Sonic 2 Enhancement Theory

Mr Lange · Jan 29, 2011

Covarr said:

Sonica said:

It'd be cool If you'd used a HQ2x or similar filter
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Would it really? Mostly these filters make everything look like shit.
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It would have been a good stand in for the lack of anti aliasing, and it looks much better than bilinear filtering and I don't care how you slice it it looks like garbage. Unfortunately AE has no such filter and the only ones that exist are in some screwed up DOS program and built into emulators. You know in hindsight, I could have rendered the videos using Gens built in hq2x filter.

Namagem · Jan 30, 2011

Would you consider doing another of these? I find it really interesting. I understand it was a lot of work, and you are under no obligation to do it, but it really was awesome, and I'd love to see your take on how some of the other stages could be "enhanced".

Mr Lange · Jan 31, 2011

Namagem said:

Would you consider doing another of these? I find it really interesting. I understand it was a lot of work, and you are under no obligation to do it, but it really was awesome, and I'd love to see your take on how some of the other stages could be "enhanced".
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I will certainly give it some consideration, but I'm not sure what other stage to do yet. I was actually starting an animation project of Sonic doing a stylish run through a semi-3d Hydrocity Zone.

Yuzoboy · Feb 1, 2011

The dust effects and flashes are definitely a nice touch, along with the sound effects which gave it a genuine updated feel. The fading out of the music as you pass the end post was cool as well. I can understand why the blur would be an issue but to me its a nice effect. Also I don't know if im hearing things but at 1:07, I can hear the wind rushing past Sonic which sounded great!

The only thing im not sure of is the bloom which could have been turned down slightly, but overall I like the ideas in this video

Mr Lange · Feb 1, 2011

Yuzoboy said:

The dust effects and flashes are definitely a nice touch, along with the sound effects which gave it a genuine updated feel. The fading out of the music as you pass the end post was cool as well. I can understand why the blur would be an issue but to me its a nice effect. Also I don't know if im hearing things but at 1:07, I can hear the wind rushing past Sonic which sounded great!

The only thing im not sure of is the bloom which could have been turned down slightly, but overall I like the ideas in this video
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Yes I did add some wind sound here and there. Your ears do not deceive you.

REPO Man · Feb 2, 2011

Personally, I wanna see 3D (anaglyphic, shutterglasses, etc), so that each layer pops out and certain details. It may need some work, though. I mean, you can't just have two flat layers tinted red and cyan.

Mr Lange · Feb 3, 2011

REPO Man said:

Personally, I wanna see 3D (anaglyphic, shutterglasses, etc), so that each layer pops out and certain details. It may need some work, though. I mean, you can't just have two flat layers tinted red and cyan.
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A novel idea but,
1, I hate stereoscopic 3d. Fuck movies these days.
2, I do not have any such 3d glasses to test with.

REPO Man · Feb 3, 2011

Mr Lange said:

REPO Man said:

Personally, I wanna see 3D (anaglyphic, shutterglasses, etc), so that each layer pops out and certain details. It may need some work, though. I mean, you can't just have two flat layers tinted red and cyan.
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A novel idea but,
1, I hate stereoscopic 3d. Fuck movies these days.
2, I do not have any such 3d glasses to test with.
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Plus there's not a lot of "things flying towards the screen", though it'd be cool if this worked with the Special Stages from 2, CD and 3, particularly CD.

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