Outerra - 3D Planetary Engine

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[jgr9]

Patch 0.7.12.3222:

    fixed mesh explode bug, happening occasionally when object is placed
    fixed cessna normal map
    fixed shadowmaps light leaking
    improved blur shader
    improved shadowmap kernel size adjustment by slice index
    removed grass sounds in mountains
    fixed limiter issues under narrow fov
    lowered non-3D grass, adjusted lighting
    fixed limiter popup (when terrain cannot refine due to limits, must have debug_keys=true)


There was something else added, lets see who will first notice

[jgr9]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TXqLz8S8j6Q

[jgr9]

Outerra has been used in US Army program for modeling and simulation of controlled flight through terrain under degraded visual environment conditions, providing the real-world rendering and flight simulation.



The full press release here:
http://www.tucsonembedded.com/Home/tabid/41/ctl/Detail/mid/432/xmid/175/xmfid/1/Default.aspx

[Jim di Griz]

So they should have quite a bit of cash now, or at least funding isn't a problem - unless they can no longer sell the game engine to anyone else now...

[jgr9]

Unsure what's going to happen and I don't think they're having much money problems at the moment.  A lot of people have bought it (Anteworld that is) and they've already talked about being in contact with various army programs in multiple countries actually.  Hopefully there won't be one that will take it hostage.

[Jim di Griz]

That's probably okay then. If other military concerns are interested, then no one of them can claim exclusive usage rights.

[jgr9]

[Jim di Griz]

A street-racing BMW...up there? 

Is this a sign of more vehicles to come or just a user mod?

[jgr9]

It's a static model at the moment, but they said it should be drivable eventually.

[Jim di Griz]

A good car then for all those roads people have been building - it's never get off that hill otherwise 

It's looking like quite a mix of vehicles people can use to explore the world in then.

[jgr9]

THE IMPORTER TOOL IS HERE!!!!!! 

Version 0.7.12.3275

    Importer
    #69 fixed crash on vehicle spawn when the ground is not ready
    #75 fixed engine sound not starting on reverse
    reverse sound now has pitch

http://www.outerra.com/forum/index.php?topic=1253.0









LOL

[spaceboy]

wow, are those all driveable/flyable now?    What's the importer tool?

[jgr9]

No, they're still stationary (except for the green truck which was already in it), but hopefully things will start to become drivable soon.  The importer tool is built into the engine now.

[Jim di Griz]

Importer tool, for importing your own creations or importing vehicle models from other games?

That's a pretty neat implementation, whichever way.

[jgr9]

3D models in the Collada format.

They mentioned something about importing vehicle models and eventually being able to choose preset(?) physics for them (and of course you'd be able to add more into the engine if you know how), but I have no idea how that would work.