V1.00
V1.04
textures at the right side
V1.00
V1.04
I know the shadows are different because of the dynamic weather BUT what happened to the wall in 1.04?
Okay and what do you think about the other pictures that where in the same post?
And here a few more to compare......
V1.00
V1.04
And here left side 1.00 and right side 1.04
In the horse picture the God ray is droping directly in front of the scene in 1.04 altering the colors and lighting, but it is because trees move and thus you get different god ray results. But this affects the comparison.
What I can tell for certain is that again the 1.04 shot looks like it has more foliage.
In the Kaer Morhen indoors picture, I am not sure I can spot a difference other than slight lighting differences which are again due to the effect of fire that can produce each frame slightly different results and affecting the lighting in close proximity to it.
The picture with Geralt taking a bath I get only 1 picture unfortunately. Dunno whats wrong with it maybe my browser's fault.
I still support my original opinion that the game can be tweaked in several ways that can sometimes make it look worse in one scenario and better in the other. So far from all the pictures that have been posted there is only one occasion where I would say that 1.00 has a clear advantage and that is the White Orchard picture on top of the rooftop. Even in that picture you can spot worse LOD in textures (look at the treeline). But shadows do appear better so I can give it a win.
Everything else, looks either the same to me, or slightly better in 1.04. Foliage certainly got a small upgrade it seems and textures in the distance are indeed slightly better.
Shadows are debate-able I agree, but again the are instances in 1.00 were shadows are missing compared to 1.04 as well (Kaehr Morhen picture).
Which is why I say that the game is tweaked and not downgraded. Also weather/lighting effects play a HUGE role and affect the image gravely even if the time and weather are the same.
People also need to remember that the game in 1.00 was pretty much in beta stage from what we know. Pop in was crazy, there were a ton of bugs and generaly the whole game was completely unstable. I say this mostly for those who cry out things like : "bring back 1.00!". HELL NO.