Gorans Water Set by goran svensson

Goran, these are great. Really, they are. But, I have a couple of problems with both sets, now that I've run them quite a bit: (1) Why 512 and why not 1024? 512 seems to be the minimum quality threshold: Where a 1024 will hold at 1680x1050, and up close, a 512 won't. I see no further use for 512 and under, especially with today's hardware (and even four years ago's hardware, actually). 1024 seems to finally be the best, most comfortable fit in terms of visual quality and load/run speeds. (2) Why not DDS? The DDS format loads and runs faster. Is there some technical issue, like transparency, that requires PNG? Understand that I ask these questions not as a negative, but as a positive. If you understand what I mean, i.e., I'm not dissing your choices or being critical. I am, however, genuinely concerned that 1024 and DDS is being overlooked for the wrong reasons. In a nutshell, I would personally prefer native (not extrapolated/scaled) 1024x1024 versions of these texture sets, and in DDS, like the TTEP sets currently are. Thanks.

The walls look pretty cool. Sadly with the version of Aleph One I have I can't use it. Still am able to look at what they'd look like. Keep up the good work!