Joe Staten is very pleased with a new technique he's incorporating into cinemas for the game. Thanks to some code-wizardry, he's able to render a camera-image to a texture,. In this case, it was a view of an epic conflict through a window of a human ship. Joe says the engineers claim the technique can be applied to any surface, and one programmer told him he could do it on a biped. So, like, we could display an entire cinematic on a Grunt's eyeball!
Anyway, the point is that instead of flat-looking video outside the window, or on a video screen, we'll be able to show the actual, alternate 3D scene.
What was the dramatic scene in question? Well, Parsons calls it a pant-filler, I personally would call it a diaper-bulger..
Sai said:For those of you curious about that effect:
Hehe, that's from the April 16th Bungie Update. I immediately thought of that when I saw the Sniper Rifle in that screenie.
[EDIT] - Actually, that might not be the same thing since he's talking about pre-recorded video onto a texture... Oh well.
Schafer said:Whoa, you can see through the scope without zooming in. Neat touch.
i feel the same way about half-life 2. at least this game has a concrete release date and no pending lawsuits.drohne said:gorgeous. really atmospheric. love the sky. but i'm totally sick of halo 2 screenshots and elliptical halo 2 development updates and hysterical halo 2 impressions. how long has it been since this game was unveiled? i'm with maf. i just want the fucking game at this point.
MrAngryFace said:JUST GIMME THE FUCKING GAME ALREADY!
Now that they've shown that, expect it to be stolen by at least 10 FPS, as publishers rush back to devs and demand they add it in their games.
Bluemercury said:HL2 will destroy H2.......i think in preety much all areas....
DopeyFish said:except for....
fun
story
multi-player
co-op
vehicle implementation
gun balance
balancing in general
sound
hrm
*scratches head*
DopeyFish said:except for....
fun
story
multi-player
co-op
vehicle implementation
gun balance
balancing in general
sound
hrm
*scratches head*
teepo said:wtf are you smoking?
and just to let you know, halflife2 is very very vechile heavy. most will be surprised how much time they'll spend in them.
DopeyFish said:except for....
fun
story
multi-player
co-op
vehicle implementation
gun balance
balancing in general
sound
hrm
*scratches head*
Bluemercury said:You're kidding right?
HL2 will pretty much own is those areas, plus this one you can dream about having it in H2,
MODS.......
Aha! I knew I had seen it somewhere else as well but I couldn't rememberSantaCruZer said:CS:source has it!
DopeyFish said:except for....
fun
story
multi-player
co-op
vehicle implementation
gun balance
balancing in general
sound
hrm
*scratches head*
Wario64 said:But Halo invents everything. Vehicles and sniper rifle scopes!
Ramirez said:Looks sweet,and who gives a fuck about HL2 talk in a Halo 2 thread -_-