{"id":47212,"date":"2019-06-10T06:00:43","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T10:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=47212"},"modified":"2019-06-11T06:38:22","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T10:38:22","slug":"diecast-260-islanders-e3-2019-kingdom-new-lands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=47212","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #260: Islanders, E3 2019, Kingdom: New Lands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br clear='all'><audio controls><source src='\/diecast\/diecast260.ogg' type='audio\/ogg'><source src='\/diecast\/diecast260.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'>Your browser does not support the audio element.<\/audio><div><small><a href='\/diecast\/diecast260.mp3' download='diecast260.mp3'>Direct download<\/a> (MP3)<\/small><br\/><small><a href='\/diecast\/diecast260.ogg' download='diecast260.ogg'>Direct download<\/a> (ogg Vorbis)<\/small><br\/><small><a href='?cat=287&feed=rss2'>Podcast RSS feed.<\/a><\/small><\/div><br \/>\nHosts: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peripheralarbor.com\/\">Paul<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/\">Shamus<\/a>. Episode edited by <a href=\"http:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/profiles\/76561198087035658\/\">Issac<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast260.mp3\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Show notes:<!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>00:00 Linux Gaming<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some good news for a change.<\/p>\n<p><strong>03:20 Observation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Heads up: I&#8217;m not really going to talk about Observation. I&#8217;m sort of using this as an excuse to throw away a game design that&#8217;s been rattling around in my head for a few years.<\/p>\n<p><table class='nomargin' cellspacing='0' width='100%' cellpadding='0' align='center' border='0'><tr><td><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QDqy0aSmu8E\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen class=\"embed\"><\/iframe><br\/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QDqy0aSmu8E'>Link (YouTube)<\/a><\/small><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n<p><strong>11:18 Islanders<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t kidding about the spreadsheet. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1zwWLTL-PIINiW-R5TP1cXZ8cRqiIUoAL6t2MJQ74YKI\">see it for yourself<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>18:09 E3 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is a rapid-fire list of the games we discussed. Some of these previews will be out by the time this episode drops.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cyberpunk 2077<\/li>\n<li>Final Fantasy 7<\/li>\n<li>Marvel&#8217;s Avengers<\/li>\n<li>Jedi Fallen Order<\/li>\n<li>Watch_Dogs Legion<\/li>\n<li>Vampire Bloodlines 2<\/li>\n<li>Obsidian: Outer Worlds<\/li>\n<li>Dying Light 2<\/li>\n<li>Doom Eternal<\/li>\n<li>Borderlands 3<\/li>\n<li>Anthem? Really?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>40:40 Satisfactory<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><table class='nomargin' cellspacing='0' width='100%' cellpadding='0' align='center' border='0'><tr><td><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RvKmQs6m_iY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen class=\"embed\"><\/iframe><br\/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RvKmQs6m_iY'>Link (YouTube)<\/a><\/small><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n<p><strong>46:08 \u201cKingdom: New Lands\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><table class='nomargin' cellspacing='0' width='100%' cellpadding='0' align='center' border='0'><tr><td><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x170xAiKF1s\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen class=\"embed\"><\/iframe><br\/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=x170xAiKF1s'>Link (YouTube)<\/a><\/small><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n<p><strong>51:16 Quake 2 Raytracing for real this time.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll probably write more about this later.<\/p>\n<p><div class='imagefull'><img src='https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/images\/quake2rtx1.jpg' width=100% alt='Take time to reflect on how different the graphics look.' title='Take time to reflect on how different the graphics look.'\/><\/div><div class='mouseover-alt'>Take time to reflect on how different the graphics look.<\/div><\/p>\n<p>In the show I mused about what it would look like to play this game at the original 640&#215;480. I tried it after the show. As it turns out, it looks <strong>terrible<\/strong>. Doing full raytrace bouncing on every pixel is still too dang expensive to do realtime, even on this cutting-edge hardware. The NVIDIA technology behind this effect involves cheating by taking a small number<span class='snote' title='1'>It&#8217;s actually a huge number, but it&#8217;s small compared to what it WOULD be if they were brute-forcing it.<\/span> of samples over a large area and filling in the gaps. It might also do some carrying over between frames. The effect falls apart if it doesn&#8217;t have enough resolution to work with.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1:02:30 320&#215;200<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As the show was ending, Paul posted this image into the show notes to demonstrate how tiny 320&#215;200 is:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/320x200.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not sure why it was showing Diecast #258 as the episode number. Guess I forgot to update that. Two weeks in a row. In any case, that&#8217;s not a lot of pixels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hosts: Paul, Shamus. Episode edited by Issac. 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