Graphics / texture updates?

[smoke]

So I'm thinking of buying this but the textures / graphics look a bit dated for 2021, is there any plans to overhaul them?

[SCORP10N2000]

If you want better looking game or other stuff check out mods at:
https://www.nexusmods.com/valheim
You do need this first doh: https://valheim.thunderstore.io/package/denikson/BepInExPack_Valheim/
Install Manually.

[minefield]

Honestly, the graphics are fantastic. Many modern effects on top of the purposefully stylised aesthetic. Plus you could always play around with some texture mods and/or reshade.

[Bunker]

low resolution textures = boring
not impressed with the art style. Just put HD textures plz thx

ill do it for you if you want.. I'll even throw in the normal maps and metallic alphas. it'd take about a week

[minefield]

Originally posted by Diggs:

Nah. The game just looks bad. It was just lazy not to give it better graphics. There was no reason not to. There's nothing amazing about these graphics.

"lazy"

lol

[pipo.p]

There's another effect that can push some players back, by the way, it's the blurred vision you get when you turn the head/camera quickly. It defnitively adds to the stress when you are running through a forest in hope to escape a gang of greys.

[SCORP10N2000]

Originally posted by pipo.p:

There's another effect that can push some players back, by the way, it's the blurred vision you get when you turn the head/camera quickly. It defnitively adds to the stress when you are running through a forest in hope to escape a gang of greys.

Sure but you can turn off "Motion Blur" in menu!
and "in hope to escape a gang of greys" Why run? just kill does pesky Grays!

[Bunker]

Originally posted by pipo.p:

There's another effect that can push some players back, by the way, it's the blurred vision you get when you turn the head/camera quickly. It defnitively adds to the stress when you are running through a forest in hope to escape a gang of greys.

Motion blur is a post possessing effect, it happens in the camera calculating in real time and it does impact performance. BUT...

I noticed that this game does not have the option to toggle motion blur.. that puts a red flag up for me - thinking that they require it to hide non-smooth movement of cameras. say for instance when you spin around or the camera shake..

Now the camera shake is a whole other ball of wax.
that one.. guys got the shake values set too high.. need to change 0.1 to 0.001 or somthin lol

But please guys, put real effort into your menu screens to allow access to as many public variables as you can. even if you think it makes the game "look" worse or it's out of range.. please just add the options to adjust all post processing effects. Including motion blur.

Things like FOV sliders and headbob have to be standard nowadays with all the different systems and scales and size of display panels.

remember, people will spend most of their time looking at your menus and UI

[MeGa]

Originally posted by Bunker:

low resolution textures = boring
not impressed with the art style. Just put HD textures plz thx

ill do it for you if you want.. I'll even throw in the normal maps and metallic alphas. it'd take about a week

Woah DUDE you sound so powerful, knowledgeable and superior....im speechless.

Oh btw, people with less ego and more skills have already done that like a month ago, im about to, by third time or so, download a couple gigabytes of hd texture mods and pick my prefered ones.

But hey, the whole community is awaiting your great arrival, for sure...not, xD

And finished! Currently having 454 textures replaced (including bumpmaps so a little bit more than a half of that number in different textures replaced) totallying....1.92 gigabytes XD

[Shure Iam]

Originally posted by SCORP10N2000:

If you want better looking game or other stuff check out mods at:
https://www.nexusmods.com/valheim
You do need this first doh: https://valheim.thunderstore.io/package/denikson/BepInExPack_Valheim/
Install Manually.

You forgot this.

https://www.nexusmods.com/valheim/mods/48

[LinkZeppeloyd]

Originally posted by Ankido:

Stop! Just please stop! Anyone who questions this game or other games on graphics, please stop playing video games PERIOD. Games are not based on graphics. Graphics is just part of the aesthetic to make a game look pretty. It's all about mechanics and game play. The game play in my honest opinion is 90%. In time with updates, I'm sure they will add to the game play. Don't expect to see any graphical updates. The game is designed as intended and looks absolutely amazing. Really getting annoyed when people question a VIDEO GAME graphics. Go watch a CGI movie or something.

That’s just your opinion. I’ve gaming on PC since the early 90’s, and I find graphics to be extremely important.

Bad grpahics, lighting, artistic choices etc. can utterly ruin a game. Battlefield 3 hd good graphics, you just couldn’t see it under all the horrible crap gimmick filters DICE was obsessed with.

Plus, you contradict yourself. You say that “the game is intended and looks absolutely amazing.” I agree! We obviously agree that graphics are important. Valheims natural world is amazing and is a huge, if not THE reason, people play it.

[Vaigrant]

As noted, no plans to do anything about the Textures of Poly count, however this game has phenominal lighting and smoke effects, which really brings it to life. It's a game that looks far better in motion than as a still image.

Add to that a pretty good sound design from such a small team, adds another layer. Some of the effects are grating(Deer.) but the sound of the wind, tree's and other ambient sounds are very well done and pull you in.

It's never going to have official high res models though. So if that's a no go for you then I'd avoid it, unless you want to get a mod or make a mod somewhere down the line to add them in.

[scavenger]

lol, its funny to see people STILL saying "make game look good" when it has been said by the Dev's that this is how the game will look, and will stay looking like this. If want your own opinion of graphics, just download textures others have done already.

[BioFringe]

I remember when the first Borderlands came out and people posted the same question all the time...When will the graphics be updated? These graphics suck why would you do this? They're so outdated...

Many, many years latter...several versions of the game released and people love the game to death.

Graphics don't make a game fun or not. They can help with immersion but believe me, this game doesn't need the help.

[scavenger]

Doesn't need it, won't stop those from complaining that they can't get off from the game because it doesn't fit their graphic range :3
All because we can make games have 4k graphics Pc melt capable, doesn't mean we need to.

[Avanar]

Originally posted by BioFringe:

I remember when the first Borderlands came out and people posted the same question all the time...When will the graphics be updated? These graphics suck why would you do this? They're so outdated...

Many, many years latter...several versions of the game released and people love the game to death.

Graphics don't make a game fun or not. They can help with immersion but believe me, this game doesn't need the help.

I don't play borderlands exactly because of the awful look.

Valheim definitely needs something else to attract. Maybe the poor design choice is sufficient for you but not for others.
Minecraft is awful looking too but at least has or had a great building aspect and wonderful world generation.

Valheim has potential too but its getting hyped because

1.several big influencer play it

2. People are not aware of other games in the genre that do better


The game is very new so I'll see where it will be in a few months or years. But right now they

Disguise bad graphics as design choice

Hide lack of content by locking progress behind bosses, even for simple tools

Use a simple modular building that is unique only because of the viking setting

Don't allow digging deep, digging caves and limit World generation because they don't know how to optimizate.

Implement a simple ai to fill the otherwise empty world

Ui, storage, building and several other things are very basic.

Yes, they created a good mix of things people like in other games and did a good choice by using a viking setting.
But i really don't see where the game will hold much attention after a while.
Maybe because I'm focused on building and a bit on fighting im spoiled. Right now i play valheim only because a friend asked me to join him.