Re: No Overhead Map.. DAMN

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Re: No Overhead Map.. DAMN

Posted By: Hobeaux
Date: 2001.8.13.16.00

In Response To: No Overhead Map.. DAMN (Robert Blake's Proctologist)

: also i find it amusing that a engine that can create such
: incredibly complex 3d models in an enormous and
: beautiful 3d world cant draw some green and red polys
: and a few blue dots :)
The Marathon engine wasn't actually constructed in 3D. Essentially, the map that you saw in the 'map view' was actually the real map geometry drawn in shades of green.
Each polygon was used to create its ceiling and its floor. if there was a gap between them then the player would see the empty space.
But UT-based games use actual 3D geometry to build the levels so there is no inherent 2D projection of the map. things would really get complicated if the map included teleporters, 5D-space, or parts of the map were scattered around the 3D world (a bit of the map over here, a bit over there... and zone-portals to connect them).

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Messages In This Thread

Some comments (2 threads in one sitting, ack!) -- JP -- 2001.8.11.11.53
- Re: Some comments (2 threads in one sitting, ack!) -- Durandal -- 2001.8.11.13.56
  - No Overhead Map.. DAMN -- Robert Blake's Proctologist -- 2001.8.13.11.58
    - Re: No Overhead Map.. DAMN -- Hobeaux -- 2001.8.13.16.00
- Re: Some comments (2 threads in one sitting, ack!) -- Motorhead -- 2001.8.11.12.10
  - Re: Some comments (2 threads in one sitting, ack!) -- Everjaded -- 2001.8.11.12.39
    - Re: Some comments (2 threads in one sitting, ack!) -- JP -- 2001.8.11.12.44

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