Realistic

[MLEdelen]

One thing I was looking forward to when perpetual was pullling up screenshots was the realistic corrodors and rooms. One thing I wasn't looking forward to was (no offence to the BC modders) Bridge commander looking bridges. I was looking at the trailer and the scene were you were on the bridge shooting bad guys....the bridge was WAY out of proportioned. it was smaller than what was on that trailer. (just wanted to throw that in there). Anyway, realistic graphics. it can be done....Eve Online did it. Perpetual would have apparently done it. why can you do it. And BTW.....the blue trail when you move your ship....SUCKS!!!! Make it more like the show. For instance, EVERYONE who makes a star trek game concentrates on space battles. Like it a war game. I just hope they don't make it where every mission has to do with some sort of battle. Federation is a peaceful organization......but lately they have turned the Federation into the Klingons...nothing but battle. Go in, shoot them up, warp out. nothing else. Like City of Heroes, Every mission is the same with a few variables. Get mission, go in, kill everyone, come out, get mission, go in, kill everyone, go out. It doesn't matter what the script for the mission is, it's either go in and kill, or click on something. I just hope this game is more interesting.

Anyway, back on graphics. perpetual version had better graphics.

[SovWell]

Look again, it was stretched back in hawk eye camera view and not first person or 2nd view. It gets better :)

[ValkerOmega]

First off i remember them saying that they were trying to put ways of solving missions without violence as possible, but you have to remember that One, the federation is either at or on the border of war with the klingons, letting their military side show, and Two, combat is just more appealing to mosrt players then overseeing diplomatic negotiations. personally im hoping most of the missions are combat oriented. When the federation is pushed, there have been alot of times when the higher ups seemed to have dropped their ideals. ( such as the total destruction of the borg or the attempt to make a stealth field against the treaty with the romulans, or Sisko tricking the romulans into the war)

As for inside the ship, I feel the same way, it felt slightly disportioned and wasnt that high in quality, but again if i remember right cryptic is using the same engine as in champions online, which is run off a more toonish feel. This could defiently be cleaned up fairly fell later on in development, but i dont hold out much hope for more realistic less boxy people. To me though the ships seem absolutly fine, wich makes me believe ill be spending most of my time flying them.

[Everitt_Cage]

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[LordDave]

1. Perpetual used pre-rendered screen shots. Meaning they went into Lightwave, Maya, or what-not and designed the area.

2. The bridge shots were, noticeably, done with basic texturing. My guess is that the bridge wasn't done. It could also be that it was a big bridge, or the camera just made it look big. Either way remember that we probably won't have just 5 bridge designs, we'll probably have a multitude, even custom designs of the developers so choose.

[MLEdelen]

ok, most of those instances had nothing to do with the federation. It was done by the captains without federation knowledge. The only aspect that you can attribute to dirty dealings was section 31.

[SAMEET]

Perpetual had dropped that realistic look. They were going cartoony, much more so than CS.
EVE online has no interiors.

[Trekkie]

I've said this numerous times before, but in my opinion the graphics are fine and they will definitely allow the game to reach a wider audience.

[Cryptic_Fan_101]

Good lord, another graphics thread. :rolleyes:

Please take this discussion HERE (http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=5835).

[SovWell]

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[gavinmasters]

Great shot! :eek:

[SovWell]

From Presious Post Elsewhere....

STO Bridge Battle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-m2DAYuEVw) - Video Clip
Image1 (http://www.gamerdna.com/member/SovWell/images/bridgecombat1-jpg)
Image2 (http://www.gamerdna.com/member/SovWell/images/bridgecombat2-jpg)



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