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Super Mario 64 With Raytracing
- Thread starter Caz
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This is actually a perfect subject for real time reflections given how the Mario 64 renders were a flex of SGI's offline rendered reflections in the 90s. Looking forward to trying this in combination with the Render96 mod when 30xx series cards become available years from now.
By the way, I'm not really concerned by the negative impressions in the thread. Feel free to dislike it all you want.
The intention is pretty much to look like a primitive 90s render, to the point I'm actually using rendering algorithms from that era (e.g. phong shading), and some people just aren't gonna dig it. It's pretty much expected.
The intention is pretty much to look like a primitive 90s render, to the point I'm actually using rendering algorithms from that era (e.g. phong shading), and some people just aren't gonna dig it. It's pretty much expected.
It's an amazing time to be alive for sure. I came across this a few weeks ago and blown away. I'm really hoping we start to see remakes / releases with some of this at minimum.
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I seriously can't stand how this forum shits all over any community-made attempt to mod a game. No one's forcing you to add these mods to your official game. Nor is anyone saying that Nintendo should adopt these graphical styles. It's just something neat that a fan decided to do with their spare time. But I know creativity is an alien concept to a lot of y'all who just spend your time spewing shit on these boards. Annoying fucks.
Sir, this is a Wendy's.
Also this is a mod, game industry has nothing to do with this effort.
You're doing fine work, friend.
Man I hate that stage.
I was unaware that modding by fans was some very special artistic expression that is above critique, making it different from literally every other form of art on the planet.
I was unaware that modding by fans was some very special artistic expression that is above critique, making it different from literally every other form of art on the planet.
Especially true once you notice it literally makes the underwater collectables impossible to see due to the distortion when your above water. Not a great feature for a 3d collection.
it really does look the part of playing a CGI render, excluding the low resolution textures from the game
Also cool 21:9 monitor
It's ugly because it's hyper reflective lube "water" in the cartoon world of Mario.
Generally speaking, I admire the technical achievement, but RT does not always result in realistic or even pleasing results. An indoor pool of water with that much splashing about doesn't reflect that way.
Generally speaking, I admire the technical achievement, but RT does not always result in realistic or even pleasing results. An indoor pool of water with that much splashing about doesn't reflect that way.
It's just one implementation, like anything else graphically represented that was created by an artist. If the game's usual shadow maps looked bad, you wouldn't say wow video game shadows look bad, shadow maps don't belong in video games.
I really enjoy the contrast between the low-poly models and environments and a more realistic lightning engine. It's cool that we're able to explore new graphics tech with classic titles.
That's exactly why it looks great. Because it looks close to what a Mario 64 CGI render would look like. I hope it'll work with Render96.
Keep up the good work.
Tbh I actually don't think it looks bad for what it is. I would be curious to see how something like this looks with the Render96 models.
This actually was pretty neat to watch!
The video is a dig at people who see mario in unreal engine with realistic graphics and say dumb shit like "this is what Nintendo should be making!"
ray tracing is much more than a graphical flourish. once we can really start pushing serious rays...
To be honest, I find these old games with ray racing way more impressive than brand new ones. The improvement is obvious immediately.
When I see a new game with ray tracing, I need a side-by-side video to see the difference, and even then I'm like, "eh". Not because the ray tracing isn't impressive, but just because the non-ray traced lighting looks great too.
this is literally all i want out of raytracing.One step closer to those old uncanny CG renders in playable form
Couple that with the CG model mods ...
Yeah. Technology like raytracing is just fantastic.
Blows my mind that raytracing just kinda solves lighting in games lol, its almost a true simulation of lighting in real life. I wonder how games will look once we solve other problems that we cant simulate yet in games, like fluids.
You know that raytracing is not just about reflexions right? Is the lighting in general.
Someone mentioned Doom 3, I think that is actually going to be the next Quake II style refashion they roll out. I mean it just makes too much sense and I think that Doom is open sourced now anyway.
What I would really love tho is Half Life 1. Add in the flares from Black Mesa as well.
What I would really love tho is Half Life 1. Add in the flares from Black Mesa as well.
Looks pretty natural to me, although I know the N64 would catch on fire if it even thought about rendering that. The GI is probably even nicer in the cave section.
It somehow makes the game look shittier lol. Maybe it's because the RT is used with crappy old water effects.
So you can't see how a connection could possibly be made between a Mario model out of place in a realistic environment and Mario 64 with realistic water reflections?
Is this as bad as the example in the song? No, but it's a semi-relevant joke and you're the only one with a long enough stick up their ass to cry about it and resort to insults. No one is shitting on the modding community here. It's just a good song, Wrapped in Black.
These and the Mario Kart 64 renders as playable games would be insane.One step closer to those old uncanny CG renders in playable form
Couple that with the CG model mods ...
How is saying "This looks like trash" or anything similar critique though?
