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It's been a couple of months since we last posted a news-update on moddb, that doesn’t mean the development of Infinity has stopped. We are making a lot of progress and today we can show you something a lot of people have asked for, something space-game fans have been waiting for for years. I’m

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It's been a couple of months since we last posted a news-update on moddb, that doesn’t mean the development of Infinity has stopped. We are making a lot of progress and today we can show you something a lot of people have asked for, something space-game fans have been waiting for for years. I’m happy to present you a video of procedural gas giant rings (asteroid placement ) in Infinity:


Keep in mind, this is WIP and doesn't represent the final result. It's just per-vertex lighting with a diffuse texture and both star field and planet are missing.

It’s interesting to know that every planetary ring system has millions of asteroids in it. Every asteroid has a unique ID, in other words: you can zoom out a million kilometers away and come back at the same place; the asteroid will be at the same place (assuming it was motionless) and look the same. The asteroids are not static, they rotate and follow an elliptical orbit.

For more information about gas giant rings and shadowing in Infinity, check out the latest update in Flavien Brebion Development Journal.

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Coloc
Coloc

Congratulation,you've actually made the impossible.I am looking so forward for this mod and i think you surpass all of my expectation.Keep up the great work team.

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FullMetalFox
FullMetalFox

Nuhu, i want to fight in that rings, seems like alot of fun =)

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Jyffeh
Jyffeh

:D

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aegir
aegir

the screenshots of this game keep giving me this whole "wow"-feeling :p they really look great :p

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Hunt77
Hunt77

Impresive yet again. Nice work!

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snah
snah

wicked, i had space games, but i would defiantly play this. wicked stuff

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Capital88
Capital88

Is there anything you guys can't do?

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Jambozal
Jambozal

And running under Vista too. You should have a medal for that in itself :P

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drunkill
drunkill

Awesome work guys, keep it up.

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RogerRamjet
RogerRamjet

Excellent work, some real time amazement happening there...

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awesomepossum
awesomepossum

Holy ****** batman!

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Jaen-ni-rin
Jaen-ni-rin

Awesomesauce !

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DESTROYER
DESTROYER

looks like it would lag :(

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Wraiyth
Wraiyth

Its called next-gen for a reason ;)

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