Hey

Did you play Quake II with any HD package upgrades? I honestly can't tell

Only the port , which does have some modern enhancements. But I didn't use any HD texture packs or high poly stuff, it's all just base assets.

For me, most games from that era are better played as vanilla as possible, minus the ports which add widescreen support and better rendering of original assets.

Why SD? - Straying from the path seems to be common when games and/or assets are remastered to a higher definition. Thats really the only reason I can think of.

Quake 2 with RTX looks nice, but unfortunately I don't have the hardware for that (also not sure if it would work on the linux ports anyway)

This is my issue with D2-XL (Descent 2 HD port), it just looks weird to me. I prefer the Rebirth port which maintains the classic style.

When you say hardware what would you need?

Just saw the announce trailer for Quake RTX. An RTX card would be a start and my most recent rig doesn't even have that. It looks good, but why does RTX show every room like some one has switched the light on!?

This looks like a better example of Ray traci

Ng :shock https://youtu.be/4JNuK24U104

I've never been an early adopter of tech to be honest - I'll probably get an RTX card in about 5 years or something

My most recent purchase was a 2-3 year old Radeon. And it's a mid range card.

5 years is a long time..

I don't wanna even mention whats in the system I'm running now, but my new build has a GTX 1660 super

I think I'd gladly have new hardware, but it's just never in my budget.

So I just make do and play mostly older games. Which is fine by me - there are thousands of games!

Prior to this year I hadn't purchased a new complete system or laptop in a long, long time. I just gotta finish building it

There are too many but I always try to look for good story based games that are outside the classic genre or scifi

I am a borderline gamer to be honest. Not that big into modern gaming, in fact I barely know anything about the most popular titles.

I guess I'm just very particular about games.

Not into gaming much myself now a days - just a nintendo fanboi with some popular titles from Zelda, Metroid and Mario. Playing a Zelda title atm back from early 2000s that I never played

I can see that. I mean I've stuck with the classics a lot too or at the very least the games I've played many, many years ago

Maybe I'm just too lazy

Playing a game is a lot easier than modding one

Lot more fun to be had modding IMHO

Yeah modding can be fun, though I think my modding skills are a little dated these days (a bit like my coding skills). I often think about learning something new, I just find it hard to sink my teeth into that something.

So turns out the forum update broke the installation. Had to restore a backup - the database is a day old, BUT the file system is um.. possibly older in parts, not sure, there is definitely some missing data.

And to your question (that is now gone), yes I used to work in tech, but not anymore. Also I'm not a programmer.

File system? attachments?

Are you in tech or IT? or something completely different?

I meant in that sector

Attachments seem fine.

Yeah I use a computer for work.

Definitely in that sector

It's funny how you gave away so little information in that 2nd last comment

That TestScene got me thinking about Lost Souls more I looked at some of the Nightmares' ships. How did aldo even come up with the idea or designs - it's dark! I did see the wiki entry and could see where the inspiration was from but it mentioned the design changed regulary. Would be nice to see some concept art from begining to end

Just don't go assuming I'm somekind of secret agent I just prefer to keep things private as this is an open channel publicly searchable.

I have no idea how he came up with the designs. You could ask the same about any designer. In fact, I could ask myself the same question. How did I come up with a certain thing? No idea, it just happened... actually it bothers me a lot because I feel like it's a talent I don't know how to properly harness.

Also, crap, I have to get root canal treatment..

I'm all for privacy. I think thats why so many people lurk now adays too

Wasn't that the benefit of restricted forum topics?

*categories/sub-forums

I think it's a given that inspiration is drawn from many sources. Obviously sound is a different subject to visual design but I feel with concept art especially storyboard-like work you can guess where some design details may come from.

Ouch at any dental work

I mean, I've done 3d modeling, level building, texturing, animations, voice work, music work, scripting, web design, web coding etc.. but I probably couldn't write a tutorial on any of those things I just poke at things until they work!

Only thing I've not really done much of is writing.

Perhaps I'll amend that at some point..

What software did/do you use for 3d modeling? With level building the software is game/game-type specific right?

I've found there's really handy tips and tricks with most skills, but are not written down anywhere in a single guide thats easily searchable online. A good example is voice work - buying/finding an inexpensive mic, using different materials: to cover the mic to improve recording, on modifying room accoustics. The time of day to record voice work, recommended software, etc. There's a collective wealth of information but the internet just doesn't seem to have it in the one place.