same lighting engine as NCAA?

[icicle22]

Someone please tell me that the lighting engine is the same as NCAA? I hear people saying it has no progressive lighting and I am hoping they mean real-time lighting. NCAA changes by quarter, so a later afternoon game starts in sunlight, progresses to longer shadows in the 2nd quarter, the lights are on and it's 50/50 sun/lights in the 3rd and finally the sun is down and full on stadium lighting in the 4th quarter. Not perfect but acceptable and gives a satifying feeling when the end of the game nears....you feel you are running out of time even without looking at the clock.

Please tell me Madden does this little thing too? This feature has been around in other titles and Madden in earlier versions and really adds to the immersion. I saw a blog talking about the lighting being a major upgrade and how the game simulates overexposure like a real TV camera. I've even seem some shots that look like "magic hour" shots where the sun is going down and the field looks awash in an orange light. This is great but should not last for the duration of a 3 hour game (real football time, not video game time).

I get the impression this has been once again missed in Madden 11.

Not a dealbreaker but a disappointment for sure.

[Dan Marino]

In Madden the lighting actually

[icicle22]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dan Marino

In Madden the lighting actually progresses the opposite way: The game starts with the sun down and rises and gets brighter as the 4th quarter starts.

Wow....that is good to know. I suppose the AI likes to "punt on first down" too? (old Steve Martin reference there).

[Eski33]

No progressive lighting this year from what I read.

[SA1NT401]

Nothing like NCAAs...Its static..(stays the same throughout the game).

[adembroski]

Progressive lighting- NCAA only
Progressive lighting the technology that changes the lighting as the game progresses based on the time of day.

Linear Lighting- Madden and NCAA
Linear lighting is the technology that produces more realistic color contrast, shadows, and self-shadowing than last year.

[PaPZ187]

I have NOT noticed the lighting change during the game in the 5-6 games I've played so far.

Another thing I wish they would have is when you play in the rain or snow that it doesnt stay exactly the same through out the game. It should change and at times stop raining or vice versa, would make it a little more realistic.

I played one game in snow and one game in rain and both times the weather stayed the same through out the whole game, kinda gets boring and not that fun to play in.

[SeaNNyT]

Snow in NCAA looks extremely well done, the lighting off of it and the way it looks like it covers the field in the right spots. Madden 11 does not come close from a snow game video I saw a few days back.