#graphic options

[askagamedev]

Hi, Dev! I recently got into modding Skyrim for the first time. I started getting higher fidelity visual mods such as 8k textures and such. This might be a dumb question but how is that even possible? Of course being on a powerful PC is a big part. But I thought games and their engines had memory and graphical limitations of their own.

The first set of constraints are during development - the assets that are created. It won't actually matter if the game can potentially display 4K, 8K, 16K, or 128K textures if there aren't 4K, 8K, 16K, or 128K texture assets to load. Somebody actually has to take the time to create those assets for the game to load them at the appropriate times. We typically don't put in code to upscale textures, they need to be added to the assets and loaded at the appropriate time in-game.

The second set of constraints are at run time - the system resources of the machine it is on. If the system has little memory or a slow CPU/GPU, there are fewer overall system resources to work with compared to a system with a faster CPU/GPU and more system memory. The other potential technical bottleneck is the [architecture of the game]. If the game was built using 32 bit architecture, it will only be able to use up to approximately 4 gigabytes of memory. If the game was built with 64 bit architecture, it can use up to approximately 2300 petabytes of memory. As long as the game can run within 2300 petabytes of memory, it's fine.

Thus, if the game is built on 64-bit architecture on a beefy machine and has 8k texture packs and code to know when to load those 8k textures, it should be able to run those even if the original game never had such high res textures to begin with.

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[bahoreal]

#felt the need to add the only fanfic option cos i know that so many people would put that as fiction #but for this i am mostly interested in purchasing or finding actual published books. #for the purpsoes of this poll comics/graphic novels count in the 'i dont read fiction or nonfiction books' as id classify them as a type

[autumnslance]

Benchmark Tech Notes

Running the Benchmark

If your Benchmark isn't opening, it's an issue with the executable file, and something not completing properly on either download, or extracting the Zip file. The Benchmark is designed to run and give you scores for your potato computer, I promise.

I actually saved my Benchmark to my external drive, and it still pulls and saves data and runs as it should. Make sure you allowed the download to complete before extracting the zip.

Resolution

Check your Settings; in Display, it may be defaulting your monitor Resolution to something than you might otherwise use if you aren't on standard 1920x1080.

To check your monitor Resolution, minimize everything on your screen and right click anywhere on your Desktop. Go to Display Settings and scroll down to find Resolution and what it's set at.

You can set the Graphic Settings 1 tab to Maximum, or to Import your game settings. Display Settings tab is where you set it to be Windowed, Bordered, or Full Screen, as well as select Resolution to match your monitor in the dropdown (or customize it if needed). I speak on Resolution as some folks in my FC noted it changed how their characters looked.

The Other tab in Settings is where you can change the text output, or even check a box to disable the logo and score; I do this on subsequent plays, once I have my scores at various settings, to get the clean screenshots.

@calico-heart has a post about fixing graphics settings, with screenshots of the settings tab. Basically, change graphics upscaling from AMD to NVIDIA, and/or uncheck Enable Dynamic Resolution. Also check the Framerate Threshold dropdown.

Screenshots

The benchmark auto-saves 5 screens each playthrough. In the Benchmark folder there is a Screenshots folder to find the auto-images taken of your characters.

Character Appearance

If you want to get your current in game appearance, including non-standard hairstyles, make sure to load up the live game, right click and "Save Character Settings."

Then go to Documents/My Games/Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (this is the default in Windows 10 so mileage varies). The file will have the date you last updated their settings and be named FFXIV_CHARA_01.dat (or however many saves you have/made).

Grab those newly updated DAT files for your character(s) and copy them, then in the same base folder, go to Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (Benchmark).

Paste the copied DAT files in there, and rename to FFXIV_CHARA_BENCH01.dat (the number doesn't matter, and you may have more).

When running Benchmark Character Creation, use the dropdown menu.

If you do Create a Custom Character and Load Appearance Data, it will give you default hairstyles again. Meteor's Dawntrail hairstyle is a new default.

In Char Gen I am finding that a very pale hrothgal reflects the green scenery around her, giving her white skin/fur a green tinge. The other zones do not have this problem, or at least not to the same degree.

They added a Midday vs Evening setting in outdoor areas as well to test lighting. The lighting in the Gridanian innroom is better; not as bright as outdoors, to be expected, but not completely useless.

New voice type icons to clarifying the sounds you make.

Remember we're getting a free fantasia with the expansion, so some tweaking may be needed; Iyna I felt like I needed to adjust her jaw. Other colors--skin, hair, eyes, tattoos, etc--are showing differently in the various kinds of lighting.

Uncertain if the limit on hairstyles for the Hrothgals so far is just a Benchmark thing; they do have set styles for different head options. Everyone gets Meteor's hair though, so it may be a temporary/Benchmark limit. But which clan and face you choose drastically alters what hair and facial feature options you have access to.

Check your settings, tweak them a bit, play around with chargen, and remember this is still a Benchmark; they always strike me as a little less polished than the finished game, but so far I'm actually pretty pleased with having defined fingers and toes, the irises in the eyes, scars looking cut into the skin, and other improvements.

#final fantasy xiv #Benchmark #Dawntrail #Settings #Graphics #Options #Characters

[rhythmmortis]

day 6: a world to revisit

#kingdom hearts #kh #kh1 #kh4challenge #wonderland was pretty cool in kh1 but imagine how it would look in the new engine and with better movement options #also that world text is also one of the most complicated graphics ive done as of writing this (1 month before this is posted) #tried doing more stylised colouring for this one to try and fit a set palette and i think it looks pretty alright!! #this one goes out to the bestie because im glad i get to make wonderland things for you now :)

[blinkees]

hello! could i please rq a fnaf springtrap blinkie?

#two options! thank u for requesting :> #fnaf #springtrap #flashing gif #blinkees #blinkies #requests #web graphics

[undertalethingems]

you have some kind of formal art education?

yes! but, i didn't go to school for art originally, and while my college had a perfectly fine art department and i liked most all of my teachers, sometimes i'm not sure how much i actually learned, haha...

i've been doing art basically all my life, and lucked out in having pretty good art teachers through primary and secondary schooling; they introduced me and my classmates to a lot of different media and techniques, from pen and ink to stained glass. Some of the lower level art classes i took in college actually repeated concepts i was already familiar with, but there was no testing out of them so i had to do them again. it was painful :"D

i still think it was a valuable experience though :>

#undertalethingem chats #not undertale #ask game #i once had an assignment to draw human skeletons... but this was before undertale came out so i didn't care about human(oid) skeletons #after undertale came out i wished i'd put a little more effort into that assignment XD #there were no digital art options that weren't either photo editing or graphic design though #and graphic design... is not my passion =u=; #so i've still got plenty to learn regarding digital painting >>

[inafieldofdaisies]

OC Picrew | Featured: Deputy Sabrina Donovan | Mercedes "Mercy" Sibley | Oakley Moore

Tagging, @socially-awkward-skeleton @direwombat @florbelles @fourlittleseedlings @josephslittledeputy @josephseedismyfather @aceghosts @carlosoliveiraa @trench-rot @strangefable @cassietrn @onehornedbeast @voidika @adelaidedrubman @unholymilf @shellibisshe @macs-babies @marivenah @vampireninjabunnies-blog @nightbloodbix @madparadoxum @thesingularityseries @jackiesarch @corvosattano and anyone that would like to make their ocs in this editor <3

#okay so i got this idea while trying to decide between eyes for Sabrina in the editor #and noticed she was basically blinking/looking down at her notebook when i clicked through the two options i was torn on #each graphic is a simple gif made from two separate images from the picrew (under the cut for better look) #also the picrew has beard options I just never got around to making the boys in it; might do a part 2 for them <3 #Sabrina: Looking shyly at John and offering him her hand; symbolism of the Collapse behind her #Mer: 'Shh' @ Jacob to keep her secret she's not what she seems; all the angel symbolism here yeah <3 #Oakley: Smirking bcs she got a confession out of a Peggie... her favorite pastime #picrew #picrew game #picrew tag #oc: sabrina donovan #oc: oakley moore #oc: mercedes “mercy” sibley #character inspiration #character style #tagging game #wip: in hope of tomorrow #fc5 ocs #far cry 5 oc #fc5 deputy #ocs #oc stuff

[seasononesam]

#submission #thank u for submitting a poll could u tell I wanted to be included #supernatural #spn #sam winchester #personal #secret 11th option: the wigs in the finale #the pictures …graphic design is my passion

[taohun]

25 MINUTE LONG SUFJAN STEVENS SONG POP QUIZ!

#love the idea of whoever is taking this hypothetical quiz not knowing the answer to the second one and just starting to eliminate options #graphic design #art #<- ????? who knows #sufjan stevens #sufjan #impossible soul #age of adz

[inexplicably-spookified]

fucking bnuy friday!!!!!

also, play my mod!

#cave story #evergreen #usagi #my ocs #scribblins #FUCKING BNUUY FRIDAY #i just released a new evergreen demo :] #no new story content but a lot of graphical polish and other misc. tweaks #as it stands i believe the current demo's length is a couple hours? give or take optional content

[nakashira]

could you do red/pink ann takamaki rentry graphics?

(Pink) Ann Takamaki Rentrie Graphics!

{ 1 / 3 REQ } f2u, kin ) id ( me okay ⟲ and ❤ optional but appreciated

Requested by anonnie! ...again.

Character: Ann Takamaki Series(??): Megami Tensei

#꒰ જ⁀➴ COMMiSSiON ꒱ #꒰ જ⁀➴ RECEiVED ꒱ #꒰ જ⁀➴ FANTASiZiNG ꒱ #icons #rentry #rentry decor #rentry graphics #rentry inspo #rentry requests #rentry resources #sntry #sntry decor #sntry graphics #carrd resources #carrd stuff #carrd inspo #carrd icons #favicons #carrd graphics #megami tensei #shin megami tensei #ann takamaki #takamaki ann #ann megami tensei #ITS THE COLOR PINK NO WAYW #Why was orange not an option :( /sarc

[trafalgar-law-ask]

An unusual sound is heard outside the submarine… how is that possible? They are submerged in the depths of the sea!!

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#(Sleepless Night with Law) #Since the option to go with bepo was 41% #I decided to continue the -low budget graphic novel- with that option even though the previous survey had not yet finished #If at any time an option is very close to another #I will wait until the end #But 41% is pretty decisive #Let's continue with this game! #one piece #trafalgar law #trafalgar d water law #polar tang

[locusfandomtime]

Fake logo designs of various districts/companies in Hermitcraft S8! Something about Hermitcraft brings out the graphic designer in me (*cough* it’s because I love worldbuilding and making tiny details in a world) anyway!

Design notes under cut! (Alongside some headcanons - it is quite long)

Horse Head Farms: this is the logo that started this idea basically. I got such a cool image of an eclipse with a repeated b+w horse head pattern and I really wanted to make it happen. M.C. Esher has done designs like these but as tiles, which I used as inspiration. I think I could have made it look a bit clearer but for my first time drawing something like this I’m pretty happy. The text is from one of the default Procreate fonts and kinda makes HHF look like a law firm (which is the vibe I was going for, soul-stealers and lawyers are often sorta linked in fiction, and supposedly xB and Hypno are their own legal team). xB and Hypno are the only employees other than the people they blackmail into doing stuff for them.

Big Eyes: I wanted a red eyeball as a reference to Tango’s amazing prank on Boatem and I imagine it’s a goofy little mascot for the company. Some big goofy text felt fitting alongside this. I wanted to make a Pass n Gas specific logo too but I wanted to focus on the main “districts” rather than specific shops. I feel like this is kind of obvious but in-universe Big Eyes are VERY unsuccessful and actively losing money.

Hohenzollern Castle: not really a company but Joe and Cleo are cool so I wanted to include them and I had a tiny bit of blank space left on the page so here we are. I actually really love how the sign looks, the wood texture came out nice. They don’t have a logo as much as they do a sign outside their area, created by Joe, with the text written by Joe’s dyes. The “Hohenzollern” is kinda squished because he began to run out of room but was too stubborn to split the word in half. Cleo argues that it isn’t a logo and is just a sign with the castle’s name on it. Joe argues back with a deconstruction of “what is a logo, really?” and something about companies and capitalism and Cleo doesn’t care enough to respond.

Octagon: I am a fool who initially thought it was spelt “Octogon” and had to fix it well after I finished. Oh well. I wanted this to have a very evil look about it. You can instantly tell they’re the evil tech company running experiments on the quantum realm or whatever in a Hollywood movie. Between the unsafe work conditions and the tax fraud, it is a miracle they haven’t been shut down (reason: the government is scared of Doc)

The Evil Empire: the “the” wouldn’t fit so I had to make some sacrifices. Evil Xisuma is dramatic and edgy so he wanted the logo to be in fancy black calligraphic medieval looking text. It fits the evil castle aesthetic the whole area has pretty well too. The Evil Empire is kinda like a Hot Topic store and a Renaissance Fair combined, but it is also involved with Crypto. Despite being so weird it has a perfect niche of marketing to edgy teenagers so it is quite successful. The employees hate it there because their work mandated uniform is to “dress like an evil minion”. Jevin is a slime monster, Wels cosplays a knight and Beef turned into an alien so they thankfully didn’t have to change.

Boatem (BTM): heavily inspired by Grian’s simplified logo he made in Minecraft, where he shortened it to BTM. Despite already having a reference to work off, this was the hardest design. I knew I wanted it to be simple, all-white and leaning back dramatically but I spent ages fiddling with it. Boatem is the most successful company, being perfect for the general public and their shopping district a tourist destination in of itself. It nearly went into bankruptcy when Mumbo was CEO but has been very successful since his Robot took over.

Zedaph Laboratories: my favourite design. Hand writing the text was a nightmare but it came together nicely other than that. Sheep symbol because sheep are his brand. I used the same colour palette as his laboratory. “Laboratory” is misspelled for two reasons: 1) I realised my mistake too late to change it, 2) I think it is completely in character for Zedaph to not know how to spell laboratory and only realise after Tango points it out and be forever haunted by his mistake. Don’t let the sleek corporate design fool you, Zedaph is still wild and is the only person in the “Zedaph Labratories”.

#btw I did this on procreate rather than photoshop #and it was such a pain. Procreate is better for drawing imo but text editing and transformation options are so limited #locus fandom time #locus art time #long post #how the hell am I supposed to tag this lmao #Hermitcraft #hermitcraft s8 #hermitblr #Boatem #horse head farms #Zedaph #logo design #graphic design #fanart #hermitcraft fanart

[jitterbugbear]

berries berries berries

#salvaging ugly wips with mid century design inspo?? uhhh yea #idk what this is #noodling around with colour options lol #artists on tumblr #my art #jitterbugbear art #nature #illustration #graphic design #blackcurrant #th​ese were actually redcurrants but i like blackcurrants more

[aeide-thea]

sudden revelation that the real merch tumblr needs to make is a t4t shirt where the Ts are the tumblr logo…

like.

#i mean probably it should have the graphic versions of the T and not just plaintext but. my mockup options were limited #in any event. you get the idea‚ lol #metatumbling

[fictionadventurer]

Apparently my copy of The Long Winter is where I was keeping my copy of Almanzo's name card. And I have the perfect props to go with this cover.

#little house #the long winter #laura ingalls wilder #this is the closest i'll ever get to bookstagram #laura's name card is probably in one of the next two books #as far as souvenirs go i recommend name cards as an ideal option #easy to store excellent bookmarks very cheap and still book-relevant there are no downsides here #new trend: let's bring back name cards #with modern graphic design the options are endless