gunnergoz Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 I enjoyed the heck out of the idea of doodads. Will they be carried over? In 3D perhaps? I must say I'm looking forward to new grass and doodad mods to come up with. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pvt. Ryan Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 My guess is the new graphics will obviate the need for doodads as we know them. Maybe grass will be represented 1:1. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeeDog Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Steve has already used the word "doodads" in reference to the new graphics, so they're there in some form or other. Of course, they may not be the 2-D, cardboard cutout-type object we know from CMX1. . . but broadly speaking, judging from his comments in the thread about terrain and buildings, graphical eye-candy objects that meant to abstractly represent tufts of grass, rocks, furniture, etc. are in there somewhere. Indeed as Pvt. Ryan implies, it's very difficult to imagine a 3-D engine without "doodads" in some form or other -- otherwise, you'd have to actually render every rock, weed and bush in 3-D, which would be *extremely* difficult to render. . . but advances in graphics rendering technology, such a bump mapping, etc. may allow some things, such as grass, to be rendered without "doodads" per se. Cheers, YD 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Building internals, for example, will be doodads from what I can tell. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WindyCity Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Originally posted by Pvt. Ryan: My guess is the new graphics will obviate the need for doodads as we know them. Maybe grass will be represented 1:1. I think Steve thouched on the subject of doodads in the "A little bit about buildings" thread. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cull Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Originally posted by WindyCity: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Pvt. Ryan: My guess is the new graphics will obviate the need for doodads as we know them. Maybe grass will be represented 1:1. I think Steve thouched on the subject of doodads in the "A little bit about buildings" thread. </font> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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