Unreal 3 Engine "Tree Engine" [Archive]

TopSecretBoy

March 21st, 2005, 12:14 AM

http://media.pc.ign.com/articles/597/597007/imgs_1.html

Fuck, Far Cry got owned.

Digital Limit

March 21st, 2005, 02:32 AM

Oh. My. God. Amazing.

REBEL_AU

March 21st, 2005, 02:42 AM

Dayum!

Yian

March 21st, 2005, 02:59 AM

Originally posted by TopSecretBoy
Fuck, Far Cry got owned.
OMG, Oblivion gets 0wned, too!!! :eek: :eek:

I wonder how well a game can run with a forest of those kind of trees, though. This demonstrate the engine capabilty but we have yet to see this thing in motion.

BodomBeachTerror

March 21st, 2005, 03:05 AM

I am not impressed.

RAY16

March 21st, 2005, 07:02 AM

Originally posted by Yian
OMG, Oblivion gets 0wned, too!!! :eek: :eek:

I wonder how well a game can run with a forest of those kind of trees, though. This demonstrate the engine capabilty but we have yet to see this thing in motion.

Oblivion uses the same tree rendering system as Unreal 3. It's called SpeedTree.

http://www.idvinc.com/

http://www.idvinc.com/html/pangaea_downloads.htm

NiteX

March 21st, 2005, 10:32 AM

It sure looks nice. Well the trees do any way. It would look a whole lot better if they had grass sticking out of the ground.

TopSecretBoy

March 21st, 2005, 11:56 AM

Originally posted by RAY16
Oblivion uses the same tree rendering system as Unreal 3. It's called SpeedTree.

Yep. Apparently Unreal Engine 2 had it as well it just didn't look as good. 10,000 dollar plugin. =/

DCR

March 21st, 2005, 06:34 PM

It will probably look even better when the game reaches at least alpha or beta

Silence

March 21st, 2005, 06:49 PM

well aint that cute... no really it is... my current graphics card would prolly throw up twice before escaping my pc and doing a suicide dive out the 2nd floor window when would be forced to play that shit.

Freakonaleash89

March 21st, 2005, 07:34 PM

Definately improving but they still don't really look like real trees.

wangstramedeous

March 22nd, 2005, 10:07 AM

Rather impressive.

zork97

March 22nd, 2005, 02:03 PM

Trees are all great .Yeah, a bit of grass and foliage on ground would be nice. Also a water body which shows some reflection detail.

Only then, I will compare it to FarCry.

Docta Beeeer

March 22nd, 2005, 03:02 PM

Damn, aren't they putting this into the Xbox 2?

dimsum411

March 22nd, 2005, 03:11 PM

still pretty angular, and the textures aren't realistic at all http://www.atrip.net/forums/images/icons/icon13.gif

Silence

March 22nd, 2005, 04:16 PM

well it still doesnt beat the wonderful graphics and physics of Mother nature. yes dear jury i am claiming that there is a wonderful world outside.

Downfall

March 22nd, 2005, 05:21 PM

blasphemy!!!!

Freakonaleash89

March 22nd, 2005, 11:29 PM

Originally posted by dimsum411
still pretty angular, and the textures aren't realistic at all http://www.atrip.net/forums/images/icons/icon13.gif

Yeah, they're very angular and not organic looking enough to be convincing.

Hobbes874

March 22nd, 2005, 11:32 PM

hawtness = very yes.

Hitman

March 23rd, 2005, 04:54 AM

It's the lighting that's fooling you guys, I don't see any hotness just yet.. use the force young Jedi's.

LynX

March 23rd, 2005, 09:16 AM

HO LY SH IT! :eek:

Pwn. Can i cut them down too?

Mechanerd

March 24th, 2005, 07:29 PM

I'de say we're still a good few years off from having games looking 'real'.

I watched the Matrix again recently and thought about how if The Matrix is a program then to some extent its what a video game would be at the point were the line between real and virtual are blurred.

Maybe around 2020 - 30 we'll be in an age of video games like that, heh heh... its good to dream.

PHAT_ASS

March 25th, 2005, 05:03 PM

the trees look wonderful, but they still have trouble incorporating them with the rest of the enviroment. the ground is missing realistic foliage and it looks like the older version of the unreal engine. i hope they bring it atleast to par with the rest of the U3 technology. the new morrowind game really did a nice job with nature.

Silence

March 25th, 2005, 05:45 PM

hmm lookin back on the older games, then i must say i really like the nature in Deadly dozen 2 and Los: Vietnam.

zork97

March 26th, 2005, 12:47 PM

SOF 2 comes to my mind...

BodomBeachTerror

March 26th, 2005, 09:15 PM

The thing that makes me sad is this engine is probably gonna be wasted on crappy unreal games.

RAY16

March 26th, 2005, 09:28 PM

Originally posted by BodomBeachTerror
The thing that makes me sad is this engine is probably gonna be wasted on crappy unreal games.

Go eat Richard Simmons ass. Unreal games and the Unreal universe rocks...well, not Unreal 2, but everything else is great.

And no, it won't just be used on Unreal games. The Unreal Engine is one of the most licensed engines out there.

Mechanerd

March 27th, 2005, 07:39 PM

I downloaded all of those tree demos, cool as hell but I still think where the branches on the trees meet the trunks need to be more 'meshed' together so they don't look so flat. Alot of foliage in such a small enviroment makes for some impressive scenery. I kept thinking what would an fps be like in this place, man there are some good possibilities with that software.

zork97

March 28th, 2005, 12:36 PM

Possibilities, expectations, promises ........ Hype.
Here we go again.

FATMAN

March 28th, 2005, 01:04 PM

meh :o

by the time they release the engine for license use, we'll get cooler lookin games

see what happened to HL2 and Doom3. We got Far Cry. I know bad example. but u get the picture

GODDAMNIT >.<

TopSecretBoy

March 29th, 2005, 12:49 AM

Originally posted by FATMAN
meh :o

by the time they release the engine for license use, we'll get cooler lookin games

see what happened to HL2 and Doom3. We got Far Cry. I know bad example. but u get the picture

GODDAMNIT >.<

What about Far Cry? I think it's a wonderful looking game. Same with Half-Life 2. But IMHO so is Doom 3. I couldn't declare one of the three better looking than the others. However, I will say that Half-Life 2 not having dynamic lighting and shadows was a rather poor decision IMHO.

FATMAN

March 29th, 2005, 01:41 AM

Originally posted by TopSecretBoy
What about Far Cry? I think it's a wonderful looking game. Same with Half-Life 2. But IMHO so is Doom 3. I couldn't declare one of the three better looking than the others. However, I will say that Half-Life 2 not having dynamic lighting and shadows was a rather poor decision IMHO.

where did i say that Far Cry isnt a wonderful looking game?? i'm just talking about the hype. but the time it releases it will be like "meh"(as u just said for HL2).

TopSecretBoy

March 29th, 2005, 03:09 AM

Originally posted by FATMAN
where did i say that Far Cry isnt a wonderful looking game??

Whoa buddy. Chill. :cool:

I was just agreeing with you. HL2 and D3 were both hyped, yet Far Cry came out of no-where and looked great, as you said.

FATMAN

March 29th, 2005, 03:56 AM

Originally posted by TopSecretBoy
Whoa buddy. Chill. :cool:

I was just agreeing with you. HL2 and D3 were both hyped, yet Far Cry came out of no-where and looked great, as you said.

I may have typed that in an inappropriate way :p, I didnt mean to sound pissed :D

oh well, even when Unreal 3 releases, my 6800Ultra can atleast support it :p so no worries here :cool:

Freakonaleash89

March 29th, 2005, 06:55 PM

I think Far Cry looks better than Doom 3 or Half-Life 2 hands down.

dante.hk

March 29th, 2005, 09:25 PM

To me, they're just different.

FarCry - Outdoors awesomeness.
Doom III - Lighting awesomeness.
HL2 - Realism awesomeness.

future man

March 29th, 2005, 10:42 PM

Originally posted by FATMAN
oh well, even when Unreal 3 releases, my 6800Ultra can atleast support it :p so no worries here :cool:

My friend has a fx5200 that Doom3 supports.

Striker

March 29th, 2005, 10:45 PM

Originally posted by future man
My friend has a fx5200 that Doom3 supports.

I have a Ti 4600 that....nevermind...Fuck, I need money...

TopSecretBoy

March 30th, 2005, 12:15 AM

Originally posted by Striker
I have a Ti 4600 that....nevermind...Fuck, I need money...

I beat Doom 3 on that 4600. Looked great too. :)

FATMAN

March 30th, 2005, 12:57 AM

Originally posted by future man
My friend has a fx5200 that Doom3 supports.

Thats the good thing about the Doom3 engine, u can set it to work even on an old voodoo card.

zork97

March 31st, 2005, 02:15 AM

Originally posted by Freakonaleash89
I think Far Cry looks better than Doom 3 or Half-Life 2 hands down.

Yeah I kinda prefer FarCry's fresh outdoors to Doom's lighting or HL 2's realism. But then again thats just me.

Mechanerd

April 2nd, 2005, 12:55 AM

Doom 3 has the best lighting and shading in my opinion but the textures and poly count are crap. I really don't see what everyone else sees in Far Cry, I think UT2004 has better visuals.

Heres some screens of the speed tree software featuring a mech in the scene:

http://www.idvinc.com/images/rt/summer_04.jpg
http://www.idvinc.com/images/rt/fall_08.jpg
http://www.idvinc.com/images/rt/summer_07.jpg

Despite the meshes not being perfect the overall look of these scenes are just cool.

Freakonaleash89

April 2nd, 2005, 11:40 AM

Yeah I kinda prefer FarCry's fresh outdoors to Doom's lighting or HL 2's realism. But then again thats just me.

I really like HL 2's realism and physics and everything, but Far Cry is just much more gorgeous.

Heres some screens of the speed tree software featuring a mech in the scene:

They've got a timber wolf in there, those are my favorite mechs of all time.