Also I've posted a monster Gang War update on my website...check it out.
MAH HOMEPAEGE!!11 CLICK PLZKTHX.
Though if you're a regular to my journal then it's not too much new stuff...check it out anyways. It represents about a month of work nicely thumbnailed for your viewing pleasure.
Anyways I don't really have much time to elaborate on the last 2 day's progress...but I do have lots of screens for your approval. The explosion/flames effect is still somewhat basic...also there are no more than 10k particles allowed at once. Memory useage for the whole particle system is < 1MB. Plus I'm still perfecting the explosion system so the explosions aren't directly visible yet...just flames/smoke/blood. Also the heat blur effect I showed earlier isn't applied in these screens.
These screenshots were all taken in 'INSTA-GIB' mode where 1 shot frags everything....video coming soon [grin].
I also have re-implemented ragdoll physics on characters...SUPRISE!
![](http://www.radioactive-software.com/gangwar/Mar21/Carnage1.jpg)
![](http://www.radioactive-software.com/gangwar/Mar21/ExplosionFrame1.jpg)
![](http://www.radioactive-software.com//gangwar/Mar21/ExplosionFrame2.jpg)
![](http://www.radioactive-software.com/gangwar/Mar21/GibFrame2.jpg)
![](http://www.radioactive-software.com/gangwar/Mar21/ExplosionFrame3.jpg)
![](http://www.radioactive-software.com/gangwar/Mar21/BloodSplatter1.jpg)
![](http://www.radioactive-software.com/gangwar/Mar21/GibFrame1.jpg)
The coolest thing is that you can order your gangsters into a vehicle and tell them where to drive, based on the urgency of the order they'll either obey all traffic rules or speed to the destination.
![](http://www.radioactive-software.com/gangwar/Mar21/Mar20_Screen10.jpg)
I've also recently refined the actor pathfinding system here is some debug output...
![](http://www.radioactive-software.com/gangwar/Mar21/Pathfinding_refinement.jpg)
![](http://www.radioactive-software.com/gangwar/Mar21/Pathfinding_refinement2.jpg)
And another random screen...
![](http://www.radioactive-software.com/gangwar/Mar21/Mar20_Screen4.jpg)
Ok time to get some more work done...it feels never ending, but if I can hold on for one more month this thing will be done [grin].
- Dan
Aside from the customary 'looks great', is there any chance you could put up some pictures of how the game looked 2/3 years ago when you started working on it? Would be interesting to see how far the game has come, since right now these screenshots are just giving me a gut feeling that there's no way I'll ever be able to pull off something like this [smile]