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New Jupiter Tech AVI

by Maarten Goldstein, May 15, 2002 5:45am PDT

Related Topics – No One Lives Forever, No One Lives Forever, Monolith

Lithtech sends along a new AVI video, showing weather effects from their Jupiter engine. This engine is used in Monolith's upcoming No One Lives Forever 2. The video is a 9.46mb download and runs for 29 seconds.

This new AVI demonstrates some of the stunning weather effects included in the LithTech Jupiter System. The procedural snow effect allows content creators full control over the look and feel of the weather particles as they fall from the sky. The particles move in realistic patterns and can simulate a variety of weather effects with ease. Content creators also have full control over where the effects occur, and the density of the particles. Buildings and overhangs block the snow to complete the effect.

If you didn't see the previous video featuring water effects, you can get to that here.

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WOW!!!! SNOW!!!

Wait....Daikatana had snow.

May 15, 2002 7:08pm PDT

WOW!!!! SNOW!!! Wait....Daikatana had snow. : Xion

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Show me players leaving permanent realistic footsteps in the snow and i'll get excited, otherwise... yawn... seen it before.

May 15, 2002 4:48pm PDT

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Show me players leaving permanent realistic footsteps in the snow and i'll get excited, otherwise... yawn... : oddway
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- heh thats what I said : norulez

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Anyone else notice the powerline swaying in the breeze? The puffs of cold breath?

I liked the snow... in particular the very natural perspective effect as you walk or run, of the snow coming right at you. I haven't noticed that in other games. Anyone got a game with snow they can check?

I'm getting tired of FPS, and I'm not interested much in realistic shooters... this would rule for an explorer type SP-RPG, or better yet, MMORPG stuff.

May 15, 2002 8:57am PDT

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Anyone else notice the powerline swaying in the breeze? The puffs of cold breath? I liked the snow..... : CerealSam
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- NO!! WHy SHoulD tHEy NotiCE Anyting BEsIDEs itsS POOpoPOOo LiTHTEAACH!! LITEHTEHACH SUXORS ASSASASAS... : tribes2
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  q3:team arena has all this, its just sprites that face the player at all times. puffs of warm air that c... : anti-orp
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    Uhm, I'm not sure about the snowflakes being sprites in this demo. I think calling them "weather partic... : CerealSam
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      They can be particles and still be "billboards". That is, always facing the player like sprites do. Q3F... : Ben Barker
      
      Fair enough. I didn't know if they were taking advantage of some heretofor unbeknownst (to me anyway) CG... : CerealSam

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Thats looks beautiful. I want NOLF2!

May 15, 2002 2:44pm PDT

Thats looks beautiful. I want NOLF2! : ---D1cKy-Mo3---

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I can't get to the damn thing.My Shack account doensn't appear to be valid.........hmmmmmmmmm.

May 15, 2002 11:46am PDT

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I can't get to the damn thing.My Shack account doensn't appear to be valid.........hmmmmmmmmm. : Studrocket
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- try signing out and signing back in : Turd Ferguson

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It looks cool but not cool enough to buy the game on graphics alone.

May 15, 2002 8:24am PDT

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It looks cool but not cool enough to buy the game on graphics alone. : Topaz
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  BTW why aren't the trees blowing in the wind? : Topaz
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    because it's a G-A-M-E. : Foozmelon
    - give'em time. By Christmas 2003, latest. :) #64, : CerealSam
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    that is a good point, MANY games do not take that into account. Infact I think the only game that does f... : ovrlrd
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      *cough* Medal of Honor *cough* : Rev. Trimble
      
      Add another to the list then, I said from what i've seen hehe. : ovrlrd
- The first one was not purchased because of the graphics, but because of actual gameplay! : indeego

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well, nothing revolutionary, the player's breath and the swinging power cables there weren't too bad, looks like a solid, good engine, i'm very much looking forward to NOLF2 actually.

May 15, 2002 11:23am PDT

well, nothing revolutionary, the player's breath and the swinging power cables there weren't too bad, loo... : neo69

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Does it make use of DirectSnow?

May 15, 2002 9:00am PDT

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Does it make use of DirectSnow? : Grigory
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- LOL good one : neo69

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GUY MAKING THE VIDEO: So , what should I uhh...do in this one?
GUY PRODUCING IT: Hmmmm... Load up the snow map and take a few steps.
GUY MAKING THE VIDEO: .....
GUY PRODUCING IT: Sound good?
GUY MAKING IT: [Huh? Yeah uhh...sure.

May 15, 2002 9:18am PDT

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GUY MAKING THE VIDEO: So , what should I uhh...do in this one? GUY PRODUCING IT: Hmmmm... Load up the s : Cygnus X-1
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  - minor SHACKTAG'D :) : hal9000

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http://www.lithtech.com/i/movies/jupiter.wmv (informative this one)

More movies of it, appears to be some NOLF 2 footage in there (like the water demo is one of the asian nolf 2 scenes)

The fire in this is damned good, like real good.

May 15, 2002 6:04am PDT

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http://www.lithtech.com/i/movies/jupiter.wmv (informative this one) More movies of it, appears to be s... : abrasion
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I do have one slight problem with the Lithtech engine, last time I checked we hadn't seen many games with multiplayer in them that supported this engine, or that were particularly good implementations. It looks like a great single player engine, but I'm assuming the multiplayer is still somewhat forgotten at this point. I guess in some ways thats a good thing since none of us seems to have had many good single-player experiences all too recently. However, I really would like to see some kind of emphasis in the future on that aspect. Single player is great, and I really enjoy it, but long replay-ability has never seemed to be in Single Player (at least not in many of the games I've played).

May 15, 2002 6:25am PDT

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I do have one slight problem with the Lithtech engine, last time I checked we hadn't seen many games with... : Q-ball
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- Are you the type that complained about Q3's single player campaign? : indeego

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COMING SOON: Fileshack unleased! Grrrr!

Ha ha :-)

May 15, 2002 8:56am PDT

COMING SOON: Fileshack unleased! Grrrr! Ha ha :-) : jvox

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I wish some single player games would use the Serious Engine.

May 15, 2002 6:46am PDT

I wish some single player games would use the Serious Engine. : Ra5putin

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I'm a lithtec fanboy because I loved NOLF so much - but I'll be honest - fanboy or not that movie pretty much sucks - nice fps with snow falling and all - and I like the player sway / bob - a bit of a realistic feel to it (quakish in movement, not stiff like cheesy games) - but ... yeah ho hum gfx there.

The water movie is much more impressive

May 15, 2002 6:26am PDT

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I'm a lithtec fanboy because I loved NOLF so much - but I'll be honest - fanboy or not that movie pretty ... : abrasion
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- why are you a lithtech fanboy because of NOLF? Monolith fanboy sure, lithtech fanboy, meh. : johnny rotten

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So, anyone notice that MORROWIND has all this type stuff....rain, fog, day/night, shimmering water, huge outdoor environments, blah blah blah, etc....this video didn't show me anything.

May 15, 2002 6:42am PDT

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  - Of course if lithtechs history is any indicator, so will the jupiter engine... ;) : johnny rotten

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I'm sure there's a FAQ or something or other on this somewhere, but I can't find it. When I try to download the file, it tells me I have to creat a new account. If I try to create "dafragsta" it won't let me create it because the account allready exists. Makes sense. When I try to log in as dafragsta, it sends me back to the account creation screen. WTF?

May 15, 2002 8:00am PDT

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I'm sure there's a FAQ or something or other on this somewhere, but I can't find it. When I try to downlo... : dafragsta
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- Fucked up cookie? : Tissen
- make sure IE accepts cookies from our site. That's the only reason it would reject your log in. : Maarten Goldstein

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And now let's all take a look at Global Ops, a recently released Lithtech-powered game for a real life benchmark.

Let's see:

* looks like Quake 1 did...or worse (i think Quake 1 had better water)
* has no textures (no, barking dog, a pink wall does NOT indicate it's a brick wall)
* runs like .... ass?

May 15, 2002 6:15am PDT

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- Ow..i fotgot the pathetic netcode...sorry : [7]kami
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  Umm that game sucks, NOLF (2 years old) thrashed it, that's the developer not the engine. : abrasion
  - the sucky netcode is the engines fault though : goatsecxy
- Are you saying that the engine in Global Ops is the same that is in NOLF2? : Foozmelon
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  - INFORMATIVE +1! : greh kleh

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FlashGet does not like Fileshack :(

/ V

May 15, 2002 8:01am PDT

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FlashGet does not like Fileshack :( / V : {Venger}
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- No, it's the other way around. Do not try to rape the Shack bandwith. : Tissen

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Man, this is sweet-looking stuff.

Another good engine is good for gamers :-)

May 15, 2002 7:30am PDT

Man, this is sweet-looking stuff. Another good engine is good for gamers :-) : freshview

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Extremely UNIMPRESSIVE. Sorry, but it's true.

May 15, 2002 6:56am PDT

Extremely UNIMPRESSIVE. Sorry, but it's true. : dorker

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Daikatana has snow too!... so who cares?

May 15, 2002 6:56am PDT

Daikatana has snow too!... so who cares? : kraemer

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I'm usually the first one to dismiss 'Lithtech'. But this video is okay. But brief. I liked the snow and the particles, or whatever they are, and the weird sky. It creates a nice ambience.

May 15, 2002 6:51am PDT

I'm usually the first one to dismiss 'Lithtech'. But this video is okay. But brief. I liked the snow and ... : h0rus

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The wonders of technology in an AVI <dies>

May 15, 2002 6:36am PDT

The wonders of technology in an AVI <dies> : overtoke

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Looks OK. Slightly better than or maybe the same as the Max Payne snow.
If the particle system is more advanced than Max Payne, I will be very impressed.

May 15, 2002 6:26am PDT

Looks OK. Slightly better than or maybe the same as the Max Payne snow. If the particle system is more a... : Ben Barker

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it's 9 megs and has sound, you get to here footsteps crunching in the snow, big f'n deal. If they had left out the sound, it would have been 4.5 megs.

May 15, 2002 6:14am PDT

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- aarrgghh hear, not here : goatsecxy

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So does this look better than that snowy level in Serious Sam: The Second Encounter?

May 15, 2002 6:09am PDT

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    Right now it is. In the future, a snow engine could take a regular environment and cover it in snow ove... : NukeDukem
    - like xsnow! : vital3d

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Download keeps cutting off. I'm getting a good speed, and then bang it stops. Anyone got a mirror?

May 15, 2002 6:14am PDT

Download keeps cutting off. I'm getting a good speed, and then bang it stops. Anyone got a mirror? : n0v4

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looks nice but what's the difference snow in other games?

May 15, 2002 6:14am PDT

looks nice but what's the difference snow in other games? : vestax

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ok wtf is the codec?!!?

May 15, 2002 5:54am PDT

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      Ah. You live in Australia. Theres your problem ;) : NukeDukem
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Not as impressive (at all) as the water movie. We've all seen snow before.

May 15, 2002 6:08am PDT

Not as impressive (at all) as the water movie. We've all seen snow before. : ashkie

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Im not very impressed, it is just snow flakes falling. I had that in duke3d maps I made back in 1997 thanks to con hacks! <G>

The snow cover textures on the ground are nice, but that is just good artwork. Ground looks static. I'll be impressed when everything is dynamically effected by a "weather engine".

But this is monolith, nothing they do ever impresses me ;)

</comic book store guy>

May 15, 2002 5:55am PDT

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very nice

May 15, 2002 5:59am PDT

very nice : Silent1

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Mmmmmm from 100>50>8kb a second - "it's hammer time"

May 15, 2002 5:58am PDT

Mmmmmm from 100>50>8kb a second - "it's hammer time" : abrasion

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damn fileshack at 46k/sec, about 1/5 the speed I used to get.

May 15, 2002 5:51am PDT

damn fileshack at 46k/sec, about 1/5 the speed I used to get. : goatsecxy

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Lithtech not sucking?

May 15, 2002 5:45am PDT

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  - 100K/sec here : NukeDukem

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Damn j00 KinetiK Lithtech!

May 15, 2002 5:46am PDT

Damn j00 KinetiK Lithtech! : Raziel

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