kel

OpenGL and DX9 are two sides of the same coin... They are just software interfaces for the exact same hardware. OpenGL is slightly behind the curve right now because all the latest advanced features like T&L are not support by the official OpenGL 1.4 implementation. They are supported as extensions which can be written by any tom dick and harry for any hardware feature. These extensions have variable behavior on different hardware even though they are supposed to be predictable... DX9 is more consistent... They are both supposed to do the same thing, but OpenGL sometimes makes it a pain in the ass... so much so that you end up just not using certain techniques.


But the bottomline is it don't mean jack in the actual game... you can't tell unless you know what to look for, and good artist and engine design beats the hell out of whatever hardware/software implementation you choose. Metal Gear Solid is the perfect example of this.

As for the half-life bug, I believe that the problem lies with the cards design and not the surrounding software haven't looked closely though.


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Oh, and thanks to Nvidia (they kick so much arse... you gamers have no idea what a godsend that company is to programmers...) you can program directly to the GPU in their language CG. This just helps with certain effects, you still need to write the whole gfx engine to handle the objects, vertices etc. seperately...

http://developer.nvidia.com/attach/3716
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Mr.Deflok

Amazon.com are saying 1st of March 2004, grr.

JcL

Thats funny because I've been hearing that Hl2 is going to miss its mark and show up in March as well...

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battlemouth

ill be waiting around for the new doom, it looks gorgeous

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CyN1caL

DNF will come in 2004!

Alongside TF2!!

Mr.Deflok

DNF comes out first quarter 2013.

juanvaldes

Your far to optimistic.

John Falcon

I'm not looking forward to Doom3 or Half Life 2.

I'm looking forward to future games made from their engines, however. (Jedi Knight 3? Rainbow Six 4? etc.)

Mr.Deflok

Jedi Knight 3 is already out, it's called Jedi Academy.

John Falcon

I think of that as a $50.00 expansion disk.

Mr.Deflok

A damn good one though.

CyN1caL

That doesn't require the original to play.

John Falcon

It's just that it's not a leap like Jedi Knight 1 to 2 was.

Mr.Deflok

EDIT: DOUBLE FRIGGIN POST (mods please delete is that's ok?)

Mr.Deflok

What'd'you expect? The game only came out 1 1/2 years after the last. There'll definately be better JK games headed our way though, just not any time soon.

p.s. I LOVE Jedi Academy, fucking love it