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iq_132 FBA Dev. Reged: 10/01/04 Posts: 150 Loc: Michigan, USA Send PM Re: Supermodel WIP Update: LeMans 24, Fighting Vipers 2, and Star Wars Trilogy 02/14/11 05:58 AM Reply > Since the last update, I've been spending a lot of time looking at lighting and > texture modulation in Scud Race. I've figured out some important things but there are > still more questions than answers. Overall, various shading effects look better than > they did before, and the changes have also generally benefited Sega Rally 2 and > Virtual On 2. Elsewhere, they may be causing problems. > > I've also discovered the source of some of the missing geometry in Scud Race. The > tiki head and staircases on the mountain course, the ship on the beginner course, and > the circular tower on the night course are all visible now. > > > I have a better understanding of the source of some annoying graphical glitches in > Sega Rally 2 relating to polygon RAM. I'm not yet sure how to fix them but similar > problems are also showing up in some other games I added over the weekend, so now > that I have more data to compare against, I'm hoping that a precise solution will > become apparent. > > > I added Le Mans 24 and got it up and running. It is very playable but suffers from > some graphics problems that I suspect are related to polygon color and fog > modulation. > > > So far, Le Mans 24 holds the dubious distinction of being the ugliest Model 3 game. > It appears to have been released after Scud Race and features many of the same > vehicles, making its sub-par quality all the more noticeable. It would have made an > average-looking Model 2 game. > > Today, I hooked up Fighting Vipers 2. It runs pretty well on the whole but it appears > to be referencing objects in VROM that are not actually models. The result is that > very large polygons are sent to my renderer, dramatically slowing the game down. This > is loosely related to some issues I've encountered in Virtual On 2 during boot-up and > Sega Rally 2. > > > Star Wars Trilogy mostly looks nice but I haven't spent very much time playing with > it. I'll return to it later down the road. > > > And last, but certainly not least: about those lighting effects I mentioned at the > beginning... > > > Look closely at where the vehicle is hitting the wall. See the pale yellow circle? My > top priority right now is to figure out the Model 3's spotlight effect. The devil's > in the details Wow! Nice!

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