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Privata wrote:Fatcat , did they not say they were going to have some form of dynamic grass/rocks at one point? I hope so because that sort of detail adds a lot of finish to the game
Oh yeah, definitively. It might not seem like grass would add much to a game, but check this out.
But to make this work in C:R, pray to the videogame optimization deities that stainless doesnt forget to impliment grass distance LODs.
I agree I think grass ads so much to games in terms of graphics.
maybe they could just have grass be on a very short range and have it match as close as possible the ground texture (so it looks good far way)
I dont know if carma has lods for its landscapes? if it does I never noticed (beyond the megatexture , I mean meshes and not cars)
PS: I like the space twister a lot
The grass always pushed the graphics a notch ! We can see it in stalker, half-life 2 and other games. I would love to see this in CR
However I highly doubt that CR will get ANY graphic enhancing threatment... For one simple reason, anything they add will go contra to their optimalisation efforts.... If anything we will see less things, more lods etc...
I dont know if carma has lods for its landscapes? if it does I never noticed (beyond the megatexture , I mean meshes and not cars)
I think Errol said there is no LOD, but instead game culls everything you can't see. That is why solid rocks are different mesh than surface. This is also reason why we should not expect better decals to hide transitions from one surface to another is coming in post release builds.
Yep, there aren't lods which is why often you can see this occurring in action replay when you're flying around where something wont be rendered at all until you get a bit closer.
I dont know if carma has lods for its landscapes? if it does I never noticed (beyond the megatexture , I mean meshes and not cars)
I think Errol said there is no LOD, but instead game culls everything you can't see. That is why solid rocks are different mesh than surface. This is also reason why we should not expect better decals to hide transitions from one surface to another is coming in post release builds.
Oh that would explain few things about the optimalisation...I mean lods save tons of preocessing power =D only old old games like ghost recon or half-life 1 did not use LOD =D
I dont know if carma has lods for its landscapes? if it does I never noticed (beyond the megatexture , I mean meshes and not cars)
I think Errol said there is no LOD, but instead game culls everything you can't see. That is why solid rocks are different mesh than surface. This is also reason why we should not expect better decals to hide transitions from one surface to another is coming in post release builds.
Oh that would explain few things about the optimalisation...I mean lods save tons of preocessing power =D only old old games like ghost recon or half-life 1 did not use LOD =D
Yup, there is currently no LOD mesh substitution system. Objects in the game (from the individual parts on each car to buildings, props, peds, etc) are culled from being rendered instead.
There are also no ray-casting or simplified shadow meshes. Shadows are simply cast by all regular model parts (whose materials settings have Shadow casting enabled) that are over a set size/volume relative to the smallest object volume for shadow-casting objects (defined by the shadow settings).
Hey FatCat, your sketch looks awesome! I so want this truck in the game, I love it. Hope you'll get back to modding someday and find motivation again, I love what you do for this game. Keep up!
twisted wrote:Hey FatCat, your sketch looks awesome! I so want this truck in the game, I love it. Hope you'll get back to modding someday and find motivation again, I love what you do for this game. Keep up!
I especially love the open engine bay under the cab, would be amazing to see the engine "Roaring" 'N Movin' as we push gas pedal... would looks freakin' awesome! I want to see this come to fruition. Bring the Abba Cab in the game ASAP! We need this beast!!
Fatcat :P, I liked the plastic look of the top page :P. But the molded look is looking much like a truck, Soon you will be full hog like Maxine with trailers and stuff :P
I never liked original Abba Cab or any European looking trucks, but your AC looks good. It is like those racing trucks, not like boring trucks what they use to transporting things in here. Also I like how headlights are hidden behind grill (Even if racing numbers renders ones on the right side useless), gives aggressive look for it.
Accessories all around, shape revisions, part separations.
(Edit: OMG, i have SUCH a hard time setting up things for C:R, please help me set up test cars in blender for C:R. I hate doing it so much because it never works and i can never make a good C:R car on a technical side because of it.)
Looks very cool in this last pic. I hope you will figure out the technicalities. Really lokin forward to this. Though at first when I read the name of this topic I thought about that tracked hippie bus from carma 2 :] Would be cool to see that remake when we'll get tracked technology.
I am struggling with scale and rotations, everything goes crazy when i put it into C:R.
(It's the reason my last two projects didnt come to fruition, i spend literally all day trying to set up test builds and i get really ticked off because they always end up broken in some way)
FatCat wrote:I am struggling with scale and rotations, everything goes crazy when i put it into C:R.
(It's the reason my last two projects didnt come to fruition, i spend literally all day trying to set up test builds and i get really ticked off because they always end up broken in some way)
You should probably ask Errol via chatroom as he has changed a number of things in the latest flummery build.
(Edit: OMG, i have SUCH a hard time setting up things for C:R, please help me set up test cars in blender for C:R. I hate doing it so much because it never works and i can never make a good C:R car on a technical side because of it.)
I'm a little late to the party. I was just about to ask what problems you were encountering only to discover you've already dealt with them. Glad you're back on track.
Soon the '72 Moth Truck will have direct class competition :)
flykas wrote:Looks nice! Only think that I dislike is the rear wheels sticking out so much.
Yeah this, and the look of the rims... looks like toy wheels, should have a more aggressive look. Probably with added details it will look just fine. Rest of the truck is great!