Demo Screenshot Request Thread

**SirRethcir** · 10-11-2006, 13:46

Originally Posted by 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.

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** · 10-11-2006, 14:42

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** · 10-11-2006, 14:52

Originally Posted by maestro

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** · 10-11-2006, 15:36

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.

**spong** · 10-11-2006, 15:43

Originally Posted by 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.

The animations are well done but they don't 'connect' very often which makes them a little odd, this may have been fixed by now.

I for one will certainly zoom in that close, I'm very pleased that CA have chosen to go to such lengths (provided they get it right) because time after time I have been involved in battles where its going well enough that you can zoom in and watch, but in Rome we had clone armies performing the same animations, which was ok for the time but by now it is quite dull, I relish the prospect of on those occasions where the battle is going well enough I can zoom in and watch my superbly detailed and animated troops carve through the enemy.

**Chuffy** · 10-11-2006, 15:52

Those Knights lances look screwed up.

And the bloom effect looks horrible! Whoop!

Ahhh, that nasty bloom effect has gone.

**spong** · 10-11-2006, 16:19

I'm not sure whether I prefer it with bloom on or off, but I certainly found it easier to see what was going on with bloom off. Can't say which was nicer though.

**Mount Suribachi** · 10-11-2006, 16:20

Braden, it makes a massive difference as to what the unit detail is set at. On medium/low it looks like you say, a bit average, no improvement on RTRPE. By the time I got to Pavia I had dropped the shadows to off and upped the unit detail to high and it looked lovely. The big manor house & encampments were very nice, more like an FPS than an RTS

And don't forget the promo screenies & videos will be on an uber-pc which has been optimised for MTW2.

**maestro** · 10-11-2006, 16:54

Originally Posted by SirRethcir

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

**maestro** · 10-12-2006, 18:09

Originally Posted by maestro

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

*bump*

-edit-

I tried upgrading from Catalyst 2.8 to 2.9 - that didn't work. Has anynon else had this problem? Of course I can use FRAPS but that's not really the point is it :D

**PROMETHEUS** · 10-12-2006, 19:57

You like my shots?

**maestro** · 10-12-2006, 21:10

Thought I'd share some screenies from the Battle of Pavia historical battle from the demo:

First off - the battle maps are huge compared to previous TotalWar incarnations :D

The scenery is also quite beautifully rendered:

The first wave of French scum ready to charge the defensive lines of the Holy Roman Empire, supported by Spanish Musketmen:

The French King's leet bodyguards prepare for the charge:

The French Muppets charge the lines of German pikemen, with devastating consequences!

Their Bodies litter the battlefield after the first wave:

The battle rages on

Some closeups of the troops:

The Spanish Musketmen fire on the French charge:

The French Culverin rain down fire on the Holy Roman Empire:

German Halberdiers charge the French Pikeys:

The leet German Zweihander heavy infantry make short work of French Pikeys:

**redriver** · 10-12-2006, 18:05

Originally Posted by SirRethcir

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.