The Ultimate SOMA Discussion Thread

[A.M Team]

- Real time particles
- Streaming levels (no load times in between levels)
- HDR Lighting?
- (Pretty Graphics)
- Terrain Editor

Any-pony else?

[TiManGames]

- Real time particles
- Streaming levels (no load times in between levels)
- HDR Lighting?
- Ambient Occlusion
- Terrain Editor

Any-pony else?

Ambient Occlusion was in the hpl2 engine as well.

[A.M Team]

- Real time particles
- Streaming levels (no load times in between levels)
- HDR Lighting?
- Ambient Occlusion
- Terrain Editor

Any-pony else?

Ambient Occlusion was in the hpl2 engine as well.

Was it? Shoot.

[Paddy™]

There's a thread about it here. But to save you the clicks, here's what we know so far:

Spoiler below!

Engine Features

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• Global sunlight with full shadow support [ref.]
  
• Terrain generation with dynamic terrain LOD (Level of Detail) [ref.]
  
• HDR lighting with filmic tone mapping [ref.]
  
• The introduction of a custom shading language, HPSL [ref.]
  
• Anti-aliasing [ref.]
  
• Particle collision [ref.]
  
• Depth of Field [ref.]
  
• Coloured Specular [ref.]
  
• Streaming (no loading screens between levels; this is optional) [ref.]
  
• Tessellation (not used in SOMA, but is available in the engine for modders) [ref.]

HPL3 Tools

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• Level Editor:
  • Fly Mode [ref.]
    
  • Poser EditMode [ref.]
    
  • Colour Picker [ref.]

• Particle Editor:
  • Live update [ref.]
    
  • Control of the update speed [ref.]
    
  • Easing functions for fading values [ref.]
    
  • Helper graphs [ref.]

[Kein]

review copies got sent out i believe

Haven't received mine. O-U-T-R-A-G-E-O-U-S, I say!

[Noisecode]

I'm counting down the days until release with excitement, however, it's odd their is no news on Depth. With less than two weeks until launch, i would have expected some kind of trailer or such for the film.

[Romulator]

I type "SOMA reviews" into Google, and this is what I get~

[Damascus Rose]

Maybe they can't reveal too much on depth because it could have plot spoilers for the game

[Radiance]

Will some new gameplay emerge from the ones who got the copy?

[TiManGames]

Will some new gameplay emerge from the ones who got the copy?

Don't think so. Maybe we'll get a launch trailer.


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