Voxels?

[Elbonio]

does anyone know what this engine uses? i think it looks like Voxels....

[Patch]

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[Njoroge]

/me agrees with Patch

http://www.flipcode.com/tutorials/tut_voxels.shtml

[Big Giant Head]

definately polygons

[TelexStar]

you would KNOW if a game uses voxels because it looks like its running in software mode or something.

Outcast is an old game that used voxels.

[Catachan]

If you want to see it in all it's *cough* glory... (yeah right!) Go and play the original Delta Force, from Novalogic (probably get it on budget for about 4-5 quid).

It's a good game, but the voxels are instantly noticeable, and it looks drab.

[Big Giant Head]

a lot of the older novalogic flight sims used voxels and some of them looked quite pretty (for the time) :)

[Boffykins]

Tiberian Suin and Red Alert 2 used Voxels. And Patch, do you HAVE to be such a b!tch? he was simply asking a question, no need to get ar5ey

[Mingtea]

Ah yes i remember comanche, reminded me of flying over a sponge.

[KermitTheFrag]

commanche was the first game that used a voxel based engine (volumetric pixel).

using voxels over a polygon landscape can look good to represet stuff in flight sims. i think evans and sutherland do a voxel based graphics solution for industrial flight sims.

[miniman]

Novalogic use a voxel based engine in the Delta Force series. That's an FPS. However they also use polygons for buildings and vehicles.

I don't think they look too bad except close up. For far distance stuff the voxel engine can create great terrain. However for a FPS where most of the game is played immediately in front of you you need a precision that voxels can create.

[Eskimo]

i remember buying outcast and it ran like a dog on my then brad new top of the line P2 450.

Why use Voxsles when 3D acceleration was so fast! and easy to do. I mean it wasent a bad game but i gave up because it just looked to poor and hurts your eyes. plus the jerking on a top system.

[Gifted]

i got given a copy of both outcast and delta force 2!

all i can say is...... SHOCKING!! both ****e!

so grainy its like you playing it in 640x480 when you really in 1024!!

YUCK
if i wanted that i would have got a playstation!! :D

[Big Giant Head]

Gifted purely out of interest do you know the difference between a full stop and an exclamation mark?

[Gifted]

lol point taken!
but i like em!

they cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


dont ya think?!?!...... lol

[Elbonio]

what the hell is wrong with voxels

wasnt Delta force voxels? i know its old now but you'd think they could move the technology on a bit....


<edit>
btw
what made me think it in the first place was the shadows of the players and vehicles looking like lego - take a look next time you're on it</edit>

[Eskimo]

they are like that to conserver CPU power. Fully shaded shadows with a light source and very high quality are very prossesor intensive and to be honest you hardly ever notice them anyway.

They remind me of the ones on 1NSANE.

[andyf]

-sorry for off topic-

Isn't Comanche 4 still voxel-based? That eats CPU like a goddamn ho eats .. fruit

[Elbonio]

actuaslly i thought for this commanche they did away with their beloved voxels

cant be sure but i think i read that somewhere anyway...