By Nick Pino
Halo 5: Guardians won’t be in stores for another few weeks, but according to executive producer Josh Holmes that despite it being one of the biggest games in 2015 it might not have the highest resolution of any game this holiday season.
Holmes wrote a post on the Xbox Wire today describing something he calls “the progressive resolution system” that allows the game to scale the resolution based on how many objects are on the screen at once. Using this system, he says, Halo 5 will be able to run at 60 frames per second both in every mode – a huge accomplishment for the series.
The team has re-engineered the game engine to look at all the objects on the screen – the enemies, vehicles, other players and terrain – and slide from a lower resolution during times of complete on-screen chaos to 1080p when you’re by yourself enjoying the view.
“Without this system, we would need to either reduce the scale of our most intense combat encounters or lower the quality of content across the game in order to stay at 60fps at all times,” Holmes wrote. “With progressive resolution, we get the best of both worlds: …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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