Hello all!
I know it's been awhile since our last update, but it's finally here ladies and gentlemen!
Be prepared to be wowed. I'm here to announce the future of our War-Torn Pack....
Myself, Anayar, and Crysis have planned to make this pack much better quality and bring it to the next level. Everything we have in this pack will use custom shaders. I have made 8 shaders, well technically 4. See, I have made my shaders to be totally compatible with DirectX version 9 & 10. That's right; my shaders will actually test what version of DirectX you have so they should work for almost anyone. However, my shaders are still in the testing phases and I'm looking for any input from the community to make them better.
I have a relief mapping shader, relief mapping with shadows shader, parallax mapping shader, and normal mapping shader. My favorite shader would have to be my relief mapping shader with shadows because of how much it can actually do. For those of you that don't know what relief mapping is: it's basically a parallax shader or normal mapping shader on steroids. It gives the illusion of extreme quality along with gloss, shadows, and lighting.
Here is an example of my shader in use:
Stone wall before my shader:
Stone wall after my shader:
As you can see, it makes a simple flat surface look like a 5000 poly model, without actually adding any more geometry. And while adding better quality, it also creates shadows, gloss, and lighting as if there really was geometry there!
I think these kinds of shaders will make our pack 10 times better than before.
But I'm still looking for some suggestions on these shaders, because after all, these shaders are for you guys!
Right now, my main variables that you can change is the position of 1 light, the amount of tiling you want on your model, the depth of the relief mapping, and the amount of specular used. Right now my shader only has 1 light, and I'm not really sure if I should add more.
Anyone have any input or ideas- if I should add anything else?
Besides my shaders, me and Crysis have been working hard making new media for the pack. Crysis has added some pics for the tons of new media he made for the pack on my website. The link for my website is in my signature.
Feel free to leave some comments or criticisms here in the forums, or on my site, preferably on these forums. I will probably be adding my media next week, after I make some more media.
We also have a TON of surprises which we will probably release some time in the future. These include brand new systems and new types of media. I won't say any more... atleast not yet...
P.S.: Do you guys like my Sig?
I think that's it,
Thanks,
E007eragon
