UT2003 Software Renderer [May 20, 2003, 10:36 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
The Unreal Technology Website (thanks
Frans) now offers a zip file with the integration of RAD's Pixomatic software
renderer into UT2003. They also suggest lowering screen resolution for software
rendering should you have a slower CPU (which is probably most likely, since
this is also targeted at users without adequate hardware 3D acceleration). This
thread on the UT2003 is where to post questions or bug reports about this.
Zar,
I'll take your word for what you said, since I'm not a graphics guru, but :
The problem has been that until HL2, DOOM 3 and games that will follow, all objects suffered from what I call the "kiln dried" syndrome. Since every single surface was matte with painted on light and shadows, everything DID have a boring sameness, blandness and flatness to it. The over-smooth everything was a drawback. Also, the same light calculations made everything dim and dark almost all the time.
Why is that indicative of a 3d card? Wouldn't software renderers that might have been made over the past xx years just suffered from the same problem? Only with fewer fps? Or are there some things that can actually be done using software rendering that you can't do with a 3d card? Ie, in this case, not having flat surfaces and such?
Just curious.
Creston
I'll take your word for what you said, since I'm not a graphics guru, but :
The problem has been that until HL2, DOOM 3 and games that will follow, all objects suffered from what I call the "kiln dried" syndrome. Since every single surface was matte with painted on light and shadows, everything DID have a boring sameness, blandness and flatness to it. The over-smooth everything was a drawback. Also, the same light calculations made everything dim and dark almost all the time.
Why is that indicative of a 3d card? Wouldn't software renderers that might have been made over the past xx years just suffered from the same problem? Only with fewer fps? Or are there some things that can actually be done using software rendering that you can't do with a 3d card? Ie, in this case, not having flat surfaces and such?
Just curious.
Creston
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