5 ms·

I tried some hl2 maps and the need for speed most wanted map. I'm really impressed by how close the rendering is to the original games. Not only did they get th

by MaPi_ 3y ago

I tried some hl2 maps and the need for speed most wanted map. I'm really impressed by how close the rendering is to the original games. Not only did they get the lighting and shading right, there are also details like the NPCs being present, or even animated falling leaves particles in the most wanted map.

nness 3y ago
I'm at a loss how they managed to convert/managed so many different formats — the textures, level data, sprites, etc. Rare games on the N64 made extensive use of "vertex shading" like techniques, and these have all been carried over to a higher degree than I would've expected... What an undertaking!
- petargyurov 3y ago
  Off topic, but you're the guy who made the HN User Tag script! I recognise you since I have you tagged as "tag-legend". Still waiting for you to post your creation as a Show HN! ;)
  - e12e 3y ago
    Seems to be a few? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17717598 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17717598 https://github.com/Tgeo/HN-User-Tagger https://github.com/Tgeo/HN-User-Tagger Link to the one you use?
    - petargyurov 3y ago
      It's this one: https://github.com/lachlanmcdonald/hackernews-user-tags https://github.com/lachlanmcdonald/hackernews-user-tags
  - quchen 3y ago
    Now I'm interested as well!
    - petargyurov 3y ago
      This one: https://github.com/lachlanmcdonald/hackernews-user-tags https://github.com/lachlanmcdonald/hackernews-user-tags
- nwoli 3y ago
  I believe it’s open source so it’s a big shared work by many hands
  - jsheard 3y ago
    It is open source, but it looks like most of it was done by the main developer: https://github.com/magcius/noclip.website/graphs/contributors https://github.com/magcius/noclip.website/graphs/contributor...
    - pfedak 3y ago
      Many of the contributions are others reversing and implementing a new game on top of the existing API, so the really labor-intensive per-game work is still spread out reasonably well.
      - gcr 3y ago
        A lot of games use similar or derived map formats (for instance, most Valve games). There’s a fair bit of game-specific tinkering to do, but you sometimes don’t have to reverse-engineer a new binary format from scratch…
zirgs 3y ago
In wind waker maps even NPCs are animated.
poglet 3y ago
I clicked on a few and assumed they were ripped from the original game, it is really that accurate.
- deleted 3y ago
  [deleted]
- jezzamon 3y ago
  They are definitely ripped from the game. More significantly, there's a lot of work on the rendering engine side of things to make all these different types of games with their different rendering techniques work on the browser.
Cloudef 3y ago
The author's youtube channel is also a nice gem: https://www.youtube.com/@JasperRLZ/videos https://www.youtube.com/@JasperRLZ/videos

by MaPi_ 3y ago

nness 3y ago

I'm at a loss how they managed to convert/managed so many different formats — the textures, level data, sprites, etc. Rare games on the N64 made extensive use of "vertex shading" like techniques, and these have all been carried over to a higher degree than I would've expected... What an undertaking!

petargyurov 3y ago
Off topic, but you're the guy who made the HN User Tag script! I recognise you since I have you tagged as "tag-legend". Still waiting for you to post your creation as a Show HN! ;)
- e12e 3y ago
  Seems to be a few? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17717598 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17717598 https://github.com/Tgeo/HN-User-Tagger https://github.com/Tgeo/HN-User-Tagger Link to the one you use?
  - petargyurov 3y ago
    It's this one: https://github.com/lachlanmcdonald/hackernews-user-tags https://github.com/lachlanmcdonald/hackernews-user-tags
- quchen 3y ago
  Now I'm interested as well!
  - petargyurov 3y ago
    This one: https://github.com/lachlanmcdonald/hackernews-user-tags https://github.com/lachlanmcdonald/hackernews-user-tags
nwoli 3y ago
I believe it’s open source so it’s a big shared work by many hands
- jsheard 3y ago
  It is open source, but it looks like most of it was done by the main developer: https://github.com/magcius/noclip.website/graphs/contributors https://github.com/magcius/noclip.website/graphs/contributor...
  - pfedak 3y ago
    Many of the contributions are others reversing and implementing a new game on top of the existing API, so the really labor-intensive per-game work is still spread out reasonably well.
    - gcr 3y ago
      A lot of games use similar or derived map formats (for instance, most Valve games). There’s a fair bit of game-specific tinkering to do, but you sometimes don’t have to reverse-engineer a new binary format from scratch…

zirgs 3y ago

In wind waker maps even NPCs are animated.

poglet 3y ago

I clicked on a few and assumed they were ripped from the original game, it is really that accurate.

deleted 3y ago
[deleted]
jezzamon 3y ago
They are definitely ripped from the game. More significantly, there's a lot of work on the rendering engine side of things to make all these different types of games with their different rendering techniques work on the browser.

Cloudef 3y ago

The author's youtube channel is also a nice gem: https://www.youtube.com/@JasperRLZ/videos https://www.youtube.com/@JasperRLZ/videos