HL2 "Radiosity Normal Mapping" = Cool

[Zoost]

A new buzzword for these forums: Radiosity Normal Mapping

Looks like a cool effect: see for youself: http://www.ati.com/developer/gdc/D3DTutorial10_Half-Life2_Shading.pdf

[EsH]

Thanks for the link-- can't wait to read this.

[--Kintaro--]

Yep, it does look like a cool effect. Getting more and more realistic now :-)

[Arno]

Thanks, Zoost. That was a very interesting read.
Most of these effects are probably already present in Far Cry, but it's nice to read some background info.

[Lord FlatHead]

Very cool to see some of these graphics buzzwords illustrated by screenshots. Half-Life 2 screenshots, no less !

Thanks for the link.

[AndrewB]

The first shot with the spiders seemed to be an improvement. The rest of the slideshow seemed to be a bunch of ugly stuff with no sense of any improvement.

[Bucket]

It's about time we've seen water refraction in a realtime FPS. I'd figured that would hold precedence over pushing 3000 polys per model.