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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => PS3 Discussion => Topic started by: BizioEE on January 25, 2010, 04:48:43 AM
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[size=+1]Structure Procedural System Trailer[/size]
Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtC0lpKKE38&feature=player_embedded
Generating an urban environment of quality in 3D is still an extremely challenging, time consuming and costly process; we present a novel system based on a modular and procedural technology that allows quickly cost-effective production and generation of realistic 3D City Models.
Also this system overcomes the main limitations normally found in virtual sity models : "The Locked Door Syndrome".
Although there are enterable buildings in urban games or city simulations, normally only a small fraction of the buildings can be entered.
This is due to the sheer number in buildings in a typical city.
Given limited development times and memory requirements, it is infeasible for developers to create such a large amount of building interiors.
Our System makes easy to create and explore buildings interior; each building in our city is "fully explorable inside".
Imagine how real a Game would feel if the player knew that something always existed on the other side of a door or window.
[size=+1]Procedural Destruction :[/size] Having buildings with fully explorable interiors, make it possible to have procedurally destructible environment.
The Procedural System is using PhysX as physics middleware and does not require dedicated hardware or additional software like Apex Destruction.
This System allows full destruction of buildings interiors at a level of details never seen before.
Each floor of each building in the city is destroyable !
Only the portions that are immediately needed are physicalized for collision detection and response.
The use of this "lazy generation" scheme combined with a modular system and instancing, allows the use of only a fraction of the memory that a model of the entire interior and exterior city would otherwise require.
GTA5 and many other games such us FPS, TPS, etc should use this Structure Procedural System.
Thoughts ?
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God the comments on that demo are so idiotic. People saying how the doors don\'t splinter, etc... Do they not understand this is just a concept demo? Friggen tards. So glad I\'m of the pong generation and can appreciate this crap.
Interesting concept though. There gets to be a point though blowing up interior walls and such that the believability isn\'t there. All buildings have a few load baring walls that if you took them out the whole building would crash down. I guess all of that would be taken into account in a real game.
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^^Haha..yeah i was reading the comments as well...those idiots fail to realize that it\'s just a demo showcasing what the engine can do.
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Wait, so the doors don\'t even splinter?