r/PS4 • u/cristi1990an cristi1990anRO • Sep 01 '18

[Video] [Video] BioWare Makes Fun of Marvel's Spider-Man's "PuddleGate" Controversy

https://youtu.be/yQph-_imtDY
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u/FJLyons Sep 02 '18

Well that's ridiculous. Reflections are a very taxing system in a game. It's not like mirrors. They have to recreate the full section, with NPC's and mirror their movement in real time. It effectively doubles the resources of the scene or environment. It's not something that's going to be in most games, because it's not something better technology can really fix. The better the graphics, it's still double the resources, and most games run using a fine tooth comb to split the hairs.

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u/Secretmapper Sep 02 '18

Well that's ridiculous. Reflections are a very taxing system in a game. It's not like mirrors.

Actually mirrors are taxing on a game as well. In fact in most games mirrors are actually what you described - they recreate the full section and mirror the movement (i.e. Portal and many others).

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u/FJLyons Sep 02 '18

I meant mirrors in real life, they don't reflect like in real life

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u/raise_the_sails Sep 02 '18

IRL mirrors are taxing as fuck for me personally