Post E3 news.

[hool10]

The Left 4 Dead website has been updated: http://l4d.com/

The information page has been updated and now Valve is calling the calling the campaigns, "movies". Developer commentary will also be in Left 4 Dead as the recent trend since HL2: Lost Coast.

Developer's Commentary mode allows gamers to go "behind the scenes" of the game.

There is 3 news screenshots as well:

He looks familiar....

Left 4 Dead was also critically acclaimed by multiple sites from E3.

1. Best multiplayer from IGN. http://games.ign.com/articles/893/893833p4.html
2. Best PC game 1UP. http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3168984
3. Best PC game and multiplayer game from UGO. http://www.ugo.com/games/best-of-e3/?cur=Best-PC-Game-Left-4-Dead
4. "Best of show" from TQ cast: http://www.platformnation.com/2008/07/28/tqcast-e3-awards/
5. The best award though is from Game Critics Awards. This is a group that covers the entire gaming community so this is quite the honor for best multiplayer game: http://www.gamecriticsawards.com/winners.html
6. Gametrailers also included Left 4 Dead in almost all of the awards, but didn't win any from GT.

 

[scotland1]

Lovin' the boomer.

 

[Blackthorn]

Spoiler

Magnusson didn't take kindly to the death of Eli.

 

[Iced_Eagle]

That boomer is so awesome looking!

 

[hool10]

How do they get the skin so detailed with the varicose veins? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varicose_veins All dark blue too because they are pretty much dead.

 

[Iced_Eagle]

How do they get the skin so detailed with the varicose veins?

What do you mean 'how'? It's just part of the texture of the character.

 

[Blackthorn]

He's just always wanted to use varicose veins in a sentence.

 

[Mellish]

Gabe Newell has made a cameo!

 

[hool10]

What do you mean 'how'? It's just part of the texture of the character.

Ya but how do they get it so detailed? I know jack shit about making games, but I know all the tech and what-not.

 

[Iced_Eagle]

Ya but how do they get it so detailed? I know jack shit about making games, but I know all the tech and what-not.

They just paint on a texture map.

This is what a diffuse texture map looks like:

And then this is what it looks like when applied onto a model (the texture abovie is for his face and I don't show the normal map which is how you get the wrinkles and bumpiness since the underlying mesh for this character is very smooth actually):

You just have to be a good artist to make it look good! :thumbs:

Then you have all other sorts of texture maps that you can apply such as specular mapping, normal mapping, etc...

The process on how that 2D texture goes onto a 3D model is a whole other story (UV mapping).

Hopefully you enjoy that little bit of insight.

 

[scotland1]

Real life texture map

 

[Blackthorn]

Did that bring back memories of facemapping Perfect Dark for anyone else?