(12-12-2013, 02:13 PM)Kein Wrote: [ -> ]Quote:It is using a level made with the new HPL3 Editor
That does not mean it is game-related news. There is a lot of news about Cryengine and it's [new] feature but that does not mean it is related to new Crysis or Ryse or whatever game.
Anyway:
I agree with your initial statement of having a separate thread for the engine 'HPL3' itself. That being said, there's still a large difference between cryengine and HPL3. SOMA is and will be the only game developed on HPL3 (unless sequels), whereas crysis isn't the only game developed on cryengine; the engine is sold as a separate entity.
Therefore, any news on HPL3 will be telling of SOMA - as both are closely tied in developement - whereas the same doesn't apply for cryengine.
Anyway, from (the HPL3 video) what I can see:
1) Color picker (on lights/objects)
2) Bloom on illumination materials
3) Ability to change intensity and color of illumination bloom
4) More advanced decals; if the blood is indeed a decal
From the upsilon video:
Nice environments! Very dirty.. The container plating walls add a ... industrial feel. It feels odd to see the screen at 00:40. First off the texture resolution is much higher than everything else (which is totally okay, just listing reasons why I might have reacted to it), next - there is not a speck of dirt at it while the environments around seem very afflicted by it..
To theorycraft on the information on the console (at 00:40):
The pressure listed is 2017 bar! The pressure on the surface of the earth is approximately 1 bar, or 1013mbar. So, assuming my theory presented here (a few more posts in that thread):
http://www.frictionalgames.com/forum/thr...#pid272107 oxygen levels are uncertain (you might be dead or alive) - but the pressure is a sure indicator that you are dead. I don't think a human being can survive 2017 bar of pressure.
Edit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_m...(pressure)
Assuming that it's supposed to be mbar, approximately double the pressure of earth, one can assume that the vessel is filled with some kind of gas - but not which.
There also seems to have been an accident, some hull breaches and a lot of downtime. Since there is pressure, the vessel isn't void of gas at least (hull breach would have sucked all the air of of there). Interesting!