Vanguard: Trees from SpeedTree Give Vanguard a Great Look

Two new screenshots aired at Okratas show the beauty that SpeedTree is giving to the Vanguard treed landscape. This ties in with the press release we published a couple of days ago regarding the Sigil licensing of SpeedTree.

Just as a note of interest, in a thread put up regarding the great effects of SpeedTree, a discussion ensued about the overall graphics surrounding trees, skies, characters, buildings. Brad McQuaid (Aradune Mithara) responded to a comment of a fellow forum member at the official forum for Vanguard:

Shelby of Okratas commented: You know I didn't even realize the lack of shadows on the buildings. Perhaps its because of the distance in which they are being drawn. Interesting how one of us noticed the clouds, others the shadows, others the shape of the branches.

Aradune Mithara replied to that comment: We have shadows for PCs, NPCs, clouds, and trees, but not buildings and such yet.

To see more of the SpeedTree magic, visit their site at: http://www.idvinc.com/