Warcraft 4 Confirmed, Starcraft 2 to be a Trilogy

[HappyTauren]

WoW had the same engine as WC3, they won't keep using it, they will use a better one.

I totally lol'd at your lack of knowledge.
WHAT THE FUCK?
Anyway, I'd die if they used wow models in wc4, cause wow models are pretty horrible for today's standards, and most textures are very low res.

 

[Serbianbeast]

I find them to my liking, wouldn't mind them in next wc

 

[HappyTauren]

I would, cause that'd mean blizzard went lazy.

 

[punwisp]

I totally lol'd at your lack of knowledge.
WHAT THE FUCK?
Anyway, I'd die if they used wow models in wc4, cause wow models are pretty horrible for today's standards, and most textures are very low res.

Unless they used something else, they said in the past they were using the same engine as warcraft 3, of course, not in the same way.



EDIT: Eh, lemme rephrase that... They used same graphics engine

 

[HappyTauren]

They couldn't have, they use totally different particle system, lockable animation sets, animations have more keywords, the m2 format, the engine uses blp2 instead of blp, and shit like that. Also, it's got much better shading than wc3, it's IMPOSSIBLE that they use the same engine, or that wow's one is based off wc3 one.

 

[Serbianbeast]

Well they might have edited the engine since m2 models are relatively easy to convert to mdx and they have much in common.

 

[HappyTauren]

That's like saying .3ds models are easy to convert to .mdx, which is true, but that doesn't mean 3ds and mdx run on same engines.

 

[punwisp]

Who knows how powerful the engine they used for warcraft 3 was? I'm sure they can bend it to w/e they wanted, but they used the same graphics engine. You can kinda tell wc3 and WoW had pretty similar graphics.. Only WoW's graphics had more detail.

 

[HappyTauren]

Who knows how powerful the engine they used for warcraft 3 was?

I know. It's really shit engine, unoptimized, gets locked on few thousand polygons, has shitty extent calculations, uses tiles instead of splats, the higher res textures blur easily, doesn't support animation combining, blah blah.

I'm sure they can bend it to w/e they wanted, but they used the same graphics engine.

It's just impossible, not to mention they have redone the graphics engine TWICE for wc3 only, how much sense would it make to use the same graphic engine on two games? Well, that sorta happened with SC1 and WC2, but still, those games were RTSes, had same graphics, and were released in the same time.

You can kinda tell wc3 and WoW had pretty similar graphics.. Only WoW's graphics had more detail.

That makes no sense, wow and wc3 graphics are totally different, both on technical, and art basis. However, you can easily tell that wow models were made long before wow (some of them, that is), cause they are used in campaign screens, and stuff like that. But still, they are not wc3 models, they are just wow models imported into wc3. Now you'll say it's easy to convert wow models to wc3, no it isn't, they just exported from .max to .mdx using art tools, instead exporting to .m2.

 

[Andreja]

Who knows how powerful the engine they used for warcraft 3 was? I'm sure they can bend it to w/e they wanted, but they used the same graphics engine. You can kinda tell wc3 and WoW had pretty similar graphics.. Only WoW's graphics had more detail.

Graphics look similar 'cus its the same universe.That doesn't mean its the same engine.

 

[punwisp]

I know. It's really shit engine, unoptimized, gets locked on few thousand polygons, has shitty extent calculations, uses tiles instead of splats, the higher res textures blur easily, doesn't support animation combining, blah blah.

It's just impossible, not to mention they have redone the graphics engine TWICE for wc3 only, how much sense would it make to use the same graphic engine on two games? Well, that sorta happened with SC1 and WC2, but still, those games were RTSes, had same graphics, and were released in the same time.

That makes no sense, wow and wc3 graphics are totally different, both on technical, and art basis. However, you can easily tell that wow models were made long before wow (some of them, that is), cause they are used in campaign screens, and stuff like that. But still, they are not wc3 models, they are just wow models imported into wc3. Now you'll say it's easy to convert wow models to wc3, no it isn't, they just exported from .max to .mdx using art tools, instead exporting to .m2.

Actually I was going to say they could have used a newer one, newer version of it, and I remember them saying in the past they used the same type of graphics engine, to keep the feel of it. or w/e they said.

 

[GhostG45]

I think Frostwhisper's comic strip prophecy was right... Blizzard WILL overstress the WarCraft title and will cause it's own self destruction... T.T

 

[punwisp]

with what evidence?

 

[Super-Sheep]

I was just wondering if there will be new races? Like Draeneis or Demons.. It could be possible, or not? :/

 

[punwisp]

More then likely not, just a mixture of races in one faction, there will probably be 3, that would be best, because each faction could be unique and not just a copy and paste race.

 

[VeljkoM]

Are you serious.Blizzard would never do that. There will be certainly 4 old races but for new races...
We will be surprised like always...

 

[punwisp]

Starcraft will most likely become a MMO with 3 factions, they can make it, and I wouldn't be suprised, only instead of a world, its worlds. A starcraft MMO would be a LOT larger then the WoW we know

 

[VeljkoM]

You mean we could go around space and not just one planet like WOW.Now that would be cool.

 

[punwisp]

Yea.. And have different kinds of "Mounts" And have space kind of battles, Different vehicles, weapons, armor, etc.

 

[iSky]

WC4 FTW!!!
soon sites like wc3edit or wc3something have to change their domain LOL!!!!