New 3D Demo from ATI

[PrayForDeath]

Crowd The rendering of large crowd sequences using Artifical Intelligence (AI) software is a technique that has been used very effectively in a number of recent movies and is starting to appear in games. This demonstration shows the vertex shader processing power of the X800 being used to render a large crowd of soldiers (1400 in total) running across a rocky terrain. All of the models feature weighted skinned vertices and are independently animated. The behavior of the crowd is simulated using AI.implant www.ai-implant.com Additional techniques used in this demo are ambient occlusion (used for shadowing) and of fluid simulation on the GPU (for the smoke).

So, 1.4K soldiers at the same time running on a hill?
If they had Geometry Instancing technologie implemented in their X800 series this demo would have run 1400 times faster :laugh:

Download it here, if you have X800 Pro of course


P.S: hope this is not a repost

 

[rbV5]

If they had Geometry Instancing technologie implemented in their X800 series this demo would have run 1400 times faster

I don't think so

 

[MemberSince97]

Vertex Power..

 

[PrayForDeath]

Just kidding

 

[NYHoustonman]

Hmph. Just ran it on my 9800 Pro w/ruby wrapper, and the models didn't show up in normal mode. Shadows were still there, though...

 

[PrayForDeath]

Hey you (X800 Pro owners), have you played the demo? What comments do you have on it?

 

[SickBeast]

Where's my R300 wrapper?

BTW you should never pray for death it's bad for you.

 

[PrayForDeath]

Who said I am Praying For Death? I am asking YOU to Pray For Death :evil:
lol

 

[NYHoustonman]

Also of note-v1.2 of the Ruby demo (Double Cross) is also available. I will be trying that with the wrapper momentarily.(--EDIT-no noticeable differences)

Wrapper

 

[SickBeast]

Originally posted by: PrayForDeath
I am asking YOU to Pray For Death :evil:

You can ask me all that you want, but I will never do it. Sorry. Praying for death is sacriligious. You're supposed to pray for good things. To do otherwise is to royally piss off the man upstairs. Maybe if you pray for something bad it will actually come true. Maybe there is an evil god that can make bad things happen if you wish for them. Did you ever think of that? Maybe then you would stop crusading for life-ending prayer. (I'm not being serious at all BTW so don't take me seriously).

Then again, you would probably pray for death if you were playing QuakeIII against me, regardless of your religion. :beer: