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Darkshore

Darkshore gets a fresh look with Forever's graphics update: mist drifting over the water.

What changes from Classic

What it was in Classic and what it is now, row by row.

—ClassicWoW Forever
Signature effectClassicNo fog over the coastWoW ForeverFog over the water
GraphicsClassicThe fixed lighting and shadows of the 2004 gameWoW ForeverGlobal illumination, volumetric fog, light shafts and shadows that follow the sun
WaterClassicFlat surfaces with no currentWoW ForeverWater that flows and reflects the light
Draw distanceClassicShort: the horizon faded into fogWoW ForeverLonger: Dun Morogh is visible from the Wetlands (press)
CharactersClassicOriginal modelsWoW ForeverHD or SD model toggle
Art styleClassicClassic'sWoW ForeverThe same: Blizzard keeps it, calling it “timeless”

What we know

  • Blizzard picked the mist over Darkshore's waters as one of its three showcase examples of the rendering update.
  • Blizzard is not changing the art style (“we believe WoW Classic's art style is timeless”); the work focuses on environmental effects.
  • The official fact sheet lists global illumination, volumetric fog, god rays, water that flows and catches the light, and terrain that casts shadows as the sun moves.
  • At the “Evolving a Timeless World” panel they said draw distance is longer: from the Wetlands you can now see Dun Morogh (press).
  • Blizzard admits the trailer leaned on sunrise and sunset: “not every zone is going to be set at sunrise or sunset all the time” (press).

Before and after

Darkshore — Darkshore shoreline: Classic's flat grey versus Forever's pink-tinted volumetric fog. — ClassicDarkshore — Darkshore shoreline: Classic's flat grey versus Forever's pink-tinted volumetric fog. — Forever

Darkshore shoreline: Classic's flat grey versus Forever's pink-tinted volumetric fog. · © Blizzard Entertainment · “Azeroth in a New Light” video on the official Forever site, 0:01–0:02

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