Uses Destruction 2.0
yep
BC1 used frostbite 1.0 and destruction 1.0
BC2 uses Frostbite 1.0 (1.5?) (vietnam was touted as using Frostbite 1.5) and Destruction 2.0
BF3 will use Frostbite 2.0 and Destruction 3.0
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yep
BC1 used frostbite 1.0 and destruction 1.0
BC2 uses Frostbite 1.0 (1.5?) (vietnam was touted as using Frostbite 1.5) and Destruction 2.0
BF3 will use Frostbite 2.0 and Destruction 3.0
That GI cover looks generic as hell but I'm beyond psyched for this. I can't believe it's been so long since BC2, that game still looks pretty good.
Edit: I didnt' see that the global illumination was realtime. What's the point in that, isn't that only useful if the lighting is changing in a level?
Edit2: wtf Tehran? That's a bad idea.
Edit: I didnt' see that the global illumination was realtime. What's the point in that, isn't that only useful if the lighting is changing in a level?
Edit2: wtf Tehran? That's a bad idea.
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Evidently, because it is real time they can do more with destruction so all of the components fall realistically, randomly and stay properly lit. And according to the article it has made the art teams much more effective.
Unless I'm mistaken, one of the benefits is the geometry doesn't have to be completely re-lit every time destruction takes place. Also IIRC, it's not completely 100% real time, there is still a good portion of it is pre-computed.
The new lighting model does help artist be more efficient, now they only need to wait 10-30 minutes for a level to precompute instead of possibly hours.
The new lighting model does help artist be more efficient, now they only need to wait 10-30 minutes for a level to precompute instead of possibly hours.
Where was this confirmed? If so it would be the first multiplat dev do it, crosses fingers...but hope its not at a huge cost.
edit: nvm found it
2nd edit: so MLAA on GPU for 360?
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Also after pre-compute they can change the lighting with interactive rates in the scene.
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There was a nice part in GameInformer about.
The one with what looked like having balloons stuck onto walls.
Dice called them light probes if im not mistaken and they had more lighting info then a BC 2 map(or was it BF 2)
Heard that the 24 player count on console isn't set in stone. Because we didn't complain.
Was that tech actually in the last madden and ncaa football? It seemed to me those games were still just using purely canned animations, unlike NHL and Fight Night which have updated for some nice blending of animations with real-time physics. Still nothing like what NaturalMotion is selling, but NHL's hitting showed big improvements this year.
yes, it was subtle but a definite improvement.
the foot planting alone and the movement when hit. NHL seems to have improved their application even more
dragonelite
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Wasn't it also in Fifa 2011.
From what i saw at a friend the animations looked quit good.
From what i saw at a friend the animations looked quit good.
yes.
I'll transcribe part of the interview form the magazine when I get a chance but evidently it is a plug in and then devs can tweak to their needs.
It is recognized mostly when running (foot plant) for transitioning into cover and transition in turning to aim. head goes then shoulders then torso without affecting FPS response time
Saw the scans, great looking. I remember reading in one of their documents from 2010 about them aiming for a compute shader based GPU MLAA with subpixel solution. That with or without MSAA sounds tiptop to me.
Though the new destruction system is what has me the most exited.
Though the new destruction system is what has me the most exited.
Is that in article or speculation? :smile:
dragonelite
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Could not find a thing in the GI article about MLAA on both platform.
Actually Pandemic was the first to have MLAA on the PS3 and they were a multi-plat studio.
I believe it was mentioned in one of their PPT, Bending the rendering pipeline I believe it was called. Though they didn't specify the 360, just GPU in general.
dragonelite
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Kagemaru is right
Slide 15(Only mentions on intel cpu methode,ps3 spu methode and gpu compute)
http://www.slideshare.net/DICEStudio/bending-the-graphics-pipeline
Slide 15(Only mentions on intel cpu methode,ps3 spu methode and gpu compute)
http://www.slideshare.net/DICEStudio/bending-the-graphics-pipeline
It was pure speculation on my part but the article seems to reference this pdf
http://www-igm.univ-mlv.fr/~biri/mlaa-gpu/MLAAGPU.pdf
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