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Lighting in WAR(1:19)

This video shows off some of the lighting in WAR.
Duration: 1:19
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Game: Warhammer Online : Age of Reckoning
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User Comments

skyhigh32(posted Sat Dec 15 2007)
- Yes, great progress so far keep it coming!
Vicksuper(posted Sun Sep 30 2007)
- Gold shire much?
Kazzer(posted Mon Sep 10 2007)
- 3 words... amazing, awesome, fantastic!
Owesta(posted Mon Sep 10 2007)
- The world looks just like the tabletop version drawings in the rulebooks.. pretty nice i must say, cant wait till this hit the shops.
jdalley11(posted Mon Sep 10 2007)
- Oh nice WoW II is out
manaia36(posted Mon Sep 10 2007)
- I think it looks quite good =)
Fion(posted Sun Sep 09 2007)
- But it's not pre-alpha, it's brand spanking new, as in released just 2 weeks ago. They 'just' began to show their lighting engine and this was the first video released with it. When a game is in beta, anything new is also beta. They are just covering their asses
jabbuk(posted Sun Sep 09 2007)
- It says on the video pre-alpha. What you expect? Graphics look good for a pre-alpha to me. And even polished game graphics never look as good in a video or even in alot of SS's.
bohemian5(posted Sun Sep 09 2007)
- it makes it a little more appealing
Fion(posted Sat Sep 08 2007)
- I should have trusted my gut when I saw that 'login screen' video. Everything about it screamed 'prerender' to me. With this lighting system being little more then lightmaps, and fully static, then yea, that video was a full blown prerender. I should have known.
Fion(posted Sat Sep 08 2007)
- Hmm yes impressive. Light maps.. a technology in games since Quake. Hardly new to MMOGs even, though it is used nicely in some places it basically just comes down to a 'glow' with fire. I'm not impressed in the least. And why do all these videos say 'pre-alpha footage' when they are brand new, (this was from Leipzig GC 2007,) and beta has been going on for months now. Work in progress, of course. But it's hardly pre-alpha.
Zaktharan(posted Sat Sep 08 2007)
- Hmm... Looks nice. I can't understand you, lads. What arr ya waiting fer in MMORPG? Cutest graphical effects? Go and see it in single-player modern RPG's. I just want to play in WAR and walk Altdorf freely. See ya there, lads.=)
Lightleaf(posted Sat Sep 08 2007)
- erandur, you should read over your comment. "the game is almost in -BETA-..." It's not released and beta stage doesn't really mean anything, it just means they are allowing more useless, unhelpful critics like yourself into the game instead of dedicated testers who feedback on everything.
Cylob(posted Sat Sep 08 2007)
- nothing revolutionary here: EQ2 still looks better and is 3 years old now, same goes for LotR: looks way better... not final yet, so things might change.
Tmacattack(posted Sat Sep 08 2007)
- Well I bought my 8800... to avoid games like this.
Archin(posted Sat Sep 08 2007)
- This is looking great, as you can see the orcs arnt receiving anything but static lighting atm, dynamic lighting hasnt been added yet (in that footage anyway) but when PC's take on dynamic lighting (as in the login screen movie) its gona look so sweet!
maddbomber83(posted Sat Sep 08 2007)
- No HDR yet. Hope they get that into game to help beaf up that lighting. Dynamic shadows for torches would be a smooth touch as well.
kevmachine(posted Sat Sep 08 2007)
- Not bad, pretty good lighting so far. Honestly I was expecting mabey a bit more, but it's a start.
SpiritofGame(posted Sat Sep 08 2007)
- ~ Nice views. The game is coming to life. ~ As noted by the Devs, this is only the beginning of the lighting process. More "mood and ambient" lighting is yet to be added.
neosurfeur(posted Sat Sep 08 2007)
- seriously disapointing
erandur(posted Sat Sep 08 2007)
- right... not impressive tbh.. the flames of a torches move, but the shadows don't... let's hope they don't forget to adjust that ;), and the game is almost in beta and the gfx barely changed yet, don't expect big differences in the final release
LouiseK(posted Sat Sep 08 2007)
- Pretty impressive :)
Spriggan05(posted Fri Sep 07 2007)
- Yep this is just a test for there lighting engine, only thing i dont like is that the casted shadows from the world look almost painted. (They might even be)
KnightHawk63(posted Fri Sep 07 2007)
- This is Pre-Alpha footage bud, this is far from final graphics.
MrTumN3s(posted Fri Sep 07 2007)
- w/o the lighting, Graphx would be worse then WoW..Beautiful lighting tho for bad graphix.

Warhammer Online : Age of Reckoning

Developer: EA Mythic
Genre: Fantasy
Status: Development (est. release Q4 2008)
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