RO2 Missing sniper items

[TheRedMenace]

Hay guys was just wondering what ever happened to the camo capes or smocks on the snipers that they where wearing in some of the pre release screenshots?
It would be nice to see them in the game once more.

 

[jalex3]

I would assume it was a performance hit, or too hard to make look right.

 

[TheRedMenace]

I would assume it was a performance hit, or too hard to make look right.

really that small of an object r u kidding me?

 

[Yoshiro]

really that small of an object r u kidding me?

No he is not. Having too many animation bones in an item, doubles its draw call count. This is also the reason why we had to remove the character mouth bones and animations.

 

[TheRedMenace]

No he is not. Having too many animation bones in an item, doubles its draw call count. This is also the reason why we had to remove the character mouth bones and animations.

Well thats a shame I thought it would be simple to do cloth physics in the game or even the games engine Unreal engine 3 could handle it :/

 

[>F|R< Sarcinelli]

That's what we get when they want the game to run on a potato

 

[Proud_God]

Couldn't this be bound to the graphic settings?

 

[Panzer Jager '43]

They're saving it for RO3 :IS2:

 

[Yoshiro]

Couldn't this be bound to the graphic settings?

It would require huge changes to how unreal handles animations I believe (or at least our build of it).

 

[Moskeeto]

I'm sure you would be surprised how much complexity went into making Batman's cape look right in the Arkham games. I believe one of the devs worked exclusively on the cape and nothing else.

EDIT: Here's my source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman:_Arkham_Asylum
It says:
"Eidos president Ian Livingstone said one developer spent two years programming Batman's cape, using over 700 animations and sound effects to make it move realistically."

 

[Andreson]

I'm sure you would be surprised how much complexity went into making Batman's cape look right in the Arkham games. I believe one of the devs worked exclusively on the cape and nothing else.

EDIT: Here's my source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman:_Arkham_Asylum
It says:
"Eidos president Ian Livingstone said one developer spent two years programming Batman's cape, using over 700 animations and sound effects to make it move realistically."

What about Nvidia Physx? Does that help at all?

 

[Moskeeto]

What about Nvidia Physx? Does that help at all?

The cape wasn't done through PhysX. I had to disable that because I don't have an Nvidia card and it caused massive frame drops on my end. Plus, the cape looks just as good on the console versions.

 

[TheRedMenace]

They're saving it for RO3 :IS2:

I WANT MORE NEWS OF IT!!! is it in Vietnam?

 

[Andreson]

The cape wasn't done through PhysX. I had to disable that because I don't have an Nvidia card and it caused massive frame drops on my end. Plus, the cape looks just as good on the console versions.

What about Mafia 2? I mean, they did use PhysX and they had this Trench Coat on the main character.

In fact, it almost seemed as if Nvidia would pay to 2K for even featuring the PhysX technology, at least so it seemed from the promotions.

I imagine, that there is no real need to make it anything super special if resources don't permit it. I think there are only 1 or 2 snipers per map anyway.

Is this kind of a complication specific for the Unreal Engine 3?

Because, truly if it's really so much work, perhaps it can be delayed until better times...

 

[r5cya]

I WANT MORE NEWS OF IT!!! is it in Vietnam?

there is no news. he was just making it up. nothing has been announced about a RO3.
there is a Vietnam mod being made called "in country". go check the mod forums. there's also "Grabenkrieg". a WW1 mod in the works.

 

[Andreson]

there is no news. he was just making it up. nothing has been announced about a RO3.
there is a Vietnam mod being made called "in country". go check the mod forums. there's also "Grabenkrieg". a WW1 mod in the works.

Yes, of course!
To be honest I don't know what is there left to improve if a sequel (hypothetically) comes out. Graphics satisfy me, animations are good, it's pretty much where I'd like it to be at - and I would imagine that making a new game would consume even more of a development team's resources wouldn't it?

It's expensive to make AAA games. The mods however are very promising...

 

[TheRedMenace]

there is no news. he was just making it up. nothing has been announced about a RO3.
there is a Vietnam mod being made called "in country". go check the mod forums. there's also "Grabenkrieg". a WW1 mod in the works.

yeah I know both the mods -_-

 

[Captured Joe]

German soldiers had overcoats in RO-OST, and it looked good.
(More accurate than the 'winter outfit' they have in RO2, BTW.)

So why no sniper poncho?

 

[Andreson]

German soldiers had overcoats in RO-OST, and it looked good.
(More accurate than the 'winter outfit' they have in RO2, BTW.)

So why no sniper poncho?

Can you give me an idea what was the overcoat like? I hardly remember... Was it a mod?

 

[Krobar]

No he is not. Having too many animation bones in an item, doubles its draw call count. This is also the reason why we had to remove the character mouth bones and animations.

One of the great mysteries solved.