Now THIS is a cool 3d engine.

[TheDude]

That's not an engine... THIS is an engine http://rainbow.cs.unipi.gr/~harkal/sylphis/

[Trapezoid]

TheDude: I downloaded that. It just crashes.

[TheDude]

TheDude: I downloaded that. It just crashes.

Just download the physics demo video instead, it's pretty amazing for a one man effort.

[remixor]

Wow...I haven't even heard voxels mentioned in years.  I remember when they were heralded as the Next Big Thing.  Maybe they'll come back.

[Archangel (aka SoupDragon)]

The only company I know to have used voxels is Westwood; Red Alert 2 was their last voxel game, before they started on polygons for C&C Generals

[MrColossal]

um, whatsitcalled used Voxels... some war game that was really stupid

dammit the name escapes me

imagine voxels as water that flows and splashes and all that awesome shit... man polygons are for suckers

i bet Mr. T pities them!

[remixor]

Didn't the Blade Runner game use voxels for character models?

[Isegrim]

I remember ancient Comanche using voxel landscapes.
(The helicopter simulation, not the indian tribe )

[BOYD1981]

i wish blade runner had used voxels, or even polygons, the characters were 3D sprites, they get real blocky when they're close to the camera, but it's a stunning looking game, but then, i'm blade runner mad...

[Shattered Sponge]

um, whatsitcalled used Voxels... some war game that was really stupid

Delta Force?

[MrColossal]

yea delta force

it was dumb, at least the AI was

and about the link The Dude posted, esseb explained it to me but it's still weird...

ah well

eric

[Helm]

I still think we'll witness an industry shift towards voxel technology in the near future. The way polygon engines work right now is inherently limited in terms on interaction.

YOU WILL SEE