This has probably been covered, by someone, somewhere, already, but I'm curious.
I've been trying to play Wing 3 lately (having no luck with my machine and my KS version of the game, sadly), and I saw a few cutscenes. It's been years since the first time I watched them, and I am sadly forced to say that they haven't aged well. The interlacing and general resolution is plain out poor. That's of course, understandable considering the technical limitations of the time.
But something occurred to me. How was Wing Commander III shot? Theoretically, if it was shot on film, would perhaps someone at Origin along the line thought to carefully archive those reels? Could a high-resolution encoding be a possibility?
Like I said, I'm sure someone knows these answers out there. I'd just like to satisfy my curiosity.
I've been trying to play Wing 3 lately (having no luck with my machine and my KS version of the game, sadly), and I saw a few cutscenes. It's been years since the first time I watched them, and I am sadly forced to say that they haven't aged well. The interlacing and general resolution is plain out poor. That's of course, understandable considering the technical limitations of the time.
But something occurred to me. How was Wing Commander III shot? Theoretically, if it was shot on film, would perhaps someone at Origin along the line thought to carefully archive those reels? Could a high-resolution encoding be a possibility?
Like I said, I'm sure someone knows these answers out there. I'd just like to satisfy my curiosity.