[SW rendering] What's the most complex game/engine written for CPU rendering?

[Simon82]

As the object say. What's the most complex game/demo/engine capable to compete with hw ones using CPU rendering? Has anyone continued this kind of developing?

Thank
Bye

 

[Anteru]

I'd guess Outcast

Probably the Pixomatic renderer, which is still current and which you could use in UT2k4 as a fallback path. Quality/Performance was pretty good actually.

 

[Davros]

or swiftshader
http://www.transgaming.com/products/swiftshader/

 

[Albuquerque]

or swiftshader
http://www.transgaming.com/products/swiftshader/

Not really a game, a demo, or an engine. But that being said, it was the first thing to come to my mind as well

 

[Davros]

one of the first games not to have a software renderer was quake3 1999 so your best bet would to look around that time

 

[Scali]

Croissant 9 pushes software rendering and Java quite far:
http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=10808

It could even do skinning and shadowmapping:
http://bohemiq.scali.eu.org/ThreeDee/ThreeDee.html

 

[Color me Dan]

...Trespasser :hides:

 

[Murakami]

Unreal?

 

[Blazkowicz]

look around on the demo scene. there's real time ray-tracing stuff, and probably something better looking too.

 

[Davros]

theres the intel quadcore demo but it doesnt look that good
ice storm fighters
http://www.intelcapabilitiesforum.net/articles/ice_storm_fighters_game_technology_demo/

dl link
http://www.intelcapabilitiesforum.net/articles/ice_storm_fighters_game_technology_demo-page4/

 

[Nick]

theres the intel quadcore demo but it doesnt look that good
ice storm fighters

That's not software rendered. It uses terribly inefficient A.I. to bog down the CPU.

 

[swaaye]

Amongst software renderers used in games: Pixomatic for UT2004?
http://www.smacker.com/pixomain.htm