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DayOfWar Terrain tests

Name:	Bill Vee
Date Posted:	Aug 10, 2007
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I wanted to share a couple more videos with everyone.

They are both Terrain tests with the stock buggy.
Keep in mind there is no "polish" in these videos. All material used in them are for demonstration purposes only. The only thing in these videos that are going to be in the my game are the carrier and the Terrains.
I will gradually show more content as they get done.

Terrain Test 1
Terrain Test 2

It appears the Atlas terrain doesn't have a proper light shader yet.
I would love for someone to help me figure out how to get it to blend the light correctly on the sun side.

The next plan may include some combat prototypes.

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Andy Hawkins (Aug 10, 2007 at 00:23 GMT)

I understand that you would be moving the verts of the meshes to map onto a sphere, but are you also manipulating the heightmap? It's an engine mod yeah? Done in C++?

Bill Vee (Aug 10, 2007 at 01:24 GMT)

@ Andy yes in C++

Take a look at this

It is what lead me to my current code.

Maxwell Marsh (Aug 10, 2007 at 07:19 GMT)

That's awesome. Care to marry my sister?

Florian (Aug 10, 2007 at 13:31 GMT)

wow, thats really amazing :D
it would be cool if you indeed had some light shading from the sun, cause it also looks liek the terain doesnt cast shadows :(

its cool when youre driving and on the horizon suddenly the cottage from TGE appears :P

but about the light shading thing, if you could make it dynamical and make the sun rotate around the planet (or make the planet rotate) you'd also have Night/Day transitions all in one :D

anyway, good luck ;)

David Montgomery-Blake (Aug 10, 2007 at 13:34 GMT)

Very, very cool!

Ross Pawley (Aug 10, 2007 at 17:50 GMT)

@Bill, which resource in particular on that page did you end up looking at? I've gone through most of the vterrain pages myself.

Mark (Aug 11, 2007 at 01:38 GMT) Resource Rating: 5

Really cool. I'm wondering how big do you think you can make those planets?

Imagine having more than one and having this planetary war, lol

J.P. Berry (Aug 11, 2007 at 03:31 GMT)

That is a spectacular effect you have going there. Any way we can get a Resource posted? :-)

Do you have to use Atlas or would legacy terrain work for that application? Anyways, very cool implementation. Looking forward to future updates.

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