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Uncle Sam
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Posted: 13th Jul 2006 23:35 Edited at: 13th Jul 2006 23:35
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Um, hehe, thanks.

I found a newer version of his shader, and it runs at over 15 frames per second higher.

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Posted: 14th Jul 2006 03:36
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Hey, looks good! ( and loads faster too !!)


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Posted: 15th Jul 2006 06:16
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Thanks, but...loads faster? What do you mean?

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This pics as Jpegs


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Posted: 15th Jul 2006 08:33
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Ohh...

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Absolutely amazing! I cant beleive dbpro made this! With this map, a great story, and amazing gameplay, you could make one hell of an RPG!!!! I'm gonna have to try to learn to model this good...

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Posted: 17th Jul 2006 22:28 Edited at: 17th Jul 2006 22:29
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Quote: "I'm gonna have to try to learn to model this good..."


er....he modeled somthing?
I thought it was just using the power of Treemagik G3 and Plant Life to their potental..or at least using them... I think that TGC should put a few of these pics on the website for treemagik G3...
Bloom shaders have nice effects! Nice!

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Sam, where's this new version of the bloom shader you speak of? The one I've got (by evolved) runs at a miserable 20 fps...


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Posted: 18th Jul 2006 01:11 Edited at: 18th Jul 2006 01:16
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Thanks again guys. Maybe I will submit the screens to TGC.

Hawkeye, it's from the latest version of the shader pack by Freddix I think, beta 4. It may also depend on your computer. What are your specs?

EDIT: oh wait, final version is out, must be the last one. I will try the new one to see how much better performance I get.

EDIT: final version looks like it's the same as beta 4 version (I mean the bloom)

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Posted: 18th Jul 2006 01:56
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The Bloom Effect makes it look very nice. Very nice indeed! It reminds me of fable, its the first thing i thought of wheni saw it.

Only thing missing though is Shadows. Buts it is still very nice.

Good Job

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Posted: 18th Jul 2006 04:21
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How'd you make the water in that one picture?

Awsome look terrain, great job!

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Posted: 18th Jul 2006 04:53 Edited at: 18th Jul 2006 04:54
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Quote: "How'd you make the water in that one picture?"


I dont know what Uncle Sam used, but you can find a whole host of shaders from many programmers on this forum, all put together by Freddix.
Within this Shader pack, there are several water shaders (Which produce fantastic results)

Get Shader Pack Here (The link is near the bottom of the thread)

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That is cool lets see some more....


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Posted: 18th Jul 2006 09:21
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Quote: "The Bloom Effect makes it look very nice. Very nice indeed! It reminds me of fable, its the first thing i thought of wheni saw it.

Only thing missing though is Shadows. Buts it is still very nice.

Good Job"


Thank you. Never heard of Fable though. As for shadows, I think I will need lightmaps if I want it to run smooth! I can't seem to get Evolved's lightmapper to work though.

Quote: "How'd you make the water in that one picture?

Awsome look terrain, great job!"


Thanks to you as well, I used one of Freddix's shaders.

Quote: "I dont know what Uncle Sam used, but you can find a whole host of shaders from many programmers on this forum, all put together by Freddix.
Within this Shader pack, there are several water shaders (Which produce fantastic results)"


Precisely.

Quote: "That is cool lets see some more...."


Ok. By thw ay, I have kind of switched maps because the design on that one was flopped. I'll be posting up screenshots of that one soon...very soon indeed.

You know, my success here and DB user 2006+ are kind of pulling me into ORPG (notice there is no MM). Not sure yet though.

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Posted: 18th Jul 2006 09:54 Edited at: 18th Jul 2006 09:55
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Beware, Uncle Sam. I'd make an RPG before you tried that. Most ORPGs here are not really RPGs, they're just connection tests.


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Posted: 18th Jul 2006 12:38 Edited at: 18th Jul 2006 12:42
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Quote: "Thank you. Never heard of Fable though. As for shadows, I think I will need lightmaps if I want it to run smooth! I can't seem to get Evolved's lightmapper to work though. "


Fable is a popular game on the xbox console. It uses the bloom effect on almost everything, producing a fantastic final look.

If your having trouble with the lightmapping, i could light map it for you. (I obviously wont use your stuff in my games.... as i always want to do my own modeling.) But I'll understand if you dont want to.

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Posted: 18th Jul 2006 13:24
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Looking nice! Gj bud!

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Posted: 18th Jul 2006 21:30
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Quote: "Beware, Uncle Sam. I'd make an RPG before you tried that. Most ORPGs here are not really RPGs, they're just connection tests."


Yah, I noticed that. It would be a good idea to make it an RPG first, that way I don't have to establish the connection every time I load. I do know how to do multiplayer though...no connection test here...well, maybe a little, because I haven't really connected over the internet yet, just locally.

Quote: "Fable is a popular game on the xbox console. It uses the bloom effect on almost everything, producing a fantastic final look."


Kameo on the xbox 360 is like that too. The graphics were so good I couldn't play the game.

Quote: "If your having trouble with the lightmapping, i could light map it for you. (I obviously wont use your stuff in my games.... as i always want to do my own modeling.) But I'll understand if you dont want to."


Thanks, I could sure use your help. Let me give it one more try first, and then I'll let you know.

Quote: "Looking nice! Gj bud!"


Thanks.

Here are the screens as promised. It may look a little bright wit the bloom, but that is because it's a desert area, and I want to make it hard to see.

Here, rows of palm trees in front of a building, facing the sun and the horizon:

With bloom:



Without bloom:



The landscape surrounding:

With bloom:



Without bloom:



The building (completely built in DBPro (since Anim8or and Wings 3D models do not have ambient light )):



And inside the building:



More to come!

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Great shots! I would like these shots even more with only about half the bloom though (too much for me ). The building looks great for being built in DBPro, but why does it matter if the programs have ambient light or not?

I'm working on a high res photorealistic texture pack. High res as in 7 megapixels, e-mail me with suggestions.

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Posted: 18th Jul 2006 22:49
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Well, they do, but the exported models don't. Make's everything look flat.

As for the bloom amount, I'm just not sure. I know it looks bright, but then again I want it to be hard to see because it's a bright desert. I'll put it down a wee bit.

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Quote: " I'll put it down a wee bit. "


Hey its up to you.

Thats wierd though. Your model shouldn't really look any different in DarkBasic if the program is lit wierd. Maybe run it through a converter of some sort.

I'm working on a high res photorealistic texture pack. High res as in 7 megapixels, e-mail me with suggestions.

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I like the bloom as it is

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Ditto

You have inspired me to spend $50 of my hard earned cash on a program...(and possibly also the plant life program to make a grand total of 100..) The possiblilies will be endless when dark physics comes out...(Sorry if dark physics was random...but I cant stop thinking about it... )

Looks awesome Sam!! ++++

Careful with that shader as it tends to lower your FPS..a lot...

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Hmm...well, I guess I should go with the majority vote, sorry Agent Dink.

Quote: "You have inspired me to spend $50 of my hard earned cash on a program...(and possibly also the plant life program to make a grand total of 100..) The possiblilies will be endless when dark physics comes out...(Sorry if dark physics was random...but I cant stop thinking about it... ) "


Wow, what have I done! You know, you should get the double pack of Tree Magic and Plnt Life like I did, it saved me about $25.

Quote: "Careful with that shader as it tends to lower your FPS..a lot..."


Yeah, I know. Right now though I get 55-60 all the time.

Quote: "Thats wierd though. Your model shouldn't really look any different in DarkBasic if the program is lit wierd. Maybe run it through a converter of some sort."


I can't seem to find one.

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Thats fine about the bloom, just personal preference. You should work out a way to do heat distortion over your scene. Now that would be really cool.

I'm working on a high res photorealistic texture pack. High res as in 7 megapixels, e-mail me with suggestions.

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Oooh, good idea!

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I cannot believe that. You ought to make something out of that!

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I am, I'll post the wip thread on the game soon.

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Cool, I like the new shots.

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the pic with trees with bloom effect is way to bright. all the other ones extremely good. Good job
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Quote: "Cool, I like the new shots."


Thanks.

Quote: "the pic with trees with bloom effect is way to bright. all the other ones extremely good. Good job"


Thanks to you as well, but like I said, it is a desert, and you are looking at the horizon andthe sun, nd if it were realistic, you would be able to see even less.

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: Whoa.

Very impressive indeed.

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Another thing that could be implementedd to finish that map would be mirages. Like some of that reflective water that fades away when you get near. Good Job,
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