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DP is an engine.
Also I can never get the reflective and realistic water to work in Darkplaces.......... I only ever been to Syke once, and its amazing. Love to go back some day and actually climb some mountains :DDD
DP used to include a mod too, which i *suppose* could be run alongside Quoth, but don't know what he's talking about really.
Like his math though ;> http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=65408
That is mostly default crysis assets, there are some new objects I don't recognise (mostly stone ruins) but overall that is out of the box stuff. The quality of the props that the crysis artists made were unbelievable, plus add in some cool engine lighting system and voila you have amazing looking stuff. Now actually moving around that as a working level that does not need deep blue computing power and AI fighting across all those props is something else. :P Linked from the spectrum quake picture, found these quake monsters that I'd never seen posted here before:
http://catwell.deviantart.com/art/shambler-119852317 http://catwell.deviantart.com/art/scrag-102852206 http://catwell.deviantart.com/art/Quake-knight-102954597 http://catwell.deviantart.com/art/fiend-102850893 http://catwell.deviantart.com/art/ogre-102831295 There are a few more I didn't link if you explore the gallery. those look really good. the knights especially look quite evil and the scrag translates the direction of the original model quite well. the fiend looks like it's smiling though, but i suppose it's happy as it's probably going to eat you alive. (there's also the death knight and vore too, equally as good)
i think what i like about these is they are very faithful to the original look. (or they just align very well with my imagination for the original models :P ) The characterisation was very strong in the originals. Those scant verts were very well used alongside the animation to give the creatures personality.
Nowadays it tends to be 'meshsmooth'll fix it' but a really good low poly mesh can capture the imagination without the need for hirez. The work is very crisp and suggests motion; I like the strong lines. Even if some of the characterisations look a bit twee - for example the Shambler looks like a deformed kitten, to me. Excellent all the same, especially the Ogre and Knight(s). yeah, i'd say the shambler is the weakest looking one of the bunch. i think that's mostly due to the fact that there isn't really much to see in that image. just a giant fur head, teeth and a bit of a claw. (otoh, that's pretty much what the shambler is, so...)
i'd say the shambler is probably the most difficult to translate from it's original model. it is more vague than the other models and it's look is not immediately obvious. in fact, while i always thought the shambler was covered in fur, it's possible to interpret the texture as wrinkled skin as well. (and if it is fur, than it's actual form is hidden and we don't actually have any idea what the shape of the actual shambler's body is like under the fur). things like the ogre and zombie are probably easiest as zombies are really just dead humans and ogres are just malformed/grotesque humans. both have an easy point of reference. Yes, those are amazing. There are a couple more, bottom of http://catwell.deviantart.com/gallery/ currently.
found this:
http://naburus.deviantart.com/art/Creatures-of-Quake-Vore-62211639 there's a shambler and rotfish, but the vore is the strongest image, i think. bah, I was just going to post that!
I would like to see a fancy building with that kind of fractal decorations everywhere, it would make rococo cry.
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