City 17: Episode One August Update

[Mess]

The folks behind HL2 mod City 17: Episode One are staying true to their word, releasing another monthly update. This time round, as well as showing off progress in level design, the team are showcasing changes to their lighting system, coupled with new particle effects and numerous other features.

For the rest of their media and to check out the engine changes featured in this update, visit their moddb page.

[Graph]

Aaargh
Fuking nice

[source-maps]

yup its looking good... maybe im actually going to play this

[theCommie]

I haven't check their site, but are we going to see anything besides small area in a tunnel?

[Psy]

Improvements to radiosity? I demand comparisons.

[nub]

They have comparisons over at ModDB but they're so subtle that it's hard to tell. If you look close enough you'll notice the coloration and contrast are a bit more accurate but from what I see that's about it so far.

I'm interested in the real-time lighting, volumetric lighting, and sun shafts more than anything.

[Psy]

Oh right. I see it now. To me it looks like that problem shown could easily be solved using the VRAD commandline which lights up static models per vertex.

[cheesemoo0]

Mhm, the water is my favorite.

[MrTwoVideoCards]

I haven't check their site, but are we going to see anything besides small area in a tunnel?

For sure! I'm gonna take some more screens of other places we've been working on. Mess is doing a pretty awesome job right now working on a new map as well, besides the one we've been showing in the update.

[CorporalAris]

MrTwo, what's taking so long!?

[srredfire]

I can vouch for saying they're extremely busy and they work on this like, 24/7. So not to worry.

[ixin]

I can vouch for saying they're extremely busy and they work on this like, 24/7. So not to worry.

Yeah, their only breaks is when they fap. :p
looking good, especialy the water effects!

I do hope you can tweak the shadows more(Engine wise, not map), cause I find HL2 always lacking good use of shadows.

[MrTwoVideoCards]

I can vouch for saying they're extremely busy and they work on this like, 24/7. So not to worry.

Yeah, their only breaks is when they fap. :p
looking good, especialy the water effects!

I do hope you can tweak the shadows more(Engine wise, not map), cause I find HL2 always lacking good use of shadows.

Fapping and Mapping. It is all we know how to do.

[ScarT]

Nightfall. Need I say more?

[Mess]

yes you do. what about NightFall (asides from it being awesome and having the most handsome team in the world)