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Old 24-02-11, 09:08   #11
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Agreed that next-gen Lara looks terrible, she just has a sheen to her skin that looks completely unrealistic. But some of the environments look stunning with next-gen enabled. The snow in Nepal in the cave with the river and floating ice platforms is just
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Old 24-02-11, 09:10   #12
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Considering that most of the time lara is looking away from the camera, and the gain you get from the enhaced environments, I'd say that yes, turn it on.
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Old 24-02-11, 10:56   #13
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Old 24-02-11, 16:09   #14
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i prefer off

i dont know about pc graphics in next gen mode vs Xbox 360 (quality)
360 is better. It has a few extra effects that for some reason weren't included in the PC next-gen mode and it's a lot more stable too (for example, no crashing or transparent textures during the Kazakhstan bike chase on 360 despite that I got that in the PC version's next-gen mode on several different PC's ).

Edit: I haven't actually tried next-gen mode on my new PC though now that I think about it, so I'll give it a go and see if I get better results than when I played it on my brother's PC.

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Old 24-02-11, 16:46   #15
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^Nice. Do tell your results.
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Old 25-02-11, 19:33   #16
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If I'm taking screenshots or if I just want to admire the environments, I turn next-gen on. If I just want to play, I turn it off.
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Old 25-02-11, 20:26   #17
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It somewhat depends on the level, and on the condition's Lara's in... The game has some truly stunning moments with Nextgen turned on, but other moment the game is incredibly ugly
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Old 26-02-11, 17:32   #18
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off, occasionally with it on i can play, but for the most part some levels the frame rate drops really bad with it on.
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Old 26-02-11, 19:25   #19
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I played Legend on my old PC, so I had to turn NextGen off because otherwise it lagged like hell. Like other people already mentioned, I prefer Lara's non-NextGen look; but I don't really mind the appearance, tbh; although some visual effects are really nice with NextGen on.
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Old 28-02-11, 01:23   #20
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I started replaying in Next Gen mode and I couldn't stand how waxy Lara looks so I started experimenting with Texmod and I found the textures responsible for that. I've made a mod which removes the waxy appearance I also slightly toned down the makeup because it looked strange without the waxiness over it.

This mod should affect every playable outfit in the game (however I didn't bother for non-playable characters). This mod is meant for people like me who like the next-gen environments but wanted Lara to look regular without the extra shiny effect on her skin.


Before:


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Download:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/zq661j
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