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Topic: TR4: Started from stratch?
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LarzBritsh
Member Posts: 309
From:LA, CA, USA
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 05-15-2002 08:46 PM
   
Is the TR4 engine started from stratch or just an enhanced TR3 engine. I've heard somewhere that TR4 is just a brightly colored, and higher resolution TR1 engine.
I was just curious about this? TR4 seems like a huge leap from TR3 in graphics (for example the TR3 engine could barely render something round).IP: Logged |
guardianofseth
Member Posts: 108
From:Jakarta,Indonesia
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 05-15-2002 10:21 PM
I think they are just adding patches, or upgrading the old program used to make the levels. I saw in one book the program used to make TR1, and it looks VERY SIMILAR to TREdit, such as the blocks (blue for floor, dark green for wall, pink for triggers, and so on)IP: Logged |
KingSpyder
Member Posts: 232
From:Pittsville MD USA
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 05-16-2002 08:57 PM
The TR4 GAME engine was, I believe, a 90% rewrite of the TR3 game engine. The EDITOR, on the other hand, has remained basically the same, with additions to support new features.FYI: I believe the TR2 and TR3 game engines are basically the same, with additions to the TR3 engine to support new features. The same goes for the TR4 and TR5 engines. I'm not sure of the differences between the TR1 and TR2 game engines though.
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Suzie Croft
Member Posts: 441
From:nowhere you wanna know about
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 05-17-2002 11:25 AM
I think juding by the quality of the gfx, and the different file formats, TR2 was a significant improvement on the TR1 engine.However most engines since then have just been enhancements - lighting fx, and object modification (Ie, using 3d models for inventory items in TR3+, instead of 2d sprites like in TR1/2) But what do I know. ------------------
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