Hello everyone,
just a quick rundown of some of the things in test 2. The camouflage fixed – yea, I tried to look at it in Tank Viewer and nothing seemed wrong, so who knows. Personally, I think they fixed this:
This is from Test 9.3 actually and it’s a Maus, but you can see that the turret texture is stretched wrong, so maybe it was present on the Tiger II as well. Then the visual model changes – I had a look at both of the test 1 and test 2 versions and I have absolutely no idea what they changed visually on any of those listed models (Centurion 7/1, KV-85, M5 Stuart, M3 Lee) – both versions are identical. Whatever it was, it was probably on the “let’s shift this texture two pixels to the left” level.
Oddly enough they seemed to have optimized the premium hangar a bit by making some textures more visible. I didn’t bother with the new models yet, they are still in supertester mode and thus ridden with bugs, but that’s what the test is here for and you can’t drive them anyway. Seen some of those on the test though, looks like none of them are exactly OP, but the T-55A is pretty good. A bit sluggish, but good.
Anyway, back to further posts. To Stalingrad map I will return later. My first impression is that it’s basically Ensk – same style of gameplay (which is actually good). I like it (I’ll make a video, it’s better than to describe in text in this case).
This is how the “Escape” menu looks in 9.4 Test 2:
They also reworked the dynamic shadows and their display on tanks. Now they are very… sharp. I don’t know, to me it looks a bit odd.
And of course, then there’s the sounds. Allegedly, the developers reworked them based on Test 1 feedback. I don’t know – they sound pretty same to me. High calibers still sound like peashooters. They are in a separate post.
new computer?..naughty boy
spec?
Quantum computer – runs WoT on 60-70 FPS :D
My computer runs WoT at 17 fps on lowest setting
Maybe its time to replace this cheap toaster with at least a good blender, huh?
but if you replace a toaster with a blender…… how will you toast?! D:
Powdered toast man has you covered.
Awesome, stencil shadows. It’s been a while since I last saw those.
WTF? why WG went to back to stencil shadows? arent those even more demanding compared to soft shadows?
Not to mention those are pure fake in open daylight levels such as in WoT. Stencil shadows are more for dark horror games, generated by close light sources. (flashlight, lamps, light bulbs, etc).
Soft shadows were alot better and even those were fake. Take a look at PCCS (percentage closer soft shadows) in Far Cry 4.
http://www.anandtech.com/Gallery/Album/3946#5
Just as IRL.
Those are less demanding.
DX11 Contact Hardening Soft Shadows is the best we have
Are there T-55A and others in PUBLIC 9.4 test?
To me the sharp shadows help to show scale. On “smaller” objects like a person you can never see the details of a shadow of (ie) a tree, but on a larger flat surface like the super structure of the SU-100 you can more easily see the full/detailed lines of a tree shadow.
Judging from that image, I like it. It adds to scaling.
Stalingrad, another terrible map. How can you even like it?…
Shells flying through tanks fixed ?