Shiny Phong shaders in full effect on a Consortium Exo trooper
We've just updated our website ( Nuclear-dawn.net ) with in-game screenshots showing some new shaders we have recently applied to our player models. Support for Phong shading technology was recently added to the Source engine (it's used on the player helmets in DoD:S) and we immediately saw it could work wonders with our armoured player models. Below you can see the Consortium Exo with the Phong shaders creating a smooth and shiny effect on the rounded armour surfaces (more pics on our website). We will be releasing a video of these shaders to really show off the effect to our forum members on the ND website in due course.
The first installment of our new 'Focus' feature takes you through
the development timeline of the Avenger
In addition to this, we have also begun a new regular feature on our (newly revamped) forums which showcases a particular asset and allows our fans to follow its progression from the concept/design phase to its completion. We begin this feature with the conceptualisation of the LCM-7 Avenger assault rifle by se7en, and will end it some days later with some videos of the in-game animations. It should be an interesting read for any modders reading this, and will be joined by other Focus articles ranging from mapping to code.
Full news update: click here!
Focus feature: click here!
how much ways the phong shading in terms of heavienes for the hardware?
It will light your viddy card on fire, and then start a timed chain reaction through the motherboard, detonating all of your peripherals and blowing out the glass on your monitor. Air raid sirens will follow.
well i hope not, that would blow (hehe, word humour xd)
its in DOD:S if you can run that you should be fine.
well i dont have it so i cant try :)
how much does it add to the requirements?(rough guess)
and can you turn it off?
It doesn't make an appreciable difference on my system.
I don't know what it is about the soldier pic, but something seems very off. Perhaps the oversized helmet?
<sarcasm>That focus feature looks like a placeholder</sarcasm>
Am I the only one who thinks this mod was way cooler back when it had a F2000 instead of the odd, forced sci-fi looking rifles?
Am I the only one who thinks it looks pretty sweet?
I think everyone is pretty skeptical over Nuclear Dawn's work; ever since that big riff raff about the screenshots being photoshoped. Maybe it's not the case here.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, look it up.
Anyway, the soldier looks pretty cool.
Looks awsome. The solider looks suitably solid, but not over-encumbered (elder scrolls thing). The rifle concept is really nice, and it does look like a usable weapon rather than cheap sci-fi gadget crap.
Good luck with the mod :)
Yeah, looking kick-arse. Nice phong shader.
The pic of the soldier perhaps looks odd because he's staring down slightly.
Remember guys, the concept image shown was the second version of the concept, it went through many alterations before being handed over to the modeller and even then minor changes were made. I only used that image because it appears in the first installment of the Focus feature. Those of you who have a beady eye will have seen from our media pages that the gun is already modelled and in-game, but the focus feature is done over several days.
Another thing is that se7en (the concept artist) said that his images tend to give weapons a more futurustic style, but once they have been modelled and textured they take on a more appropriate post-apocalyptic style.
I hope you'll be pleased to know the F2000 is still in the game.
phong shader is nothing new the code is open source and several mods have it implemented...
its as un news worthy these days as parralax mapping, not to say this new post sucks
nice model and concept
keep up the good work
I believe Phong shading was used in the original Kingpin by Xatrix. Isn't the Phong shader used to make something appear round when it is not?
Hype it up ladies.
The quality of work in this mod is outstanding. It's a pity about the photoshopping debacle a while ago, but I'm sure the guys behind ND have put that behind themselves. I do worry about this "forum members only" video release. Why forum members only? Shouldn't you be doing your best to market your mod to the wider public? I mean, your forum members probably don't need much more convincing.
heheh, I can see your phong...
That is an awesome concept. I really like the Focus feature.
Pull up your pants. I mean a phong on a chick is cool, but just not for guys.
Looks good, keep it up, I need more mods to play.