Wow, this looks great, if somewhat shiny. Unbelievably all that has changed is the way light is calculated. Even the textures are still at their old resolution.
agreed! @@TheArchitect4K i got overlord on GOG but haven't gotten around to playing it yet... i keep playing descent 1&2 tho, on some mac ports i got ages ago, and the disk for descent 3 must be here somewhere :P
@@LoganWolf have you tried the ray-tracing version of Descent 1 ? I did the first two levels its amazing how lightning changes everything in old games 🤩
All that lighting engine work and no way to have it affect the brightness of a static sprite overlay so that it makes it look like the lighting is affecting the cockpit, dang.
@@videogamevlogs3765 it is ! But this is not the latest version of the mod, maybe I should try out the newer one. Also, there are many settings you can tweak, perhaps the one that makes it bloomy was turned up too high lol
To be fair, Freespace 1 and 2 have been having regular graphical updates up until current times through the Freespace Open Project. It probably wouldn't be as impactful to see ray-tracing over old polygons and textures on something that we're used to seeing looking good already by using traditional methods.
Unfortnately no :( the group that made this, made it as a project for the university but now the work is stopped. Descent 2 wasnt in the plans... I wish we had this game re-made in 4K, with a 3rd person mode to see that beautiful Pyro-GX in 4k lol. There is a mod for descent 2 that gives better graphics than the original, but no ray tracing...
this is how I remember the game looking in my head on old CRT tube monitors
Wow, this looks great, if somewhat shiny. Unbelievably all that has changed is the way light is calculated. Even the textures are still at their old resolution.
Now we talking! Can't wait to see v1 of this with all the PBR materials!!!
sweet. that looks dope. long live descent!
I miss it so much ! Started playing Overlord tho... i love it but nothing beats the iconic Pyro-GX
agreed! @@TheArchitect4K i got overlord on GOG but haven't gotten around to playing it yet... i keep playing descent 1&2 tho, on some mac ports i got ages ago, and the disk for descent 3 must be here somewhere :P
@@LoganWolf have you tried the ray-tracing version of Descent 1 ? I did the first two levels its amazing how lightning changes everything in old games 🤩
@@TheArchitect4K your videos are how i found out something like that had been made. were all 30 levels made with this tech or just the first 2 levels?
@@LoganWolf I think all levels from Descent 1 only, not Descent 2 nor 3 unfortunately !
All that lighting engine work and no way to have it affect the brightness of a static sprite overlay so that it makes it look like the lighting is affecting the cockpit, dang.
@@chaosvolt yeah... but hey its a side-project from very few people who were studying lol... way better than nothing 😊
@@TheArchitect4K Fair, no worries.Interesting to see regardless.
I just wish the planetary surface was lit.
ya see, this is the stuff i need to learn.
the gpu is auto blooming light points.
i'm still manually adding/lighting blooms, lel.
is it just me or is it TOO "BLOOM-ISH".
@@videogamevlogs3765 it is ! But this is not the latest version of the mod, maybe I should try out the newer one. Also, there are many settings you can tweak, perhaps the one that makes it bloomy was turned up too high lol
you gotta do this over on descent freespace 1+2
To be fair, Freespace 1 and 2 have been having regular graphical updates up until current times through the Freespace Open Project. It probably wouldn't be as impactful to see ray-tracing over old polygons and textures on something that we're used to seeing looking good already by using traditional methods.
@@fedeac31 the meshes could be updated. all it takes is some script.
What about descent 2??
Is there a mod for this in Descent 2 or is this for just Descent 1 only?
Unfortnately no :( the group that made this, made it as a project for the university but now the work is stopped. Descent 2 wasnt in the plans... I wish we had this game re-made in 4K, with a 3rd person mode to see that beautiful Pyro-GX in 4k lol. There is a mod for descent 2 that gives better graphics than the original, but no ray tracing...
Damn!@@TheArchitect4K