MLB The Show Graphics Discussion Thread

[breakfastcat]

Quote: Originally Posted by strosdood

I’d be shocked if it wasn’t a technical reason of some sort, I don’t think they just ignore something as important as grass texture for no good reason, I also disagree something as intricate as blades of grass on 3/4 of a video game screen wouldn’t affect FPS at all

You wouldn't need to render each blade of grass when you can use a more efficient technique like parallax occlusion mapping to simulate the effect of depth without the need for additional geometry

[ltw0303cavs]

Quote: Originally Posted by canes21

Textures have essentially zero impact on framerate. The lack of better textures on things like the dirt and grass are not due to framerate worries. Or, I guess I should say they shouldn't have an impact unless their engine does things in a roundabout way.

Yeah if they cant improve Uniform Models/Ballpark Models on current gen with their engine thats a real problem.

[strosdood]

Quote: Originally Posted by breakfastcat

You wouldn't need to render each blade of grass when you can use a more efficient technique like parallax occlusion mapping to simulate the effect of depth without the need for additional geometry

Again, just playing devils advocate at this point but I’d assume it’s a optimization issue with changing their current method of implementing grass fields to the game on consoles, I’ve heard of parallax on PC, not really familiar with it though

[breakfastcat]

Quote: Originally Posted by strosdood

Again, just playing devils advocate at this point but I’d assume it’s a optimization issue with changing their current method of implementing grass fields to the game on consoles, I’ve heard of parallax on PC, not really familiar with it though

Parallax maps are very common on console games and have been used for years, widely utilized even on PS4 games. Its essentially just a flat texture that changes based on the cameras position. The Show already renders grass in 3D geometry at certain LODs, replacing that with a parallax map could theoretically improve performance.

Here's an example:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped....360p.vp9.webm

[marbury]

Check out the PYS 2020 thread. Konami dropped some news. There you can see what a baseball game can look like on PS5.

[canes21]

Quote: Originally Posted by marbury

Check out the PYS 2020 thread. Konami dropped some news. There you can see what a baseball game can look like on PS5.

The screenshots below:

Spoiler

Yes, this is what a modern game taking advantage of modern hardware looks like these days. It's fine if The Show looks good to you, personally, but objectively speaking The Show is a very dated game graphically and this is more of an example of what modern games are looking like and what The Show should be striving to look like as a first party AAA developed sports game.

[breakfastcat]

These images are so far beyond The Show's visuals it's insane. Even just that dirt texture is enough to show how much better this game could look.

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[Playboy™]

this is why I've been begging Konami to make a MLB game to compete with MLB the show, thats what next gen graphics are supposed to look like. this is what I expected MLB The show 21 to be when I got my PS5.