DNF Gets Physical [Sep 27, 2004, 2:31 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Meqon announces that they are providing the
physics engine for Duke Nukem Forever:
3D Realms selects Meqon as physics provider for Duke Nukem Forever
Norrköping, Sweden – 27th of September, Meqon, an up and comer in the physics middleware industry, announced they have been selected by 3D Realms as the physics engine provider for their long awaited game Duke Nukem Forever.
Meqon has been focusing on creating the most easy to use and flexible physics engine in existence. George Broussard, CEO of 3D Realms backs them up - “We evaluated several physics SDK's and Meqon was really fast, had the cleanest interface and integrated into our game very quickly."
The physics engine does not only handle basic rigid body simulation, but extends into character and vehicle enhanced physics as well. Mr Broussard comments, “With its advanced feature set, we feel confident that Meqon's next generation physics engine can help us create the next generation of action games.”
They could have selected this thing awhile ago, and just happen to announce today that they are using it for the final product. Just a thought.
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With its advanced feature set, we feel confident that Meqon's next generation physics engine can help us create the next generation of action games.
How about releasing your LAST GENERATION game before getting to the next gen.
I can't believe 3DR didn't try to squash this announcement let alone comment on it.
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DNF Development Checklist:
[x] Graphics Engine
[x] Graphics Engine
[x] Graphics Engine
[x] Graphics Engine
[x] Physics Engine
[ ] Time Travel Engine
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Don't jump to conlcusions about this news; speaking as a developer, engines can be implemented at various stages of the project. What I bet happened was that too many resources were being put into doing realistic physics, so they decided to hire an external company to develop their new physics engine. I wouldn't take this as meaning they are just now starting off from square 1.
Now, that is not to say it will come out in months or anything.... We really have been waiting too long for this game and I really don't see how this "anticipation" is helping their potential sales. While there are no "George will make you his bitch" ad campaigns, remember Daikatana....
Now, that is not to say it will come out in months or anything.... We really have been waiting too long for this game and I really don't see how this "anticipation" is helping their potential sales. While there are no "George will make you his bitch" ad campaigns, remember Daikatana....
This game has been in development for a full third of my life time...
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And they've just now announced the physics engine..
/boggle
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And they've just now announced the physics engine..
/boggle
I eat pasta!
Some of you guys have really bad memory, because 3DR announced that they were going to use the Karma physics engine when they switched to the Unreal(2) engine way back when. They have now obviously switched from Karma to this new one, and I for one think that this is a much, MUCH smaller change than the Q2-UE(2) change they made.
yes there are. lol I can`t believe this game is still an issue. Even if this game came, and it gave BJs, I am still not buying it. ;p
Cool. I can't wait until they select the PCs that they're going to develop on. I suggest Intel 6.0 GHz machines running Windows "Longhorn".
How much money do you think they alrady spent on DNF...I mean they have gone through 3 engines...Quake...Unreal and I think they Unreal 2003??? plus this physics engine...I wonder how much cash they sunk into it
I wonder how these Meqon dudes will feel when their engine never sees the light of DNF day...
I have to echo yakuza on this one. Seriously--selecting? Selecting?
Can someone with some developer-type experience give us an estimation of how much more development time would be required if a game was at the stage where its physics engine was being "selected"? Because, if you figure that that's something that's done at the onset and a typical game takes two years to make, then DNF could easily not see release until Christmas 2006.
What I'd also like to know is, how on earth does 3D Realms pay salaries to all its staff for this many years without releasing a major product (that other Duke side-scroller doesn't count, I figure)?
I'm not even the least bit angry (it's just a videogame and I can't get worked up about games, sorry), but rather fascinated from a business point of view. What exactly have all those staffers been doing with their time?
Can someone with some developer-type experience give us an estimation of how much more development time would be required if a game was at the stage where its physics engine was being "selected"? Because, if you figure that that's something that's done at the onset and a typical game takes two years to make, then DNF could easily not see release until Christmas 2006.
What I'd also like to know is, how on earth does 3D Realms pay salaries to all its staff for this many years without releasing a major product (that other Duke side-scroller doesn't count, I figure)?
I'm not even the least bit angry (it's just a videogame and I can't get worked up about games, sorry), but rather fascinated from a business point of view. What exactly have all those staffers been doing with their time?
... for this level of stupidity. GB, if you are reading this message, what are you thinking? Accept the fact that you CANNOT recoup the investment of resources into DNF and MAKE THE DAMN GAME! FINISH IT AND RELEASE IT!
I'm not even really here.
Hump your freaking funny man
Just now selecting a physics engine?
That means another 5 years to completion right?
That means another 5 years to completion right?
What? Well.. Just as PacMan, only old-time and full-time PCgamers know the history of DNF!
DNF is so great, it has become a legend before it's released.
I had a vision last night. My future son said to me that he can't wait for DNF to get released.
DNF is so great, it has become a legend before it's released.
I had a vision last night. My future son said to me that he can't wait for DNF to get released.
I thought Hollywood had hit rock buttom. Then this happened.
Absolutely hilarious.
LOL Wolffe.
Don't know anything about Meqon, but I think that the difference between good physics and bad physics in a game is not primarily the result of which physics engine was used, but more how the developers managed to tweak it.
I'm sure theres truth to that because the guys are Wings (Soldner) used an open source physics solution and many of the glitches wih the vehicles turned out to be their doing and not the engine.
BTW, Yakuza, don't tell me you're one of those people that take it as some personal disaster that this game isn't out yet....
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