GDC \'05

[Reno]

oh yea.....
GDC \'05 is gunna be a good one indeed.

GG released a nice shot demoing the terrain and water:
http://www.garagegames.com/mg/snapshot/view.php?qid=961

mmmm.....pretty.
That is done with 2 terrain blocks, each having their own texture densities(so you could make small really high quality texture rubble piles if you want...or just high quality ground textures in general)
The smaller of the 2 terrain blocks is still quite a bit bigger than the largest stock TGE terrain block size(TSE supports a 10km view range )

and as for the water capabilities:
\"no it\'s not based on the TGE water at all. Complete rewrite. You can have multiple blocks and transform and scale them as you like. Making a stream or a river might be a little tricky but you can do it. The wave movement is scriptable so you can control the direction(s) the water flows as well. You also have control over the water color, clarity, Fresnel parameters, bumpmaps, cubemaps, etc.
Yes, the water can be used in interiors as well, reflects stuff nicely.\"