. When perceived together it can seem like conventional translucency but the cost of sorting the objects has been completely removed.
Also, resolution will have a direct impact on stippling and so this effect will look better as the resolution is higher (since the pixels are then smaller).
Er, having written that detailed explanation of stippling, it really doesn't look like they are using stippling in that picture. :) It's looks like maybe it is related to the specular highlights on the metal? Dunno.
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@Driftwood Awesome! I’m loving it! It does show a much crisper picture and the frame rate looks good! I was playing Stella Blade and Dragonball Soarkling Blast! :) (2 Weeks ago)
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@Loakum: enjoy, the one Sony sent us will be there on launch day. Coverage will follow asap. (2 Weeks ago)
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*takes a large sip of victorious grape juice* ok….my PS5 pro arrived early! So much winning! :) (2 Weeks ago)
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Commented on 2006-11-10 10:33:43WOW WHAT AN INSANE VIDEO! :D
Commented on 2006-11-10 10:41:39what's up with this new 360 alpha blending method that uses a pattern? i noticed that while playing viva pinata and the shadows like 2 weeks ago and you can see it in the 2nd picture all over the ship.
Commented on 2006-11-10 10:44:27
Commented on 2006-11-10 10:45:27I hope those squeek sounds arent in the game :P And those "lost" voices too.
Commented on 2006-11-10 11:03:22
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Commented on 2006-11-10 11:05:31This game looks far more impressive running on an HDTV or some sort. It loses some of its visual flair in videos, but still awesome :D
Commented on 2006-11-10 13:35:43
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Commented on 2006-11-10 19:46:24In 3D rendering you have a depth buffer which allows you to draw objects without paying attention to their order. If for a new pixel the depth is nearer than the current value in the depth buffer the pixel color and depth value are replaced with the new ones. However, since only one depth value is stored per pixel this creates an issue with alpha blending where you can actually see two or more depths at the same time. Since the equations used to calculate the alpha blended color are order dependent, this means that the depth buffer which was particularly useful before, is completely useless for alpha blending. You could sort yourself, but this is restricted to object-to-object rather than the very nice pixel-to-pixel given by the depth buffer.
Stippling is basically an effect similar to the fact that a screen door resembles a tinted window. Each pixel is either entirely the foreground "translucent" object in the front or the background object. When perceived together it can seem like conventional translucency but the cost of sorting the objects has been completely removed.
Also, resolution will have a direct impact on stippling and so this effect will look better as the resolution is higher (since the pixels are then smaller).
Er, having written that detailed explanation of stippling, it really doesn't look like they are using stippling in that picture. :) It's looks like maybe it is related to the specular highlights on the metal? Dunno.
Commented on 2006-11-10 21:48:29Need to see this thing running on my 360.
Commented on 2006-11-11 00:51:43
Commented on 2006-11-11 02:10:40Everything we are seeing now we think we have an idea of the game, but we still don't really know what we are in for until we actually play it :)
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