SM 3.0 and 3Dc enabled games

jolle · Oct 14, 2004

wasnt HL2 supposed to get SM3.0 support?
in a patch later on tho.

MasterBaiter · Oct 14, 2004

jolle said:

wasnt HL2 supposed to get SM3.0 support?
in a patch later on tho.
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I was under the impression that it was also supposed to get 3Dc as well...

Farid · Oct 14, 2004

PatrickL said:

I bet you can remove grafan and driv3r from that list.
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For Grafan:

INDUSTRY VETERANS LAUNCH NEW GAME STUDIO, EMOGENCE, LLC

Company Plans to Break New Ground with First-Person Action Role Playing Game

REDMOND, Wash., March 15, 2004 â€“ Former Microsoft technology executives Herb Marselas and Chas. Boyd today announced the formation of Emogence, LLC, an independently funded computer and video game development studio. The company is currently developing a first-person action role playing game called Grafan, which is slated to debut on the PC in 2004.

The Emogence management team represents more than 40 years of advanced technology and game development experience. Herb Marselas, the companyâ€™s co-founder and chief executive officer, most recently held various programming and technology positions with Microsoft. He served as a development lead with the Direct3D graphics group and, prior to that, worked with two Microsoft-acquired game studios, Ensemble Studios and Bungie Studios. In those posts, he created the 3D engine for the Age of Mythology and worked on Halo 2.

Before that, Mr. Marselas was with Intelâ€™s Platform Architecture Lab where he was responsible for improving the state of game 3D graphics usage and performance on the Intel/Windows desktop. In this capacity, he worked alongside dozens of developers including Activision, Microsoft and Electronic Arts, to architect and improve graphics performance on many blockbuster games. Mr. Marselas began his game development career in the mid-1990s with Microprose/Spectrum Holobyte as one of the first 3D hardware developers. Earlier in his career, Mr. Marselas held a variety of technology posts with private industry corporations developing large-scale custom business applications.

"We are extremely excited about starting a new company and having the opportunity to execute on a dream that Chas. and I both share to create a game that delivers great gameplay and graphically surpasses any interactive entertainment experience to date," said Herb Marselas. "Weâ€™ve built a groundbreaking engine that generates environments on-the-fly and showcases high resolution texturing coupled with advanced techniques including Pixel Shader 3.0 rendering and high dynamic range lighting that we believe will raise the industry bar, particularly within the action role playing game genre."

Chas. Boyd, co-founder and the chief architect, brings extensive graphics engineering and architecture experience to Emogence. For the past decade, Mr. Boyd served as the visionary and chief architect for Microsoftâ€™s Direct3D graphics API. In this capacity, Mr. Boyd worked with all 3D graphics hardware companies and hundreds of game developers to drive the advancement in 3D graphics on the PC. He has been credited with innovating programmable shading and multi-texture models implemented today by all graphics hardware.

Prior to his entrance into the game industry, Mr. Boyd lead the development for a number of products including the first 3D viewer for seismic data analysis. Before that Mr. Boyd worked in the aeronautics industry and was responsible for developing virtual reality systems, satellite modeling and display technology.

Graphics industry leaders are also looking forward to the companyâ€™s entrance into the gaming market. "This game takes the next big leap on delivering an ultra-realistic, immersive gameplay experience," said Bill Rehbock, director of development relations at NVIDIA. "Because it takes advantage of the latest generation of graphics hardware features such as Pixel Shader 3.0, Grafan is likely to become a key industry performance benchmark. The visual quality of this game is bound to blow people away."

About Emogence, LLC

Founded in September 2003 by game industry veterans Herb Marselas and Chas. Boyd, Redmond-based Emogence, LLC is the creator of graphically stunning first-person action role playing computer and video games. More information about Emogence and Grafan can be found at www.emogence.com and www.grafan.com.
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And for Driv3r, ...err, hell, who cares...
If Reflection could ship an almost bugfree DX8.1 game that would be a miracle, let alone DX9.0c.

And if it's bugfree then it'll have to be fun to play, things that Driv3r on Xbox/PS2 is, definitely, not, but that's OT.

CJ · Oct 22, 2004

I think I read on Rage3D that "Project Freedom" will also support 3Dc. I wouldn't be suprised seeing as it's a GITG title.

Oh and don't forget the upcoming title from Ritual Entertainment:

â€œRitual Entertainment will use ATIâ€™s new 3Dc normal map compression technology to double the detail in our next generation game environments,â€ said Doug Service, Director of Technology Development, Ritual Entertainment. â€œThanks to ATI, we can now create normal maps with twice the amount of detail that use the same amount of memory as our original uncompressed normal maps. This will lead to an outstanding increase in visual fidelity for the characters and the entire scene. Ultimately, what ATIâ€™s 3Dc normal map compression technology means to gamers is more highly detailed game worlds and a more immersive game play experience.â€
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Oh and how about all X-Box2 titles that are currently in development which will most likely also support 3Dc?

Fodder · Oct 31, 2004

CRACOW, POLAND (October 27, 2004) â€“ revoltage proudly presents Soul Quest (working title), game which takes standard turn-based role-playing strategy into new dimension.

Prepare for an unforgettable experience in the fantasy world of Soul Quest. Delight in an epic story of six races. Find out the reason the balance has been broken between them, control vast cities, conquer new lands, and take care of your team. When the time comes they may be your only hope.

Game features:

- 3D Soul Engine, DirectX 9 and pixel/vertex shaders up to version 3.0 supported.
- Six races: humans, undeads, elves, dwarfs, orcs, chaos.
- Advanced city economy.
- Battles on detailed tactical maps.
- Hundreds of NPCs.
- LOTS of items to collect.
- Detailed team characteristics.
- Powerful magic system.
- Intuitive map editor.

Please visit www.revoltage.pl for online teaser-trailer, news, screenshots and wallpapers.
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