RPGM Symphony of the Serpent [v.09112] [NLT Media]

[pdpax]

You're right, I mixed some things up. I checked again only the MP4-Files are over 6Mbit/s; all other files are max. 2Mbit/s. My bad. TGO used 6-10 Mbit/s; which was not really good for the delivered quality either.
Nevertheless, NLT uses VP8 (which is bad enough) with a poor compression algorithm, then there's the low resolution and the icing on the cake is the low bitrate.

AI video enhancement concepts
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Limitations of AI-Upscaling

• Artifacts and inconsistencies
  AI video enhancer can sometimes introduce visual artifacts, such as unnatural textures or halo effects around edges. These artifacts arise because the AI is making educated guesses, which might not always align with the original content's intent.
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  It usually happens when AI models are trained on specific datasets might not perform well on content that differs significantly from their training data.

Ah... AI then. I see. That's pretty cool. Thanks a lot.

 

[Don Kilot]

Ah... AI then. I see. That's pretty cool. Thanks a lot.

I don't get NLT. The new RPGM-Engine can use VP9 and now AV1. These are fantasic codecs.
VP9 is licence-free and runs on every device.
AV1 needs modern hardware, is also licence-free and is even better at the same bitrate, more complex for finetuning and allows hardware-compiling on comsumer GPUs.
I have heard rumours that NLT will release 1440p videos later.

 

[pdpax]

I don't get NLT. The new RPGM-Engine can use VP9 and now AV1. These are fantasic codecs.
VP9 is licence-free and runs on every device.
AV1 needs modern hardware, is also licence-free and is even better at the same bitrate, more complex for finetuning and allows hardware-compiling on comsumer GPUs.
I have heard rumours that NLT will release 1440p videos later.
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They used to include both high resolution and low resolution videos in the previous games. Video and Video-l files. Now it's all low resolution for some reason. IDK why.

 

[Don Kilot]

Ah... AI then. I see. That's pretty cool. Thanks a lot.

If you have a Nvidia-GPU, you can enable RTX VSR (Video Super Resolution) for apps and browsers.
Resident Evil 2 Remake:

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Even realtime AI-Enhancements for VLC and MPC-HC is possible (needs a plugin).
Older Comparison-Video:

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It's not as good as a pre-rendered video, but it's really good for a real-time solution.

 

[Borlandsmen]

They used to include both high resolution and low resolution videos in the previous games. Video and Video-l files. Now it's all low resolution for some reason. IDK why.

NLT said before the game's release that it was abandoning the low-quality version... I thought it was cool - finally, it doesn't have to do double work to make everything work on weaker devices. Only quality!! And then it happened... the ass.
The result we got was worse than in previous games.

I have heard rumours that NLT will release 1440p videos later.

How I wish this turned out to be true.

 

[Abelian]

Considering this update, it looks like the side chicks are there just to buy the developers some time.

NLT Media gives the game away in last Weekly Report, i.e., "At the end of the week will come the next bonus chapter of Symphony of the Serpent!" So even developer thinks side-girl update are "bonus" and not full game updates it looks like. Bonus chapters in the past only come after game ends and used to provide short content until next game is launched. As suggested I suppose inferior side-girl thing is to allow developers to buy time to devote more to superior story updates.

 

[pdpax]

NLT Media gives the game away in last Weekly Report, i.e., "At the end of the week will come the next bonus chapter of Symphony of the Serpent!" So even developer thinks side-girl update are "bonus" and not full game updates it looks like. Bonus chapters in the past only come after game ends and used to provide short content until next game is launched. As suggested I suppose inferior side-girl thing is to allow developers to buy time to devote more to superior story updates.

I won't have a problem with that if they do make better stories. This could actually be a good sign. Gives us hope.

 

[NH1980]

Small bug.

I had the chest key but I hadn't found the chest.

I decided to call Grace anyway and she came over to my place and offered me both types of Booty Call even though I hadn't found the Karma Sutra page.

But on the summary page it still showed that I was missing a booty call. It was only after I found the chest did that get cleared.

But the bug is that the booty sex was available before the chest and karma sutra page was found.

Cheers,

Nigel