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Work in Progress / [Tech Demo] Cloudy Earth

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MikeS
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Posted: 26th Dec 2005 08:06 Edited at: 26th Dec 2005 08:06
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I spent my free time creating this little tech demo. It's partly inspired by the Earth in Civilization 4, for that's what made me want to make it. The design of the program is inspired by the samples in the DirectX SDK.

So here's a screenshot to feast your eyes on.



DBP Features applied:
- Custom Sprite GUI system
- Bump mapping
- Shadow shading
- Wireframe mode
- Alphablending
- Transparency
- 2 light sources + ambient lighting cycles
- Faked Progressive Mesh

Expected Release Date is New Years Day.

Should be a pretty good benchmark for most systems here. Might also take some time to make some new skins for other planets, add particles, and add moons.



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Posted: 26th Dec 2005 13:18
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Wow!
Really nice!



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kewl, the Direct X SDK demos were kewl, although I can view the ones with shaders...stupid GeForce 2....

Looks sweet dude

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Wow, seems really impressive... One more reason why my card will help me ^_^ Geforce 6800GT 256 MO

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Posted: 28th Dec 2005 00:12
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Thanks for the comments guys. Beta release is still on target.



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I forgot to post when i first saw this it looooooks SUPERB can't wait to see/ test the beta

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dude, that makes me want to stay on this planet... I guess its too late...

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Thats looks really good Mike, I'd like to test my card with this when it comes out


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4 Days Later... no Tech Demo... Normal Map Generator reported, and now this one too

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Posted: 8th Jan 2006 03:12 Edited at: 8th Jan 2006 03:14
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Yeah, sorry guys. I've been extremely busy with school and that has to take priority.

Here's the beta as it was first pictured for your pleasure.

Up/Down - Add or remove polygons to Earth.



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wow that was pwetty. Nice job Quite proud of my graphics card too (9700pro) it handled it well, even when I kept upping the polys and having all the effects on it still kept about 60fps Of course in low poly and with everything off I got 300+ lol Anyway, looked beautiful


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Wow! Over 100 000 polys + normal and shadow, and still more than 300 fps! And with "only" 1000 polys, 1100 fps+!
And the globe looks awesome too!



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Thanks guys, glad to hear it's running well. The features above will be added hopefully by the end of this month.



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Well, it seems to just crash when I run it...

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What are your system specs?

Chances are your video card doesn't support the shaders. Next version I build I'll make sure I set the default settings to the highest allowed by your video card so it won't crash right away.



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@Mike S

How did you manage to keep the fps so high?

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Im on 2.4ghz P4 with 256mb of ram and integrated gfx. I can run Call Of Duty ok, so im not sure why this crashes...

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Well, my best guess is that your integrated gfx card doesn't like the shadow shading or normal mapping.

Try running this code and tell me what values you get.





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I love civ 4, and its main menu music. I have to say, this looks pretty close to it. Maybe use blue marble nasa maps, and it will be extremely close

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Im gonna assume thats a big fat *your g card sux* no... Oh well, it will work with my new pc

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