Looks pretty cool. I m writing a similar game which is hovercraft only and more of a race game right now to test my engine so I know how much work it is ;)

I was surprised by your heavy use of imposters because I also made my renderer based on that (Using some clever technique to see if a imposter needs to be updated) after reading about the fs 2004 sky rendering system :)
Couldn't notice any bugs which seem to be caused by imposters in your screens neither - so good work on that too.

One thing that is bugging me is the sky which somehow is too bright again.
//Edit: Woops, noticed that you mentioned it. That happens if you only look at the pictures and skip half the text

Also the shadows are too low-res imo. But its probably one of the things you don't care while playing - and you can still patch that later.

Oh and how about documenting your search for a good publisher?
Maybe make a list with pros and cons or so. I'm interested in this myself too.

Good luck with the project

Quote:Original post by J-Fox
Looks pretty cool. I m writing a similar game which is hovercraft only and more of a race game right now to test my engine so I know how much work it is ;)

I was surprised by your heavy use of imposters because I also made my renderer based on that (Using some clever technique to see if a imposter needs to be updated) after reading about the fs 2004 sky rendering system :)
Couldn't notice any bugs which seem to be caused by imposters in your screens neither - so good work on that too.

One thing that is bugging me is the sky which somehow is too bright again.

Also the shadows are too low-res imo. But its probably one of the things you don't care while playing - and you can still patch that later.

Oh and how about documenting your search for a good publisher?
Maybe make a list with pros and cons or so. I'm interested in this myself too.

Good luck with the project

Yea, the shadow issues are because of the lack of a 3x3 filter. If I add that back in, the shadows are really soft it looks great :-o

I'm working on tweaking the sky, etc...it's a constant thing...so many effects just cascade into eachother.

I'd like to document the publisher process, but I don't know all the specifics of the business world and I'm not sure how much I can disclose at a certain time. I remember when I first got signed I posted the news on my website and the publisher's PR person quickly repremanded me xD that was a while ago...I'm trying to handle this one a bit smoother.

Good luck with your game as well :-D Thanks for the comment.

-Dan


P.S. - I did just get a callback from Ubisoft...I got their email address in the voicemail, so I have a better forum of making my case than over the phoneline *tries to show screenshots and dedication over the phone line*. I hope for a better response than when I cold-called Activision xD Let's see how this goes....still I think the project is too small for these large companies. Steam would be a good shot, and there are plenty of other publishers, I like Paradox Interactive for-instance, they are very cool.

:-o

- Dan

Beautifull as always!

The only constructive criticism I can get is that in some of the distance shots, the contrast between the low detail terrain, and the sharp, detailed environment objects like buildings and wind turbines is quite jarring. In those shots the objects don't look like a natural part of the scene, they stick out too much (if that makes any sense at all).

Quote:Original post by gharen2
Beautifull as always!

The only constructive criticism I can get is that in some of the distance shots, the contrast between the low detail terrain, and the sharp, detailed environment objects like buildings and wind turbines is quite jarring. In those shots the objects don't look like a natural part of the scene, they stick out too much (if that makes any sense at all).

Thanks :-]

Yea...I have that setup on purpose. I can change it so those objects look like the rest of the scene.

I've also fixed the skies. I'll post new screens soon. I've also made another pass on the terrain smoothing, and added forcefields around the bases as well.

- Dan