HD vehicles

Vehicles: HD in the Graphics menu: every craft rounded, panel-lined at ruler spacing and given paint, metal, glass and rubber, built once and placed on the GPU.

On the Emberline grid at 17:18 with Vehicles: HD off: the pods as they have always been, each part a coloured box.
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On the Emberline grid at 17:18 with Vehicles: HD off: the pods as they have always been, each part a coloured box.
The same grid with Vehicles: HD on: every engine and cockpit rounded with smooth edges, panel lines across the engine pods at ruler spacing, gloss on the paint, the cockpit's rim catching the evening sky, and a soft shadow under each pod. The seven pods add 37,600 triangles that live on the GPU; per frame they are only placed.
▶ Go there hdcraft-2-pods-on
The same grid with Vehicles: HD on: every engine and cockpit rounded with smooth edges, panel lines across the engine pods at ruler spacing, gloss on the paint, the cockpit's rim catching the evening sky, and a soft shadow under each pod. The seven pods add 37,600 triangles that live on the GPU; per frame they are only placed.
The hypersonic jet on the Ternary Gorge with HD off.
▶ Go there hdcraft-3-jet-off
The hypersonic jet on the Ternary Gorge with HD off.
The jet with HD on: rounded wings and fuselage, panel lines along the wings at ruler spacing, a highlight on the paint and the canopy reflecting the sky.
▶ Go there hdcraft-4-jet-on
The jet with HD on: rounded wings and fuselage, panel lines along the wings at ruler spacing, a highlight on the paint and the canopy reflecting the sky.
The helicopter on the Ternary Gorge with HD off.
▶ Go there hdcraft-5-heli-off
The helicopter on the Ternary Gorge with HD off.
The helicopter with HD on: the cabin rounded and panel-lined, the skids and tail boom bevelled, the paint glossy.
▶ Go there hdcraft-6-heli-on
The helicopter with HD on: the cabin rounded and panel-lined, the skids and tail boom bevelled, the paint glossy.
The tank on the Ruler Hills with HD off.
▶ Go there hdcraft-7-tank-off
The tank on the Ruler Hills with HD off.
The tank with HD on: hull, turret and tracks rounded, panel lines on the track guards, metal with a sharper glint; the turret is its own placed part, so it still turns on its own.
▶ Go there hdcraft-8-tank-on
The tank with HD on: hull, turret and tracks rounded, panel lines on the track guards, metal with a sharper glint; the turret is its own placed part, so it still turns on its own.