An Eye into Forgelight

MgFalcon · 2011-11-17, 06:40 PM

From @PS_TRay

The eyes are the window2d soul. @planetside2 http://yfrog.com/obh39edj

That's just insane... Just saying... Hellz yeah Forgelight!

Vash02 · 2011-11-17, 06:44 PM

BF3 just got bitch slapped.

EASyEightyEight · 2011-11-17, 06:52 PM

All so I can stare lovingly into the eyes of each rebel scum, the reflection of a Cycler barrel shimmering brilliantly off their surface.

Tikuto · 2011-11-18, 01:11 PM

Originally Posted by Vash02

BF3 just got bitch slapped.

Raymac · 2011-11-17, 07:21 PM

Any other LOST fans just go supernova from that pic?

Brusi · 2011-11-17, 08:06 PM

... was this actually in the requirements document handed to the forgelight development team?

I love overkill

sylphaen · 2011-11-17, 08:46 PM

Holy s*** !!!

There is the first prowler screenshot !!!

Sifer2 · 2011-11-17, 08:47 PM

Nice! But I would trade eye reflections for vehicle boarding animations.

xSquirtle · 2011-11-17, 08:54 PM

Originally Posted by Sifer2

Nice! But I would trade eye reflections for vehicle boarding animations.

I second this motion!

My only question is... Why? Not like any of us, for that matter are going to focus on a eye long enough for it to matter.

MgFalcon · 2011-11-18, 07:16 AM

Here are some more twitpics from @PS_TRay showing off this engines beauty!

http://yfrog.com/nubthkaj

http://yfrog.com/oep1ruqj

Coreldan · 2011-11-18, 07:57 AM

Originally Posted by xSquirtle

I second this motion!

My only question is... Why? Not like any of us, for that matter are going to focus on a eye long enough for it to matter.

I agree. I asked a friend and he said it could be just a bigger part of the new reflection engine in the engine. So I guess it might've been more like a tickbox to enable it to the eyes and perhaps some adjustments to make it look right. For example, we might get similar reflections from fe. aircraft windows. I doubt this was coded in JUST for the sake of getting eye reflections.

But I do agree, can't come up with any situation where one would look at anyones eye in game that closely for it to matter.

Would've rather had boarding animations, but I'm 99% sure that would've been a crapload of more work.

Looks amazing though, BF3 is now outdated

Sirisian · 2011-11-18, 02:24 PM

I don't want to steal any of the hype, but environment mapping is only a few lines of code in a shader. I guess it's cool that it's being applied to an eye, but it's mostly a gimmick.

Xyntech · 2011-11-18, 02:58 PM

Originally Posted by Sirisian

I don't want to steal any of the hype, but environment mapping is only a few lines of code in a shader. I guess it's cool that it's being applied to an eye, but it's mostly a gimmick.

Unfortunately the industry seems to run on such gimmicks. As long as it was quick and easy to implement and won't be affecting day to day gameplay performance, I'm all for it.

Hamma · 2011-11-18, 03:18 PM

Originally Posted by Sirisian

I don't want to steal any of the hype, but environment mapping is only a few lines of code in a shader. I guess it's cool that it's being applied to an eye, but it's mostly a gimmick.

Coreldan · 2011-11-18, 03:07 PM

Yea, if nothing else, gimmicks like that get media attention. And as mentioned, I believe and hope it was quite fast to implement and looks good.