ETXreaL 0.3.0 released!

[Dragonji]

The most important part, the list of features:

ETXreaL
IMPORTANT: Changed media license for community contributions to "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported"

• Changed required minimum OpenGL version to 3.2 on Windows
• 20 - 80% faster runtime speed by using better Visual Studio compiler options
• Replaced VS 2008 and SCons project files by Premake 4.3
• Changed default binary installation folders to bin/ to avoid conflicts between different architectures
• Improved r_softShadows quality and speed with irregular shadowmap sampling like in Crysis
• Implemented Exponential Variance Shadow Mapping to fight the VSM light bleeding problems
• Optimized tangent space calculations for ET skeletal models (big speed improvement if r_vboVertexSkinning 0)
• Fixed bugs concerning r_vboDeformVertexes
• Added more ET specific keywords to the .shader parser
• Added top-down view for r_showBspNodes
• Added engine version to the console
• Updated JPG loader to libjpeg 8c
• Added Omni-bot 0.81 to default etmain game
• Defaulted com_maxfps to 125
• Rewrote HDR tone mapping to use correct RGB <-> XYZ <-> Yxy color space conversions
• Added GUID system to generate etkeys which are sent as cl_guid
• Renamed r_dynamicLightCastShadows to r_dynamicLightShadows

ETXMap

• Improved ETXMap -map2map -format quake3 using additional support for worldspawn detail brushes
• Improved ETXMap -map2map -format quake3 to support texture coordinates without GtkRadiant 1.4
• Improved alternate BSP splitter algorithm for faster map compiles and better rendering speeds
• Updated JPG loader to libjpeg 8c
• Changed Unix home dir from .etwolf to .etxreal

ETMain

• Added over 1 GB new high resolution textures using diffuse, normal and specular material information
• Added replacement textures for battery and fueldump by Eonfge
• Added high quality skyboxes and models by AVOC
• Added fueldump additions by KeMoN
• Converted original ET maps to the Doom 3 .map format and added an etx_ prefix to them

Minimum system requirements:
CPU: 2 GHz (Intel or compatible)
System Memory: 512 MB
Graphics card: Any graphics card that supports Direct3D 10 and OpenGL >= 3.2

Recommended system requirements:
CPU: 3 GHz+ (Intel or compatible)
System Memory: 1024 MB+
Graphics card: GeForce 8800 GT, Radeon HD4850 or higher.

More info: http://www.splashdamage.com/forums/s...-ETXreaL-0.3.0

[[TfL]DeV!L]

fine i will test it


great work

[Shagileo]

Item covered, thank you for reporting !

[Dragonji]

BTW, if you'd like to discover all the XreaL's new features, you should start a local server on etmain or connect to some XreaL server: http://gamestats.darkserver.it/etxreal/servers/

[carnage]

Will try it out when my new graphix card arrives.

Just, a 1gb file is not the best thing to have to download through ET, so I'm gonna do it manually.

[loic0427]

I have this Message ....

R_InitImages: could not load 'gfx/2d/camera/grain.png' :s

[mirqli]

I did a short video to showcase some footage of the gameplay:



It's unedited so thats how the game looks like.

[killfreak]

not working here :/ everty time i launch ETXreal.exe i get the warning: Q_strncpyz: NULL src
anyone can help with this? graphs looks awesome imo wanna test it out

[carnage]

I did a short video to showcase some footage of the gameplay:



It's unedited so thats how the game looks like.

Nice vid.

I've been wondering if the claims about fps and overall performance increase are actually true. I mean, from the video I can tell they added some eye-candy effects (which I, quite honestly, wouldn't use in a game like ET), but does it also make better use of GPU rendering, or even add multi-threading support? Ofc, since you aren't one of the devs my question is more about your first impression.

[mirqli]

Well for me the game runs just as smooth as ET, stable 125 fps everywhere, the sparkle effect caused by lights is in my opinion a bit too strong (can be seen on railgun) and it should be reduced, the effect is so strong that it makes some maps ugly. But the textures are a lot better.