Fighterjets above Circuit de la Sarthe
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- phlyerphanatic
How hard could it have been for them to put in time changes? This is the biggest and most glaring error in GT4 IMHO
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Solid Lifters
Could you please link this video here?! https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=1575051#
Idea
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phlyerphanatic
At a guess I'd say the tracks in GT are all pre-rendered with a certain lighting compile, which is something that can't be changed on the fly - you'd need to stop the race and load up a second version of the track with a different lighting compile.
yes I know other lesser games can do it, but the engine of the game determines what can be done in these respects and variable lighting effects would seem not to be something the GT engine can do. I'm sure they would have considered it but felt there were other aspects of the game more requiring of the resources.
oh and the jets are aerobatic planes, not fighters
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- Houston, Texas, USA
- JMarine25
Oh, stall us out on the "crummy AI" deal. I think we all realize that the AI is a b**** to contend with, but this is a broken record.
By the way, nice point, my fellow Texan h0ss. I think PD was working with a certain game engine and couldn't really manufacture such a shift in time. But don't fret. Chances are, we may see GT5 with the same driving physics, but a new graphics engine which features (but is not limited to) cycles in time, cycles in weather, maybe some damage (I heard it's possible with GT5), and maybe address all the issues GT gamers have b****ed about for GT4.
I think this can be done. My one real concern is about how you go about adding different lighting styles to buildings and such. I think if PD wants to examine day-to-night-to-day cycles, I recommend the Grand Theft Auto series. Play either Vice City or San Andreas and note the cycles of time. San Andreas does it a bit better than VC, but either game is good to use. There may not be realtime shading and reflective mapping, but it's nice to see day turn to evening, then night, and all the way back to the morning and afternoon.
PD's going to have to study this from other games, or if they can't be stopped, they can try making such time cycles themselves. And also, maybe look at Vice City and San Andreas and MotoGP 2 about weather. I wouldn't mind one or two more ice racing tracks for the next build, so snow would be cool. Okay, this is probably going to end up a wishlist, so I'll chill for now. Meanwhile, enjoy the fighter jet effect.
By the way, nice point, my fellow Texan h0ss. I think PD was working with a certain game engine and couldn't really manufacture such a shift in time. But don't fret. Chances are, we may see GT5 with the same driving physics, but a new graphics engine which features (but is not limited to) cycles in time, cycles in weather, maybe some damage (I heard it's possible with GT5), and maybe address all the issues GT gamers have b****ed about for GT4.
I think this can be done. My one real concern is about how you go about adding different lighting styles to buildings and such. I think if PD wants to examine day-to-night-to-day cycles, I recommend the Grand Theft Auto series. Play either Vice City or San Andreas and note the cycles of time. San Andreas does it a bit better than VC, but either game is good to use. There may not be realtime shading and reflective mapping, but it's nice to see day turn to evening, then night, and all the way back to the morning and afternoon.
PD's going to have to study this from other games, or if they can't be stopped, they can try making such time cycles themselves. And also, maybe look at Vice City and San Andreas and MotoGP 2 about weather. I wouldn't mind one or two more ice racing tracks for the next build, so snow would be cool. Okay, this is probably going to end up a wishlist, so I'll chill for now. Meanwhile, enjoy the fighter jet effect.
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- GrahamTurismo
a lot of us knew about it for over a month.
http://gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=57035
there was a big discussion as to wether or not this was photoshopped.
but now the planes are pretty common knowledge.
I'm surprised that so few people knew...
http://gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=57035
there was a big discussion as to wether or not this was photoshopped.
but now the planes are pretty common knowledge.
I'm surprised that so few people knew...
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JohnBM01
Bingo. In my company's engine, time of day lighting is burned into each set. That makes it possible for us to do some great shadowing and lighting effects, but we can't do really big lighting changes. We can do simple dynamic lights (like lights swinging on a string), but changing our burned-in lighting to a real-time lighting model is something that has to wait for the next generation of consoles.
Damage is something I'm personally NOT looking forward to. I have real doubts as to how fun it will be. Maybe people who can drive perfect gentlemanly laps with no touching have different opinions; for me, seeing a bunch of beautiful cars beat to all heck isn't going to make the game better.
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robin2223
NO
Not the only one.
