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peewee_RotA

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Outside environments
« on: March 04, 2016, 09:19:22 AM »
Doom fans will recognize the biggest limitation for 2.5 d engines for outdoors is not having ramps. There are lots of cool tricks to help and since I'm in the middle of a similar area in a new map pack this image from Arequipa, Peru is really inspiring:


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Re: Outside environments
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2016, 11:05:03 AM »
I've always wanted real slopes myself.

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Re: Outside environments
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2016, 12:23:24 PM »
If you want to see a game kick butt at outdoor environments (because of slopes and room over room support) check out Outlaws by Lucas Arts. It blows the build engine away in this aspect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxWZ1iITcTU