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tOFfGI posted 02-18-99 01:58 PM ET
How come they are so much faster when they look exactly the same?
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS posted 02-18-99 04:20 PM ET
Whether they look the same or not is a personal preference. The ratio of the ingame scale to the actualy 3DS Max model is much lower. This results in lower detail at all resolutions and zoom levels. If you can't distinquish, which many can't, you're in luck. We released the Hi-Rez ones because customers asked for it.
jkm
firaxis games
ThRiLL posted 02-18-99 04:29 PM ET
Hear hear. I use the Low-res myself, and can hardly tell the difference on a 17" monitor, but it sure helps the flow of the game. Moving units is much smoother using low-res on my P200. I need a PII. =)
Thanks for the choice!
Jason Beaudoin posted 02-19-99 09:38 AM ET
Is it possible to switch at a click of a button somewhere?
taterbill posted 02-19-99 11:57 AM ET
I'm all for speeding up gameplay (especially from mid-game on). How do I get the low-res sprites?
Thanks
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS posted 02-19-99 01:46 PM ET
They're in the \alternative art\lowres caviar folder on the CD.
jkm
firaxis games
taterbill posted 02-19-99 04:07 PM ET
Thanks, Jeffrey,
So what do I do, copy them over to the hard drive? (I'm at work, so I can't look at the directory structures right off hand.)
SnowFire posted 02-19-99 04:08 PM ET
Yup. Click on the first one in the list, shift click the last one, and copy it to your SMAC directory.
My only complaint about the lo-res is that the probe teams look considerably less cool. Is it possible to mix and the sets match?
taterbill posted 02-19-99 04:22 PM ET
Thanks Snowfire.
My God, 1072 posts? That's over twice as many as Jeffrey from Firaxis. Do you actually play the game, or do you just hang out here in the forum? (I'd insert a smiley face here if I knew how.)
Bill
PrinceBimz posted 02-20-99 06:38 AM ET
I will stay with the HI-RES myself because I seem to have no problems with the speed of this game. I am using a Compaq 233mmx 64megs 24xCD 2mbSV and Monster3D and it plays well for me.
hcainesjr posted 02-20-99 01:37 PM ET
This is what I did to simplify swapping the low and high res caviar. I copied the folder of low res to the hard drive. I made a new folder and titled it high res. I clicked on edit. then find. and selected *.cvr. these were the high res. I copied them to the high res folder. Then copied the low res from the folder to the game directory. This way I can swap easily without the cd.
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Author	Topic: Lo-res Caviar Units
tOFfGI	posted 02-18-99 01:58 PM ET How come they are so much faster when they look exactly the same?
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS	posted 02-18-99 04:20 PM ET Whether they look the same or not is a personal preference. The ratio of the ingame scale to the actualy 3DS Max model is much lower. This results in lower detail at all resolutions and zoom levels. If you can't distinquish, which many can't, you're in luck. We released the Hi-Rez ones because customers asked for it. jkm firaxis games
ThRiLL	posted 02-18-99 04:29 PM ET Hear hear. I use the Low-res myself, and can hardly tell the difference on a 17" monitor, but it sure helps the flow of the game. Moving units is much smoother using low-res on my P200. I need a PII. =) Thanks for the choice!
Jason Beaudoin	posted 02-19-99 09:38 AM ET Is it possible to switch at a click of a button somewhere?
taterbill	posted 02-19-99 11:57 AM ET I'm all for speeding up gameplay (especially from mid-game on). How do I get the low-res sprites? Thanks
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS	posted 02-19-99 01:46 PM ET They're in the \alternative art\lowres caviar folder on the CD. jkm firaxis games
taterbill	posted 02-19-99 04:07 PM ET Thanks, Jeffrey, So what do I do, copy them over to the hard drive? (I'm at work, so I can't look at the directory structures right off hand.)
SnowFire	posted 02-19-99 04:08 PM ET Yup. Click on the first one in the list, shift click the last one, and copy it to your SMAC directory. My only complaint about the lo-res is that the probe teams look considerably less cool. Is it possible to mix and the sets match?
taterbill	posted 02-19-99 04:22 PM ET Thanks Snowfire. My God, 1072 posts? That's over twice as many as Jeffrey from Firaxis. Do you actually play the game, or do you just hang out here in the forum? (I'd insert a smiley face here if I knew how.) Bill
PrinceBimz	posted 02-20-99 06:38 AM ET I will stay with the HI-RES myself because I seem to have no problems with the speed of this game. I am using a Compaq 233mmx 64megs 24xCD 2mbSV and Monster3D and it plays well for me.
hcainesjr	posted 02-20-99 01:37 PM ET This is what I did to simplify swapping the low and high res caviar. I copied the folder of low res to the hard drive. I made a new folder and titled it high res. I clicked on edit. then find. and selected *.cvr. these were the high res. I copied them to the high res folder. Then copied the low res from the folder to the game directory. This way I can swap easily without the cd.