World of Tanks Encore - a demo program of the graphics engine Core, which will soon turn on the World of Tanks tank. By running the World of Tanks Encore on your computer, you can get an idea of \u200b\u200bhow productive on it will be World of Tanks with the Core engine.
Like the Core, World of Tanks Encore is fully designed within the Wargaming - World of Tanks PC command.
Core will greatly improve the look of World of Tanks. After translating the game on Core almost all the contents of the cards - landscape, water, vegetation, lighting, shadows, clouds, buildings and other objects - will be replaced with a new, developed from scratch.
The program offers to choose from three preset quality: "minimum", "middle", "ultra". These are the World of Tanks graphic presets on the new Core engine, so their names (and quantity) differ from the familiar players for the current World of Tanks "minimum", "low", "middle", "high" and "maximum". In some cases, World of Tanks Encore can recommend you a lower level of graphic settings than the one you are in World of Tanks. (For example, you can now play at the level of "maximum" and get in Encore "average", not "ultra".)
Quality presets - "minimum", "average" and "ultra" - differ in screen resolution and quality textures, lighting, shadows, landscape, water, particles, etc. In all presets, you can change the resolution, and the presets "middle" and "ultra" You can customize for this parameter as smoothing. Next to the values \u200b\u200bof the parameters that were changed will be displayed a special icon in the form of a gear. Comparing the result shown by your computer in World of Tanks Encore, with strangers, you should consider presets, as well as installed resolution and smoothing.
No, the restriction on customization of presets concerns only Encore. World of Tanks gives the highest selection of graphic settings now and will continue to offer it in the future.
Most likely, there was a drop in either our Encore or your video driver. Please contact Support Service (https://ru.wargaming.net/support/).
First of all, do not panic. First download the Encore and try all settings. We pay great attention to optimizing Core - especially for low and medium performance machines.
You can focus on this result, but there will be no full conformity.
Since the World of Tanks Encore is not a benchmark, it evaluates computer performance in points. Points adequately reflect the power of the computer and make it possible to compare your result with others. If your computer is gaining 10,000 points - this is an excellent result that means that the selected presets will not be "brakes" and sharp FPS drops. The result from 8001 and higher ("Gold") is excellent, in 3001-8000 points ("silver") - good, up to 3000 points ("bronze") - acceptable.
If you run World of Tanks Encore on a laptop with discrete and integrated video cards, the program will automatically start on the discrete video card. If this does not happen, specify the video card driver settings so that Encore starts using a discrete video card. If you use a solution with multiple video cards (NVIDIA SLI, AMD Crossfire or analog), the program may not work correctly. World of Tanks Encore is optimized for the use of one video card.
World of Tanks Encore supports Windows XP SP3 / VISTA / 7/8/10.
The same as the major customer World of Tanks. You can see them on the official website of the game (https://worldoftanks.ru/ru/content/docs/download/).
Some antiviruses can block the WORLD OF TANKS Encore.
The program could not take into account some processes that launched on your computer and consumed system resources. For this reason, we recommend that you refrain from watching video, combat sessions in World of Tanks or other games, checking the car with antivirus and other processes loading the system. We also recommend users with laptops to include them in the outlet.
We will notify this in addition. The very appearance of World of Tanks Encore is a sign that the translation of the game on Core will occur soon.
The program is called FXAA Tool. It has an English-speaking interface, but it is not as scary, in principle, any computer user can understand the settings! The program will not require any of you, any huge knowledge! She is pretty simple! Let's look at it in more detail:
This is the main window of the program. FXAA Tool:
As you can see, various tabs are visible here, each of which is responsible for one or another graphics setting. The program has various filters that are superimposed on the game, and change the picture. After each change, do not forget to press the button. "Save". What are these filters let's look closer:
1. Anti Aliasing - This filter is responsible for smoothing. As you can see, there are several sliders here:
FXAA Quality is the overall quality of smoothing.
Blur Amount - the magnitude of blur.
CONTRAST THRESHOLD - smoothing contrast.
Darkness Threshold - Smoothing Dark Threshold.
Blur Amount, Contrast Threshold, Darkness Threshold - These parameters can be left by default, changing only FXAA Quality. Move on:
2.Sharpen. - This filter is responsible for the sharpness and clarity of the display. The effect of a grainy film in which the textures look worked, and not blurred. The difference is noticeably visible when the filter is turned on and off! Here we see also many sliders:
PRE SHARPEN POWER - The preliminary force of field, here is the main parameter. In the right corner there is a parameter HQ Sharpen. (High quality filter), you do not need to clean, leave as it is:
Blur Threshold - blur threshold.
Edge Threshold is a limitation of sharpness.
Contour Threshold - contour threshold.
POST SHARPEN POWER - the strength of the sharpness of the post-processing.
All four sliders other than the main PRE SHARPEN POWER I would advise you to leave. Go to the next filter!
3.HDr. - high dynamic range, brightness and chroma! It is used mainly to change photos, to give them brighter and worked out colors, but in our case it is possible and apply to the game!
Here are just two sliders:
HDR Power - HDR power.
HDR RADIUS - HDR radius.
4. Bloom (glow) - The effect of blurness of light. Gives more cinematography image.
Bloom Preset - Preliminary installation Bloom.
Bloom Threshold - Bloom threshold.
Bloom Width - Bloom Width.
Bloom Power - Power Bloom.
To the right in the corner, as you see, have a parameter "Toggle Preset". If you put a tick, then all the sliders will move together.
5. Tone map - Tone color map, environment.
Gamma - color gamut.
Exposure - exposure, color exposure.
Saturation - color saturation.
Bleach - discoloration.
Fog - Nebula.
6. Technicolor. - Change color, shade.
Technicolor Amount - the amount of effect of effect.
Technicolor Power - effect of applying effect.
Red, Green, Blue - the power of one or another color.
7. SEPIA - The effect of the old photo applied to the game. There is a list of shades, you can try to choose the desired, or leave off.
SEPIA POWER - Effect strength.
GREY POWER - gray shade power.
So we disassembled all possible settings. This program gives a very good picture in the game. Here are solely my settings, I advise you to put the same, but you can customize yourself.
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In the last article we talked about what kind of need and this is a priority for a comfortable game. But it is no less important to correctly configure the parameters of the game.
Proper settings - Pledge of a comfortable game! Now we will briefly consider all the game settings and pay special attention to setting the graphics.
1. Common settings
On the "Game" tab, there are general settings.
In the "Chat" section, you can enable the censorship of the messages so that instead of the crushing words, the asterisks are highlighted (recommended for children). Here you can turn off spam, invitations to a platoon, applications for friends and messages from those who do not have in your contact list (friends). Personally, I got these messages, I generally turned off the chat and enjoy the game
In the "Types of random battles" section, you can disable "counter battle" and "assault". These modes use the same cards as in random battles, but changed the location of the databases and the conditions of victory. In the "Counter Fight" mode one common base and defeats the team that will capture it or destroy all opponents. In Sturm mode, one command protects the database, the other is defended. To win "Defenders" you need not to grab the base and survive at least one member of the team. For the victory of "attackers" you need to capture the base or destroy all opponents at any cost. Personally, these types of battles do not like, but you can try for a variety, suddenly they will taste.
In the "Battle Interface" section, you can turn off the optics effect (green background in the sight) so that it does not spoil the picture, turn off the making of the car destroyed you (if it is nervous).
Be sure to check the checkboxes "include a dynamic chamber" and "horizontal stabilization in a sniper sight" otherwise shoot on the go is simply impossible, the sight is dangling in all directions!
I remove the checkbox "Show markers of technology on the account panel" and "Show tapes of combat efficiency", because I do not see the point in them, they only distract.
As for the options for minicards (the ray of direction of the camera, the SAU shelling sector and additional features), then I turn them off, because I use the MINICATIS modes with advanced features, which I will tell you in the next article. This is important if you, like I, will use the Mihiquita modes, then disconnect these parameters so that they do not duplicate, thereby reducing performance.
When the "Record Fights" option is enabled, in the "Replays" folder, which is in the game folder, small files (replici) will be recorded, which can then be viewed. It almost does not affect the performance of the game and you can easily share them with friends or pour to the site "WOTREPLAYS.RU" so that other users can see how you bend but it is not video files, they can only play the game itself and stop working after exit Another patch. Therefore, if you want to lay out video on YouTube or save the story of your victories for descendants, do not forget to dig up the best replays after heavy fighting with some program to write video from the screen (ShadowPlay, Bandicam, Fraps).
Well, putting the last check mark "Display distinctive tags" you can remember the trunks with the players in the game on the trunk of your tank will be displayed with stars or scubons (from 1 to 3), obtained in battles for great merit in front of the homeland
Immediately when switching to the "Graphics" tab, the screen settings are displayed.
If you just installed the game and it is still displayed in the window, and not full screen, then check the "Full screen" checkbox and click the Apply button. Only after that you need to choose the "screen resolution". If you have a liquid crystal (flat, TFT) monitor, select the maximum resolution, and leave the frame rate 60. If you still have a kinescoppy (CRT) fender in your table, the monitor is usually 580x1024 with a frequency of 85 Hz ( or 75 Hz). Click "Apply" and if everything is displayed normally (not extended and does not flicker), then it's good if you cannot find the permissive you needed or the image turned out to be elongated, then try to change the "screen side aspect ratio."
In the "Graphic Quality" field, you can manually choose low, average, high or maximum quality. This will establish the corresponding set of settings, which we will talk on. If you are not playing no on a calculator (very weak laptop), then make sure that the "resolution 3D render" slider is set to 100% and remove the "dynamic change" checkbox otherwise the picture in the game will be blurred.
The "Vertical Synchronization" parameter is better not to include, as it negatively affects performance. This is required only in the case of notable "frame breaks" and applies to powerful gaming PCs. The "Triple buffering" parameter is needed to improve the performance of the video card when the "vertical synchronization" is enabled, but affects the performance of the processor that performs this buffering.
The smoothing parameter improves the picture, it becomes softer and natural, but it significantly loads the video card and is designed for powerful gaming PCs. In this field, you can choose different smoothing modes from easier (FXAA) to rather heavy (TSSAA-HQ).
"The viewing angle (FOV) sets the location of the camera relative to your tank. That is, the angle under which you will look at it. By default, the value of 95 degrees is set and "Dynamic FOV" is disabled. No one does not complain about these settings, so you can leave everything as it is. If you want to experiment, then you now know how everything was to return to the place
The "Gamma" parameter adjusts the brightness, but in vain do not touch it, it is better to reset the parameters of your default monitor, as the game is well calibrated.
"Color filter" is an option for gourmet, superimposing a different background in the game, by type of effects in cameras. I tried, glamorly but useless ...
Well, the "color blindness mode" is intended for people with problems of vision.
On the same tab "Graphics", if you press the "Extended" button, the graphics quality settings will be displayed.
At the very top there are already familiar with the "Recommended" button to automatically select the optimal parameters, the "Graphic Quality" field to set the settings set from low to the maximum, the 3D render resolution slider, which should be 100% and checkbox "Dynamic Change" in which there should be no checkmarks.
With improvement of graphics quality, the frame rate is reduced per second (FPS). It is believed that a person sees 24 frames per second and for smooth pictures it is desirable that the game gives out at least 30 FPS. But in his experience I can say that normal dynamics in the game begins with 60 FPS.
What is the difference between low speakers from high? With low dynamics, your tank goes like Zhiguli (just tupit), although it can like BMW that I felt it more and you will feel if you follow my advice! Statists (Majors) have powerful computers that, even at high graphics settings, give a decent FPS (100 or more). Therefore, the dynamics in the game they feel much better, the car subtly reacts to all soul fibers and they play more efficiently. And on the fast artem or rail, without dynamics, generally sad ... I'm not talking about supercomputers that are used in cybersport. It is for this that they need - for the dynamics.
Network game is not a single shooter and victory over a living rival is important in it, and not a sluggish participation in a meat grinder with bots then the game gives such desired moral satisfaction after heavy labor everyday life, and not a disorder and bottle of vodka convinced, no? Then read on
I have a middle class gaming PC and pulls the game on the maximum graphics settings, giving 40 fps. At high settings, it gives an average of 60 FPS. In the settings window, which I led above, you can select the type of graphics "Standard" or "Improved". So, despite the fact that iron allows, I have long prefer to play in a standard graphic, without unnecessary buns.
So, simple and angry, yes. But what a pleasure brings the game when you rush on Bachata (well, or at least a dying club) at a speed of 100-150 FPS! And in the eye, neither dust, nor to you clubs of smoke and raising earth from the t92 either a terrible grass drawn schoolchildren for ice cream Highly paid designers, nor fog, preventing sulking T95 hatcher with 500 meters, neither other disgusts of graphic innovations that turn BMW in Lada and interfering effectively play.
Standard graphics Many computers pull significantly better, FPS is obtained at times above and nothing prevents in manual mode to set the available sliders to high parameters, in which the picture is completely neat, clean and dynamic!
I also recommend turning off the grass and sniper mode (they interfere very much), foliage transparency (makes the game more cleaner and faster), traces and effects from the caterpillars (they never look at them). "Quality add. Effects "Better not to put above average or generally disable, as they also interfere with (for example, when the projectile is broken near the art). A tick "Dynamic change in the quality of effects" is better to remove, nothing to do with the charts in the game.
In addition to high dynamics and cleanliness of the picture, you will receive some nice bonuses that you will notice in the course of the game (for example, thanks to the transparency of water, the bottom relief is clearly visible and where it can be driving). Try, take some time and you will notice that they began to play more efficiently. The main thing is not to learn forward on the wings of FPS
I do not promise anything, because there are no ties and caps, but if you still do not like the standard graphics, then simply change the settings. In the screenshot below the adjustment of improved graphics, providing optimal quality / performance ratio, for average PC power.
Download a detailed description of the settings of improved graphics, how they affect the image quality, what load on the video card and the processor can be in the "" section.
Yes, and also, if a reboot of the game is required to apply the settings, the corresponding message will appear. In any case, I recommend reloading the game with serious changes in graphics settings.
When we get to the mods, then there are still interesting features to make a picture cleaner, but an obstant
If despite all the settings, your computer is disastrously lacking performance, think about installing a new GTX 1050 Ti or 1060 level.
MSI GTX 1050 TI Video CardHere is the screenshot of the settings on the "Sound" tab.
Here everything seems to be clear, so I will add only a few personal experience.
I turn off the music right away, it interferes in the game no less than improved graphics
If you do not use the microphone in the command battles, turn off voice communication by removing the only check mark. If you need, turn on. Communication works on the principle of radio - pressed the microphone activation button (Q), said, let go and listen to others. The one who holds the button for a long time clogs the ether with noises from its microphone (computer, apartments).
The microphone needs to be connected before the game starts. If the microphone is not turned on you constantly, then after it is connected it is better to restart the computer, otherwise it may not earn or work badly. Check first through the testing service in Skype that the microphone is working fine, you can hear you well and does not go through a strong background. If necessary, increase (or decrease) the microphone sensitivity in the system settings (in Windows 7: Control Panel \\ Equipment and Sound \\ Sound Device Management \\ Record).
Then start the game, turn on the voice link and select your microphone in the appropriate field. The "Voice Volume" parameter affects how you will hear others. The "microphone sensitivity" must be enough, at the level starting with 70 your voice can begin to repure and call discomfort from other players, do not overdo it with this parameter and ask the combat comrades not "How can I hear me?", But "is not too loud ? ". "The overall volume of the environment during the conversation" I usually reduce up to 50, it mutes all the sounds of the game at the moment when a combat comrade appeals to you and you do not have to ask him.
Well, the latter, but not the newest chip - the national voice acting. I usually leave the standard one, since who his mother knows what the crew of the Chinese tank makes it, but try it, the thing is worn
Yes, and also, there is some other button "Start the test", which I just noticed now. Try, then tell me later in the comments
In the mods, we still install sound on the light bulb, this is a song!
With the settings on the Management tab, it is still easier.
But I still give a few tips. I recommend to reduce the sensitivity of the sniper sight and increase the sensitivity of the artillery. Place something like me in the screenshot. It will give a higher targeting accuracy when you are in a tank, since with high sensitivity, especially on medium and long distances, it is difficult to focus the opponents, the sight is moving too fast. And when you are on the art, on the contrary, you will bertimized to carry the sight of there and here along the whole map with low sensitivity, and the mat is erased ...
No inversion do not even think, some plum will go
And one more good advice. If you have a mouse with additional buttons, you can assign a specific cell of consumables on one of them. In cells 1-3, the types of shells and touch them are unnecessary. But in cells 4-6 can be activated by manually consumables. For example, I set the fire extinguisher in the first cell, which corresponds to the 4 keyboard key. Instead of a key 4, I have long been assigned a side button on the mouse in the settings. This allows you to quickly extend the fire in the event of a fire, and not to look for the right button on the keyboard while the ammunition is increasing in addition, if an increased risk of fire occurs, for example, AMX 1390 drove to you in the feed and it rejoins that I got to soft, it does not prevent Side key mouse for prevention! Works like an automatic fire extinguisher, and costs 7 times cheaper
In the next article about mods, I will tell you how to assign multiple keys to one action and shoot more accurate! Yes, and if there is an ok with control settings, then there is a "default" button
Go to the "Sight" tab.
Well, there is no need to talk here at all. You can adjust the size and shape of sight that I once tried. But the default settings are close to optimal, except for the size more to do. And even there somewhere is chosen from the indication. You are guided by VLD (the upper front part) of enemians - to become red, you are guided by the NLD (guess ourselves) - green. In general, it makes it possible to understand if your armor shell pouches in this place. Red - no, green - yes.
But do not bother with this, since in the article about the mods we will install a more convenient sight with the correct indication that takes into account the angle of entry of the projectile!
Well, I'm just obliged to say that there are two more lining on this tab (Calambar turned out) to configure separately arcade (from the 3rd face) and a sniper sight (in optics).
Here you can customize various badges over the tanks.
I somehow made the optimal settings and they are preserved, since now most of the settings (except graphics and sound in my opinion) are stored on the server and tighten against it again, even in the case of a complete reinstall game.
There are also lining to configure markers for allies, opponents and destroyed technology. For the Allies, I have the same there, and for destroyed only the model for the reference point, the rest is disabled in order not to prevent on the screen.
I honestly tell you, but still I hope that you set the right mods and do nothing to customize you manually here
8. Delete unnecessary files
Well, finally, some more useful information. You can significantly reduce the volume occupied by the game on the disk, deleting all files from the "Updates" folder.
This folder contains temporary files that run out during the game updates. The developers themselves confirmed that these files are absolutely not needed and they can be painlessly removed. This is especially true for SSD discs that have a small volume. For example, this folder has occupied 13.4 GB! What was sentenced to destroy without the right to restore
9. Conclusion
Summing up, I want to say the following. If you want to win, score on special effects and qualitatively adjust the game! After all, the defeats do not bring any pleasure, but only annoying and leave a feeling of dissatisfaction!
10. Links
Below you can download a detailed description of all screen settings and graphics, as they affect the image quality, processor performance and video card, with recommendations on the correct optional options.
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World of Tanks introduces new graphic effects designed to make tank battles even more entertaining. However, it is important to understand that these innovations will affect performance. For this reason, when you first start the game after installing the update 9.0, the player will be prompted to leave the current graphics settings or run auto-detection.
If, after installing the update, you encountered a drop in performance, we recommend to give a few minutes finely manual customer configuration.
- Select the quality of the graphics from the drop-down menu or use the "Recommended" key - the system will automatically select the most acceptable graphics quality for the game, based on the parameters of your computer. The "Graphic Quality" settings affect the "Extended" tab settings. Select a value in the "Graphics Quality" field if you do not want to configure each tab "Extended" tab.
- Permission of a 3D render. Reducing the parameter value can increase the speed of the game on computers with a weak video card.
- Select the game window size. If "full-screen mode" is enabled, the field name changes to the "screen resolution". The mismatch of the established resolution in full screen mode with the current resolution of the monitor can distort the image. An increase in the parameter increases the load on the video card and can reduce the speed of the game. You can reduce the load on the video card using the 3D render resolution setting.
- Turning on the full screen mode unfolds the game to the entire monitor of your computer.
- Restricting frame frequency up to 60 frames per second. It is used in the case of shake or delay the image at the bottom of the screen relative to the top.
- When you turn on this setting of the edge and the face of objects become smoother.
- Vision angle. Hait for Human Viewing angle - about 95 °. The angle is less, the closer objects become, but the peripheral overview is reduced. Does not affect the speed of the game.
- The mechanism of adaptation of the color palette for people with features of color perception.
- Monitor update frequency. Watch the monitor update frequency in the monitor settings or drivers. Note: The displayed values \u200b\u200bdepend on the current monitor resolution. Install the monitor drivers to display supported values.
- The incomprehension of the established aspect ratio with the current aspect ratio of the monitor may result in stretching or compressing the image horizontally. Setup allows you to align the proportions on monitors with non-square pixels.
- Here you can choose a monitor for the game if several are connected to your computer.
- Changing the brightness of the image. It works only in full screen mode. The window mode uses the current operating system settings.
- Color filter allows you to choose a visual design of the game from the proposed options.
- Move the slider changes the visibility of the selected color filter in the interface. Figure above shows changes.
If you need more subtle graphics settings, go to the Advanced tab. Please note: Most of the settings below are available only for the "Improved Graph" render.
For standard graphs, some settings and their values \u200b\u200bare not available.
Settings that significantly affect the performance / speed of the game are made in a separate block "significantly affecting performance." In the image, they are indicated by numbers 3-7 and 12-16.
Reducing or disabling these settings can significantly improve the performance of the game.
It is important to pay attention to some items:
3. Choosing from the two proposed graphics quality options, you predetermine the choice in other categories in this tab.
4. The quality of the texture does not depend on the performance of the card, but demanding on video memory.
5. The performance of the game with this setting depends on the power of the video card.
6. The quality of the shadows strongly depends on the overall productivity of the system, affecting both the video card, and the central processor.
12. Here you can adjust the display of smoke, dust, sparks, flames, explosions, etc. All these objects depend not so much from the video card as from the central processor.
15. Other kind of additional graphic effects: refractiveness of air, the effect of illumination (Bloom), etc., strongly depends on the performance of the video card and moderately - from the volume of video memory.
Paragraphs 8-19, 21 slightly affect the speed of the game, and therefore, exposing importance, should be guided by its own wishes to the quality of each element (water, trees, landscape, etc.).
Many users will be useful to paragraph 20 "Dynamic Changing the Quality of Effects" - automatic simplification of effects when the system performance drops. Enabling option will allow the game to adapt to the speed of your computer.
The impression of the game largely depends on the schedule: realistic steel machines must fight on locations that resemble real battlefields. Grub and oppressive, pastoral and pacifying - different. But, the main thing is realistic. Graphics are the basis for creating a realistic battlefield. Graphics technologies are used when creating all, ranging from the dedicated metal of the destroyed technology and ending with vegetation on the map.
Water, land, clouds, trees and buildings - all this is created using graphic technologies. For the global update of World of Tanks graphics, it was not enough to simply draw a beautiful picture - we needed to develop a new graphic engine.
In connection with such a global visual improvement, we invite you to take a closer look at how Update 1.0 will change the appearance of the game, in a series of three publications. Today's article will be devoted to the sky and shadows.
We all know that the graphics include at home, vegetation, other small objects, but there are elements that are not in the eye not immediately, but it is extremely important. For example, lighting: without the right light, everything will look dark or implausible, and the details will be lost. Another example is the landscape: the surface of all natural materials on the maps, ranging from the land under the caterpillars of tanks! An important role is also played by water and the sky: without them the game world would look dark, gloomy, dead and unrealistic. What makes the game realistic?
Our goal is to find the perfect combination of all these elements to give a battlefield truly realistic view. At the same time, we have done everything possible so that you can enjoy the views, and performance remained at the same level.
The visual difference compared to the update 1.0 is immediately striking, because a huge amount of work was done. And, before you understand the visual improvements deeper, let's quickly run on key changes that make up the basis of the Grand Update 1.0, as well as the steps that we have taken earlier.
- Training: In the update 9.15, we added support for DirectX 11 first to increase productivity on computers that support it (future improvement schedule we planned then).
- Technological platform: At some point, we realized that BigWorld client technologies are outdated to ensure such a major improvement in the graphics that we have conceived. Therefore, we had to create a new graphic engine to start improving graphic components and add technological capabilities that were previously unavailable.
- Recreation of game content: The main part of the content for each card was recreated from scratch using new technologies supported by the new graphics engine. Simply put - we redraged everything.
- Optimization: To see a new game world and enjoy the new graphics every player, regardless of the configuration of his computer, we optimized the frame rate and the stability of the work and thus reduced the load on the performance.
Work on graphics will not stop and after updating 1.0. We will continue to introduce new technologies - and now, having released a new schedule, we only made one, albeit a giant, step in this direction. Now that the foundation is laid, we will continue to improve the schedule in 2018 and in the future.
It was a general review. And now to the details!
Sky
Thanks to the photorealistic sky on the "Prokhorovka" is always sunny. The sky before the sky looked unreal and static, but now the clouds are moving in the wind, and the sky changes the color depending on the lighting. In 1.0 heaven will be photorealistic: the developer team is working on each card separately. To distinguish the sky World of Tanks from the real will be extremely difficult: the clouds in the game float where the wind drives them, and change the color depending on the lighting.
The lighting itself has affected not only on the sky and clouds; Just take a look at how the vegetation has changed.
Lighting
Lighting is one of the most important elements of graphics. It determines how textures look like, how shadows fall and, more importantly, interacts with other graphic components in the game.
Thanks to the Global Illumination technology, which has been added in a new graphic engine, all objects interact with the lighting in the same way as in the real world. Look at yourself - we are sure that you will notice the difference:
We have implemented Speedtree 6 with significant changes to meet the requirements of the game and changed the process of interaction between vegetation and lighting. Just take a look:
Moreover, the technology calculates the interaction of light between objects. For example, light passing through a color translucent surface will create colored shadows on other surfaces.
If there is light, there are shadows ...
Shadow
In the visual part of the "Peace of Tanks" there is something noticeable immediately, but significantly affects the atmosphere and realism - shadows. If the shadows are implemented qualitatively, the game will look realistic.
Adaptive Shadow Maps technology calculates shadows from fixed objects (buildings, rocks, trees, etc.) and preserves them in a special repeatedly used texture of the shadows. This reduces the load on the processor and the video card. Moving objects (technique, falling trees, etc.) will receive improved dynamic shadows.
The new graphic engine provides interaction between the shadows and particle effects. This means that steam, dust and smoke will discard translucent shadows. For example, when your car drives into the shadow of the mountain, dust from the caterpillars will no longer be unnaturally lit. Instead, dust will enter the shadow of the mountain and light similarly to the car and other objects located nearby. And last: we applied the shadow effects of materials that will allow you to more accurately transfer the depth of various materials.
They say, it is better to see once than hear a hundred times. And you can see everything with your own eyes! Do not miss the continuation of publication, where we will tell how the water and the landscape changed.