“Can it run Doom” will never be the same, thanks to new ray-tracing mod

Post by xxs » Mon, Apr 04, 2022, 10:10 AM UTC

emptyfile wrote: post #57

sebastos wrote: post #4

Is it okay if I occupy the following ideological niche: 1. I love original doom. 2. I am very excited about what ray-tracing can do for games. 3. I have a ton of respect for doom modders and the doubtless huge amount of effort that went into this project. 4. I hate how this looks and wouldn't play it except as a curiosity To me, the original doom was a piece of art, tuned by artists (I'll say it!) to look a certain w…

>4. I hate how this looks and wouldn't play it except as a curiosity What on earth makes you think Doom with raytracing is anything other then a curiosity? It would be shocking if it turned out to be anything else. Are posters on this site really so dour to not recognize a bit of... hacking?

Post by _joel » Mon, Apr 04, 2022, 10:59 AM UTC

bayesian_horse wrote: post #51

The size of devices able to run doom shrinks every two years?

Post by polk » Mon, Apr 04, 2022, 11:23 AM UTC

qbasic_forever wrote: post #40

convery wrote: post #11

From looking at the trailer, some of the scenes kind of seem 'worse' from an art perspective. Not sure how to put it, kind of like when a cartoon includes some live-action art / 3D model or just cheap CGI in general, just feels 'off'. Still, great job by the devs.

There's not enough information in the original maps to truly exploit all the features of a raytracing and global illumination engine. None of the textures have normal maps for example, so all of those beautiful bricks and such look flat as a board. Lighting was only defined ambiently at the entire sector level (think shapes on the map) so there's no information on light source locations, direction, spread, etc. So yo…

Post by hoseja » Mon, Apr 04, 2022, 11:44 AM UTC

danielheath wrote: post #38

pcwalton wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I prefer not to tell people what they can and can't do with their spare time. This hack was probably a blast to write. Let people make fun things. Ironically, your advice is essentially "make an indie game", but it's way easier to get noticed by writing impressive hacks that excite people than by developing yet another indie title that's overwhelmingly likely to just get buried on Steam. The vast majority of indie ti…

You are replying to an satirical comment (obvious to those familiar with the kind of car show it is referencing but perhaps not to anyone else)

Post by wly_cdgr » Mon, Apr 04, 2022, 11:58 AM UTC

sebastos wrote: post #4

Is it okay if I occupy the following ideological niche: 1. I love original doom. 2. I am very excited about what ray-tracing can do for games. 3. I have a ton of respect for doom modders and the doubtless huge amount of effort that went into this project. 4. I hate how this looks and wouldn't play it except as a curiosity To me, the original doom was a piece of art, tuned by artists (I'll say it!) to look a certain w…