Sorry your browser is not supported!

You are using an outdated browser that does not support modern web technologies, in order to use this site please update to a new browser.

Browsers supported include Chrome, FireFox, Safari, Opera, Internet Explorer 10+ or Microsoft Edge.

Work in Progress / Roswell Racer - Alienware competition entry

Author
Message
AlecM
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 26th Aug 2002
Location: Concord, MA
Posted: 7th Oct 2003 11:00
Link
Roswell Racer is a mario kart/Crash team racing style kart game. ESC is doing all the programming and I am doing all the media.


Heres a screen shot with full aniso and AA. The game is at fullbirght at the moment (until vertex colro version of the track is loaded)

A close up of the kart

a lineup of all of the karts

This is a screen taken from max with some basic vertex color lightmapping.

[P4 2.8C @ 3.03 with an 866mhz FSB:: MSI Neo-2LS running PAT:: 1gb Mushkin PC-3500 DDR High Perf level 2@ 2,2,2 :: ATI Radeon9800ProAIW :: 120Gb SeagateBarracuda 7,200RPM SATA HD :: Antec Plus1080AMG]
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Van B
Moderator
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 8th Oct 2002
Location: Sunnyvale
Posted: 7th Oct 2003 11:44
Link
Looks damn impressive.

I reckon it'd be cool if you could make some changes to each cart - they're all identical, which might get a little dull, if each cart had some minor vert editing to make each one unique it'd give each alien more personality. If you must use a single cart model, then I'd suggest you simplify it, make it more rugged and basic, more mass-produced if you know what I mean.


Van-B

My cats breath smells of cat food.
Back to top
Profile PM Email
AlecM
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 26th Aug 2002
Location: Concord, MA
Posted: 7th Oct 2003 11:48
Link
I was thinking about that the other day. Would be great if I had the time. I may do something like that.

[P4 2.8C @ 3.03 with an 866mhz FSB:: MSI Neo-2LS running PAT:: 1gb Mushkin PC-3500 DDR High Perf level 2@ 2,2,2 :: ATI Radeon9800ProAIW :: 120Gb SeagateBarracuda 7,200RPM SATA HD :: Antec Plus1080AMG]
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
AlecM
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 26th Aug 2002
Location: Concord, MA
Posted: 7th Oct 2003 11:53
Link
more info:
Roswell Racer will feature 3 tracks (roswell day, roswell night, and area-51) along with 3 modes of play (race, boss, battle) and hopefully will feature multiplayer gameplay.

The roswell night track will be shader heavey and will only run on top end machines. Roswell night should feature some impressive effects (glows, headlamps...)

[P4 2.8C @ 3.03 with an 866mhz FSB:: MSI Neo-2LS running PAT:: 1gb Mushkin PC-3500 DDR High Perf level 2@ 2,2,2 :: ATI Radeon9800ProAIW :: 120Gb SeagateBarracuda 7,200RPM SATA HD :: Antec Plus1080AMG]
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
AlecM
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 26th Aug 2002
Location: Concord, MA
Posted: 7th Oct 2003 12:35
Link
I just made a modified version. I may make one more but I think 2 will do it. I changed the read tires, larger scoop, and new exaust. Im thinking this will be the style for higher top speed less handling kart.


[P4 2.8C @ 3.03 with an 866mhz FSB:: MSI Neo-2LS running PAT:: 1gb Mushkin PC-3500 DDR High Perf level 2@ 2,2,2 :: ATI Radeon9800ProAIW :: 120Gb SeagateBarracuda 7,200RPM SATA HD :: Antec Plus1080AMG]
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Mike Inel
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 14th Feb 2003
Location: Sa upuan ko po...
Posted: 7th Oct 2003 12:56
Link
I wanna see a screenshot of the Roswell Night (I want to see the light fx)


Uh.....duh.....whut?
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
hexGEAR
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 3rd Nov 2002
Location: Naytonia
Posted: 7th Oct 2003 13:20
Link
that looks really good, well done i have to agree with van though, if you can make the karts/characters more unique in some way it would make the game better, players would want to use different characters everytime they play 'cus each kart would have different handling, weapons (if included) etc thereby expanding the game-life keep up the good work!

Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Richard Davey
Retired Moderator
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 30th Apr 2002
Location: On the Jupiter Probe
Posted: 7th Oct 2003 14:14
Link
Looks excellent (in an unbiased objective sort of way!)

Cheers,

Rich

The sky above the port was the colour of television, tuned to a dead channel.
Your brain's just like any other appliance: it works better if you plug it in...
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Dr OcCuLt
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 27th Nov 2002
Location: a Dark Deep Dark pit, it dark in here
Posted: 7th Oct 2003 14:49
Link
it the best competition entry i`v seen so far. but i think it will better the if you have more cars.


--Dr 0--
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
spooky
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 30th Aug 2002
Location: United Kingdom
Posted: 7th Oct 2003 15:52
Link
Looks great. I can already hear the sound of other people ripping up designs for their compo entries. I was going to enter but my effort is going to look just plain stupid against entries such as this. Is it worth the hassle entering?

If your mansion house needs haunting, just call Rentaghost!
Back to top
Profile PM Website
Van B
Moderator
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 8th Oct 2002
Location: Sunnyvale
Posted: 7th Oct 2003 16:08
Link
Not with that attitude!

Behave and get on with your entry, I mean how many people would have guessed 'Girls on the Block' would win the retro compo?

My game won't look 1/10th as good as that, but that won't stop me.


Van-B

My cats breath smells of cat food.
Back to top
Profile PM Email
spooky
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 30th Aug 2002
Location: United Kingdom
Posted: 7th Oct 2003 17:02
Link
Must agree with you about 'Girls on the Block'. How that won is anyones guess. I guess I'll have a go. Thanks for restoring my faith!

I also forgot that a lot of people that previewed their retro games in this forum never actually entered because they gave up.

Also a good way for people like me to stop faffing around and actually finish a game!

If your mansion house needs haunting, just call Rentaghost!
Back to top
Profile PM Website
ReD_eYe
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 9th Mar 2003
Location: United Kingdom
Posted: 7th Oct 2003 22:52
Link
looks so damn nice! i still in a slump start a game, get bored, start another, get bored etc ah well


Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
STE
20
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 7th Oct 2003
Location:
Posted: 7th Oct 2003 23:12
Link
Froggermon, looks nice, it's obviously had some time & talent spent on it.

But for Gods sake, ensure the keys are redefinable, I hate using the arrow keys.

STE ;¬!
Back to top
Profile PM
AlecM
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 26th Aug 2002
Location: Concord, MA
Posted: 8th Oct 2003 00:29
Link
STE, Keys will likely be redefinable (at the very least in a txt) also it will have gamepad/joystick support.

[P4 2.8C @ 3.03 with an 866mhz FSB:: MSI Neo-2LS running PAT:: 1gb Mushkin PC-3500 DDR High Perf level 2@ 2,2,2 :: ATI Radeon9800ProAIW :: 120Gb SeagateBarracuda 7,200RPM SATA HD :: Antec Plus1080AMG]
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
ESC_
20
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 29th Aug 2003
Location: Mass.
Posted: 8th Oct 2003 00:29 Edited at: 8th Oct 2003 00:30
Link
STE, the controls will be customizable, although hopefully I can make the default feel as comfortable as possible (even if it does use the arrow keys ). We will also add gamepad support if I can ever get my hands on one

<edit>whoops, posted at the same time

"That's not a bug, it's a feature!"
"Variables won't, constants aren't."
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Kharnor
20
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 5th Jul 2003
Location: Australia
Posted: 8th Oct 2003 05:02
Link
Whoa. This looks like it's gonna kick ass! One small thing though - that fence is on the road. Shouldn't it be beside it?

I'd better get going with my game, I've still got 105% to do.

Current project:
Adventure game for alienware comp (-5% complete: Yep, still going backwards)
Back to top
Profile PM
AlecM
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 26th Aug 2002
Location: Concord, MA
Posted: 8th Oct 2003 10:13 Edited at: 8th Oct 2003 10:36
Link
@Mach
Roswell night will be built after roswell day is done.

@Kharnor
The fence is temporary, it will be smaller and conform to the road by the end.




I have also often been baffled by the judges decisions in these competitions. I remember that dude the snowman beat bear run which just didnt seem right.

[P4 2.8C @ 3.03 with an 866mhz FSB:: MSI Neo-2LS running PAT:: 1gb Mushkin PC-3500 DDR High Perf level 2@ 2,2,2 :: ATI Radeon9800ProAIW :: 120Gb SeagateBarracuda 7,200RPM SATA HD :: Antec Plus1080AMG]
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Ermes
20
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 27th May 2003
Location: ITALIA
Posted: 8th Oct 2003 20:37
Link
auch... great shots... i've to work hard to beat you!!!!

Free Download for a Free World
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Mussi
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 27th Jan 2003
Location: Netherlands
Posted: 8th Oct 2003 21:11
Link
man...great shots,infact they are fantastic, but this means I have to work incredebly hard to beat you guys
keep up the good work

Specs: AMD Athlon 1800, 256 DDRRam 266mhz, 80GB HD 7200rmp U133, Geforce 4 Ti4400 128mb ddr sdram
Back to top
Profile PM
EgoAnt
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 27th Aug 2002
Location: Canada
Posted: 16th Oct 2003 01:35
Link
Hahaha, I also thought that Beer Run should have won the winter competition, but of course I built it, so I'm a little biased...

Honestly, though, I thought that Dude the Snowman felt complete, but I had a lot of stuff yet to implement in Beer Run, and it showed. In that way Dude was much better, so I honestly can't say I was upset. This time around I'm trying my hardest to have a game that feels done for the competition, and although I'd love to win, I'll be perfectly happy to just get the game done!

There's a lot of work left to do, that's for certain, and with the way the entries are shaping up (especially this one!) it's going to be quite the battle!
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
bob23
20
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 19th Oct 2003
Location: some where
Posted: 20th Oct 2003 05:23
Link
Hi Iam new here and by just looking around I have seen alot of cool games. but this one ROCKS! hope you win.

HI I LIKE MAKEING GAMES I LOVE ZELDA GAMES
Back to top
Profile PM Website
AlecM
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 26th Aug 2002
Location: Concord, MA
Posted: 20th Oct 2003 11:19
Link
You havent seen anything yet Just wait until the end of next week and we should have some realtime shots wiht vertex colors in.

[P4 2.8C @ 3.03 with an 866mhz FSB:: MSI Neo-2LS running PAT:: 1gb Mushkin PC-3500 DDR High Perf level 2@ 2,2,2 :: ATI Radeon9800ProAIW :: 120Gb SeagateBarracuda 7,200RPM SATA HD :: Antec Plus1080AMG]
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Mussi
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 27th Jan 2003
Location: Netherlands
Posted: 21st Oct 2003 00:07 Edited at: 21st Oct 2003 00:08
Link
you mean this will look better then it already is...
mussi puts cocane insuline in his arm and starts coding day and night to try to win the compo

Specs: AMD Athlon 1800, 256 DDRRam 266mhz, 80GB HD 7200rmp U133, Geforce 4 Ti4400 128mb ddr sdram
Back to top
Profile PM
Robin
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 22nd Feb 2003
Location: United Kingdom
Posted: 22nd Oct 2003 22:25
Link
Hi
Very nice looking game with a nice style to it - I'm going to have to work hard to compete against you !
One thing I notice, though is that you are running at 64 fps, which is pretty good, but your pc specs are:

P4 2.8C @ 3.03 with an 866mhz FSB:: MSI Neo-2LS running PAT:: 1gb Mushkin PC-3500 DDR High Perf level 2@ 2,2,2 :: ATI Radeon9800ProAIW :: 120Gb SeagateBarracuda 7,200RPM SATA HD :: Antec Plus1080AMG]

nice pc, but have you tested it on a..say more ordiinary pc and seen how it runs??

Keep up the good work!

Robin

http://www.thegameszone.tk
robin@thegameszone.tk
-It's not a bug it's a 'feature'
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
ESC_
20
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 29th Aug 2003
Location: Mass.
Posted: 22nd Oct 2003 22:48
Link
Robin: Thanks for the positive feedback
The reason it's running at 64 fps is because it's capped there. Doesn't need to go any faster to look smooth. It would probably be running somewhere in the mid-hundreds otherwise

"That's not a bug, it's a feature!"
"Variables won't, constants aren't."
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
spooky
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 30th Aug 2002
Location: United Kingdom
Posted: 22nd Oct 2003 23:08
Link
As compo rules state:

Quote: "The PC the entries will be run on is a Pentium 4 3.0 GHz, 512 MB RAM, Soundblaster Audigy, GeForceFX 5900 video card and DirectX 9.0b."


then I guess Froggermon and ESC_ probably don't care what it plays like on old slow pc's. I agree that there has to be a time that you have to not worry about people still running on slow 1Ghz pc's and running old os's like win98.

If your mansion house needs haunting, just call Rentaghost!
Back to top
Profile PM Website
ESC_
20
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 29th Aug 2003
Location: Mass.
Posted: 22nd Oct 2003 23:28
Link
Well, we may still have multiple levels of detail, plus the ability to switch on and off the more cpu-intensive features (pixel shaders and particles)

"That's not a bug, it's a feature!"
"Variables won't, constants aren't."
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
AlecM
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 26th Aug 2002
Location: Concord, MA
Posted: 23rd Oct 2003 02:15
Link
" I guess Froggermon and ESC_ probably don't care what it plays like on old slow pc's. I agree that there has to be a time that you have to not worry about people still running on slow 1Ghz pc's and running old os's like win98"


Nope, I don't. However to be nice there will be some options to reduce polys and effects. We may compile a second download version with low res textures too (duplicates would inflate file size).

[P4 2.8C @ 3.03 with an 866mhz FSB:: MSI Neo-2LS running PAT:: 1gb Mushkin PC-3500 DDR High Perf level 2@ 2,2,2 :: ATI Radeon9800ProAIW :: 120Gb SeagateBarracuda 7,200RPM SATA HD :: Antec Plus1080AMG]
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Megaton Cat
20
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 24th Aug 2003
Location: Toronto, Canada
Posted: 23rd Oct 2003 17:28
Link
hey ur making ur levels in 3ds max too?
me too! (in combanation with another program that is)
lol anyway it looks very good, I wish good luck to you in the competition!

(I'm entering too by the way)

My site is delyaed for the 250th time!
If life is just one big joke...
then I must have missed the punchline.
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Sonic
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 10th Sep 2002
Location: UK
Posted: 24th Oct 2003 06:35 Edited at: 24th Oct 2003 06:36
Link
WOW

"My ignorance amuses me..."
http://www.victory-road.co.uk
Back to top
Profile PM Website
AlecM
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 26th Aug 2002
Location: Concord, MA
Posted: 24th Oct 2003 11:14
Link
Thanks. I can't work on the level right now because my workstation is out of commission.

[P4 2.8C @ 3.03 with an 866mhz FSB:: MSI Neo-2LS running PAT:: 1gb Mushkin PC-3500 DDR High Perf level 2@ 2,2,2 :: ATI Radeon9800ProAIW :: 120Gb SeagateBarracuda 7,200RPM SATA HD :: Antec Plus1080AMG]
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
TheSquid
20
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 29th Sep 2003
Location: Ohio
Posted: 24th Oct 2003 19:04
Link
Contratulations on having your screen shots posted in this month's newsletter!!!
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
AlecM
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 26th Aug 2002
Location: Concord, MA
Posted: 26th Oct 2003 08:52
Link
I finally got my computer up and running. I had to switch back to my old MSI neo-2 LS. Damn abit IS7 hated me. After I get my new thermalright sp-94 and vantec tornado I shouldn't have to open my case for weeks

[P4 2.8C @ 3.03 with an 866mhz FSB:: MSI Neo-2LS running PAT:: 1gb Mushkin PC-3500 DDR High Perf level 2@ 2,2,2 :: ATI Radeon9800ProAIW :: 120Gb SeagateBarracuda 7,200RPM SATA HD :: Antec Plus1080AMG]
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Ermes
20
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 27th May 2003
Location: ITALIA
Posted: 28th Oct 2003 11:40
Link
just two months to the deadline of alienware compo, i'm wondering if we have a surprise title win the pot.
We have only six games to watch screenshots here in the forum, but 100 are registered to the compo.... maybe is better to think how good will be the 94 we don't see....
Maybe the next week i post some screenshot of mine.
It's all ready to play, 8 levels complete and 3 to do.And i've two months to refine my game.
And it will be a open project with the source code, so all users can watch how it works.

Free Download for a Free World
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Mussi
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 27th Jan 2003
Location: Netherlands
Posted: 28th Oct 2003 14:32
Link
I could be one of those suprise titles
the reason I'm not showing anything is becouse I don't know if I can finish it in time and I want to suprise everyone

Specs: AMD Athlon 1800, 256 DDRRam 266mhz, 80GB HD 7200rmp U133, Geforce 4 Ti4400 128mb ddr sdram
Back to top
Profile PM
Van B
Moderator
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 8th Oct 2002
Location: Sunnyvale
Posted: 28th Oct 2003 14:49
Link
It's always a surprise title that wins - not that Roswell Racer does'nt look good enough to win, but that's usually how things turn out.

I'm not posting screenshots, not even spending a lot of time on the forums these days, I had a major HD crash and had to install a new hard disk, so I have no time to spare if I'm gonna finish in time. The main reason I'm not posting screenies is because I'd spend too long worrying about peoples comments and get side-tracked, I reckon I should get the engine done then worry about tidying up media and textures.


Van-B

Back to top
Profile PM Email
Rob K
Retired Moderator
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 10th Sep 2002
Location: Surrey, United Kingdom
Posted: 28th Oct 2003 15:01
Link
@Froggermon

Excellent stuff. Definately looking forward to playing this one, best of luck to you and ESC.

Now I see why you so desperately wanted vertex colour support.


BLUE GUI Plugin: http://blue.robert-knight.net / BLUE IDE http://blueide.sf.net/blueide_alpha3.exe
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Ermes
20
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 27th May 2003
Location: ITALIA
Posted: 28th Oct 2003 16:51
Link
Mussi i hope you surprise everyone with your title, maybe yourself too!!

Wasted time your hd crash, good luck Van-B.

Is always a suprise title to win!!!

Let's see on the Armageddon day, mates!!!

by the way, Roswell Racer looks very good.

Free Download for a Free World
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Preston C
20
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 16th May 2003
Location: Penn State University Park
Posted: 28th Oct 2003 17:24
Link
Man this looks awesome, I gotta get to work!


Intel Celeron 1.3 Ghrz 512MB Ram NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 128MB
Back to top
Profile PM Email
Toby Quan
20
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 16th Oct 2003
Location: U S A
Posted: 28th Oct 2003 17:59
Link
Shoot, I'm entering the compo, but if I were a judge I would vote for Roswell Racer! Those models are sweet indeed...

These competitions are amazing in the way that they get all of these developers and artists together to crank out game after game after game. I can't wait to play them all!

In my game, the aliens are on Mars and they are trying to protect themselves from the Earthlings who are trying to land and take over their planet. It's a strategy game.
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
ESC_
20
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 29th Aug 2003
Location: Mass.
Posted: 29th Oct 2003 14:42 Edited at: 29th Oct 2003 14:43
Link
Thanks everyone

Some new WIP shots:







"That's not a bug, it's a feature!"
"Variables won't, constants aren't."
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
ReD_eYe
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 9th Mar 2003
Location: United Kingdom
Posted: 29th Oct 2003 18:13
Link
holy moly! that looks well good! great work guys!!!!!


Go on, click on my signature image, you know you want to
Favourite smiley>>>
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Wolfish King
20
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 23rd Aug 2003
Location: The Netherlands
Posted: 29th Oct 2003 19:28
Link
Wow, that looks nice! I like the models, and that track looks nice too. By the way, did you made this track in 3D Studio Max? Can you explain me how you did the collision?

Keep up the good work.
Back to top
Profile PM
ESC_
20
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 29th Aug 2003
Location: Mass.
Posted: 29th Oct 2003 22:06
Link
Well, right now there's no wall collision (I'll either use sonic's collision .dll or intersect object), but all the road collision is simply using intersect object

"That's not a bug, it's a feature!"
"Variables won't, constants aren't."
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Rob K
Retired Moderator
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 10th Sep 2002
Location: Surrey, United Kingdom
Posted: 29th Oct 2003 22:28
Link
@ESC

What are you doing re shadows in the above screenshot?


BLUE GUI Plugin: http://blue.robert-knight.net / BLUE IDE http://blueide.sf.net/blueide_alpha3.exe
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
ESC_
20
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 29th Aug 2003
Location: Mass.
Posted: 29th Oct 2003 22:31
Link
Nothing yet...That screenshot was from taken from within max, but hopefully we can have vert colors working correctly soon. The kart shadows are just plains textured with .pngs

"That's not a bug, it's a feature!"
"Variables won't, constants aren't."
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
AlecM
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 26th Aug 2002
Location: Concord, MA
Posted: 30th Oct 2003 08:29
Link
@ Wolfish king

Ya I used max5. Collisions will be on a seperate mesh and as ESC said we will use either sonics dll or intersect object.

[P4 2.8C @ 3.03 with an 866mhz FSB:: MSI Neo-2LS running PAT:: 1gb Mushkin PC-3500 DDR High Perf level 2@ 2,2,2 :: ATI Radeon9800ProAIW :: 120Gb SeagateBarracuda 7,200RPM SATA HD :: Antec Plus1080AMG]
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Shadow Robert
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 22nd Sep 2002
Location: Hertfordshire, England
Posted: 30th Oct 2003 13:32
Link
certainly a title to be worried about as competition, man just a month to go should be interesting to see if everything can be finished in time eh (^_^)


To Survive You Must Evolve... This Time Van Will Not Escape His Fate!
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Van B
Moderator
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 8th Oct 2002
Location: Sunnyvale
Posted: 30th Oct 2003 14:04
Link
The closing date is 31/12/03 though right? - so that's 2 months to go by my reckoning, stop trying to scare me!

Looking good guys, I hope you get those coloured vertices into your engine - I just added them to my terrain and it improves the look no end - with smooth normals, varying coloured verts, and shadow verts my terrain looks so much better.
If you can't get the vert lighting data from max, I suggest you make a vert lightmapper in DBPro instead, like project a line between the vert location and the light source and calculate the lighting based on collisions on the line. Also, I added a little colour effect, just changing the vert colours against a spectrum, like if you set the vert colours to be a random colour, like RGB(rnd(255),rnd(128),0) is good for sand - it's great for making your scenes look more natural, helps break up any repeating textures too.


Van-B

Back to top
Profile PM Email
Back to top

Login to post a reply

Server time is: 2024-04-25 11:30:01
Your offset time is: 2024-04-25 11:30:01