X Rebirth screen shot analysis and speculation

[unknown1]

Okay, does the ship on this page look like the ship from picture 4 seen from the front? Zoom in, does that three pronged thing look like a proper gun emplacement to anybody else? And that black bit on the left, cockpit?

Take a look at the station on the right of the page. I'm assuming that it's the same one in picture 3, if so it's fracking huge.

as for the cockpit ,i must agree with you ,those three sticks look more like antennas,but if those 2 stations are the same...

[A5PECT]

I think they look like guns. If the other section is indeed a cockpit, its windows seem very dull. It was probably just a standalone render of the ship model, but it makes me curious as to what cockpit glass will look like in-game.

[BeidAmmikon]

"WE BUILD A BETTER TOMORRROW" it is, alright.
Below these words, you can see a series of hexagons that may be Modules in a Complex. No more tubes, I guess

[JClosed]

Hmmm...

That slogan does remind me of Doom 3. The text "we build a better tomorrow" is used a lot in the in-game promo videos (for the molecular destructor that generates Iron and H2O for mars). In the Doom3 intro movie you also see the same molecular shapes. A tiny joke of the X-Rebirth designers perhaps?

Just speculating...

[T.S.Zatoichi]

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/7576 ... traile.png

This little thing circled in red has windows, you can even see a dark blob inside. (pilot?) Oh God, giggling like a schoolgirl over a blob

I like the 'weathered' look circled in green.

I circled some signs in blue. If you compare this pic and pic #2 from the OP they look like the same station seen from opposite ends of the 'trench'. (The lighting's all wrong, I know, but still.)

Below these words, you can see a series of hexagons that may be Modules in a Complex. No more tubes, I guess

I hope so. The Ego guys should know enough to get rid of those.

Edit: Changed link to higher quality pic.

[Aragon Speed]

The one thing I see that no1 else said anything about .. 4th pic .. bottom right. FPS 14.456794. But I was thinking .. damn only 14fps and i am sure they have a Beast of A comp.

Looks like I need and 2nd and 3rd 6970 PCS+

Yeah I noticed that, but this early the engine will not have had final streamlining, and it will also still be running with all the debug code still active. Expect that FPS to double before it goes gold.

Would be nice to have the system spec that was running on though.

One unfortunate place where there are jaggies though is on the shadows cast by the station. On the storage tanks in the lower left of the picture there is a very clear shot of low res shadows being used. Considering the nice shadows on the ship in the first picture I can only think of two reasons for this. The first is that this is an earlier shot using an earlier build, and second (and imo the more likely reason) is that because stations are so large and such complex structures, that lower res shadows need to be used to keep performance at a reasonable level. I'd like to see an option to use the higher res shadows on stations if you would like included tbh, but we will have to wait and see.

Not sure I agree with your analysis here. It looks to me as if there is some type of support type structure running between the cylindical station parts, and it looks as if it may have holes in it.

Aye, I can see the holes, right shadow, but not actually what I was talking about. Just to the right of those holes you have the edge of the shadow and it is stepped (pixelated) rather than smooth edged.

[unknown1]

Aye, I can see the holes, right shadow, but not actually what I was talking about. Just to the right of those holes you have the edge of the shadow and it is stepped (pixelated) rather than smooth edged.

maybe it is simply the shape of the object ,casting that shadow ,that is jagged..who knows,everywere else ,the shadows look fine

[builder680]

Aye, I can see the holes, right shadow, but not actually what I was talking about. Just to the right of those holes you have the edge of the shadow and it is stepped (pixelated) rather than smooth edged.

maybe it is simply the shape of the object ,casting that shadow ,that is jagged..who knows,everywere else ,the shadows look fine

Yeah, I can easily imagine it being metal grating with corrugated edges. It could also be jaggies, can't really tell atm.

[T.S.Zatoichi]

http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/3539 ... ilerhq.png
I think this is a different angle of the same station, if it is, then I'd have to say we're seeing jaggies on the other pic. (Though I don't know why.)

[Aragon Speed]

Aye, I can see the holes, right shadow, but not actually what I was talking about. Just to the right of those holes you have the edge of the shadow and it is stepped (pixelated) rather than smooth edged.

maybe it is simply the shape of the object ,casting that shadow ,that is jagged..who knows,everywere else ,the shadows look fine

Hmm, possible, but unlikely. Especially when you look at the shadow being cast on the storage tank to the right.
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[Deleted User]

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You dirty dogs @ Egosoft SWORE UP AND DOWN that X3TC was the LAST game in the series! What a wonderful ruse! I had hoped that TNBT would turn out to be X4 but never had I dared to dream!

I am pretty impressed with the graphics myself, but then again I'm not a 3d programmer so... I don't know what imperfections look like anyways!

All I can say is I can't wait to mingle with my new board computer!

X-Universe Rules!

[KRM398]

OH, thank god, ships that look like real ships..and a carrier that has a big open mouth to fly into, someone built my ship, the one I was talking about for maybe 3 years! hehehe, but so far this looks really good, if they learned their lesson about not making core sectors too overcrowded, then we got ourselves a new game, rejoice...the X Universe isn't dead, but according to the preview, it's badly damaged, and there's people in it,,maybe heroes and their significant others, or girlfriends, I think this was mentioned before as well..someone to pretend to be and a challenge to live up to. Way to go, Egp, lets see some more goodies about the new game, and I'll start saving up to buy it..lol.

[T.S.Zatoichi]

I don't have much to say about this shot, I just think it's cool. (LINK) We're all assuming that this is a shot of ships entering the gate, I think that's a pretty good assumption. Look at the level of detail on the 'roid to the left. Amazing.

I noticed something neat in this one, (LINK) take a look at the two flames at the bottom center of the pic. Their flaring in opposite directions!

Here's a shot of the 'BSG' ship showing the interior of the hanger. (LINK) I want to land on that thing.

I know this is a bad shot, they all keep coming out blurry. (LINK) I think this is the same ship as this one, [ external image ] and this one. (LINK) Player ship anyone?

I know people were interested in these ships earlier, this is the best shot I could get of it. It's blurry in the previous frame and two frames later it's blurry again because the shaking from the other ships passing so close to the camera. (LINK)

Something I'd like to point out that I'm sure everyone's already noticed. The two stations seen in the video are of a completely design. So we know we have at least two different races. (Not that there was ever any question of that.) Does the one in the atmosphere look Teladi to anyone else? I know the encyclopedia doesn't mention the Teladi anywhere, but it just looks like something they'd design to me.

Edit: Something else I just noticed, this looks like the same station as this, but from the back.

Edit again: Changed all the links to higher quality pics.

[EmperorJon]

An interesting thing I noticed was with those "Xenon/Split" fighters, the pair. I didn't think they were, I thought they were just... well, fighters. Just because they're red... anyway...

They have yellow bands on them, as markings, as does the ship in front. And the way the ship flies infront suggests more escort than attack... so they're friendlies by the look of things.

[amtct]

Anyone noticed the lack of AA .That means the damn game needs a/some graphics card that are not available yet ....not even for Ego's supercomputer

[A5PECT]

The exact specifications of Egosoft's enigmatic testing rig is the subject of much speculation on the part of these forums.

I get the feeling it's not as high and mighty as some are lead to believe...

[EmperorJon]

It better not be. I want X:R to look like that on my PC.

[amtct]

It better not be. I want X:R to look like that on my PC.

You mean you have a supercomputer and you want a game that will not work with AA on it

[KRM398]

I don't think this is a fake out by Ego..I think in their minds..the old X universe is dead. Now they have this big nova thing, and maybe all the main Argon planets are destroyed and with it the balance of power. Now, the other civilizations will try to rule over us, and we'll be a minority to them. There's no way they can say that 1 nova destroyed the known universe, so, its probably one civilization that's gone, and since its a long time into the future, its basically a whole new game.

[X2-Eliah]

Who needs AA anyway, just select the full resolution and not 640x400

But seriously.. We'll see about the specs; X games in general have always had quite high resource requirements at the release time. I think the announcement for X3:TC specs was one of the first games that I recall to have a recommendation of more than 2 gigs of ram.