E:TW Graphics

I am not sure if this is somewhere already (my short search brought up nothing, so it should be good), but I am curious why there isn't a graphics option to tone the unit models down to R:TW quality.

In Rome it was not a problem to zoom in on a mass melee and still have a decent framerate. In Empire, not so. They have Shogun quality sprites on the lowest settings, so why not some Rome quality models?
With lower requirements more people could play it, more could have larger battles, and zooming in on a heap of units won't kill the framerate for those of us who don't have new computers.

Thoughts?

yeah there is. low unit quality. try it.

Let's stop all development in the graphics department, so people with PC's from 2003 can still play games.

Or not.

Go buy a better PC.

Originally Posted by Cozur

Let's stop all development in the graphics department, so people with PC's from 2003 can still play games.

Or not.

Go buy a better PC.

actually... the LOD4's (the lowest graphic unit... the true sprite) looks worst than RTW this is a no no and has nothing to do with the quality of your computer... top end computers still have this when zoomed out and it is messed up!!! CA should fix the bottem end sprite to at least look like something other than a disfigured turd!

Originally Posted by Ragga

actually... the LOD4's (the lowest graphic unit... the true sprite) looks worst than RTW this is a no no and has nothing to do with the quality of your computer... top end computers still have this when zoomed out and it is messed up!!! CA should fix the bottem end sprite to at least look like something other than a disfigured turd!

the Lod4's can be cut out of it completly, its a simple job. Though the 3's and 4's are so similar I doubt it will have a real impact

Originally Posted by -TopCat-

the Lod4's can be cut out of it completly, its a simple job. Though the 3's and 4's are so similar I doubt it will have a real impact

Is cutting out Lod3 possible too ? (will probably have quite an impact on performance, though)

Originally Posted by demoman_chaos

I am not sure if this is somewhere already (my short search brought up nothing, so it should be good), but I am curious why there isn't a graphics option to tone the unit models down to R:TW quality.

In Rome it was not a problem to zoom in on a mass melee and still have a decent framerate. In Empire, not so. They have Shogun quality sprites on the lowest settings, so why not some Rome quality models?
With lower requirements more people could play it, more could have larger battles, and zooming in on a heap of units won't kill the framerate for those of us who don't have new computers.

Thoughts?

Please don't ask ca to dumb down the graphics so that people who refuse to upgrade can play it. a pc that can max etw is cheap and there's no excuse.

Most units actually have four models of different qualities. The lowest quality model looks far worse than a RTW model; they're used instead when you view things from a distance.

You should probably just set your unit quality to "Low".

Originally Posted by ForlornHope.

Please don't ask ca to dumb down the graphics so that people who refuse to upgrade can play it. a pc that can max etw is cheap and there's no excuse.

I can max out Empire and my PC only cost 850 australian, so for this new generation of games it's either upgrade or play your classics.

sorry if i sound stupid but is the problem with when zooming in framerate to do with memory or the video card?