new hammer functionality

[Nutomic]

The only thing i want for hammer is realtime lighting preview, and i will be happy.

 

[Pocket]

Lightmap support for models would be nice which would also mean multiple UV channel support as well. Come on, Valve. The developers of Zeno Clash managed it. >_>

I still wonder how complex lighting on models is in Source. I've been playing Left 4 Dead recently, and I've seen stuff that should be impossible without lightmapping props, and other places where props are definitely not lightmapped. *shrug*

I also would love it if they'd update VRAD to do the whole "shadows get blurrier as they get further away from the light source" thing. Those two are probably the biggest things standing between Source and photorealism, right now.

 

[Dr. KillPatient]

My Hammer for TF2 works, but my Gmod config for Hammer still doesn't have a grid or anything. Do you have to update it specially?

 

[JoshuaC]

The only thing i want for hammer is realtime lighting preview, and i will be happy.

That and lightmaps on models would be the best thing ever to come to hammer.

Just to poke those who've never looked outside of hammer.

The entire scene is 1 model.

 

[YM]

Josh, I compel you to port all of the TF2 content over to the unreal engine and show us what it would be like

 

[JoshuaC]

Josh, I compel you to port all of the TF2 content over to the unreal engine and show us what it would be like

hmy:

 

[YM]

Whats that? no anti aliasing? *loses interest*

Seriously, any 3D engine that cannot do it does not deserve to be mentioned. As long as there are horrid jagged lines all over the place, unreal never ever will be as good as source.

 

[JoshuaC]

Whats that? no anti aliasing? *loses interest*

Seriously, any 3D engine that cannot do it does not deserve to be mentioned. As long as there are horrid jagged lines all over the place, unreal never ever will be as good as source.

This is one of my biggest gripes with the unreal engine 3. It needs quite the modern system to run decently, but it still doesn't take advantage of any of the newer technology.

 

[Grim Tuesday]

Thats actually really cool!

Now all we need is CryEngine2 TF2!

 

[Dr. Spud]

Arguing whether Hammer, UDK, CryEngine, etc are better or worse than each other is really splitting hairs in the grand scheme of things. Most games don't have tools anywhere near the user-friendliness of those.

 

[Pocket]

Whats that? no anti aliasing? *loses interest*

Seriously, any 3D engine that cannot do it does not deserve to be mentioned. As long as there are horrid jagged lines all over the place, unreal never ever will be as good as source.

Is it just me or is the bump mapping not being handled as well either? The bricks look odd.

What I really want to see is an environment from one of the better looking UE games recreated in Source. See if it's noticeably worse off for it.

 

[Psy]

Josh, I compel you to port all of the TF2 content over to the unreal engine and show us what it would be like

You know, I think I might port some stuff over for the hell of it as well.