No 2Dsprites this time please!!

[Breoghan]

I hope CA don't use in Rome 2 those horrible 2D sprites that make the units look awfull when you zoom out like in previous total war games...I know they're necesary to avoid lag, but there would make an option to set the distance in wich appear the 2d sprites, and allow to the powerfull pc's to run the game without sprites, like in Rome 1 and Medieval 2 (setting the unit detail highEST in preferences)

[Templar Knight]

would you rather your computer catch on fire instead?

[Gollrir]

No complaining about 2D sprites this time please!!

[DarthRuanek]

As games and computers evolve things that were issues a while ago aren't as big of a problem now. CA has been improving the graphics with every TW game. I'm sure they'll keep doing so.

[Breoghan]

would you rather your computer catch on fire instead?

Yes i like to have the option of course....

[Zimmy]

I don't think the 2d sprites appeared if you set your settings to holyshitinsanegraphicsmycomputerisgoingtoimplode

[Greve Af Göteborg]

Wasn't it possible through modding? however performance became so poor that it was pretty much unplayable?

[Raimeken]

2D sprites won't disappear until our computers get better, and displacement mapping and tessellation get much more integrated into PC games. I'm not even sure my computer and people's computer's better than mine could run the game without 2D sprites.

[Lord Baal]

Nah they will appear again. Is the way it is fellas, if not the game would slow a lot while zooming out to see the whole battlefield. CA could in theory come up with a Better LoD algorithm that load the details faster so they don't have to do the 2d to 3d transition, perhaps they even have done so in tests and alphas, but believe it or not small 3d objects, at least in my experience look far worst than 2d sprites. Of course that just in my experience and I could be wrong about CA testing it in the past. It's a matter of asking Jack about it.

[General George S. Patton]

Unless ur running quadruple cpu overclocked to 5ghz 8 cores each, with 4 sli nvidia 690s with an insane motherboard, 48 gigs of hard core ram, liquid cooled, ur not running with no sprites.

[Hasforth9]

Unless ur running quadruple cpu overclocked to 5ghz 8 cores each, with 4 sli nvidia 690s with an insane motherboard, 48 gigs of hard core ram, liquid cooled, ur not running with no sprites.

"48 gigs of RAM"

You do realize that going above 8 gb on a x64 system wont do anything unless you are doing industrial style task, right?

[DarthRuanek]

"48 gigs of RAM"

You do realize that going above 8 gb on a x64 system wont do anything unless you are doing industrial style task, right?

I think you missed the point. That being that he is describing a supercomputer of sorts that you really wouldn't have.

[Hasforth9]

I think you missed the point. That being that he is describing a supercomputer of sorts that you really wouldn't have.

I know

[DarthRuanek]

I know

Then why did you say that?

[Shea O'Gorath]

"48 gigs of RAM"

You do realize that going above 8 gb on a x64 system wont do anything unless you are doing industrial style task, right?

You do realise it was a hyperbole right?

[General George S. Patton]

"48 gigs of RAM"

You do realize that going above 8 gb on a x64 system wont do anything unless you are doing industrial style task, right?

Sarcasum/overexaduration to state a point

[zg0301zg]

"48 gigs of RAM"

You do realize that going above 8 gb on a x64 system wont do anything unless you are doing industrial style task, right?

he was being sarcastic, unless you work in nasa and have unlimited techonoly on your disposal, it cant be done, maybe in distant future

[Sir StroudI]

I don't mind the 2d sprites, I just hope that their animations aren't soo... choppy (Napoleon TW horses, anyone?)

[mcantu]

in RTW and M2 it was possible to disable sprites by setting Unit Detail to Highest. this ability was removed starting with ETW and yes, it looked crappy when zoomed out...

[Shocked]

The poor CPU optimisation of TW games pretty much enforces the fact we need 2d sprites, there's just no way around them unless CA fixes up their CPU problems.