Demo Screenshot Request Thread

[Faenaris]

Since not everyone is able to buy the PC Gamer Issue, I want to start a screenshot request thread. If you want to see some units, a general view or something in between, just post here and I will try to ge some good screenshots.

[redriver]

This is what ya can expect to see if your system just meets the min. requirments:




This's what me got:
P4 1.6
1024 DDR
ti 4200 128mb
@1024 everythin' on low. anythin' higher and ya may have lag in big battles.

[hoom]

Surely a 4200 can do better than that?
How does it look running Rome?

[Husar]

Surely a 4200 can do better than that?
How does it look running Rome?

As a general rule I think newer games usually look worse on lowest settings that older games on highest settings while performance may be similar.
Also the TI4200 is not that new, I've had two other cards since my TI4200 and my newest card is getting old as well(6600GT).

The unstoppable technological race can be a pain in your wallet, but it also provides all the fancy graphics.

[hoom]

Well, yeah I'm sitting pretty with a couple of months old C2D 6600 & x1900gt but I dunno, my hard campaigning radeon9800 kinda spoiled me I guess in being able to run anything from the dx7 oldies up to modern games like BF2 at 1280*1024 with medium-high game settings + 8*AF & 2*AA.
Heck, it was even pretty happy running RTR:PE at 1920*1200 with high-medium game settings (huge units) 8*AF & 2*AA.

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

Hmm, well, I'm running a Ti4200, and it looks a fair bit better than that for me.

Mind you, mine is overclocked to truly dangerous levels.

[redriver]

Surely a 4200 can do better than that?
How does it look running Rome?

this is how:


mind ya the graphics not on highest. I have it optimized for performance and have lotsa things on low or med.

in comparition this is what M2TW demo looks like with everythin' on low and textures on high:




ya be the judge.. not to mention that I can get much better graphics in RTW with evrythin' cranked up to the highest if I don't care 'bout the performance.

[The Marcher Lord]

A bunch of screens at 1024x768 without all the HUD clutter. Click thumbnails to enlarge.

[PROMETHEUS]

Other two timed shots.....

The fury of Battle....



A surrounded Knight

[Basileus]

This is what ya can expect to see if your system just meets the min. requirments:




This's what me got:
P4 1.6
1024 DDR
ti 4200 128mb
@1024 everythin' on low. anythin' higher and ya may have lag in big battles.

Those pics remind of my old pc and mtw

[x-dANGEr]

Can someone tell me why my FX 5200 with all settings put on LOWEST (Shader version 1) and unit scale set to 10 still only has a FPS of 6...

[TB666]

Can someone tell me why my FX 5200 with all settings put on LOWEST (Shader version 1) and unit scale set to 10 still only has a FPS of 6...

Well if I would take a guess I would say that horrible graphic card you have.
Trust me, FX 5200 is horrible.
I was so happy when I got rid of that things.

[Maizel]

I can't even change the unit scales in the demo =O

[SirRethcir]

This is what ya can expect to see if your system just meets the min. requirments:




This's what me got:
P4 1.6
1024 DDR
ti 4200 128mb
@1024 everythin' on low. anythin' higher and ya may have lag in big battles.

You can do better than that!
My current system:
Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.66GHz
512MB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X 128 MB

First, and most im portant: Put the texture quality on highest!
Performance will be good and M2TW suddenly looks beautiful.

I have some Picture here. They are in 1024x768, so maybe you have to save them first to see them in proper resolution.
- full texture, grass, effects, vegetation
- all other options low
Though the pictures show an other aspect of M2TW. ;)
http://fotoalbum.web.de/gast/sirreth...ng_s_Excursion

If you can read German:
http://www.totalwar-zone.de/forum/th...id=4090&page=2

[maestro]

They all look awful - low res, no FSAA, crappy textures?

I took some proper ones last night at max settings but when I opened them in Photoshop I had the HUD, smoke and a white screen

i'll have another go tonight an put some quality screenies up for you

[SirRethcir]

They all look awful - low res, no FSAA, crappy textures?

I'm hoping this is a general reply regarding the whole thread.
Else you totally miss the point of my post.

[Braden]

Am I the only one who’s…..erm…….under whelmed by these screenshots?

To be honest, I’ve seen nearly the same quality from Rome Mods currently available, to be honest the only difference I can see is that you can zoom in even closer – which isn’t very practical “mid-battle”.

What I’m thinking though is that the Demo isn’t doing the graphics the justice they deserve and these screen shots are not on par with the officially released screen-shots (think of that what you like). Also, screen “stills” don’t show what the animations are like and I hear these are well done indeed.

Truth is that virtually none of us will Zoom in that close whilst we’re playing, and I think the Demo looks fine from the suitable distance though not “vastly” better than Rome……..discounting the fortresses.

Fortresses look impressive in the demo and on the official releases but so are the settlements in Rome……they’re just deliberately “low key” due to the era being portrayed.

Hmmm….sitting and hoping that the demo isn’t reflective of the detail in the full game now.

[maestro]

I'm hoping this is a general reply regarding the whole thread.
Else you totally miss the point of my post.

Yes, mate - fear not

Does anyone know why, when I take a screenshot, I don't get the game screen saved? I just get the HUD and smoke

[redriver]

You can do better than that!
My current system:
Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.66GHz
512MB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X 128 MB

First, and most im portant: Put the texture quality on highest!
Performance will be good and M2TW suddenly looks beautiful.

If you can read German:
http://www.totalwar-zone.de/forum/th...id=4090&page=2

yes I tried that and it looks much better on high texture quality but not better than RTW though, just a little bit different.. the trees are still ugly 2d sheets and the units look blocky.. that said performancewise it was ok 'til that battle of gunpowder. that and the fact that we don't get to have more than 3000 men on a battlefield in the demo...

also I noticed that video settings in game differ from that of what ya see/sat in options on the main screen.

[TB666]

Here are some of Pavia

[KukriKhan]

Q: TB666: Counting L-to-R,top-to-bottom... your #4 screenie:

Is that a single gunner firing a single shot independently?

I see some ambient smoke nearby, so maybe he was simply the last to fire of his unit, and be caught stop-action style when your fingers hit the screenie key.

Still, the idea that a unit volly is unleashed nearly,but not quite simultaneously is fascinating.

[Monarch]

Scots Guard:

http://www.freewebs.com/monarch1/med...%2D16%2D89.bmp

Loading the cannons:

http://www.freewebs.com/monarch1/med...%2D32%2D70.bmp

Zweihanders!

http://www.freewebs.com/monarch1/med...%2D35%2D62.bmp

Musketeers:

http://www.freewebs.com/monarch1/med...%2D45%2D70.bmp

Charge at Hastings:

http://forums.thesilentassassins.com...tachmentid=102

Hastings hill:

http://forums.thesilentassassins.com...tachmentid=100

Agincourt:

http://www.freewebs.com/monarch1/av.jpg

[DukeofSerbia]

Scots Guard:

http://www.freewebs.com/monarch1/med...%2D16%2D89.bmp

Loading the cannons:

http://www.freewebs.com/monarch1/med...%2D32%2D70.bmp

Zweihanders!

http://www.freewebs.com/monarch1/med...%2D35%2D62.bmp

Musketeers:

http://www.freewebs.com/monarch1/med...%2D45%2D70.bmp

Charge at Hastings:

http://forums.thesilentassassins.com...tachmentid=102

Hastings hill:

http://forums.thesilentassassins.com...tachmentid=100

Agincourt:

http://www.freewebs.com/monarch1/av.jpg

Those links don't work. At least I can't.

[Oguz_Yabgu]

[TB666]

Q: TB666: Counting L-to-R,top-to-bottom... your #4 screenie:

Is that a single gunner firing a single shot independently?

I see some ambient smoke nearby, so maybe he was simply the last to fire of his unit, and be caught stop-action style when your fingers hit the screenie key.

Still, the idea that a unit volly is unleashed nearly,but not quite simultaneously is fascinating.

He was just a bit slower then everyone else.
The firing animation is a bit slow but wonderful to look at.

[Furious Mental]

I like the arquebusiers but does anyone else think their arquebuses look a bit small? And yeah the gunpowder volleys aren't simultaneous, but they look great!

[TB666]

A look at the water
https://img505.imageshack.us/my.php?image=8dr0.jpg

[Kourutsu]

That is some fine looking water. Too bad I will be ripping it from the game to avoid lag.