>raytracing is a me-
>raytracing is a me-
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The lighting in the right looks atrocious.
>realistic water
>20+ year old textures
>blocky models
You have to be retarded if you think those look good together.
they do
realistic lighting can elevate ancient textures and models. also
>realistic water
no one complains about realistic mirrors in deus ex. some things are not art style clashes
>he thinks the ol' reliable mirror trick is in any way comparable to OPs unholy mess
they don't but they look better than left at least
God ray tracing is uninteresting. I want water that you can pour into other containers.
Soul VS Soulless
-me
Bait thread, although there are times in this mod that it looks good, specifically when it's indoors and there's glow from the computer screens
In this instance it is a meme. RT in older games always looks goofy.
It looks horrible, I don't get the appeal of applying good illumination in old games, its just shit, totally lost it soul, its almost as souless as the "HIRE THIS GUY" that focuses on bloom and motion blur and the rest of the graphics are shit.
just play black mesa
It is. The games artstyle wasn't made with Ray tracing in mind. It's slapping an artificial "filter" on top of old games. What's the point? The games already have an unique charm that is very unique for its time. Just play the game as originally intend or at most with some QoL patches
Ray tracing is a mimick to run away from Moore's law. You are a braindead consumerist if you fall for it
*Gimmick
What olds back games isn't graphics. It's shitty artists and creatively bankrupt game designers
reflections and light diffusement are cool and w/e but when are modern games going to fix their fucking lighting and, more importantly, not make levels look like shit? a lesser reason that people are nostalgic for PS1/2 graphics is because you could typically see what was going on and the environments were often pleasing to look at, rather than a mess of 19 different light sources and endless clutter and trash piled everywhere.
graphics whores are less than human
>og models
why make something like and not use the better models and assets? Make it for HL Source
VALVE
Raytracing can be used well. But it almost never will.
Raytracing is just a race to let devs automate and half-ass development to cut down on costs.
Raytracing still struggles to compete with hand crafted lighting environments anyway. If nothing else the difference won't be worth the sacrifice.
>raytracing = RTX
>AMD shill earning their wages
>left: 1000 fps at 4k
>right: 60 fps at 1080p
>is t'that.. a HECKIN WATER REFLECTION
>OMG I'm gonna consooooooom
>I need the latest and most expensive Goyvidya card
-me
Look at these fucking textures, we figured bilinear 2 decades and a half ago. The game also looks like shit in general, the shadows are still baked and there are still fake lights, which looks really bad with RT memes.
>dirty water is now crystal clear
To be honest I can understand why this would confuse many americans and as such the aggressive responses against it in a mod.
Why would you even want to replay HL1? It was a great game for its time but right now there's literally zero value.
It's still fun, save for bouncy time.
Your post has zero value.
Why would you reply to a post with zero value then?
>shadows have gone so the lighting looks completely flat
>dirty water is now crystal clear and you can see the texture beneath you were never meant to see
Raychuding is the worst meme
thats not raytracing doe
i like my texture water
I liked the moments in the trailer where RT basically just added super strong colored lighting. Like going down an elevator with red alarm lights blazing and it's all bathed in stark red light.
It looks so nice, OP. Ignore the haters. The fans spinning in the vents looks incredible and elevates the game to new heights
What is the point of the thread when 90% of its posters are deliberately retarded? Like if 10-20% of you were retarded I could get to work, but now it's just a waste of time. Why reply to one retard over another? Why reply to someone that knows they are wrong and doing it on purpose over fox and grapes? My next question is why are any of you here? Dozens of anons with the same neurosis alrady beat you to the punch and posted your unique and interesting opinion before you did.
Anyway I'm still waiting for this mod to get materials/textures enhanced before I replay half life.
>My next question is why are any of you here?
>Stare into the void long enough and it stares back
You're here forever
Literally Soul vs soulless
These are like zoomers when it comes to fps: doom vs fortnite
Or with pajeets: human-made vs AI art