Terrain Shadows
November 21st, 2008
I just got terrain self-shadowing working! I also started optimizing rendering by automatically baking all of the sky and sun lighting into a single texture, so the real-time shader can be drastically simplified. The texture in this screenshot is low-resolution just to test out the technique, I will have some high-res shots soon.
Win a Free Copy of Overgrowth and a Wolfire T-Shirt!!
November 20th, 2008
It is my great honor to announce Wolfire's first official Lugaru competition. The rules are simple: 1. Submit your best Lugaru videos to WeGame. You can use the nifty WeGame widget mentioned in Jeff's previous WeGame post (if you use Windows). Or you can use your favorite games recording software and then upload your vid to WeGame. Snapz ...
Putting more "next" in next-gen assets
November 19th, 2008
Mudbox recently released their 2009 edition in which performance was greatly improved. This allows me to put a level of detail into the textures that was difficult or impossible before. Instead of depending on texture overlays to provide small scale details, I can directly paint grainy or cracked surfaces. It is also faster then trying to do half in a ...
High resolution terrain texturing
November 18th, 2008
This is a terrain used to test view distance and work flows for high resolution textures. We now have a consistent way of creating 4096x4096 terrain textures. Some graphics cards will support this, and we'll be able to downsample the textures for lower end computers
Desert Terrain
November 14th, 2008
Here is a desert environment for Overgrowth. In addition to using real world data, we are using a program called World Machine 2 (WM2) to add erosion details and other small scale features. WM2 allow for fast, high quality results and lots of unique detail with less effort. The program is also free for non-commercial use, so people should be ...
WeGame supports Lugaru!
November 14th, 2008
Hey guys, WeGame.com and the WeGame client now supports Lugaru! Check it out: http://www.wegame.com/games/lugaru/ WeGame is basically the awesome combination of video capturing software like Fraps and online video sites like YouTube. And the best part is that it's free! There are a ton of threads on the Wolfire forums asking about how ...
Overt Ops is a triumph!
November 11th, 2008
It's hard to overstate my satisfaction. Inspired by the presidential campaigns, John and I decided to do something similar. Simple: we asked our community for help via Overt Ops. I'll let the results speak for themselves. Within a week, we had our press page translated into 15 languages, with about 5 more in progress! English Croatian Czech Dutch ...