AO new engine 2015 pictures on Test server (new patch)

Post by **Chrisax** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 3:34 pm

Yes, the first public version of AO new graphic engine is on Testlive. Just for the 12th Anniversary of Athen Paladins! We were born more than 12 years ago today.

Anarchy Online new engine pictures June 2015

Note: the quality is slightly superior to the quality of the images below that have been resized and very slightly compressed, for faster display

Player video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUrn2mf0ivM

How to go on Testlive
Test live is open to everyone. You will need to download a LOT of data. (Starting with 500MB of compressed files.)

Your first download THIS file and then launch it.
http://update.anarchy-online.com/downlo ... Engine.exe

Warning: do NOT let the installer install in your normal Anarchy Online folder! Check the folder proposed and change it !

Source
http://forums.anarchy-online.com/showth ... n-Testlive!

Edit:
you can now use the beta graphic engine client to play on the normal ("live") server !
See http://www.athenpaladins.org/forums/vie ... f=2&t=9450 for details

stokken · Post by **stokken** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 3:58 pm

been trying to run but it just crashes on startup :/

Post by **Chrisax** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 5:39 pm

Post by **Chrisax** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 8:01 pm

(Edit: added to first post)

Anarchy Online new engine pictures June 2015

Note: the quality is slightly superior to the quality of the images below that have been resized and very slightly compressed, for faster display

Edit: pictures added to first post

Post by **Chrisax** » Sun Jun 21, 2015 4:34 am

I added 11 new pictures at the end of the first batch in the FIRST post.

Xandramas · Post by **Xandramas** » Sun Jun 21, 2015 8:03 am

What's the general "feel" of the game like? I noticed a comment about areas taking longer to load because of the increased texture sizes, also wonder if the character animations are improved - the one thing that detracts from the game for me is the lack of these

Looks really good though, I don't want to load test myself as I always feel it's like spoiling a surprise

Post by **Chrisax** » Sun Jun 21, 2015 8:32 am

Keeping in mind this is still a Beta, zone loading is (logically) a little bit longer than with the current AO but way faster than most MMO's. SWTOR, TSW, AoC, even STO have much longer loading times between zones. With a SSD instead of a conventional hard drive, loading times are decreased noticeably (the rest of the time is CPU processing).

Animations are the same for the old stuff. I don't think that old animations will be significantly redone, or redone anytime soon. Several visual effects have been revamped though.

Xandramas · Post by **Xandramas** » Sun Jun 21, 2015 12:41 pm

Shame about the animations, but the rest of it looks damn impressive - tempted to bite the bullet and re-install Test

Malosar · Post by **Malosar** » Mon Jun 22, 2015 3:06 am

I reactivated my account as I simply had to take a look! I couldn't believe it when I saw it posted on the AO Facebook group (which is primarily how I keep up with various AO stuff). Irrespective of the state of AO nowadays, I know I'll be returning to at least a casual state upon release of the new engine and I was astounded when I saw it was actually pushed to testlive.

It has its glitches and I haven't actually tested any real playing, combat etc. but damn I can't wait for it to go live! I didn't expect it to look like a modern MMO as I know the limits of the existing assets and the task involved (ahead?) to redo a lot of it (main geometry), so I like what I see here.

Xandramas · Post by **Xandramas** » Mon Jun 22, 2015 6:54 am

Presumably the move to the new game engine will pave the way for more graphics updates in the months to come.

This Michi guy sure delivers...!

Post by **Chrisax** » Mon Jun 22, 2015 2:25 pm

Hey Malosar

Good to see you! can't wait to have you in AO again.

marxal · Post by **marxal** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 4:40 pm

stokken wrote:been trying to run but it just crashes on startup :/

Same, any update on this? I click play and the game crashes

Post by **Chrisax** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 5:19 pm

What is your configuration? Last video car drivers installed? Same question to stokken.

marxal · Post by **marxal** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 7:51 pm

yep last drivers installed. The AO configuration?

Yegga · Post by **Yegga** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 4:50 am

There is a UTuber Carl Tinker that posted a AO graphics optimised setting vid for nVidia users; might help...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULQeBDvRzE8

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