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  Re: Terrain for Myst-Like Game ~ 200kb  
From: Thomas Lake
Date: 20 Dec 2004 18:32:30
Message: <41c7610e$1@news.povray.org>
Aaron Gillies wrote:
> Wouldn't it be great to make your own Myst-like game?
> 
> I checked out the Myst IV demo yesterday.  It uses a 3D game engine for 
> a much more dynamic interface than the original games, but remember when 
> the Myst stuff was just a series of statically-rendered postcards?

While there are the occasional 3D elements in Myst IV for the most part 
it's difficult to tell that it's making any use of 3D hardware 
acceleration. It does make use of pixel shadders for effects like depth 
of field.


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