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| Diablo 2 - How is it done? |
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mEmO
Member #1,124
March 2001
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I was just wondering if anyone knew what kind of engine D2 used. Is it 3d or 2d? --------------------------------------------- |
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Tõnis Märtmaa
Member #356
May 2000
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they used a 2d engine in 640X480 in 8 bit |
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mEmO
Member #1,124
March 2001
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ok., thanx fo r the answer. Anyway, it look much like 3d.. Are u sure? --------------------------------------------- |
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Johan Henriksson
Member #11
April 2000
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No, it's partially 3D. Sort of isometric 3d. This makes it easier to do some of the light and clipping stuff. |
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Tõnis Märtmaa
Member #356
May 2000
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it's all 2d, they rendered the characters and some stuff in 3d and then made these 2d (i dunno how but they did) |
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fiammy
Member #1,019
February 2001
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Diablo is more than 8 bit colour. Anyway, the rendering of 3D characters isn't that hard. You just put the camera in your 3D editor on a given angle from the character, and you render it to a bitmap. Then, you just use the bitmaps. -- |
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Bjorn Hannibal Madsen
Member #1,015
February 2001
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If someone is actually thinking of make pre-rendered units/characters then don't change the camaras point of view! keep it fix just like the players pov is fixed and rotate the model insted belive me it will make things much easier... plus the fact that it would look like the "sun" has a fixed position relative to the object (unless the lightsource was parented to the camara at rendertime). |
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Johan Henriksson
Member #11
April 2000
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C&C??? Did they did a bad job. I think the in-game GFX suck. I like their videos though. |
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brain21
Member #1,208
December 2000
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I red the postmotem on Diablo II and it is made in 8-bit graphics. That pretty inpressive, that a game could look that great in 8-bit graphics. I think the levels were rendered in 3D and saved as a bitmap too. And when you walk behind a wall, the wall looks kind of transparent, I think this can be acheived by alpha blending the player with its ackground....maybe?? |
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mEmO
Member #1,124
March 2001
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hm.. 3d renderedpictures. Sounds interesting, sounds easier than pixel by pixel drawing... Hm. Good idea! --------------------------------------------- |
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Troy D Patterson
Member #41
April 2000
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Well. It does use 3D accelartion<sp> for doing some of the scrolling. Cause the game does look better on a Macintosh than my home computer. And my buddy has a 3D Accelarator. And it also asks you to pick one when you first install. --------------------------------------- |
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Tõnis Märtmaa
Member #356
May 2000
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I dunno about the 3d stuff. Can't use it really. Have a p166 with 64 mb ram and 2mb video nad 4mb accelerator (yes that game runs on my computer, somewhat slower than on a p450 but it runs well enough to play it) Ook <donate me a new pc! please! |
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Johan Henriksson
Member #11
April 2000
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It's quite obvious that it uses 3d acceleration. Why would it else support d3d, Glide and opengl?... It uses it to light walls faster but it's still not "real" 3D. |
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Cage
Member #1,277
March 2001
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Ok, how it was done was
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Funklord
Member #467
June 2000
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I think the 3d mode was implemented as a Pseudo-3d routine using curves to draw flat surfaces which makes them look real 3d ---------------------- Age is inversely proportional to how much drink you've had - Funklord |
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Eskimo Ninja
Member #1,256
April 2001
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Diablo 2 isnt a 3D game, it supports 3dfx cards for things such as lighting and spell effects...I'm pretty sure its just a well designed isometric tile engine with a number of layers. |
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