HD Rage Developer Walkthrough Footage

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  I just got done listening to Carmack's keynote, and that's his next 'fun' big project for the future. He ... : mn3m0n1c
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    This is just absolutely mind-boggling, and that's not an expression I use often. With the Megatexture tec... : pillzer
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      I agree. Carmack is a legend. : qwplayer
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        Yeah he's good. But I only hope they will focus more on this technology instead of the Doom/Quake/Wolfens... : deadlycookie
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          How can it be targeted at graphics cards and processors not out yet when the whole point was to make the ... : needmorerage
          • I agree, they've been working on it for 2 years already. : rastafar1an
    • Nicely put, I agree 100%. : Lagiv
    • I know exactly what you're talking about and I 100% agree. : Sturm08
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    can you link to where i can d/l the carmack keynote, cant find it anywhere arrrg : techx4
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      http://www.quakeunity.com/file=2513 : Lagiv
      • cool! : CRasterImage
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  When he is adding the pebbles and stuff, he is not really altering the geometry, just the normal map. But... : Lagiv
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    When he talks about 64k (the demo level), 128k (level called wastelands), and 1024k textures. Does that r... : deadlycookie
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      Yeah, the way I understood it was that the 128k x 128k maps are really four times larger than the demo le... : Lagiv
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        Well, the maps in ETQW are 32000x32000, so if my geometry isn't completely screwed up, the largest maps i... : jet-poop
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          You know, way back before q2, I remember Carmack saying things about being able to play mp on one map the... : mobab
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            Now we have texture streaming (sort of), but that would require streaming of geometry as well. Honestl... : deadlycookie
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              Shadow of the Colossus actually did something like that (rendering the farground on a 2D plane) and that ... : pillzer
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                It did? If you have some links on the technical side of this I'm interested. : deadlycookie
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                  Sure, it's part of that great 'Making of' article here: http://www.team-ico.net/sotc/index.html Look fo... : pillzer
                  • Thanks, interesting read and it's exactly something what I was thinking of. Shame that I haven't played t... : deadlycookie
        • Hehe, yeah 128x128 vs 32x32 is actually 16x times larger :) : Lagiv
        • My geometry does suck, 128x128 is 16 times bigger than 32x32 : jet-poop
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  Cave carving tool? We really have come a long way haven't we? : astrofunk
  • This comment made me laugh hard. Perhaps within the next few generations of hardware we will be able t... : henrikb

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  ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SHACK WHY DID YOU CUT THE FRAMERATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!... : lukej19
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    if you want to see pretty pictures hit the HD version one. if you want to listen to the developer for 50 ... : Steve Gibson
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      or gee Steve, you could have broken the talk up in to HD chunks like your competitors do : dumptruck
      • someone put the HD version up of the 50 minute talk? i've only seen the shorter 8-15 minute ones out ther... : Steve Gibson
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    For the tools discussion, the framerate doesn't really matter. (Unless 15 FPS physically makes you ill o... : Johnny Law
    • Except for all the developers analyzing it frame by frame! : billy_zelsnack

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  hahah that was me - like i was doing it on purpose jeez - you've never coughed in public before? : dumptruck
  • But it was damn annoying, take something for the cough next time. : swebarb
  • hey, next time leave your throat at home. : ArB

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  I don't have a quote but a while back Carmack was saying most of the cool graphics problems have already ... : flasher 907
  • Lots of graphics problems have been solved throughout the years. I'm there's more room for exploring. ... : deadlycookie

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• The player can't see the mountain tops so why bother texturing them? : red2lucas

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• Back to the drawing board! DNF will release in 2009 now : gyokuro
• DNF smells like Daikatana since day 1. If they get to release it it will feel like a been there done that... : omontero

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• Yeah, Fileshack has come a long ways. This is the reason I pay for it as well. : Tripps
• My plan is to get it once I get broadband of some sort (though thats not looking likely out where I am). : Vorlonesque

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• I was getting a little cave troll from LOTR. : jet-poop
• I was thinking toxie from toxic avenger. : billy_zelsnack
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  does the 40 minute video (the one with all the editing tools) show off any game play (ie: which video did... : ballystix
  • No. : freshyk
  • The creatures are on the trailer (the short videos). : zehh

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  yeah we will get the full demo posted in a couple of days : Steve Gibson
  • Excellent. This is impressive stuff... if his claims are even "mostly true" they should have licensees b... : Johnny Law
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    couple of DAYS? this is why people go to other sites steve. : not work safe
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      traitors, perhaps the other sites wont have such an item? : VuduChild
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        Well, IGN already has them I think... I'd rather get the HD download from FileShack though rather than de... : Johnny Law
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          they have a short one. we have a full 45 minutes worth of tools being rendered up.. in HD its like ove... : Steve Gibson
          • you are the man. : wd|apoc
          • o_O : Johnny Law
          • Thanks! : mobab
          • You should make the 2 gig version a torrent file and publicly release it so everyone can see all 45 mins.... : phipple
          • *whip crack* : Freon
  • Thanks for posting it so quickly. :D : freshyk
• Rats. I watched the embedded preview and when it ended I thought "oh shit I'll download the HD version a... : ThomW

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  http://media.pc.ign.com/media/926/926419/vids_1.html for anyone interested : Unleashed
  • Thanks : qwplayer

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  Haha seriously. I'm sure this will run 10x smoother than anything Bethesda can cook up. : PenicillinX57
  • That's not very hard. :P : Turin Turambar
  • Bethesda uses Gamebryo, which is a fine and reliable technology. if Oblivion didn't run well on PCs, well... : SpaecKow

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• They are not the same, since they were recorded by IGN. But I think most of the demonstration is the same... : pillzer