This 'we' you're talking about is erm....who exactly?

C.

of course you set your gfx options to "high" before posting this

RIGHT?

You do know that in real life nebulas have stars both in front and behind and they shine through, right?

I thought it looked fine and 3D enough. They look so realistic that now the stations need improvements to look less cartoonish in comparison, but one thing at a time, k? No need to be rude to our HOSTS, we are guests on their servers.

well if it looks good in the video (recorded using someone elses gfx card and settings)
and it looks bad on your machine on sisi, perhaps the issue is with your gfx setup not rendering the view the same as the dev who recorded it


and really, the OP should be boiled in oil posting about gfx issues while playing on a laptop display adapter....

If you actually THINK for 2 seconds.....the programming code and video card power needed to generate all the Particle stuff for actual 3D Gas Nebulae so that YOU can be 'physically encompassed' by them.........I do not want to PAY for that.

Indeed a ridiculous WHINE here............................

THEY LOOK FREAKING FANTASTIC.

Take that attitude of entitlement that paying means you can be rude and demanding to the host of a venue to any of the bars in my neighborhood, and a brawny tattooed guy will show you to the sidewalk at butt-bruising high velocity no matter how much cover you paid or drinks you bought. Think about it. Honey and vinegar people, if you are sweet everyone will want into your hive, but vinegar is for douches.

I have Krixtal on ignore. Maybe you should do the same since they never have a clue as to what they're talking about.

Really, when we're talking about the depth of the nebulae, we're talking about this:



Watch this video and look at the Gallente nebula. See those dark brown sections? In that video, they're very opaque, thus giving the nebula a good sense of depth. Now look at the same nebula on Singularity. Those brown sections are completely transparent when they shouldn't be. I mean, sure, it's perfectly okay to see stars in front of the nebula now that we have the new star field that shows nearby stars, but background stars should be blocked out, and in this case, they aren't.

Also notice the muddy nebula texture in that screenshot. I hate it. That muddiness is exactly why I want that 2GB nebula pack.

You know nothng of coding.

As Torfi has mentioned before we are discussing the possibility of making optional downloads a reality. If we can make that happen and you have a graphics card that can handle it, then why not?
There is more to it for us than just making the art assets available for download. We have to have some way of maintaining and updating optional downloads, plus some handy way for you to select them at your will.
Now on the subject of blocking the stars. We have been looking into how to make that a reality and as you see in the video from Fanfest it was our intent from the beginning. Unfortunately things don't always go as planned.
Because of the compression artifact that you get in some of the textures now, we would like to explore some better ways of storing them, and also the possibility of optional high quality downloads. Until we know for sure that the format we have is the best we can come up with without killing performance, we just donGÇÖt want to be pushing nebulae content updates, and new tech to support it, over and over again to the community. We truly felt that this was a good start for this part of the renovation and we are hoping that we now have something that we can work with in the future and keep raising the quality of your surroundings.