I was looking at kentie's D3D renderer the other day, and saw this option. It really makes the sky look pretty. Take a look (these are from his site).

OFF (D3D):


ON (Glide):


Does 227 already draw translucent surfaces like Glide? This really makes me want to buy a 3dfx card lol.

Okay, I went to Dark Arena and took some pictures.

HighDetailActors=True:


HighDetailActors=False:


I think there is more then just this command involved. The clouds are definitely different if you use multi-pass texturing, they become more translucent. The clouds aren't nearly as translucent normally. This multi-pass texturing apparently effects the way certain reflections and windows are rendered to. If I can find a good example, I will post the pictures. Would it be hard to implement this style into 227?

Well, I just got done messing around with Deus Ex, and I have some decent pictures that showcase how multi-pass texturing renders reflective textures.

D3D (multi-pass texturing ENABLED):


D3D (multi-pass texturing DISABLED):


OpenGL:


These are taken in a freezer. So I assume the ice on the floor is reflective. This setting clearly renders reflective textures and clouds differently. With multi-pass texturing disabled, the reflective textures seem almost as reflective as a mirror. While with multi-pass texturing enabled, I would say its more appropriate and not as overly reflective as the mirror look of OpenGL. Also, this setting for sure makes clouds more translucent. Since the Glide render uses multi-pass texturing, that its how clouds and reflective textures are supposed to look, since the Unreal engine is optimized for Glide. I would love to see this setting implemented in 227 someday.

The clouds are definitely more transparent with multi-pass texturing enabled (from the picture in my first post) compared to the 227 screenshots. The clouds are white in the other photos (or what ever color the skybox is like blue for example from the HighDetailActors=False photo), but you still can't see through them like you can with multi-pass). You can clearly see the sunbeams way easier with multi-pass texturing enabled compared to 227 shots. I'm going to post better comparisons soon when I find a really good example.

GreatEmerald wrote on 07/07/12 at 12:54:45:

*cough* DistanceFog *cough*

unfortunately there is no feasible fix for these old fog problems but at least can be avoided for new maps then

Theres a bug with the reflective textures if you don't use SimulateMultiPassTexturing=TRUE (the Glide way). But at the same time, the Glide method has lower quality reflective effect and doesn't draw reflective fog correctly. So its really a trade off. I made a video showing the bug and how it looks using the Glide rendering style. Please watch it on YouTube with HD.