Will DotS have better graphics and realism?

**Christian Strand** · September 09, 2009, 09:03 PM

Will the graphics on battle be better than vanilla ?

And also, about the realism.. In vanilla when a soldier is going to cut his sword into another soldier, it will look like he doesnt hit him. Will this look better in DotS? Perhaps tweaked? Thanks for any answers.

**sumskilz** · September 09, 2009, 09:09 PM

Will the graphics on battle be better than vanilla ?

Of course there will be better looking units. As far as the rest of the battle map atmosphere, we are looking into it. I'm not sure there will be an improvement in this regard in our first release.

And also, about the realism.. In vanilla when a soldier is going to cut his sword into another soldier, it will look like he doesnt hit him. Will this look better in DotS? Perhaps tweaked? Thanks for any answers.

Animations can be improved, but most of this problem is the game engine. We are looking into what animations are available from other mods, but we do not as yet have an animator on the team.

**Neige** · September 11, 2009, 12:42 AM

Originally Posted by sumskilz

Animations can be improved, but most of this problem is the game engine. We are looking into what animations are available from other mods, but we do not as yet have an animator on the team.

You should talk to Banzai!. Seriously, he has done some amazing job on unit cohesion and animations. Trust me it's amazing!

**OdinX** · September 10, 2009, 12:36 PM

It really all depends on the GPU and a number of other determining factors that determines whether a game looks good or not. In these regards I'm sure Sum and Pacco are doing a great job as you guys have seen in the unit mini previews, and I'm quite sure that the end product will look better, if not, slightly better than vanilla's graphics.

**Jaketh** · September 10, 2009, 09:39 PM

Originally Posted by OdinX

It really all depends on the GPU and a number of other determining factors that determines whether a game looks good or not. In these regards I'm sure Sum and Pacco are doing a great job as you guys have seen in the unit mini previews, and I'm quite sure that the end product will look better, if not, slightly better than vanilla's graphics.

GPU and CPU are not a problem for me and Christian, he has a 295 and i have a 260, we just need to see people hacking at eachother and actually hitting eachother

**OdinX** · September 11, 2009, 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by JakethX

GPU and CPU are not a problem for me and Christian, he has a 295 and i have a 260, we just need to see people hacking at eachother and actually hitting eachother

Man you guys are lucky. My comp is quite old (already half a decade old). I got a 6600GT, but even with that I can pretty much max out everything, but AA and shadowing.