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[SomTervo]

Here you go:

Lol, that leap out of the jeep

"'Scuse me, Sully - wooh whoa!"

 

[AKyemeni]

Not sure if it has been posted, but someone got shipped the Art of Uncharted 4 a bit early

Here is the post from Reddit

You know what this means? This person isn't the only one that got the artbook, so ending spoilers may be out there.

 

[potatohead]

But seriously, considering the splash effects are just sprites, that splash should have been much bigger.

Yea it should've been lol. Could've just stretched out the sprites more I guess, or raised them higher.

 

[wapplew]

Here you go:

Mud on the windshield disappeared.

 

[Des]

Not sure if it has been posted, but someone got shipped the Art of Uncharted 4 a bit early



Here is the post from Reddit

You know what this means? This person isn't the only one that got the artbook, so ending spoilers may be out there.

Feel sorry for the guy, doubt I would be able to resist looking through it.

 

[idonteven]

time to leave neogaf/reddit/twitch until release it seems...no way im gonna risk seeing spoilers

 

[1.21Gigawatts]

Mud on the windshield disappeared.

It was washed away by the waterfall.

 

[Alienous]

Not sure if it has been posted, but someone got shipped the Art of Uncharted 4 a bit early



Here is the post from Reddit

You know what this means? This person isn't the only one that got the artbook, so ending spoilers may be out there.

That's a fuck-up. The game comes out in a month.

Ooof, that's a fuck-up.

 

[curlycare]

That's a fuck-up. The game comes out in a month.

Ooof, that's a fuck-up.

Can't wait to be spoiled in a random online game :/

 

[GribbleGrunger]

Here you go:

Thanks but I meant the part that he stops and looks at them. 3:15

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChwaJ9ReYvU

 

[zkorejo]

Major spoilers will soon be out.

 

[lukeskymac]

It was washed away by the waterfall.

The decals should disappear with a dissolve effect or something. Even when going straight under the waterfall the instant mud -> no mud transition is jarring.

 

[idonteven]

such a big fuckup dude... a month early art book like wtf

 

[rhino4evr]

If I got that art book early I'd have someone hide it from me until after I finished the game. Why spoil yourself?

 

[JimiNutz]

I've only ever played the first Uncharted! Hope 2 and 3 still hold up because planning to marathon them soon.

 

[Equanimity]

Thanks but I meant the part that he stops and looks at them. 3:15

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChwaJ9ReYvU

Here you go:

 

[lukeskymac]

Here you go:

Rude.

 

[GribbleGrunger]

Here you go:

Thanks!

 

[Kenzodielocke]

Here you go:

would be awesome if Sully or Sam drove the jeep away from the waterfall.

 

[potatohead]

I foresee myself spending a lot of time next to these puddles and ponds.

Water shader caustics ftmfw. Once I unlock that unlimited ammo cheat I will never leave.... haha.

 

[Alkastelca]

Not sure if it has been posted, but someone got shipped the Art of Uncharted 4 a bit early

Apparently

Spoiler

Chloe

and

Spoiler

Cutter

are back !

 

[Alienous]

Ah shit, this is going to be a long month.

 

[Krakin]

Here you go:

Your avatar and the way you're so helpful with the gifs makes me think you're a really nice guy

 

[AKyemeni]

Apparently

Spoiler

Chloe

and

Spoiler

Cutter

are back !

Yup.

Looks like it.

I love searching for spoilers, BTW. It's what I did for TLoU.

 

[Elitist1945]

Uh oh. Not clicking those spoilers lol. Time to stay away from Uncharted threads now.

 

[Always-honest]

Uh oh. Not clicking those spoilers lol. Time to stay away from Uncharted threads now.

Yep.
There is always this person who thinks it's a good idea to start discussing spoilers... They're usually the same people who think it's not a problem to talk during a theater show or a movie, ruining everyone's evening. "But what is the problem?" You are.

 

[Shin-chan]

Please don't start discussing spoilers in this thread, even if it's just joking or they're tagged. It's hard to discuss anything else with the risk of running into them.

 

[zkorejo]

For those worried, that person did not share any spoilers. He himself has not seen the entire art book yet so he does not get spoiled.

Its safe for now, unless someone else gets it and spoils the story for everyone.

 

[Equanimity]

Rude.

Rude?

Thanks!

You're welcome.

would be awesome if Sully or Sam drove the jeep away from the waterfall.

Driving off to their own adventure lol

Your avatar and the way you're so helpful with the gifs makes me think you're a really nice guy

Thank you

If you can do something for someone (out of good will), why wouldn't you.

 

[1.21Gigawatts]

The decals should disappear with a dissolve effect or something. Even when going straight under the waterfall the instant mud -> no mud transition is jarring.

True. I just noticed it in another video where they go straight through the waterfall when driving out of the cave and the windshield is clean afterwards. Its not really jarring when you're doing it that way, but when you're slowly driving close to the waterfall like in the gif, its really looks weird when the mud suddenly disappears. But its not a bug something, thats what I wanted to say.

 

[Chalupa Batman]

Apparently

Spoiler

Chloe

and

Spoiler

Cutter

are back !

So happy if true!

Rude?

He means rude of Nate to park the Jeep where they get soaked lol. You are a shining star, no worries.

 

[lukeskymac]

Rude?

Spoiler

I mean the content of the gif, silly.

 

[Rymuth]

Only 30 days left.

Kinda thinking of doing a 'Let's Play' or 'Come Play With Us' thread about Uncharted wherein we go through the UC1-3 or Nathan Drake Collection or Golden Abyss.

 

[potatohead]

I think the game got confused there, because the water isn't very deep where Nate lands in that gif. The game probably assumed that he just walked into it. Though some of the splashes when driving with the jeep also look very weak.

Yea I think it's just looking slightly flat because it's using a shader alone. I think Witcher 3's does the same, I like the water here better though.

I would guess it's in a similar way the mud is being used, but mud has much more "texture" than water of course.

Just my guess. Probably the same contact between character/mesh of the car/nate to create the same splash.

Not that it looks bad though. I like consistency in interactivity. Water in games has always been one of my favourite things, because you can almost always count on it to be interactive in some way, and if it is it generally looks fab

Takes me all the way back to being wowed by the dungeon pools to quench thirst in Dark Cloud 1

Or the jello water surface of MGS2

 

[Equanimity]

Spoiler

I mean the content of the gif, silly.

So happy if true!



He means rude of Nate to park the Jeep where they get soaked lol. You are a shining star, no worries.

My bad

 

[DeepEnigma]

I always love ND's character design. Something about it is very special

Agreed. There is virtually zero 'uncanny valley' due to their artistic style/vision. Characters feel believable and real, without falling prey to that it seems.

Not sure if it has been posted, but someone got shipped the Art of Uncharted 4 a bit early

Here is the post from Reddit

You know what this means? This person isn't the only one that got the artbook, so ending spoilers may be out there.

I needs this. *Running to Google.*

Edit: Sweet, they have a similar Art of Uncharted Trilogy as well!

 

[YankeeDonB]

Here you go:

Ha ha, looks like they need a bit more work on contextual animations. This makes sense for driving through a waterfall but not sitting under spray.

 

[potatohead]

Agreed. There is virtually zero 'uncanny valley' due to their artistic style/vision. Characters feel believable and real, without falling prey to that it seems.

Absolutely.

I think in those BTS scenes they were even showing how they capture the facial animation, with those cameras directly on the faces of the actors, that was quite interesting!

 

[Chris Metal]

Not sure if it has been posted, but someone got shipped the Art of Uncharted 4 a bit early



Here is the post from Reddit

You know what this means? This person isn't the only one that got the artbook, so ending spoilers may be out there.

So annoying I can't get this on the UK store, but can purchase the Art of Uncharted Trilogy LE at a hugely inflated price. If Sony are going to overcharge for one in the UK, at least overcharge for both so I can get the full set.

 

[luca_29_bg]

huh nice.

so the water it's not totally flat ? Have real geometric deformed waves ?

 

[luca_29_bg]

This GIF is quite interesting because water caustics similar to this is one of the things they were advertising would be included in the original Uncharted in the early tech demos I believe.

I think there are GIFs available of those probably, not sure if I have them saved. This is a shader version of caustics I'm sure though.

i don't understand, the game will have real water caustics or the same shader based version like the previous uncharted games ?

 

[potatohead]

i don't understand, the game will have real water caustics or the same shader based version like the previous uncharted games ?

I think it's just a shader one, at least for these puddles and scenes.

Might have other kind of water elsewhere, but probably mostly or all shaders I would assume.

But was just highlighting how despite the "actual water caustics" probably not being present most of the time, the concept/application of some way to simulate behaviour of water is still there.

Many games in the past have had water caustics, generally pretty simple stuff though, Dark Cloud specifically in the fishing ponds or the "drinking ponds" in dungeons for example all the way back in 2001.

All just matters what they feel is appropriate for the scene/hardware/etc. Looks good in this though, quite an advanced shader.

The shader seems doing caustics emulation if you notice the ripples seem to interact with each other (troughs and peaks is the simplest way to describe it). It's just that it is a shader and not changing the actual model of the water, but it is still an emulation of water caustics where ripples interact with the characters, environment, and even other ripples, that is demonstrated through a shader solution.

 

[PeterLegend]

I'm assuming all of these game mechanics will be in the next Tomb Raider game huh? LOL

 

[CREMSteve]

Here you go:

Imagine parking under the waterfall and the jeep fills up with water, forcing the npcs to open their doors, causing water to rush out. Now their clothes are all wet and and they start complaining.

More of this type of stuff in games is what I want.

 

[gamerMan]

Thanks but I meant the part that he stops and looks at them. 3:15

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChwaJ9ReYvU

It's pretty obvious that mud splatter doesn't actually collect on the window. It just done by changing the texture map. The same is probably true of Drake.

 

[Hoo-doo]

Imagine parking under the waterfall and the jeep fills up with water, forcing the npcs to open their doors, causing water to rush out. Now their clothes are all wet and and they start complaining.

More of this type of stuff in games is what I want.

Except that that stuff would take forever to animate and program. And only 0.05% of people would ever see all that hard work because who the hell intentionally parks their jeep underneath a waterfall?

 

[lukeskymac]

The same is probably true of Drake.

Shaders, not texture maps.

 

[McFadge]

People please, this is (these are?) caustics

 

[Frozone]

I'm assuming all of these game mechanics will be in the next Tomb Raider game huh? LOL

Actually RoTR has most of these game mechanics (save the superior animation in UC4). Wet characters, snow on hair (that's actually real hair fibers), footprints in snow (that's actual dynamic deformation), splashes, etc.. It just doesn't look anywhere near as good as UC4.

 

[luca_29_bg]

I think it's just a shader one, at least for these puddles and scenes.

Might have other kind of water elsewhere, but probably mostly or all shaders I would assume.

But was just highlighting how despite the "actual water caustics" probably not being present most of the time, the concept/application of some way to simulate behaviour of water is still there.

Many games in the past have had water caustics, generally pretty simple stuff though, Dark Cloud specifically in the fishing ponds or the "drinking ponds" in dungeons for example all the way back in 2001.

All just matters what they feel is appropriate for the scene/hardware/etc. Looks good in this though, quite an advanced shader.

The shader seems doing caustics emulation if you notice the ripples seem to interact with each other (troughs and peaks is the simplest way to describe it). It's just that it is a shader and not changing the actual model of the water, but it is still an emulation of water caustics where ripples interact with the characters, environment, and even other ripples, that is demonstrated through a shader solution.

So a better version of the water tech used in the previous uncharted games, but still the same. I hate with all myself shader based water caustics, i want real model deformation!!!! Shader based it's still so fake, like a modified version of mercury