Doom 3 Engine?

[Aceyalone]

Well I know D3 Engine had the best engine and shadow renderer but one question though...

 

Doom 3 never had any waters! A small blood pond I saw in D3 represented the the Freshnel reflections with a series of moving textures.

 

Thief 3 does has waters! And not only that but swimming too!

 

A question is this... Are you going to include Reflective and Refractive water in The Dark Mod and even Freshnel reactions or leave it as it is? It's just that these had gone standard these days and it would hit bad a plain water surface...

Edited March 21, 2007 by Aceyalone

[greebo]

Thief 3 does has waters! And not only that but swimming too!

TDS water was mostly knee-deep. I don't know if that counts for swimming.

 

A question is this... Are you going to include Reflective and Refractive water in The Dark Mod and even Freshnel reactions or leave it as it is? It's just that these had gone standard these days and it would hit bad a plain water surface...

You might want to take a look at this:

This is an upper part of our bonehoard level. I've been playing around with water this time (and a poor little zombie... ).

 

Also check the FAQ on the www.thedarkmod.com.

[sparhawk]

Thief 3 does has waters! And not only that but swimming too!

 

You must have played a different T3 then me, because my copy didn't have any swimmable water. It had a few rivulets, not worth mentioning, but certainly no swimmable water. The only big body of water let you die immediately, if you entered it.

[New Horizon]

Well I know D3 Engine had the best engine and shadow renderer but one question though...

 

Doom 3 never had any waters! A small blood pond I saw in D3 represented the the Freshnel reflections with a series of moving textures.

 

It wasn't in the game, but the engine can produce water. It was one of the first mods the doom 3 community produced.

 

Thief 3 does has waters! And not only that but swimming too!

 

I'm not sure where you're getting your information. Thief 3 water is nothing but a simple texture effect..there is absolutely no water physics and there is certainly NOT any swimming in Thief 3. I'm guessing you haven't played Thief 3, otherwise you would know that the lack of swimming was one of the big issues fans had.

 

A question is this... Are you going to include Reflective and Refractive water in The Dark Mod and even Freshnel reactions or leave it as it is? It's just that these had gone standard these days and it would hit bad a plain water surface...

 

There are many options for water in the D3 engine. You have to go with whatever gives you the best performance. I would take performance over pretty water effects.

[Aceyalone]

Ahem, about Thief 3 having waters.... My mistake!

 

I wanted to write Thief 2, but I dumped... Stupid mistyping...

 

Well I was asking because it would be easier for Doom programmers to create a blood pond using game engine rather than using textures! And trust me - if you havent noticed that in the game - I got as close as I could, to see myself if this was a water refraction or not! Still seems strange to me....

[demagogue]

Are you going to handle swimming similarly to T2 style?

E.g., with the movement, a decreasing bubble bar, no weapon use, the sound and vision filters, etc.

 

I would take performance over pretty water effects.

 

I agree with that -- for a game where sensitivity to the environment is so important and water is something to be used, not just looked at.

Edited March 21, 2007 by demagogue

[New Horizon]

Are you going to handle swimming similarly to T2 style?

E.g., with the movement, a decreasing bubble bar, no weapon use, the sound and vision filters, etc.

 

Yup, it's been in place for some time. Vision filters are still not complete, but that's something for detailing later down the road.

[Bukary]

No water in Doom3? How about that...

 

 

BTW, it's swimmable.

[jtbalogh]

Nice pic. Thanks.