Vegetation needs some work

Selo

Hard to explain but right now it feels like the flowers/grass etc are not quite there.
The plants dont "blend" well into eachother and you can easily see each plant looking exactly the same as the one next to it.
Also it feels like the wind mekanic is making this even more obvious, you can really see the "layers" of vegeation, with each "layer" moving exactly the same.
They also look very sprity

Halae

I believe they said that they'll be updating to Unreal 5.1 in January, right? If that's the case, they can use Nanite for their plant life, which should significantly update the look of the vegetation in the came, both in the trees and things lower to the ground.

Selo

The ground foliage also needs some work imo to make it less "flat"
Here are some Unreal assets that i think looks better.
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/ground-plants-pack
(not really the asset but the ground in it looks great)
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/mw-auto-material
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/mw-landscape-material
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/dynamic-ground-foliage

Lust69

I don’t like it when the camera shows foliage up close it looks pixelated. At a distance it isn’t bad though.

Liniker

Selo wrote: »

The ground foliage also needs some work imo to make it less "flat"
Here are some Unreal assets that i think looks better.
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/ground-plants-pack
(not really the asset but the ground in it looks great)
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/mw-auto-material
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/mw-landscape-material
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/dynamic-ground-foliage

that's not how building a game work, you need stuff that have good performance and is a good match to the game visuals

Selo

the ground still looks extremly flat. hope its beeing worked on

akabear

Have to agree, the vegetation - especially ground textures and low grasses, shrubs need work

Simply, grasses need a some variance of color - from healthy to not so, and some dead parts and less vibrant in color.

Ground cover needs transitioning and bump map increase

WHIT3ROS3

Selo wrote: »

The ground foliage also needs some work imo to make it less "flat"
Here are some Unreal assets that i think looks better.
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/ground-plants-pack
(not really the asset but the ground in it looks great)
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/mw-auto-material
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/mw-landscape-material
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/dynamic-ground-foliage

Of course they look great! Those are high-poly photo-scanned packs generally used in scene settings, backgrounds for animation and perhaps a single-player gaming experience after significant optimization.

Lots of people don't seem to have the first clue when it comes to wrapping, materials, texturing and optimization. Using textures and materials like those listed, would make the game almost impossible to run.

This is an MMO from a small Indie studio. People's expectations are way out of whack.

Voxtrium

I would like to disagree with OP, the visuals as they are right now are beautiful and quite immersive, I do not believe hyper realistic grass will be the thing that makes or breaks this game, so for me as the visuals are right now makes me plenty happy, and I doubt Stephen even agrees with me so I am more than happy to let them continue on the route they are on.

Dolyem

Talking about polish and it isn't even alpha 2 yet. Give it time people.