VRAM goes vroom vroom.
replyI emailed him the video from OP and he mentioned they’ve done some collaboration. I’m assuming there’s a retro programming discord that I’m not worthy of.
VRAM on the n64 is notoriously slow.
replyIt's RAM that is notoriously slow. VRAM is fast, but there's only 4K...
replyA lot of stuff is happening on the n64brew discord. https://discord.gg/WqFgNWf
replyYeah I remember hearing that SOTC's "SuperLow" LOD was a 2D image. Trespasser also did that, but only for trees and props, not for terrain objects. Trespasser being basically a heightmap with dinosaurs dropped in
replyHey! It also had a barely working physics engine.
replyThen again the dinosaurs were physics entities, so maybe you already mentioned it. :)
Even modern games replace distant geometry with billboards. Simplygon is one middleware that does this. The Remedy folks talked about how Alan Wake 2 used it at GDC last year or the year before.
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