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[mr.g-c 6]

POTS, thank you very much for the pictures....

Yes indeed it seems to vary greatly...... very strange.....

Dynamic weather system could be a explanation, thats true....

Lets hope for the best!

Quote[/b] ]Infact, there was a independent review on arma2 by someone and he said that you can almost feel the rain coming in, that you could tell that the game was very simialer to arma but it was very differen't at the same time.

Wow, i hear that for the first time..... would be awesome if it is really that detailed simulated....

[POTS 0]

Found the review, he keeps on miss spelling lighting with lightning just so your not confused.

http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=3736

[max power 21]

It probably has to do with time of day, weather, and time of year. Perhaps it also has to do with where you are. The quality of light changes depending on all of those factors, and ArmA not only simulates light coming from the sun but also bouncing off of the ground. You can see different colours of light on the bottoms and tops of objects. Maybe they are also using the engine and shaders or whatever to accentuate the mood of the campaign (a la blood rage). Who knows, maybe they'll tweak the rendering when you're in some gritty situation to make it more contrasty and harsh.

[Scrub 0]

Holy Cow, POTS!

I looked at the image-

http://www.armaholic.com/pfs.php?m=view&v=4-sectorsk_2.jpg

And thought you got ahold of my pictures from a hike I took up in the U.P. of Michigan.  I expected to see Lake Superior on the next image over the wooded ridge!  Sweet vids and images, thanks for showing the variety guys.

[Shadow NX 1]

Quote[/b] ]So i don´t know what the problem is at all other ingame screenshots of ArmA 2 clearly show that there is no brownfilter ingame. So all that fuss about the brownfilter is because of the videoediting? Thats laughable!

Yes there is! The whole scenery is browned - not only in the latest pictures.

You still not get it.... the one in the recent trailer it's now at the worst,  since now also the sky is brown....

Also, we are already got used to this "dull and over browned view", because we saw Arma2 screens very often....

But i hope anyone remembered as the first in-game shot on the Arma2.com website appeared? Basically at every spot i read, people complained because it was all so dull, over-browned, etc, compared to real life or even Arma1.....And this is still today in Arma2.

EDIT: Picture(by burns), you see the difference obviously...

Quote[/b] ]All i wanted to show with the picture i posted is that the light effects the surrounding may it be blue, orange, brown...

No you don't. You replied before by using that as a justification of brown-is-real in Arma2 - otherwise you wouldn't have written it as there was no other discussion about any "lightning" going on.

Quote[/b] ]What a stupid discussion especially as the other trailers shown that the game has a variety of filter effects.

Please, if you have nothing else constructive to say, stay out of the discussion....

Or do you want others to enter discussions you find important and where you are participating, telling you "how stupid it is to discuss".

Thats not nice.....   alt='confused_o.gif'>

Well sorry for saying its stupid but for me its just nonsense to discuss every lil point of a game you didnt play yourself yet and especially because you didnt notice that the brownish look is either a atmospheric or more likely some weather effect filter and not always there as the last posted ( and since a good while availeable ) screen showed.

Take Fallout 3 as example, very brownish tones but fits the theme very well, however as soon as you used one of the weather overhaul mods then the whole scenery suddently looked clear and more colourfull.

So i guess its only a matter of time until someone makes a lil mod that disables such filters.

Personally im happy that BIS seems to care so much about the atmosphere that they even use sich filter effects in certain situations.

[BLSmith2112 0]

Come to think of it, even if it was slightly browned over and it wasn't just the weather - I'd like it that way. I'll take anything over a palm tree sunny paradise island any day, especially if its a gritty and dirty.

[mr.g-c 6]

Hehe, fair point of course!

Thats where i have a different feeling, i love it to have firefights in the beautifulest sunniest paradises - thats why i love to have missions/firefights on south-sahrani.

@Shadow NX

Yes thats a good point-of-view, really.

[SWAT_BigBear 0]

Go Czech's (for the donations).

Notice in this video......especially @:0.35 & 1:03

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e19_1234868798

Brown is real.

[mr.g-c 6]

Go Czech's (for the donations).

Notice in this video......especially @:0.35 & 1:03

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e19_1234868798

Brown is real.

Odd example... its Afganistan..... Evreything is bronw there anyway.... And ever heard that there is massive sand in the air, especially when choppers flying around.....

But i stop the discussion now here - its not even the brown layer i mean...

[funnyguy1 0]

Blood rage filter, cows and lots of firearms...man, this game will rock.

Seriously, wtf? Brown WIP pics? Nah, I'll save my whining powers for the post-relase whining party.

[4 IN 1 0]

i just wish that BI are not going to fall into the same BS about real is brown

really, unless its sun set or sun raise, or the surrounding air are heavily polluted there are no meanings to use a "brown filter"

[bionic 10]

i just wish that BI are not going to fall into the same BS about real is brown

really, unless its sun set or sun raise, or the surrounding air are heavily polluted there are no meanings to use a "brown filter"

You are to late the party is over and we agreed to not agree on this subject. Maybe BIS can add a pink love filter for the community that would help alot.

Btw. in the video there is the prove that it has to do with the light setting have a look at the grass when those ChDKZ guys in the UAZ fire the M40.

[NoRailgunner 0]

Lets discuss the bloom effect in vid "Citizens of Chernarus". Bit overdone ("uh little bright") isnt it?  

[mr.g-c 6]

Good Spot Bionic!

Its good to see that explosions now even brighten-up things during daytime!

[Commando84 0]

pretty cool with new lightning lights up during daytime

they got to have done some serious hard work to make it possible like that

No wonder sys. req. will be a bit higher than Arma

[Raphier 0]

i just wish that BI are not going to fall into the same BS about real is brown

really, unless its sun set or sun raise, or the surrounding air are heavily polluted there are no meanings to use a "brown filter"

You are to late the party is over and we agreed to not agree on this subject. Maybe BIS can add a pink love filter for the community that would help alot.

Btw. in the video there is the prove that it has to do with the light setting have a look at the grass when those ChDKZ guys in the UAZ fire the M40.

but again, that white blop looks like a gas of poop  

[bionic 10]

i just wish that BI are not going to fall into the same BS about real is brown

really, unless its sun set or sun raise, or the surrounding air are heavily polluted there are no meanings to use a "brown filter"

You are to late the party is over and we agreed to not agree on this subject. Maybe BIS can add a pink love filter for the community that would help alot.

Btw. in the video there is the prove that it has to do with the light setting have a look at the grass when those ChDKZ guys in the UAZ fire the M40.

but again, that white blop looks like a gas of poop  

lol nice comment puts you directly on the ignore list

[Raphier 0]

i just wish that BI are not going to fall into the same BS about real is brown

really, unless its sun set or sun raise, or the surrounding air are heavily polluted there are no meanings to use a "brown filter"

You are to late the party is over and we agreed to not agree on this subject. Maybe BIS can add a pink love filter for the community that would help alot.

Btw. in the video there is the prove that it has to do with the light setting have a look at the grass when those ChDKZ guys in the UAZ fire the M40.

but again, that white blop looks like a gas of poop  

lol nice comment puts you directly on the ignore list

oh come on! I was being sarcastic

[Balschoiw 0]

Infact the impact looks quite real imo. Depending on ground surface the raised dust could be more around the target from the shockwave. But this depends alot on moisture and material of the ground. What I really want to see once is the instant circle of dust that arises. It doesn´t evolve but it makes boom and the the dust is up at once. Hard to explain. I could post some of my personal pictures to illustrate impact of AT weapons with contact detonator if needed but I guess BIS also have good ressources for that stuff.

[wolfbite 8]

Do you think those herculese in the first vid mean were gonna have some kind of air lift capabilaty? maybe bis kept something under their hat! Well I best not think about it too much otherwise I'll dissapoint myself if its not......... And wondering how the VTOL is gonna be in the game considering we have both the Osprey and the Lightning... hmm

Glad to see the Grad too hopefully we can use em realistically with good range.

Btw The Russian troops from what I have seen are wearing the older kit still... Would be nice to see more modernized Russians

Modern RuskiesOther modern Russians

Hopefully were gonna get another great vid tommorow!

[bionic 10]

Quote[/b] ]oh come on! I was being sarcastic

Well there is one thing you should know. There are people on this board who write their ass off by making suggestions (they got all my respect) in the hope someone at BIS will listen and include it into ArmA 2. The chances are good at least that they read it they are on here regularly.

But think about it how many pages would you read if every 2nd page is riddled with your so called sarcasm (i call that something else). It adds nothing to the discussion and is unfair for both sides who try to improve our ArmA 2 experience.

But, but, but thats only my opinion___end of line

[Balschoiw 0]

Quote[/b] ]Well there is one thing you should know. There are people on this board who write their ass off by making suggestions (they got all my respect) in the hope someone at BIS will listen and include it into ArmA 2.

In the end it´s BIS who decide and we´ve learned from Arma that they have their own agenda when it comes to suggestions.

I guess Arma 2 is already in a state that allows no fundamental changes anymore.

I only hope that we do not see OFP and Arma bugs again.

I already had a Deja Vue with Arma when it was released and I guess BIS knows that another wasted release like Arma´s was will give them a headshot from reviewing magazines and users.

People and hardcore fans are already sceptical, very sceptical.

From what we´ve seen up to now the stills are great, the concept seems to be ok but the overall quality of the videos presented up to now is somewhere in the middle between good and bad. I don´t know what to make of it up to now.

The characters look dated imo and I really hope that they get a good setup of weapons and vehicles going. With Arma the vehicle-park was more a circus-selection than anything serious.

I´m wary if guerillas come into play as this also could mean that we´ll see a variety of old weapons again and not a representative line of modern weapons. We´ll see, I´d say. I have my hopes but I don´t put them as high as with Arma.

If you don´t set your expectations too high you can´t be dissapointed but only be pleasantly surprised.

Hugh !

[Commando84 0]

I kind of liked Arma 1, it gave me most of what I had expected from it, with less bugs than ofp but you can't really escape bugs, its always 1 or 100 that will end up biting your behinds

A2 however seems to me very much better than Arma 1 due to all the extra content and gameplay improvements, and graphics is just 1/3 of the cake

imo some of the screens make me think, this is a next gen game 4 real!

Ok im not the most analysing guy out ther but I have seen a big improvement since A1, like the new civilian A.i, the bigger selection of units and weapons in the mission editor, campaign with multiple endings, playing campaign in Coop, new improved warefare mode. I dunno as a mission editing guy the micro A.i seems to be maybe one of the biggest joys wich I think will make playing the game a greater experience.

I can't forget when I first saw the ass kicking new metal shaders on the huey

the carry wounded, revive feature seems awesome, it's one of many community ideas that Bis have listened to.

[mattxr 9]

Well folks its this time of the week again! \o/ anyone got any guesses which faction will be next?

Im gona put my money on the CDF

[klamacz 448]

Russia for sure. They have sign for it