[Unknown Target]

Check this out. This is from an Unreal Tournament mod, called Ultima Unreal.



(Mod profile on the moddb):
http://mods.moddb.com/214/

[Taristin]

Why is that an evil place?

[Clave]

I've seen better....

[Slanker_MT]

Actually, it has been an Unreal Tournament mod, but they started using a different engine... that screenshot is from that new engine, btw.

[Unknown Target]

Aw damn. Still, pretty amazing looking. Never mind then!

[aldo_14]

I'm not sure; you can achieve that look in a very simple way by using simple flat mapped planes for trees; unless you have alternate views, it'll look the same as something far more detailed.

[Swamp_Thing]

That looks like a skybox to me.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Swamp_Thing
That looks like a skybox to me.

I think it is actually do-able.  I forget the technical name (imposters?), but it works by using a sort of procedural rendering; distant 3d objects are rendered as 2d sprites rather than models (because the distance of the view means you can't change perspective enough to notice).

[phreak]

Originally posted by aldo_14


I think it is actually do-able.  I forget the technical name (imposters?), but it works by using a sort of procedural rendering; distant 3d objects are rendered as 2d sprites rather than models (because the distance of the view means you can't change perspective enough to notice).

billboarding.

[Anaz]

Hmm. The close trees look pretty billboarded too. The edges look slightly wonky.

[Knight Templar]

I agree. The whole thing looks two dimensional, just layered well. Save the sky. Sky is nice.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by PhReAk


billboarding.

Nope, impostoring; I remember off of the muckyfoot website, which is archived here; http://web.archive.org/web/20021026003743/www.muckyfoot.com/downloads/tom.html

(it's used for plants in the Startopia biodeck section, incidentally)

The link is, of course, broken - I'm not sure if there's a mirror elsewhere.  Shame, really; that webpage was a bit unique in giving lots on interesting teccy info as to what went behind the game.

EDIt; no it's not; here's a link http://web.archive.org/web/20021028041240/www.muckyfoot.com/downloads/tomsimposters.html

[TopAce]

It's like a photo. I bet it's 2D.

[Grug]

FarCry uses similar technology.