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Yusaku_Kudou
Nov 20, 2007, 11:13 AM
Some things I've noticed:

- Smaller, sharper map with a wider range
- Player arrows stay on edge of map so we can see the direction they are without opening the full map
- A lot of text is bolded and easier to see
- A ton of anti-aliasing was added and seems to run in a higher resolution
- Framerate is significantly more stable and stays above 50 most of the time, even during De Rol Le
- The lighting seems smoother on everything
- Not only graphics, but the sound seems fuller: melee and gun hits have more oomph to them
- DOORS YOU OPEN WITH SWITCHES YAY! http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif
- The animation upgrade is a nice welcome

It just looks so much better than it did before. I think the AA makes a huge difference.

Rizen
Nov 20, 2007, 11:14 AM
Also, Twin Daggers animation changed very slightly.

But yea, the graphical improve in AoI is amazing. I can see a world of difference when I play AoI then PSU vanilla.

-Tidus_415-
Nov 20, 2007, 11:15 AM
On 2007-11-20 08:13, Yusaku_Kudou wrote:
- DOORS YOU OPEN WITH SWITCHES YAY! http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif

aka those damn "PSO doors" that only have boxes inside. lol

MrPOW
Nov 20, 2007, 11:16 AM
This is awesome to know. Sega really seems to have nailed just about everything with this expansion.

Ryogen
Nov 20, 2007, 11:16 AM
I'm surprised all noticed this as well. I love how the numbers come up clearly and I was like WOW. It just made me want to put more damage on enemies.

Jao
Nov 20, 2007, 11:16 AM
we also got that new opening title=p

SilverBreeze
Nov 20, 2007, 11:16 AM
I've only seen the male Twin Dagger animation, I'd love to see the one for girls because it's my favorite weapon http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif

Unfortunantly I won't be able to play for a couple days, oh well !

Xtian913
Nov 20, 2007, 11:19 AM
This all sounds great! How about shadows underneath our character? I could've sworn I saw realtime shadows in some early AOI screens...

Yusaku_Kudou
Nov 20, 2007, 11:20 AM
On 2007-11-20 08:16, Ryogen wrote:
I'm surprised all noticed this as well. I love how the numbers come up clearly and I was like WOW. It just made me want to put more damage on enemies.



Yes, my female newman was absolutely destroying things on fortegunner with the Spinning Strike saber PA. XD My ATP ROCKS http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif

Mmmm, PSU is so beautiful now. Best Thanksgiving ever, thanks Sega!~

LightBreaker
Nov 20, 2007, 11:20 AM
The disc drive itself makes a lot less noise which makes sense as the disc is not be accessed as much. Hopefully this clears up the disc errors I and a lot of other people were having before. I was frustrated with it I went out and bought a new disc and the problem was still not fixed. *heres to hoping the disc read error never comes up again*.

amtalx
Nov 20, 2007, 11:20 AM
Oh, thank you ST! http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/love.gif

Anyone have word on the dreaded interrupt error...havn't had a chance to sign on today.

buzyb77
Nov 20, 2007, 11:20 AM
wow...thats cooll too bad they took the servers down....

majan
Nov 20, 2007, 11:21 AM
I wish my internet connection was efficient enough to have dl'ed the expansion in the 2 hours I allowed before leaving my house.

instead it only made it to 24% >.< ....I cancelled it,but does anybody know if you can resume a cancelled download on XBL?

Yusaku_Kudou
Nov 20, 2007, 11:22 AM
On 2007-11-20 08:20, amtalx wrote:
Oh, thank you ST! http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/love.gif

Anyone have word on the dreaded interrupt error...havn't had a chance to sign on today.



It's gone! http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif Except for right now since we have emergency maintenance. Oh, and we still have blotty shadows, but if it keeps the framerate hovering between 50-60, I don't care lol. Ahh yeah and talking during boss animations is sweet. Did anybody else drop their jaw at De Rol Le's graphics? The whole level and animations and colors were mindblowing.

LightBreaker
Nov 20, 2007, 11:22 AM
On 2007-11-20 08:21, majan wrote:
I wish my internet connection was efficient enough to have dl'ed the expansion in the 2 hours I allowed before leaving my house.

instead it only made it to 24% >.< ....I cancelled it,but does anybody know if you can resume a cancelled download on XBL?



Yes you can.

amtalx
Nov 20, 2007, 11:22 AM
On 2007-11-20 08:21, majan wrote:


instead it only made it to 24% >.< ....I cancelled it,but does anybody know if you can resume a cancelled download on XBL?



Yep.

Xtian913
Nov 20, 2007, 11:23 AM
You could have just shut down the Xbox if you have it set to continue downloading stuff while in standby mode... which I did. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif

Apone
Nov 20, 2007, 11:25 AM
I like the emotional expressions on my characters face although sometimes they're alittle creepy.

majan
Nov 20, 2007, 11:28 AM
On 2007-11-20 08:23, Xtian913 wrote:
You could have just shut down the Xbox if you have it set to continue downloading stuff while in standby mode... which I did. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif



I do not trust that white box of fury on inside my home without me or any of my family in it,just dl'ing something or not.

thank you guys though that just releived me a hell of a lot until I get home from school.back to revising my essay. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_rant.gif

Jao
Nov 20, 2007, 11:31 AM
hey i dont get the door opens with switchs part?

Yusaku_Kudou
Nov 20, 2007, 11:33 AM
On 2007-11-20 08:31, Jao wrote:
hey i dont get the door opens with switchs part?



It's an ode to Phantasy Star Online where the party needed to stand on separate switches in order to open a door to another room. It's really fun since it requires a little effort into teamwork. Just some nostalgic good times.

omegapirate2k
Nov 20, 2007, 11:49 AM
Good to know we have a framerate improvement!

Anduril
Nov 20, 2007, 11:52 AM
Just with the new hair all my characters looked great. I also am so Happy that I can actually read peoples names now.

Jao
Nov 20, 2007, 11:54 AM
to me this morning aoi seemed like a 30min demo then took it away=(

Getintothegame
Nov 20, 2007, 12:05 PM
PSU Vanilla's Graphics filter drove me nuts. After playing other games and later coming back to PSU, I thought my Xbox was malfunctioning.

I'll look more, but it's nice to see clearer resolutions.

AlphaMinotaux
Nov 20, 2007, 12:09 PM
Improved frame rates http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_eek.gif I haven't played aoti yet since i went to asleep after downloading and just woke to find emergency rollback ; ; I really hated the low frame rates but everyone says its better now so yeah, i'm glad lol

BTW i got a new gamertag pic ! guess what it is...

Jaspaller
Nov 20, 2007, 12:12 PM
Ugh, WHY MUST I BE TORMENTED! Bleh, I wish I was at home and not work.

Yusaku_Kudou
Nov 20, 2007, 12:21 PM
On 2007-11-20 09:12, Jaspaller wrote:
Ugh, WHY MUST I BE TORMENTED! Bleh, I wish I was at home and not work.



You can change your "PSO > PSU" thing to "AOTI > PSO > PSU" now. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif

Rashiid
Nov 20, 2007, 12:23 PM
On 2007-11-20 08:49, omegapirate2k wrote:
Good to know we have a framerate improvement!



You mean, we can use...Rafoie....without blowing up someones Exblox any moar??

Jaspaller
Nov 20, 2007, 12:28 PM
On 2007-11-20 09:21, Yusaku_Kudou wrote:

On 2007-11-20 09:12, Jaspaller wrote:
Ugh, WHY MUST I BE TORMENTED! Bleh, I wish I was at home and not work.



You can change your "PSO > PSU" thing to "AOTI > PSO > PSU" now. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif



lol, for now Aoti=PSO>PSU. Maybe I'll change it when I actually get to play.

Feelmirath
Nov 20, 2007, 12:30 PM
And now I'm waiting for my import to get here. GET HERE DAMMIT D:

ShinMaruku
Nov 20, 2007, 12:34 PM
ST... now if ony they had motivation.. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_frown.gif

Soulvayne
Nov 20, 2007, 01:22 PM
On 2007-11-20 08:21, majan wrote:
I wish my internet connection was efficient enough to have dl'ed the expansion in the 2 hours I allowed before leaving my house.

instead it only made it to 24% >.< ....I cancelled it,but does anybody know if you can resume a cancelled download on XBL?



There is also a system setting on the 360 for enabling downloads while console is off. Basically it runs the 360 on a lower power setting and finishes downloading whatever you have queued before turning off the box. I started using it this morning before work and I only hope everything is done and ready to go by the time I get home. (Did get 30% in the first 20 minutes of DL'ing)

lokey013
Nov 20, 2007, 01:30 PM
Man here I am stuck at work when I clearly should be playing this!!!1!11!!! lol

Soulvayne
Nov 20, 2007, 01:31 PM
On 2007-11-20 10:30, lokey013 wrote:
Man here I am stuck at work when I clearly should be playing this!!!1!11!!! lol



Same here won't get off work for another 3 hours I can't wait to get home.

RemiusTA
Nov 20, 2007, 02:03 PM
i pray to GOD people can say the same for PS2.

Im not expecting 360 Resolution and sharpness, but i am expecting my framerate to stop being stupid.

I actually believe it has something to do with the disc. People talk about how this game is way too big to fit on a DVD, and if they ARE using a normal DVD then the decompression may be whats taking so long.


And what Numbers are you guys talking about? They always came up..

ThEoRy
Nov 20, 2007, 02:31 PM
Yay download finished and it only took 19 minutes! Bout to find out all the good stuff first hand!

mvffin
Nov 20, 2007, 03:24 PM
Well, I set it to download with the xbox off this morning before coming to work, and I can't wait until i get off work tomorrow night to play it.

Skye-Fox713
Nov 20, 2007, 04:56 PM
On 2007-11-20 08:16, SilverBreeze wrote:
I've only seen the male Twin Dagger animation, I'd love to see the one for girls because it's my favorite weapon http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif

Unfortunantly I won't be able to play for a couple days, oh well !




So far in PSU all the races and genders have the same animation for all the weapons, as far as i know. I'm on pc so i don't have the expansion yet. Unless that has changed for the expansion

Broodstar1337
Nov 20, 2007, 05:17 PM
Framerates are still pretty bad. See: Full Party on Military Metrolinear

RemiusTA
Nov 20, 2007, 05:33 PM
On 2007-11-20 13:56, Skye-Fox713 wrote:

On 2007-11-20 08:16, SilverBreeze wrote:
I've only seen the male Twin Dagger animation, I'd love to see the one for girls because it's my favorite weapon http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif

Unfortunantly I won't be able to play for a couple days, oh well !




So far in PSU all the races and genders have the same animation for all the weapons, as far as i know. I'm on pc so i don't have the expansion yet. Unless that has changed for the expansion



i know for a fact saber and sword animations differ.

watashiwa
Nov 20, 2007, 05:45 PM
On 2007-11-20 14:33, RemiusTA wrote:
i know for a fact saber and sword animations differ.



PAs differ too. See females vs. males with Majarra.