The graphics WERE NOT downgraded

  • NyaDC85
    Marauder

    I seriously just scoured launch gameplay on Youtube for like 45 minutes with Mythical settings, looked at the LoD draw in and it's exactly the same. As I said this is a placebo, the waves are the same, the wave span is the same, the wave geometry is the same, the LoD draw in takes place at the same distance from an island etc.

    All of this is in your heads, literally nothing has changed.

    This is on March 24th, three days before the update, the update went live on March 27th, you can see the LoD on foliage draw in at 4:01 and onward, IT'S EXACTLY THE SAME! I told you guys this is probably a placebo, it's all in your heads and you've been parroting each other to no end.

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    One person says the game has been downgraded and it spirals out of control with people now second guessing something they never questioned before, nothing changed. This is why proposing something without evidence is dangerous, and I warned you guys about this, if you want people to believe you you need proof; that of which none of you ever provided.

    Here is proof to the contrary.

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  • RK1 Turbulence

    Mandela effect confirmed.

    Nah, just kidding. The distance should be better though. There's really nothing mythical about it.

  • NyaDC85
    Marauder

    @rk1-turbulence said in The graphics WERE NOT downgraded:

    Mandela effect confirmed.

    Nah, just kidding. The distance should be better though. There's really nothing mythical about it.

    The point though is that it was purely psychological, I agree the LoD should be better but all of this sparked because a few people falsely recalled their memory, then started to dig deeper into something they never questioned previously. Posted this on the forum, other people read it, they started to question their memory and here we are.

    I asked these guys like 20 times to provide before and after proof and no one could, well it seems we now know why.

  • Vault Traveler

    many people claim stuff but no one provides quotes, sources or proofs.

    This is probably the biggest witchhunt i have ever seen in my gaming career.

  • NyaDC85
    Marauder

    @finanzminister said in The graphics WERE NOT downgraded:

    many people claim stuff but no one provides quotes, sources or proofs.

    This is probably the biggest witchhunt i have ever seen in my gaming career.

    It's all a bunch of baseless misinformation, they can't prove anything and expect you to blindly trust them.

    It's hilariously and pathetically stupid.

  • Meepimajeep8358
    Rogue

    I suggest you go take a look at this insider post - https://www.seaofthieves.com/forum/topic/48888/streaming-and-island-lods

    There has clearly been a graphical change for the worse, whether it was intentional or not.

  • McDougle99
    Founder

    @finanzminister said in The graphics WERE NOT downgraded:

    many people claim stuff but no one provides quotes, sources or proofs.

    This is probably the biggest witchhunt i have ever seen in my gaming career.

    did you ever play no mans sky. I still don't think Sean Murray is allowed out of his super secret hiding place

  • PaulJJ

    @nyadc85 I have noticed recently some of the plants appear when using the telescope and then disappear when I stop using it. I didn't notice it before the update but could be wrong.

  • FreakyOldMan101
    Captain
    Insider
    Founder

    @NyaDC85 When people talk about the games Graphics Comparison they are more likely talking about E3 2015 Trailer vs Retail Xbox One X Graphics Comparison i.e this link will show you why they are upset. same thing happened with watchdogs 1 E3 look good retail looked bad. its not a placebo in the early alpha if you was not apart of it they had difference in the art style for the most it looks the same but there are small thing most people will not notice the fact is the change is for the better and the art style is also changed for the better for handleing of both platforms i.e small Pc can run it and Xbox smoother game play.

    As a Pc / Xbox one owner I can say the game we have now has no difference to the game they showed off most of it is the same and over time of the alpha/Retail there have been a number of improvements to the visuals and there Content Roadmap looks good as well.

    in to days age people will moan about anything so there that as well.

    anyway here is the link that people talk about and you looked up launch gameplay on Youtube to need to look up pre-alpha / E3 events game play to see the issue they think is there. that is what these nut jobs are going nuts over happens all the time when games come out they show them off on stage with a pc from NASA spaceships on the best setting then when we game the get looks little Feedback
    Different.

    link to it enjoy

  • Hudson RL
    Lord
    Insider
    Founder

    Well I disagree. Lanterns and pullies on my ship now pop in from ten feet away. Animals on islands pop in when I’m right beside them and the ships ropes no longer cast a shadow. But sure, all of us experiencing these are making it up 👍

    I can stand in the crows nest and watch my crew pop in and out as they are on the island I’m parked next to. Also when in the crows nest the sea appears flat which it never used to.

  • Lord of Goats
    Master
    Insider

    @hudson-rl Yeah, I don't think this about foliage/island detail LoD, although some people have derailed the threads to say that - it's interesting objects - skeletons, crew, animals, chests, skulls, etc. My understanding is that they've got worse - certainly, my crew is no longer visible on the other side of islands so much.

  • Gloog
    Master
    Founder

    Draw distance detail was changed.

  • GrandFHermit
    Master
    Founder

    dude, i think you are the one that imagine things.

    https://www.seaofthieves.com/forum/topic/48888/streaming-and-island-lods/101

    graphics got worse and i played since the technical alphas.

  • Tyburn Ketch

    @nyadc85

    You’re wrong. Plain and simple... and I’ve submitted proof to Rare.

    Items didn’t “pop” or appear as shadows with spots at launch. The render distance has changed.

  • Nebenkuh

    @nyadc85
    My crew noticed the changes immediately after the patch, without ever reading anything on the forums.
    Could you please link a time in the video where someone uses the spyglass to look at an island?

  • Tyburn Ketch

    @nyadc85

    I also have to say that your post serves no purpose other than for you to try to say “told you so” and wait for a pat on the back.

    People here with legitimate concerns being told we’re all idiots frankly makes you look like a troll.

  • Vault Traveler

    @mcdougle99 i wasnt following that because i had somewhat a feeling the game would end like that anyway because its to big and too ambiguous for such a small dev. (learned my lesson in spore)

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